So, I was looking for a character to finally do ubers, as I never got around to do so last league.
tl;dr: 30-40 mil dps, 10k life, uber shaper poofable
As last league was ending, I was theorycrafting with Rage Vortex, as I saw some pretty interesting versions based on strength stacking and flat phys stacking.
As I've never been a fan of stat stacking (and the sentinel boots are no longer available), I looked further into the latter version. While this build was already very strong, I figured to stack even more flat phys via life and Bloodthirst. To do so, I wanted to use Dissolution of the Flesh.
I then found a video by Captain Lance, who figured out that the recharge from Eternal Youth does not stop when the life reservation (from dissolution) eats into a life pool with no life (i.e. the first 50% with Petrified Blood).
I then realised that this could be useful for mitigating the entire downside of Rite of Ruin! This gave a much more comfortable way of exploiting the insane upsides of the node, without really having to invest into mitigating the degen downside.
However.. The build still felt sorta clunky, as also experienced by Mathil, as Chainbreaker caused everything to cause rage..
This is when I got very happy, seeing the new Kaoms Gloves, as they fixed the rage generation problem. Additionally, since Eternal Youth provides life recovery through ES recharge, rather than life regeneration, we still bypass the degen of Rite of Ruin.
With all of this put together, I thus managed to achieve:
- 10k life (with Petrified Blood for less hit dmg taken)
- 30-40 mil dps (depending on optimal setup)
- +170% movement speed
- Uber Shaper, Uber Exarch, Uber Eater, Uber Maven downed
My current setup can be found here: https://pastebin.com/GfSVgsL7
Finally, it should be noted that someone else seem to have come up with this exact same build, although I have not seen it posted here, so I thought to make a post myself anyway.
Let me know if you are interested in more video showcases.
Cheers