Ignite Reaperman - Igntie Reap Chieftain

Build Philosophy I haven't played my favorite ailment builds in a while - ignite. Chieftain is much more tanky than Elementalist, with less damage. Chieftain, however, leverages its physical damage reduction with decent damage. It also is my most played ascendancy pog. This build utilizes the shift from phys to fire on gear, with a combination of the consistency of Endurance Charges, to pretty much tank all phys damage. Dawnbreaker is a two-fold synergy, as it does not only shift phys to fire and cold/ lightning to fire, but also supplies the only source of armour in the build, and a significant amount at that. With our phys damage taken solved, the logical step is to run the right side of the tree for immense spell supression and evasion. We run Grace, instead of Determination, and Immortal Call, instead of Molten Shell. 3.21 Changes The life mastery giving us 15% increased life on chest with no life modifiers allows us to sustain Cloak of Flame, which has 40% physical damage taken as fire. It's important to note that both Cloak of Flame and Dawnbreaker applies generic physical damage taken as fire - that means it applies to physical DoT, too. With the combination of high regen, it's possible to tank through physical degen. The suppress chance is lucky mastery allows us to run at least 67% Spell Supression (mathematically the most bang for your buck) and get as close as possible to supress cap. This makes gearing more flexible. When Reap was initially introduced, many wanted to play an ignite Reap build because of its high base damage but also its mutiplier to its base damage. Unfortunately, Reap ended up playing a lot more annoying with its hitbox but also it doesn't innately have a chance to ignite, which makes it more difficult to apply ignites. This is where Elementalist shines as it doesn't have this problem at all with Shaper of Flames. We can alleviate this with the Combustion gem, change to ignite on gear and Flammability. Vaal Reap introduced +4 to maximum Blood Charges, which also increases the damage further. If there was a time to try ignite Reap, it'll be this time. Levelling non-important active use Mule over Shattering Steel to your Marauder from Duelist. Shattering Steel + Added Fire Damage + Maim Leap Slam Vitality War Banner Frostblink Enduring Cry Combustion Level with Shattering Steel until Exsanguinate @lv 12. Exsanguinate + Added Fire + Maim Leap Slam Vitality War Banner Frostblink Enduring Cry Combustion @Act 2 Exsanguinate + Added Fire + Cruelty Leap Slam Vitality War Banner Frostblink Enduring Cry Combustion Herald of Purity Corrupting Fever @Act 3 Exsanguinate + Swift Affliction + Cruelty + Efficacy Corrupting Fever + Swift Affliction + Efficacy Leap Slam Vitality War Banner Frostblink Enduring Cry Combustion Herald of Purity Burning Damage Flammability Vulnerability Reap Infernal Cry Urgent Orders Second Wind Wave of Conviciton Grace Arctic Armour Faster Casting @Act 4 Exsanguinate + Swift Affliction + Cruelty + Efficacy Corrupting Fever + Swift Affliction + Efficacy Leap Slam Vitality War Banner Frostblink Enduring Cry Combustion Herald of Purity Burning Damage Flammability Vulnerability Reap Infernal Cry Urgent Orders Second Wind Wave of Conviciton Grace Arctic Armour Faster Casting Ignite Proliferation @Act 7 Run both labs for Ngamahu and Ramako Vaal Reap + Combustion + Ignite Proliferation + Cruelty Flammability + Faster Casting Enduring Cry + Infernal Cry + Urgent Orders + Second Wind Swift Affliction Efficacy Burning Damage Leap Slam Frostblink Vitality Wave of Conviction Grace Arctic Armour Herald of Purity