Overview
This build turns the Gemling Legionnaire into a two-handed slam bruiser that hits like a freight train while flatly refusing to die. The core loop pairs Supercharge Slam with the ascendancy’s rage-stacking alternate path: you build rage with Sunder, charge glory through Zerphi’s In For Me, then unload a single Supercharge Slam that lands for 2.5 to 3.5 million damage, multiplied again by its aftershocks. The whole identity is “big bonk” — a small handful of buttons that delete rare packs and bosses alike.
What makes it stand out is the defensive ceiling. The creator’s thesis is that you no longer have to trade damage for survivability: by running Bringer of Rain you free up the chest slot to wield a two-handed mace in one hand without losing strength scaling, then stack armour, evasion, block and deflection on everything else. The result is a near-90k effective HP pool, around 89% physical damage reduction, ~47% block and 400+ life regeneration per second — tankier than most builds that bill themselves as defensive, while still one-shotting the screen.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Enormous single-target burst — 2.5 to 3.5 million per Supercharge Slam hit, more with a stun
- Exceptionally tanky for a slam build: ~90k EHP, ~89% physical reduction, high block plus deflection
- Strong sustain at 400+ life regeneration per second
- Simple, low-button playstyle once the forge-hammer to seismic-cry to slam combo clicks
- Bringer of Rain frees the weapon slot without the usual strength penalty
Cons
- Gear-gated: wants Bringer of Rain, Zerphi’s In For Me, Tectonic’s Gaze and a high-DPS hammer
- The elemental “max hit” threshold is admittedly the weakest of its defensive layers
- Slam-and-charge rhythm is slower than ranged or trigger builds while mapping
- Warcry setup is still being tuned by the creator, so there is headroom left on the table
Key Skills
- Supercharge Slam — the payoff hit; scaled with Heft, Aftershock, Heavy Swing, Fist of War and Zerphi’s In For Me
- Sunder — rage and glory generator, run with Actua Hour’s Bloodletting to spend life and charge glory quickly
- Forge Hammer — the combo opener you detonate before the slam
- Seismic Cry / Infernal Cry — warcries for the aftershock setup and added fire damage
- Berserk + rage stacking — fuels both damage (via Edge Lord’s Inferno) and the Gemling’s bonus rage
Gear & Anointments
The defensive core is Bringer of Rain (which lets you wield a two-handed mace one-handed), a high-DPS hammer — roughly 700 physical DPS, with plus-three to level and stun build-up being ideal — and a big armour shield with maximum block. Tectonic’s Gaze adds regeneration, and dual Ox idols top up block chance. The amulet runs the Crushing Verdict anoint. Everywhere else you stack hybrid armour/evasion, “armour also applies to elemental damage,” resistances, life regeneration and attributes. Jewels favour 20% increased damage against rare and unique enemies plus rage-on-hit. Specific item rolls should be confirmed against the source video’s PoB.
Endgame Notes
Built for T15+ mapping and bossing: the single-hit ceiling makes pinnacle targets melt once glory is charged, and the EHP pool lets you facetank most map content. The creator flags the elemental damage threshold as the main thing to shore up before the hardest pinnacle fights.
Credits & Source
Build credited to JorgenPOE. See the source video for the full gameplay footage and the creator’s Path of Building: Tank All The Enemies — Gemling Supercharged Slam (Full Build).