poe 3.25 Berserker Melee Slams: Massive Damage Multipliers and Automation

Berserker melee slams receive multiple damage multipliers, war cry automation, and new support gems, making slams significantly more powerful.

### Berserker Melee Slams: A Comprehensive Damage Multiplier Breakdown
* 💥  The new patch notes bring significant buffs to melee slams, with most skills receiving at least a **50% damage increase**, up to a **2x multiplier**.
* 🗡️  Intimidating Cry, a **2x multiplier**, can potentially exert up to **10 attacks at base**, with good uptime due to **war cry CDR**.
* 🔊  War Cry automation through the new "**Call to Arms**" gem significantly improves gameplay, allowing for **easier exertion management**.
* 🐺  Rage is now a **more multiplier**, granting **1% more damage per rage**, with potential for **high uptime** and **significant damage boosts**.
* 🚩  The new War Banner mechanic provides a **60% more physical damage boost for 10 seconds**, making it a **powerful boss-killing tool**.
* 🔧  Quality changes, new support gems, and unique item modifiers further enhance slam damage potential, with **Echoes of Creation providing a 45% more damage multiplier**.
* 💰  The overall damage increase is described as "**multiplier on multiplier on multiplier**," potentially enabling **one-shot kills on many bosses**.
* 🤔  The speaker is torn between playing a Chieftain Righteous Fire build or a Berserker slam build, highlighting the latter's **newfound viability and excitement for slam-based characters**.

hello and welcome, Exiles, to the one build that might convince me not to play righteous Fire. And that's Berserker melee slams. Now, this patch notes was full of Buffs on top of Buffs on top of Buffs for melee slams. Let me give you a breakdown of how many multipliers we have on slams now. This is at a baseline, in my opinion, an insane boost to what slams could do damage-wise before to what they do now. And I'm going to go through them one by one. Number one: most skills have at least a 50% damage increase, up to a two times damage multiplier. Some are a little bit more than that, but most of the skills that are more than that are not slam skills. And that's because slam skills have war cries, which are kind of crazy in of themselves. Now, on top of that, we have things like intimidating, which is a 2X multiplier. Intimidating cry is actually, there's a likelihood you could

have very good uptime on this, and specifically I'm referring to, of course, the Berserker war cries exert twice as many attacks. Let me go through that for with you. You get two exerts at base from intimidating cry. You get one exert from this here with this node. That's six exerts. If you were to grab the propagator mace, a heist base, for example, and build around a mace, that would be another two additional exerts, which you make intimidating cry exert 10 attacks at base. Intimidating cry is about an 8C cooldown, I believe. The gem comes with CDR as the quality, but I'm going to need to, don't quote me on that. I didn't check it this morning, but the point is we have war cry CDR. Tattoos. It was in the trailer of the video. You saw tattoos were still reward, so I'm, I didn't see any war cry CDR changes, so you can still get good war cry CDR, which means 10 attacks double damage. That's very good.

up dime especially if you consider war cry CDR, and on top of that it used to be that you had to piano, you had to press a bunch of buttons. Now you can use the O the auto exertion uh, which is the change to called arms. Basically, this change is significant for two things. Number one, it's not something that every build's going to stick in just to have permanent uptime on endurance charges, etc., because it no longer lets you have the buff effect, and it no longer lets you have the endurance charges, and it requires a reservation. Now you might think, Oh, that sounds like a bad deal. It's not. I like. I'm so happy about this gem because it still gives you the exerts, and you can do automations for multiple things. So for example, if I was playing a Berserker slam melee before, and I grab echo of creation, I'm trying to get a bunch of exerts on all the my attacks to have a damage multiplier. I go and do intimidating cry, I do seismic cry, I do

rallying cry. I'm piano these they have less exerts so I have to piano them more and on top of that um now I can have them automated. So what I could do is I could put intimidating seismic my most important war cry because it gives 50% more AOE, which is an insane amount of AOE now, and intimidating for double damage. So I could automate those and then I could just have like for example rallying cry as a button I press occasionally that also will give you know if I invest into those additional exerts will'll give 14 16 exerts or something like that. And it's a button I'm not pressing very often and I would have uptime on all three of those war cries and I'm just slamming the boss for double damage like if you have 10 intimidating Hits 10 double damage hits on a boss on top of these damage multipliers you're not you're killing the boss before those uh damage multipliers run out on top of that I

