PoEVault's Lacerate Gladiator Passive Skill Tree and Gem Links (PoE Settlers of Kalguur)
Path of Building
Find our recommended tree from the comfort of Path of Building, available here:https://pobb.in/fx8ziaBwSuiO
Make sure you actually open the link here IN the Path of Building program. The website view is poor and will obscure too many details, always open PoB’s in Path of Building (or PoB as we call it).
Medium budget can be found here:https://pobb.in/Bl0LF-zU3FIB
We use the Path of Building Community Fork for all of our builds, which is highly recommended. If you are encountering errors importing the build, please ensure you are using the Community Fork.
High budget can be found here: https://pobb.in/PF-iHsDeiwAL
I need to stress though, that this is only for people who really like lacerate. The build’s main strength is, and will always be, league start. But if you really enjoy it and you want to stick with it, this is what I would do.
As the high budget was landed after Atroz rolled out of his Lacerate Gladiator to pursue other things, I feel like it’s fair to give an insight in where he was when he quit while doing things differently. This is worse than the actual high budget, as that build is ailment immune etc, but this could serve as a middle ground while rolling the boots and the like.
Keep in mind that PoB heavily overvalues block recovery so the EHP in this PoB is horrifically inflated. This character is by no means immortal! Here’s the PoB: https://pobb.in/O_AJ-RkGDTgt
Passive Skill Tree
The most essential keystone is Resolute Technique, which offers a permanent solution to accuracy at the expense of no longer being able to critically strike enemies. Bleeding ticks cannot deal Critical Strikes, which makes this keystone even more well-suited to this build than most.
The second essential keystone only comes into play after Merc Lab, when we swap to shield, is Versatile Combatant. This reduces our maximum chance to block attacks/spells by 10 but causes us to gain spell-block equal to 2% per 1% overcapped chance to block attacks. Essentially it allows us to get spel lblock through large amounts of attack block.
The third essential keystone is Blood Magic. This removes all mana from our character entirely and causes any and all costs to be paid, and reserved, on our life bar. This solves our mana problems entirely. We get around the “no aura” problem through 
Eternal Blessing Support.
Gems
Lacerate is our main skill and the only 6-Link necessary to incorporate into the build. It works perfectly fine with both 1-Handed and 2-Handed weapons, but we prefer 1-Handed axes by default. The aura we run is 
Pride. This is our only aura.
Other links are relatively flexible and they mostly consist of buffs.
Lacerate 6-Link
You can opt for either 
Melee Physical Damage Support or 
Ruthless Support — they have relatively equal damage output, our preference is Melee Physical Damage Support as feel it is a little less restrictive in playstyle.
- Lacerate swap this for
Lacerate of Haemorrhage as soon as possible. It is just a straight up upgrade. 
Volatility Support
Brutality Support
Fortify Support
Cruelty Support- Melee Physical Damage Support
Aura 2-Link
Nuke 1-Socket
War Banner – This now slowly builds, so we only use it on tanky targets
Mobility 4-Link
Shield Charge
Faster Attacks Support
Maim Support
Culling Strike SupportUtility 2-Link
Enduring Cry – We only use this to generate endurance charges now
Urgent Orders Support – This is to speed up EC cast time
Utility 1 Link
Blood Rage Stick this wherever you have an open socket
1 -Socket Mobility
Frostblink – Keep this at level 1
Utility 4 – link
Cast when Damage Taken Support – keep at level 1
Purifying Flame – keep at level 1 we use this for Consecrated ground
Cold Snap – keep at level 1 we use this for chill to reduce action speed of things we’re fighting
Molten Shell -keep at level 7 to stay in line with CWDT
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