[BIG UPDATE, +VIDEOS!] [3.25] LACERMAN 2 BUILD (Fast ClearSpeed + EZ to Play + All Content + Tanky)

ATTENTION: The build is finally out of beta state with all newly recorded videos, 24.5m Pinnacle DPS and 780k EHP! Currently, this is x3.2 times more DPS than the beta release and x2.7 times more than good old Lacerman 1 Build! But you know that there is no limit for improvements. This build became that good and loved back in the day mostly thanks to players improving it by sharing their ideas here. If you see any improvements, I kindly ask you to share them in this thread with a Pob link if possible. Thank you and once again after so long: Happy Lacerating!🪽

Here is the original post of Lacerman Build 1 which died in 3.15 for some nostalgia. Here is my farewell message in 3.15 for what we have achieved in those 2 years, all the records, old Pobs of how the build was in its old days and more! Also, don't forget to check out Sunderman build here which was before Lacerman build, again for some nostalgia.



CHANGES SINCE RELEASE:

Patch Changes:

Changes to Build:


ABOUT THE BUILD:

Lacerman build is a combination of easiness to play and being able to do all endgame content at a high efficiency thanks to its fast clear speed and bossing capability. It’s an all-around build designed to do your daily stuff like mapping, delving, simulacrum, uber labs, uber endgame bosses, etc. efficiently. It's also very easy to manage, a complete beginner-friendly build with only 3 skills to use; Leap, Lacerate, and War Banner. Even if you haven’t played Path of Exile before, you will have no problems managing this build in a short time.

Build is mainly based on clearing huge packs of monsters both as fast and easy as possible, using Leap and Lacerate. Attack speed on everywhere possible makes us travel fast with Leap and turn Lacerate into a machine gun, then blast the whole pack with the Area of Effect and explosions combined. Our Lacerate auto-aims as well with Multistrike, so no need to even target! Then Soul Taker on offhand makes attack skills don’t spend any mana, which allows us to Leap and Lacerate unlimitedly and also allows us to fill up our mana reserve with auras. As well we use a 34 seconds long War Banner while bossing, doing high delirious maps and also whenever extra damage is needed. Lastly, we use a strategic combination of 2 life flasks and a Lion's Roar for knockback which helps us a lot in tricky situations even though we are tanky enough already!


VIDEOS:

[3.25] Fortress Map (Meta Gear) (T17):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRbgcyV-Yc

[3.25] Fortress Map (Required Gear) (T17):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlnAXzGdXQ0

[3.25] Cortex Boss (Meta Gear):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRQlROEfxys

[3.25] Simulacrum Last Wave with 2 Bosses (Meta Gear):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxHh_yPqGk

Note: These are new videos after the build came out of Beta state. If you have watched the previous videos while the build was Beta, here are the improvements in the videos:

Meta Gear Improvements: DPS has improved from 7.72m to 22.91m, EHP has improved from 480k to 773k, Physical Damage Reduction has increased from %67 to %89 and Spell Suppression Chance has increased from %80 to %100.

Required Gear Improvements: DPS has improved from 2.59m to 5.91m, EHP has improved from 484k to 771k, Physical Damage Reduction has increased from %68 to %88 and Spell Suppression Chance has increased from %66 to %92.

Note 2: After the videos, the DPS of Meta Gear has improved from 22.91m to 24.56m, and Required Gear DPS from 5.91m to 6.23m with small EHP and life improvements.


VIDEOS FROM YOU:

This section is reserved for Lacerman players who shared videos on this thread. In the previous version of the build years ago, this section had 6 videos. All you have to do is post your video on this thread and if it will be enough to share here like staying true to the build, I will add them! Currently, endgame boss videos are needed, but any kind of video is welcome.


PROS AND CONS:

Pros:
■ Fast clear speed and good bossing capability
■ EZ to play (Even for first timers! Mostly a 2-buttoned build. Can be played drunk or whatever.)
■ Can do all content
■ Pretty tanky with 780k EHP, max block, %100 spell suppression, %89 physical damage reduction, Elusive, our 2 life flask strategy and knockback
■ Amazing labber
■ Has previous records of ranking 16th on lab ladders* and 1st Lacerator and 11th Gladiator to reach level 100** in the past.
■ Fun to play (Unlimited attack/leap, packs explode all at once!)
■ %100 tested and real build. Required Gear and Meta Gear are actual characters on my account that you can check out.
■ Very detailed guide
■ Console Friendly

*16th in League (logitewty, 24/09/2020):
Video of The Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohqBj9Ad4H4
His post in thread: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2875553/page/22#p23538653

**1st Lacerator and 11th Gladiator to reach lv.100 in Ultimatum league (Whiskeys, 07/05/2021):
Screenshot of 1st in Lacerators: https://lensdump.com/i/Iy7lP1
Screenshot of 11th in Gladiators: https://lensdump.com/i/Iy7pbk
His post in thread: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2875553/page/96#p24088902

