THE GIGA FISTER - Facebreaker Chieftan Full Build Guide (PoE 3.26 Mercenaries)

**DO NOT FORGET A Tattoo of the Kitava Blood Drinker** also, do NOT forget to actually allocate the Runegraft of the Bound it is unallocted in PoB due to the calculations being bugged - if an update comes and fixes it, be sure to MANUALLY EDIT THE FACEBREAKERS BACK DOWN TO 1000% MORE! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVELING -------------------------------------------------------------------------- you can level with the actual build as soon as you hit level 16 Ground Slam > Volcanic Fissure of Snaking (lv12) > add Facebreakers (lv16) > add Rigwald's Crest (lv20) then it's GG use the "Leveling" Build variant and check the "Items" tab to see exactly what I recommend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRAFTING YOUR GEAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I recommend that you buy Fractured gear and either Essence spam or Harvest reforge to get the stats you want. you can, obviously, just buy the gear outright, if you wish - the fractured method of crafting is usually just cheaper (and kinda fun!) here is what I recommend you prioritize: **IF YOU HAVE DECENT MONEY** 1) ilvl86+ Royal Plate with fractured chaos res >> spam Essence of Horror (~50c per use!) until t3+ %phys dmg reduction (PDR) 2) ilvl86+ Armor-base shield (Pinnacle Tower is best but any will work) with fractured 3% max fire res >> Harvest reforge phys until ANY t2+ res (swap to Fire with Harvest "change any cold / lightning res modifier to fire") **IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY** 1) ilvl86+ Armor-base shield (Pinnacle Tower is best but any will work) with fractured 3% max fire res >> Harvest reforge crit until 50%+ "reduced extra dmg from crits" and ANY t2+ res (swap to fire) OR t2+ PDR 2) ilvl86+ Royal Plate with fractured 6%+ PDR >> spam Deafening Essence of Envy until t2+ res (swap to fire) regardless of your prior choice, your next upgrades are: 3) Turquoise Amulet with fractured 50+ Dex >> spam Deafening Essence of Contempt until t2+ res and either decent all ele or chaos res AND AN OPEN PREFIX (craft "non-channelling -x mana cost") 4) Steel Ring with fractured t2+ Fire Res >> spam Deafening Essence of Contempt until decent life AND OPEN PREFIX (craft non chanelling mana) 5) ilvl81+ Stygian Vise (no fracture necessary) >> spam Deafening Essence of Torment until 50+% chance to avoid being shocked w/ decent res and life remember to buy an Abyss Jewel that adds up to 100% avoid shock with your belt! do the rest of your gear as you see fit. for your Cluster Jewels, I'd honestly just buy them. they're not super hard to craft but they're also not that expensive to buy outright. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERCENARY INFO -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **YOUR MERCENARY MUST BE A Swiftblade** this is the only type that comes with Rallying Cry & can use a 2H axe use Kingmaker until you can acquire a Karui Chopper with at least 800 top-end phys dmg make sure your Merc has Rallying Cry and you give them a Xoph's Heart w/ Deep Breaths anointed be sure to use a Runegraft of the Warp on your passive tree for almost 100% uptime! you can also look for a Merc that has CDR / More Duration supports linked to Rallying Cry for the entire Merc setup, refer to this PoB >> https://pobb.in/IsVAv1Qm5LyL tick "export as support" and paste the code in your own PoB's "Party" tab you'll have to manually config the flat phys from rallying cry (16% of the weapon's phys values) and the phys dmg convert to fire via the belt (look at this PoB's Config tab > Custom Modifiers to see how to do this!)