Hey everyone. Wanted to share the build I made to push rank 1 day 1 in HCSSF.

The build did not struggle through campaign or in maps. I'm not the fastest campaigner as I chose a more safer route vs a faster rippy route.

The build did really well throughout the campaign. I finished the campaign in around 8 hours.Why pick this build?

The build is really versatile when it comes to damage types. You can run all damage types that you get on gear.

It only scales flat damage from the nodes. This helps with getting better upgrades for the weapon.

Why pathfinder?

Pathfinder helps with getting Energy Shield early on from the new ascendancy. ES is still king when it comes to survivability especially in acts. It tanked every "red" boss attack"

It runs a mix of Energy Shield and evasion. So if you find a good Energy Shield gear that means you can just use that.

If you find a good Energy Shield evasion piece then you can just use that as well.

It is versatile.

Traveller's wisdom

Later when you get into maps the node "Traveller's wisdom" really pops off. We can start switching out attribute nodes once we get more attributes on the gear suffixes.

Once you have enough attributes this ascendancy will give you 135% increased global defences.

That's 135% increased Energy Shield and evasion from 1 ascendancy node.

If I missed anything please comment. Im happy to answer questions!

Still sane exile?

TLDR: The build is extremely versatile for finding better gear in SSF.

The video i did on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfjZtr7bDcU

PoE ninja day 1 HCSSF: https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaalhcssf?timemachine=day-1

PoB: https://pobb.in/9oR9fZ3ud3x7