Cons:
■ There are faster league starter builds out there due to expensive melee prices. You can still league start if you know what you are doing and follow the guide, but some players might want to pick it as a second build depending on preferences.
■ Managing resists and stats on gear is a bit challenging
■ Not recommended for Hardcore
■ Not recommended for SSF


PATH OF BUILDING:

Required Gear (lv94): https://pobb.in/Us7MBW56vQjr (6.23m Pinnacle DPS, 5.4k life, 783k EHP)
Meta Gear (lv98): https://pobb.in/UojbvJ7x73Cv (24.56m Pinnacle DPS, 5.4k life, 780k EHP)

IMPORTANT: When comparing DPS, import your character onto Required or Meta Gear Pob so all the configurations I made in Pob will be applied to your character. Don't forget to click the checkbox "Delete Skills" when importing Items and Skills so they won't override.


PASSIVE SKILL TREES FOR LEVELLING:

Bandit: Kill All
Ascendancies(in order to get): Gratuitous Violence, Determined Survivor, More Than Skill, War of Attrition

Passive Trees:
Level 12: https://www.poeplanner.com/b/9J1
Level 25: https://www.poeplanner.com/b/9JF
Level 40: https://www.poeplanner.com/b/9J_
Level 50: https://www.poeplanner.com/b/9IJ
Level 60: https://www.poeplanner.com/b/9IZ
Level 75: https://www.poeplanner.com/b/9Ig
Level 90: https://www.poeplanner.com/b/9I5

Notes:
• Swap the level 90 tree with the Pob tree after you get the required jewels and tattoos. Don't forget to apply tattoos as requested, there are a lot of them.
• Only remove the Spirit of War node and the small node leading to it after getting a Soul Taker.
• Only remove the life leech node on top of Unwavering Stance after applying the Tattoo of the Kitava Blood Drinker tattoo (0.5% of Attack Damage Leeched as Life).
• Use Pride and Flesh and Stone until you get a Soul Taker and then switch to Pride, Malevolence and Blood and Sand. Stay in Sand Stance while clearing and Blood Stance while bossing. After applying Eldritch implicit 7% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills to your helmet as requested in the Required Gear part of Gear and Gems section, you can change Blood and Sand with Herald of Purity.
• If in need of Intelligence or Dexterity, pick +30 to Intelligence or Dexterity nodes.


PANTHEON:

Major God: Lunaris
Minor God: Ryslatha


GEAR AND GEMS:

1) Required Gear(cheap, can do most content) and it’s Gem Setup (6.23m DPS, 783k EHP, 40-50 div budget excluding gems):

Please read this one first before reading the next one(Meta Gear version) as I am telling all the basics about the gear we will be using here.


2) Meta Gear(more expensive, where it gets crazy. Can do all content) and it’s Gem Setup (24.56m DPS, 780k EHP, 140-160 div budget excluding gems):

It's mostly same with the cheap version having higher dps, better and different items, better min/maxing, extra endgame jewels, improved gems and some more differences. So I'll just tell the differences here other than telling the setup right from the beginning.



RUNNING THE BUILD:

On my setup, flasks buttons 345 are changed with buttons WER, Blood Rage is on T, Leap is on Q and life flask buttons(1-2) are right on top of them. For utility flasks, the default 345 buttons here stay a little far and make us lose time because we activate all utility flasks continuously. Use of life flasks: When we need instant low amount life recovery we use the first flask, when we get heavy damage and life goes too low we use the second flask as a panic button. This strategy is especially efficient on tough endgame bosses. Blood and Sand is on button 3 for stance change.

When running the build, we start with activating Blood Rage(T), then forget it. Then we start leaping and when we find a pack we press buttons WER(or 345 if you didn't change) in a row before Lacerating them so our utility flasks will be activated. Here we need to keep an eye on flasks and once they fill up, we need to activate them again. You'll get used to this in a short time and your flasks will be up most of the time at that point when clearing. Please also note that we are using Lion's Roar which gives us knockback that saves us from tricky situations so you might want to not fully finish its charges. If in danger, use Lion's Roar. If need an extra DPS boost, use War Banner. Please note that War Banner now works on Valour points and the higher they get, the more effective War Banner becomes. The highest Valour point is 50, so you might want to save 50 points before facing the boss if needed. You can see the total count of Valour points on top left amongst buffs.

For bosses, we’ll first be activating Blood Rage, place War Banner, and start Lacerating. We need to keep on placing War Banners if we can get enough Valour in the fight. Or we can also save War Banner for a later phase if the boss has multiple phases having a harder phase later on. Please note that we gain 1 Valour on melee kill or on melee hit against Rare or Unique enemies, no more than once every 0.5 seconds.

