TLDR: Shield Crush + Grace of The Goddess is pretty good. Shield Crush of the Chieftan is better than it used to be but probably still not as good as other Shield Crush Builds. I will say the main wave of SCotC is a better clear skill. Shield Crush is generally a very strong melee skill.

Props to ObjectiveFold who has been posting solid SC builds for a while and got me interested in building around it.

Pros: Clear is actually pretty good, feels almost like a spell build. Lots of defensive layers + freeze. Good dps. Gear is mostly cheap.

Cons: Still melee, never going to clear like a bow build. Edit: You absolutely can do all content but i definitely die sometimes in really rough T17s.

PoBs: my estimated cost ~20-30 Divs for the SC build, a little less for the other because the hatred watchers eye isn't needed at all. YMMV.

Shield Crush: https://pobb.in/-2cvMKjGxMjH

Shield Crush of the Chieftan: https://pobb.in/o4aM76tkQvyY

Videos:

SC phys as ele T17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNsCh9dinuc

SC phys as ele Deathless Uber Shaper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-zRJF5dDyU

SCoC T17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbL7Jzg1nsA

Basic explanation: Shield crush is quite good, and generates a lot of base physical damage. We use Grace of the Goddess to get a ton of phys as extra and effectively pseudo-convert. Slayer masterful form + replica farruls (very cheap this league) gives some nice offense and defense. Emperor's vigilance gives a very strong shield for cheap. Much of the rest of this is based loosely off ObjectiveFolds Shield Crush builds. Grand Spectrums provide a ton of DPS here as well.

General notes: I found Sand Stance to be better all the way around and never used blood. I also feel like most of the time you aren't going to get double hits, but the DPS is still pretty decent.

Build is pretty easy to gear - I chose to use Lethal Pride Timeless over Elegant Hubris with Ostentation, but you could use this if you wanted to alleviate the large intelligence barrier for grace of the goddess. The physical large clusters with ironbreaker/furious assault/battle-hardened are totally fine for this build.

One of the big differences between the two PoBs is which set of cluster slots I used. I do think the SCotC one is better, and would probably use that setup without iron reflexes if I went back to it (on to the next one though). see here for example - https://pobb.in/kNDKGmq7R1Ht

Merc: vitality, determination, Perquils lucky, and kaom's binding effects. Perquils lucky really stands out here since all damage benefits from the combo of Ryslatha and Perquil.