So I just rolled a glad bleed and decided to try out shield crush, since I just played SST through the entirety of 3.15, and I didnt really feel the skill. The dps felt a bit lackluster and the ability didnt always properly overlap, the aoe was really bad, etc.

So what I did is I swapped to an SST gem I was leveling and I went to check PoB, I am doing more dps on the same 4l at lvl 82 that I was doing on 2overlaps shield crush! I was a bit confused since it was supposed to be nerfed, but apparently if you spec into the proper bleed nodes, the skill is still really strong, even on a budget. This is the current tree: https://pastebin.com/MN42iUvC

Of course, its not optimized at all and the gear is beyond trash (SSFHC), but the dps is surprisingly good for a 4 link with a crapper shield. The dps is now more frontloaded into bleeds and less in hits, it definitely feels like that while clearing, but bosses absolutely melt now. Anyone else experiencing good results with sst?