hold on, let me add this to the list because I completely forgot to add it. Echoes of creation, uh, 45% more, uh, damage multiplier on a helmet. There's things like echoes of creation, which is kind of crazy. Anyways, outside of that, going into the other damage multipliers, for example, if I'm running rallying cry, I would have Herald of Agony in a build. There's actually new tech I recently found this league that I really like with using Herald of Purity and the, um, oh, the Guardians' blessing that actually works really, really well with Herald of Purity for basically permanent uptime. I could have pride on that or another damage or another 50% or I want, and the reservation space works out really well. So I'm going to be doing that regardless, which makes Herald of Agony rallying cry a 20% more multiplier because it's 5% per ally. Herald of Purity is four allies technically. Um, if I add in some extra like golem or something, it could be 25% more, but I'm

not going to do that. I'll just have the four allies so it's 20% more there. And then it also gives me an extra 12 to 18% of my weapons base damage as additional damage. So these are separate multipliers that multiply with each other, which is kind of crazy. On top of that seis M cry basically permanent up time of 50% more AOE. If you saw the trailers of people earthquak and the slams just being massive, that was seismic cry, and holy cow is that going to feel good on a lot of AOE Slams. On top of that rage is now a more multiplier. Now rage used to Grant 1% damage per rage. Now it grants 1% more damage per rage, much much stronger. Rage used to Grant 1% attack speed per two rage. So at 50 rage it'll be 25 attack speed. And then if you were Berserker you could triple the attack speed. Now I want to compare this to what we have now, which is you get 1% attack speed per

Rage with the Crave of the slaughter node, and you get the ability to get 50% increased rage effect. This ends up being, I'm pretty sure, more damage than the old setup was like reworked rage. I'm pretty sure it's more damage than full stack investment of current rage because the attack speed. I think it's a difference in being like, we'll get close, I on the tree, we can get up to about 60 Max rage, so it'll be 60% more damage. This node here will be another 30% more damage on top of that. That will also mean this node is giving us a total of 90% attack speed between these two nodes. And then I believe there's Mastery for movement speed, which ends up being a little lower, a little bit lower as well. So basically, you lose a little bit of attack speed, a little bit of movement speed, and your damage increase is a damage multiplier, and it's quite a bit higher. Not only that, uh, something that I think people are sleeping on, they might look at

berserk and say oh my word. Berserk got killed. Uh, have news for you. It's actually in a lot of cases, it's a lot better. Berserk used to be a very hard thing to get good uptime on. You basically had to be calm spirit with insane gen or ravenous passion or some very minmax chainbreaker build. You need some, you need some investment sources like these to have good rage up time. Otherwise, it was pretty much just you could only use it right on the boss, and it had like this tiny window of up time. Even as a Berserker, the rage gen wasn't good. With the new changes to rage on hit, you can get on the tree, you can get seven, eight, nine, I think even close to 10 rage on hit. And it generates every .5 seconds, which means effectively you can have somewhere easily in the range of 10 to 20 rage gen with just a few passives on the tree. For example, Berserker has just two rage gen on the small nodes by

itself you have one rage gen here one rage gen here there's nodes on the tree like this node that gives three rage when you get hit or just a lot of small nodes that give one rage on hit to begin with point is if you're investing into a lot of that Max rage you're going to have very good uptime on berserk and the berserk effect still is quite powerful because it's not just giving you um like if you're investing into the max rage and stuff like that this 50% uh or it goes up to 60% rage effect is giving you anywhere from 18% more to 36% more damage and on top of that this should also apply to Berserker getting 1% attack speed per rage this should also apply to the 1% per armor from one of the nodes on the tree which is also quite interesting as well as I believe there's a master that's going to exist for movement speed uh per a certain amount of Rage I forget how much but

point is berserk. It is weaker overall, but you have much higher uptime, and the damage multiplier on it is actually like the how much. How big your hit is is actually a bit higher. It doesn't stop there though. We also have well, I mentioned this earlier. We have very good enough time on war cry due to the fact we can automate some of the ones, which makes the play style infinitely better, but also the quality change. This goes to every melee build, but it applies to slams as well, which is basically a 15 to 25% more damage multiplier on top of the fact every skill is hitting 1.5 times to two times harder. So you have this from the qual of Fizz based weapons, but not only that, uh, War Banner. People say this is the new totems. It's not the new totems. If you've played banners versus playing totems, they act completely differently, and the way they've described this is just so much more Q than than previous banners. Previous banners you had to reserve them.

