Poe Guide: Level 90 Melee Marauder

marauder is the strength class in path of exile. i’d like to build a melee class and choose marauder. at present, my marauder has been level 90 in the game. i’ve concluded my experience on my character and share it with you.
for my lvl 90 marauder, there are some advantages and disadvantages.
the advantages:
  -the upgrade process is smooth without great difficulty.
  -equipped with low cost in the late
  -full block
  -high survival rates in battle
the disadvantages:
  -no critical strike
  -few space to improve damage at the end period.

before level 20, my marauder with a two-hand weapon used the aoe skill sweep to attack monsters. the important things for my character were to add maximum life. so i armed my marauder with rings, amulet and belt which could increase life or recover life. in passive skill tree, i coined out passives to add life. high life makes my marauder more chances to survive.

from level 20 to level 40, there is no difficulty to slay any monsters. at level 55, i started to add armour and all resistance in passive skill tree.

level 90 passive skill tree
increase movement speed and block; give up adding armour.

skill gems:
main attack skills: cyclone mana leech blood magic faster attack concentrated effect

aura: grace and hatred

defence skills: temporal chains and tempest shield

as hatred is open, the 10000 dps of cyclone will be the same as 40000 of other melee attack skill. my cyclone is more than 10000 dps.

equipment

armor is reduced from 18000 to about 1 0000, because the damage rises. movement speed and attack speed are significant for my marauder in fights. so i equip my class with poe items to increase attack or movement speed.

what's more, my equipment can recovering life and adding resistance as well as increasing physical damage. by level 80, i consider using a one-hand axe and a shield instead of the two-hand.
 

helmet: devoto’s devotion

weapon: royal axe
shield: aegis aurora
body armour: carcass jack
boots: crusader boots
gloves: sorcerer gloves
belt: meginord’s girdle