Path of Exile Top 10 Marauder Builds
1. Molten Strike of the Zenith Juggernaut (Marauder)
Molten Strike of the Zenith is a fairly new strength stack build that's one of the most powerful melee builds in the game.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 9/10 Bosses: 10/10
Build Guide
The Strength Stack Molten Strike of the Zenith Juggernaut is one of the highest damage melee builds in the game. Juggernaut is the preferred ascendancy for this strength stack build because of the Undeniable ascendancy which gives accuracy equal to twice your strength and increased attack speed from your accuracy. This build comes in first place once you have an attribute percent, strength percent, and increased damage per strength Simplex Amulet and the Original Sin ring which each cost close to a Mirror of Kalandra. If you would like to try out the Strength Stack Molten Strike of the Zenith Juggernaut build a guide for it can be found here Strength Stacking Molten Strike of the Zenith Juggernaut Guide.
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2. Righteous Fire & CwS Detonate Dead Chieftain (Marauder)
The Righteous Fire Chieftain is greatly improved by its maximum life making it one of the tankiest builds in the game.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 9/10​​​
Build Guide
With the changes to the Chieftain ascendancy in 3.25 this build is the best Righteous Fire build in the game currently. The Chieftain ascendancy makes your maximum cold and lightning resistance equal to your maximum fire resistance which makes it much easier to get 90% maximum fire, cold, and lightning resistance. You will also stack life with this build which greatly improves your survivability because Righteous Fire has increased damage based on your maximum life. If you are interested in trying out this build you can find a guide for it here Righteous Fire & CwS DD Chieftain Guide.
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3. Rage Vortex of Berserking Cyclone Berserker (Marauder)
The Rage Vortex of Berserking Cyclone Berserker is a fairly new Cyclone build variant that deals excellent damage.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 10/10​​​​
Build Guide
With this build you will generate Ragestorms with Rage Vortex of Berserking while channeling Cyclone to deal high damage to nearby enemies. This build deals the highest single target of the Cyclone builds on boss encounters while still maintaining excellent clear but is not as strong defensively as first and second place. If you would like to try out the Rage Vortex of Berserking Cyclone build a guide for it can be found here Rage Vortex of Berserking Cyclone Berserker Guide.
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4. Lightning Strike Berserker (Marauder)
The Lightning Strike Berserker is capable of very high damage and is the fourth place Marauder build in our rankings.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 8/10 Damage: 10/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 9/10​​​​​
Build Guide
Lightning Strike Berserkers greatly increase their damage with their stacking Blitz and Rage damage increases from their ascendancies. This build also has excellent single target damage and great damage against multiple targets. If you would like to try out the Lightning Strike Berserker build a guide for it can be found here Lightning Strike Berserker Guide.
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5. Acc. Stack Lightning Strike Juggernaut (Marauder)
The Lightning Strike Juggernaut is one of the best Juggernaut builds and is the best accuracy stacking build in the game.
Mapping: 10/10 Delve: 9/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 8/10 Safety: 10/10 Bosses: 9/10​​​
Build Guide
This Accuracy Stacking Lightning Strike build has less attack speed than the Lightning Strike Berserker but makes up for it early on by being much stronger defensively and easier to build on a budget. The Juggernaut ascendancy also doubles the armour of your equipped body armour and increases your attack speed with accuracy with its ascendancies. If you would like to try out this build a guide for it can be found here Accuracy Stack Lightning Strike Juggernaut Guide.
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6. Ground Slam of Earthshaking Berserker (Marauder)
Ground Slam of Earthshaking was buffed in 3.25 and is a great starter build that can be used all the way to the endgames.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 7/10 Damage: 9/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 8/10​​​​
Build Guide
Ground Slam is a strong level one melee skill that has a large area of effect attack and can stun nearby enemies which helps with survival. The Ground Slam of Earthshaking transfigured gem was also majorly buffed in 3.25 and deals much higher damage at the cost of having a slower attack speed. Ground Slam is one of the strongest and most popular starter melee builds and it can be used all the way through the endgames. If you are interested in trying out the Ground Slam of Earthshaking Berserker build you can find a guide for it here Ground Slam of Earthshaking Berserker Guide.
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7. Frost Blades Berserker (Marauder)
The Frost Blades Berserker is very similar to Lightning Strike except it releases a higher number of projectiles on attacks.
Mapping: 7/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 10/10 Damage: 7/10 Safety: 7/10 Bosses: 7/10​​​​
Build Guide
The Frost Blades Berserker is very similar in its playstyle to Lightning Strike Berserker except it has significantly better clear with lower single target damage. It's still one of the best melee builds for multiple targets in the game. If you are interested in trying the Frost Blades Berserker build you can find a guide for the build here Frost Blades Berserker Guide.
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8. Fire Cyclone Chieftain (Marauder)
This build is a great Marauder starter build because it has a solid starter budget weapon called Ngamahu's Flame.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 8/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 6/10​​​​​​
Build Guide
The Fire Cyclone Chieftain is a great build to start the game off with because it has strong defensive ascendancies, a high number of early increased life nodes in the Marauder tree, and an extreme budget starter weapon called Ngamahu's Flame. In standard you can also get the legacy version of Ngamahu's Flame at a low cost for significantly higher damage. If you are interested in trying out the Fire Cyclone Chieftain you can find a guide for it here Fire Cyclone Chieftain Guide.
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9. Str Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Berserker (Marauder)
The Strength Stack Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Berserker has excellent damage with high currency investment.
Mapping: 8/10 Delve: 10/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 7/10 Safety: 7/10 Bosses: 7/10​​
Build Guide
The Strength Stacking Kinetic Blast/Power Siphon Berserker has several very expensive attribute stacking upgrades that give this build a very high ceiling for clearing damage while still having solid single target damage. This build received a small nerf in a previous patch which made Barrage Support less effective for Power Siphon but it thankfully had a very strong replacement support gem with Impale Support. If you would like to try out the Strength Stacking Kinetic Blast and Power Siphon Berserker a guide for it can be found here Strength Stacking Kinetic Blast and Power Siphon Berserker.
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10. Strength Stacking Venom Gyre Berserker (Marauder)
The Venom Gyre Berserker is a high cost strength stacking build that does well with high currency investment.
Mapping: 9/10 Delve: 6/10 Heist: 9/10 Damage: 7/10 Safety: 8/10 Bosses: 8/10​​
Build Guide
The Strength Stacking Venom Gyre Berserker is competitive with most attribute stacking builds while also having the option for some very expensive upgrades that can make this build a powerful build option. If you would like to try out the Strength Stacking Venom Gyre Berserker build a guide for it can be found here Strength Stacking Venom Gyre Berserker.
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That's all for the Top 10 Marauder Builds! For more about PoE you can view the endgame guide here Endgame Guide.
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