unreserve them, reserve them, unreserve them, reserve them, unreserve them. You had to think about them a lot. The new banners, as far as I understand, is basically you have it socketed in your gear. It is auto on generating the stages, or now they're called Valor instead. While you're fighting the enemies, you get to a boss, you pop it, and you have straight up 10 seconds of 60% more physical damage. This, there isn't going to be a boss in the game you're not killing in 10 seconds considering all these other multipliers. And when you start mid-max a character, it's going to be, I think, very, very good. Basically, this went from something where you had to keep remembering to unreserve it, re-reserve it, unreserve it. Now, just, you know, you hit, you find a tanky rare, you pop it, and you just start dealing some big damage. I think this is kind of crazy. And the other banners are also pretty insane as well. There will be some interesting things with Champion, I think.

we'll see how that how that ends up shaking out. All right, outside of that, I don't know if you caught it. This is going to be stuff that applies to a lot of different weapons, but the mace one itself is just bonkers crazy. The mace one was 30% to 50% of every element gain. So, if we played a mace build with the propagator mace with those extra exerts, we could have 150% gain as Elemental just from the enchant on a mace. That is another just crazy damage multiplier on top of all these other things. Doesn't stop there though. There is a new support gem which just seems really, really crack to me because they showcased it. I actually paused a little clip here where they have it and it says 12% more for each war cry exerting and also support damage deals 10% more if exerted. This is the level one version of this support gem at level 38. That means if I'm doing what I'm

planning to do for my character, which is going to have seismic intimidating, and then rallying Cry. Just Three war cries. This is a 46% more damage multiplier at level one. That's kind of unheard of. Most damage multipliers at level one are about 20% more in this game currently. Uh, just go through and look at the sports. This is close to equivalent power to most level five awaken gems in a lot of different build archetypes. And that's the level one gem. I'm sure this gem scales. So again, just another thing that's just extra power for slam builds that seems pretty dang cracked. And then echo of creation. This existed before, but now you don't have to play like a piano build. You could just play more like a normal human and still it's a 40 5% damage multiplier. All this stuff is just multiplier on multiplier on multiplier. I can't see slams not feeling really good on a League start and not being able to deal pretty sizable damage. I could see one-shotting a lot of

Guardians, to be honest, when all this comes to fruition, and you have all this stacked up together, I think it's going to be pretty crazy. Needless to say, this is the one thing that might stop me from trying Chieftain RF. I'm really excited about Chieftain RF and this new node to have a bunch of uptimes in different war cries. Thinking about it more, I could probably do some automation with Eternal Apple to get even more Giga Buffs of war cries on the character. But man, I can't tell you how tempting it is for me to play slams. I unironically believe I like to do slam League starts. It's very good currency-wise. Raw currency is King early League starts require something very important, and that's really good damage really early on. And I unironically believe Zerker might have enough damage now with slams to just do sanctums early where you have just an okay weapon. You have all of the damage multipliers mentioned.

here except for well you don't have as a creation but still basically all of these other ones apply to current slams. All these extra damage multipliers are just for the most part. There's just more things than we had previously. For example, intimidating cry, you had that previously but you wouldn't have good uptime on this double damage. Now I think it's realistic to actually have good uptime because you can get an exerts reasonably if you do a mace build. And I think I'm going to do a mace build with it. I'm going to do that propagator thing and having the automated war cry. I think this thing will just be absolutely crazy. And I'm really excited about it. That being said, I played the best League start I've ever played last League, which was hex spash T stack Inquisitor. Looking at the patch notes, the main Nerf it received was on the very high end, which was basically mmax the DOR setup. Outside of that, it didn't get hurt at all.