For Uber Labs, Just leap and don't Lacerate anything. Don't forget to activate Blood Rage in each room as it resets. Traps will be painless most of the time because of our high physical damage reduction and fast Leap when passing them. If out of potions, find a safe place and Rhyslatha in Pantheon will fill them up. We can also get a Bloodgrip amulet to make traps less painful and for better recovery from flasks. For a pure lab build, use Devoto's Devotion as the helm.

WARNING: Do not activate Blood Rage in maps having "Players have X% less Recovery Rate of Life and Energy Shield" mod if your Atlas Tree has many of the "2% increased effect of Explicit Modifiers on your Maps" nodes allocated.


LEVELLING:

Complete Step-by-Step Levelling Guide:

Leveling Notes:
Gem Links When Levelling:

Here are some tips for fast levelling:

That’s all about leveling this build, it's fast and easy. We don't need any specific items for leveling as well, but here are some to make it even faster:



EXPERIENCES AND SUCCESS STORIES FROM PLAYERS:

Here are some experiences and success stories shared by people playing Lacerman 1 build on this thread back in the day. New experiences and success stories of Lacerman 2 Build will be yours!

Ritual League:
Heist League:

Harvest League:


HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT ME?:

You can support me by sharing your experiences with the build or ideas to improve the build here, and also you can make videos for this guide. I unfortunately do not have as much time as I used to back in the day for making videos, and Lacerman has always been a build that the community itself has mostly improved. It can be any kind of video, up to you. At the moment, end-game boss videos are needed. I will be publishing all videos posted here under Videos From You section only if they don't have bad/sloppy playing or do not fit the guide. Just make sure your video shows monster level if needed and upload your video to a video-sharing site like YouTube. The more videos a guide has, the more informative it becomes to players wanting to play the build. I'm also not accepting any kind of donations like real money or in-game currency, so please don't ask. Thanks for all your support since May 2019!


LAST WORDS:

That’s all about the Lacerman 2 build. I hope you like it and will enjoy playing it. I’ll keep on improving the build and will be updating the build guide page as the game evolves with new patches and items or people improve it with their ideas like before, so don't forget to check it from time to time to see possible future changes to the build. All changes made will be listed in the Changes Since Release section.

If you see any misinformation or a way to improve the build, please don’t hesitate to post them here. As well if you have any questions about the build, just ask here, and I’ll reply.

Special thanks to RonFuckingJeremy, Taraeos, Graoully, and PrimusLightNova for their ideas and support that helped a lot in the resurrection of this build.

GL HF, and Happy Lacerating!

~Reserved~

I can confirm the AOE is better on Lacerate and is better Sunder replacement!

it will be my starter build, i will share my impression during lvling.
Thanks for guide!

hey i have been playing the build more than 4 hours and i think is great but i have a question.

Im alone to take like 1 minute to kill bosses ? like the vaal boss at act 2

the piety boss ( not really killing) so i can ''save'' tolman.



I am level 26

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neortikfr a écrit :

hey i have been playing the build more than 4 hours and i think is great but i have a question.

Im alone to take like 1 minute to kill bosses ? like the vaal boss at act 2

the piety boss ( not really killing) so i can ''save'' tolman.

I am level 26

Hi. If bosses are taking too long to kill, just hang on for 2 more levels then you can get Vaal Ancestral Warchief. After that point bossing will become much faster/easier. I tried to check your character but your account is set to private. Weapons are pretty good and should be more than enough though after you get Vaal Ancestral Warchief.

now you can see my character :)

the vaal ancestral chief seems op but i will have to farm to get it right ?

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neortikfr a écrit :

now you can see my character :)

the vaal ancestral chief seems op but i will have to farm to get it right ?

You can also vaal regular Ancestral Warchief gems to get the vaal version. It's obtainable in Act 3 after Sever the Right Hand quest. Your gear looks good. Should get much better in terms of single targets after Vaal Ancestral Warchief addition.

Is there a version of this that doesn't use cluster jewels? The nerfs in attaining them make the barrier to entry very high, as a mediocre cluster jewel will be much more expensive than in Delirium league.

Gonna give the build a shot anyway because I've always liked Lacerate and want to play it again ;)

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sephrinx a écrit :

Is there a version of this that doesn't use cluster jewels? The nerfs in attaining them make the barrier to entry very high, as a mediocre cluster jewel will be much more expensive than in Delirium league.

Gonna give the build a shot anyway because I've always liked Lacerate and want to play it again ;)

Build can be played without cluster jewels, no problem. You can simply follow trees listed under passive skill tree section. Those trees are made for levelling and also playing without using a cluster jewel. Cluster jewel trees are in Pob links.

Cluster jewel on required gear is not too hard to craft. And cluster jewel drops are buffed to compensate with delirium not appearing every map, as GGG says. They also stated they want cluster jewels to be used as before, hence they made necessary adjustments. But after some time passes and economy gets settled, we will see what will happen to them and I will make changes to the build if necessary. Meanwhile you can keep playing without cluster jewels.