Soulwrest+VD/Desecrate arcanist brand+Herald of agony (13+ mil dps, possibly more)

POB stuff done to make it fit next patch *added +2 minion to helmet (so dont allocate unnatural strength) *ticked on unholy might *adjusted minion poison/bleed damage *added new minion gems (im guessing about 10% poison/bleed chance for new suffix, we dont go for 100% chance so NBD if its less) Potential accidental POB warrioring wither amounts might easily reach cap, might not, im not good enough to math that (20 hits per trigger, 1.73 trigger rate, 25% chance, lasts 2 seconds. X2 for 2 brands on target) Just put it at 7 to guesstimate convocation might need to be jammed in somewhere, not sure miiight be too squishy (lots of potential tank factor boosts that cant easily be accounted for, like 21 phantasms+spectre+golem body blocking, or never needing to stand still beyond popping a brand out) Damage will vary depending on how much ramping your are getting from corpse pact (should reach peak hits after a few seconds) gear notes Enchant helmet isnt too hard to get (buy base ---> Spam Deafening Essence of Greed until you get +2 minion levels ---> hope the rest of it isnt total shit) Good luck getting wither node from coming calamity, its a huge dps boost. You have three potential notable spots so it should be doable. new Dialla's Malefiction is very strong, easily a solid budget version of chest Comign calamity chest works as budget version of chest before you can get helmet enchant Spectre notes spectres survive because of minion defense mastery. Phantasmas are constantly resummoned from VD ---> each time they get resummoned the oldest one dies, healing spectres 5% hp. SUPER powerful regen. Good spectre options: wild bristle matreon (defensive), demon harpy (may need spell echo? tanky factor questionable, but potentially huge damage boost particularly for phantasms) pale seraphim good backup choice (good life, decent offensive ability, no need for spell echo) Animate guardian could be put in as well if your feeling spicy. Patch potential goodness If Harvest jewel implciits still exist, it shouldent be too hard to get 2 immunities (shock/freeze/ignite or stun) Herald of agony breakpoints might be funky in new patch, but its damage might be higher depending how the breakpoint works. +2 ammy should be alot easier to get due to kalandra memery. (can replace with 21 divergent herald (OOF) or level 4 empower (also OOF). Phantasms getting THICC 20% damage buff. crit offering might be better than attack speed/cast speed offering Wiggle room build changes Build can be much more defensive and QOL oriented by taking mistress of sacrifice over unnatural strength. main worry isnt enough herald of agony dps, its phantasm dps (so you have enough to clear still). Extra duration also lets swap out damage/skill duration minion node wiht more life from the life wheel. Annoint is for QOL for brand timing. Can swap it out if you get skill duraiton elsewhere or dont care about short living brands (which means stopping more) Lots of choices for chest notable. Minion instability will add a little bit to clear/phantasm dps (they gona die a LOT), but is risky for spectres. Iron reflexes/glancing blows/lehte shade arent bad choices either. flesh offering can be put at level 1 so it goes off with damage taken, adds qol reduces damage potential Bare minimum starting stuff Soulwrest some way to fix mana (rings or replica conq efficiency) poison gloves (lower level is actually better) Most important later stuff enchanted helmet lets you use chest for most damage and defense Boots and heal rings are HUGE regen wise medium clusters dont matter until you get divergent herald + calamitous visions for poison. More virulance = more poison chance needed Awakened spell cascade goes from 12 hits per VD detonation to 20 (may or may not be necssary for virulance stacking