CRAFTING GUIDE:
CHEST:
IDEALLY you either buy a 22% spell suppress fractured conquest lamellar ilvl 86 (~50divs) OR just fracture it yourself (gl); otherwise can also just buy a lower spell suppress fracture and get the final 2% elsewhere (i.e. tattoos/other gear).
Spam dense fossils in primitive chaotic resonator until you hit either:
T1 hybrid %defense & T1 flat defense + T3+ defense/stun
OR
T1 hybrid %defense & T1 flat defense + T2+ life
OR
T2+ hybrid life & T1 flat defense & T1 life
If you get 2 of these and an open prefix, use an elritch exalt with searing dominant (use greater searing & lesser eater on it) to add a prefix and hope it's a good one. if not, spam dense again
Obviously you can settle for lower tiers as well, but may as well go for T1s if you've got the currency to spend
If you get a life chest, don't run the %life mastery, run the flat life or none at all
At this point your prefixes should be done. If you don't have an open suffix, make sure it's eater dominant, then eldritch annul to remove a suffix.
Craft prefixes cannot be changed, then reforge phys with harvest. It's guaranteed to hit %phys reduction; ideally we get T1, you can settle for T2 if currency's tight atm, can always go for it again.
This will leave you with one open suffix; I just craft hybrid chaos res, not much else to get.
Before you six-socket and link the chest, you can also use tailoring orbs on it to get % explicit defense or life modifiers enchant (which I forgot to do).
To six socket and link it, buy an omen of the jeweller (10c) and use a jeweler on it for 6 sockets, then buy a black Morrigan beast (1div) and use that to 6l it.
BOOTS:
Get either a 12% spell suppress fracture or a 14% spell suppress fracture on any ilvl 86 base (ideally pure ev or ev/arm). Probably best to just get 14%, that way you can cheap out on the chest instead.
Use either deafening essence of greed (cheap) or shrieking/deafening zeals (more expensive usually). Looking to craft prefixes, so we want T1 life & 30%ms. 3rd prefix doesn't matter.
Craft prefix cannot be changed, harvest reforge chaos. Guaranteed to hit chaos res, hopefully you hit a high roll. Can keep going until you hit a T2+ but up to you.
Final suffix is crafted avoid ailments, this + lesser eater avoidance implicit + ancestral vision + thick skin wheel = 100% ele ailment avoidance. Can just exalt slam to get whatever final prefix.
GLOVES:
14% spell suppress fracture gloves (any ilvl 85 base, ideally ev or ev/arm).
Spam defeaning zeals until T1 life + ideally flat damage, but don't need to worry that much bout hitting that, main thing is T1 life.
If you have two open prefix, craft added phys dmg to block it and eldritch exalt with searing dominant. Craft 36% increased atk spd while focused suffix to finish craft, and exalt slam final prefix to hit whatever if one is open still.
Final step is to get +2 strikes, which can be pretty expensive - be prepared to spend 10+ divines on it depending on luck.
First you need to spam grand searing ichors until you hit +1 strikes (not when near pinnacles). This can take a while and where most of the currency sink is.
Once u hit that, use an exceptional eater and then orb of conflict it -- if your searing goes up to exceptional (hold alt to check), get another exceptional eater and use it for slightly better odds, then orb of conflict again. If searing goes up, you'll have +2 strikes. If it goes down, conflict again. this can also be expensive depending on luck.
Once you have +2 strikes and the rest of the gear crafted, you can unspec all of inveterate and multishot and put points elsewhere. Currently I'm keeping multishot wheel for the str + the attacks cannot be blocked to do more T17 mods. You will need quickstep specced to suppress cap though, but it's only two points and gives ms as well, plus it's in lethal pride range.
You may want a new lethal pride as well; make sure to get one with +1 rage on hit as well to get another point back on tree. Looking for crit multi, crit chance, fire res & life is good too, armour and strength (flat or %) also good and may be needed to hit str requirements (need 173 for conquest lamellar).
HELM
12%+ spell suppress fracture ilvl 84+ eva/arm helm (ideally 14%), get best base you can afford
Harvest reforge life until T1 life roll + either hybrid life (life/eva or life/arm)
Prefix cannot be changed, harvest reforge chaos
Craft whatever suffix you want (res, rarity, int, etc).
RING:
Amethyst ring ilvl 84 with at least 52 int fracture
Spam deafening essence of scorn until T2+ chaos res
Craft suffix cannot be changed (or wild bristle matron, cheaper) and harvest reforge life until T1 life
If two open prefix, can block mana and yolo exalt
Craft flat cold (helps with brittle) or flat lightning (if not using secrets) for final prefix.
BELT:
I just bought a good stygian vise for 2.5divs w/ an open prefix and hunter exalt slammed and got lucky. I wouldn't spend too much crafting a good stygian tho, as we're gonna use either mageblood or headhunter instead ideally.
SHIELD:
Buy an ilvl 86 fractured 8% phys dam reduction arm/ev shield (needs to be arm/ev to get crit dmg reduc suffix). Base matters, as anything less than 26% base block will not hit 44% block with loathing essence. Cardinal is ideal.
Can also get reduced crit dmg fracture, just harder to hit high %phys dmg reduction using harvest (still guaranteed to hit the mod).
Spam defeaning essence of loathing until T1 life & T2+ hybrid life
Craft Prefix cannot be changed and harvest reforge crit until T1 crit dmg reduction
Craft 12% Attack speed
There's also other really good influence mods for shields, i.e. life on block shaper, %life hunter, %inc ele dmg redeemer, res efficiency from shaper/hunter.
Best shield is probably using def + serrated fossils until T1 atk spd + T1 reduced crit dmg, then prefix cannot be changed reforge life until T1 life (can also hit hybrid life rolls here), and with open prefix hunter exalt slam for %inc life.
Merc Ring:
Buy a Helical ring (non mirrored / fractured) ilvl 84+ and Reforge Life at harvest bench until you get T2+ Life Recoup and T2+ Res (any). Annul until only those two mods remain. If you miss, keep reforging. Can also reforge more likely if low tier versions of the mod show up.
Once you hit, quality it up (either life or res, res proly better) and hit it with a reflecting mist (make sure the res is lightning beforehand). One copy will be + recoup and - res, another will be the opposite. Can sell the crappy one for a dece amount of divines as they can be sold to vendor 5x for a new one.
Expect to spend ~70 divines crafting it (base + reforges) unless you get hella lucky.
There's a few small upgrades to still do, but overall I'm happy with where I've taken the build so I won't be investing any more into it. Hopefully it doesn't get gutted next league, but it probably will.
If y'all have questions or need help with the build, feel free to join the discord or if I'm live ask in the chat, always glad to help!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Simulacrum Showcase
2:00 Gear
6:30 Passive Tree
11:00 Lethal Pride
12:30 PoB Overview
15:30 Merc Gear & Crafting Ring
19:00 Final Thoughts & Future Plans