that build in my opinion was better than DD, and DD got killed for it. I thought hex blast was going to get nuked. Hex blast, hex blast didn't get touched at all. I mean, technically its leveling is slightly worse, but like, it's still insane. So I plan to make a leag star guide on that, but I think I'm going to start this. This is one of the first times ever I'm going to make a leag start guide for something I'm not going to start, and that's mainly because of how good energy blade was. So expect the video coming out for me based on that, because I think it's an insane Rel League starter, and I'm going to basically just readjust based on things I've learned and updates. I'm going to make, uh, based on the patch up of things that changed. Not much has changed. Ivory Tower not nerfed, rat fith not nerfed, shaer Hut not nerfed, most of the TR stacking things not nerfed. Um, we have pandas packed back, so there's, there's a

lot of good things there that work out. We can run a split-personality setup. There's a tree I have that works for it and adorned even though it's gone. That build should still be insane. So anyways, I say all this to say man, Slam's got me excited. This is. It's either this or righteous Fire. I'm having a tough time deciding because both of them, I think, are really fun. I just love righteous Fire, so fun to play, but this has me questioning. Say my question. My sexuality. That doesn't sound right either. Anyways, hopefully you guys enjoyed this video, this little rundown of how good I think Slams are or the obvious upsides to playing a slam-based character. And yeah, hopefully, it gets you excited. Theory crafting, I would say. Honestly, I don't know if a lot of people are considering it. There's probably some shock value to seeing Warbringer not have 50% more damage. There's some shock value to seeing this not say triple rage, but look

at it a little bit more closely. Re-examine it because what's here. I think is honestly just a much stronger package than before. I think it was a sizable damage buff in terms of like how much damage app you can realistically get on this um. And you might find that there's a reason to log into Berserker. That's what I'm thinking about it's Berserker or Chieftain. I'm undecided. I'm gonna have to work through that. But this has got me real excited. Slams have always been my favorite archetype of melee. And this to me is a complete revival of what slams could be in a insanely large way. So anyways, hopefully you guys enjoyed this video. As always, I appreciate you guys watching. Take care and peace out. Have a good one, Exiles.

Slam Meta Has Arrived

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The Power of Berserker Melee Slams in the New Patch

The latest patch has significantly boosted the damage potential of melee slams, with most skills receiving at least a 50% damage increase and up to a two times damage multiplier.

The introduction of war cries, such as intimidating cry, and the ability to exert multiple attacks has further amplified the damage output, especially when combined with war cry cooldown reduction.

The change to Call to Arms gem allows for automation of exerts, providing a substantial damage multiplier for Berserker slam melee builds.

Automating War Cries for Increased Damage Output

Automate intimidating and seismic war cries for a 50% increase in area of effect and double damage.

Using rallying cry occasionally can provide additional exerts and boost damage.

Utilizing Herald of Agony with rallying cry can result in a 20% damage multiplier and extra weapon damage.

The Impact of Rage Changes on Damage and Berserk Uptime

The reworked rage now provides a 50-60% increase in damage and up to 90% attack speed, with the potential for 10-20 rage generation just from passive tree nodes.

The new rage mechanics significantly improve berserk uptime, offering 18-36% more damage and 1% increased attack speed per rage, as well as additional benefits for armor and movement speed.

The Impact of Changes to War Cries and Banners in the Game

War cries now have higher uptime and a significant damage multiplier, improving the overall play style for melee builds.

The new banners have a more seamless and powerful effect, providing a substantial boost to physical damage for 10 seconds, making them highly effective, especially against bosses.

The introduction of a new support gem offers additional damage multipliers for each war cry exerted, making it a valuable addition to the game.

Potent New Additions for Slam Builds in the Upcoming League

A new war cry gem offers a 46% damage multiplier at level one, providing unprecedented power for slam builds.

The Echo of Creation also provides a 45% damage multiplier, potentially allowing for one-shotting of Guardians.

These additions may make slam builds incredibly strong for League starts, tempting the player to switch from their planned Chieftain RF build.

Excitement for Slam-based Character in the New League

The speaker is considering making a league starter guide for the energy blade build due to its strength, despite originally planning to focus on another build.

The recent patch updates have not significantly affected the potential of the slam-based character, leading to excitement for its revival in the new league.

The speaker is torn between choosing Berserker or Chieftain for the build and emphasizes the strong impact and potential damage buff for slams in the upcoming league.