SSF Corrupting Cry, Feared Down, Level 100: Discussion/POB

WARNING: THIS IS MORE EXPERIMENTAL OF A POB AND LESS BEGINNER FRIENDLY THAN YOU'RE USED TO FROM ZIZARAN GUIDES, WE ALSO DIDN'T GET TO TRY THE NEW SUPPORTS YET, PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK > CALCULATIONS OF DAMAGE < PoB doesn't have support for Corrupting Cry yet as of writing this PoB, to compensate for this I looked at the % difference between Corrupting Fever and Corrupting Cry numbers and added those in config. One thing to keep in mind though is that any +1 all skill gems or +1 all phys skill gems mods won't work on Corrupting Cry, if you add any of those on gear make sure to lower Corrupting Fever level by 1 each time. > CRAFTING GLOVES < 1. Get gloves with suppress fractured(if not the next step might require multiple attempts) 2. Use an essence of Delirium(until suppress if you skipped step 1) 3. Suffixes cannot be changed -> veiled chaos. If no open prefix for Suffixes Cannot Be Changed you'll have to annul first 4. Check on craftofexile what your best mod to craft is for blocking 5. Unveil +2 aoe hopefully > LEVELING < We can either level with Spectral Throw or Phys DoTs(including Corrupting Cry). For Spectral Throw leveling we want to use basic 2H axe/sword leveling strats, make sure you take Adrenaline in normal lab and proc it with Corrupting Fever - Lifetap Phys DoT leveling is a bit more experimental and pretty much relies on Corrupting Cry being good in acts already Stack Exsanguinate, (Vaal) Reap and Corrupting Cry, try to get a dot mult wand or +1 phys wand. Make sure you take Adrenaline in normal lab and proc it with Corrupting Fever - Lifetap > PATHING < YES THE PATHING AROUND IRON WILL FREAKING SUCKS, it's worth the single target though > PIVOTS IN CASE THIS BUILD SUCKS < - EA Champ (Zizaran has a guide for this :D) - Dom Blow Champ (something like this: https://pobb.in/OwQbcmknAzwI) - Corrupting Fever Champ (Ruetoo has a PoB for this) > CHOICES/PROBLEMS < Grace vs Malevolence I feel like the build is tanky enough while mapping with just a Jade flask, if it's not though make sure to swap out Malevolence and swap in Grace(and be ready for the dex requirements) Explosions? We don't hit, so explosions are really hard to get(can't bleed mobs for example). We do get a lot of AoE on our General's Cry though, so it should still be fine maybe? Any other warcries? Technically you can have perma uptime on other warcries, but General's Cry has the shortest cooldown by far, and cooldown will be key for clearspeed. Can't you save 1 point at Escalation by pathing the other way around? Currently I'm expecting warcry duration to scale the corrupting blood duration, then the 1 extra point is probably worth it, if not just path the other way around. Frenzy charges? Either blood rage with a 2nd unset ring or a frenzy - faster attacks/accuracy - maim setup instead of the adrenaline setup and weapon swapping to double midnight bargain for Adrenaline proc. My warcry cooldown is too slow to clear with properly If the warcry cooldown is too long to clear with you can switch to the "double warcry" setup(change the tree AND the skill gem setup). This means you CAN'T have a warcry on left click anymore, but since we have an Enduring Cry added in with a 4 second cooldown you can press that whenever you feel like you need it.