PoE Flame Surge builds

Offmeta Build: Flame Surge Selfcast Chieftain utilizing recently buffed Warcrys defensively

&x200B; So I always struggle once I hit yellow upper/red maps with gearing upgrades whenever I try and make my own character, and this one is no exception. I'm fully rez capped, have increased max fire res and I'm taking some damage as fire thanks to the watchers eye and Dawnbreaker. I know my Chaos res is low, but I'm not really as concerned about dying from those source. It's the general amount of damage I'm taking that I'm confused by. I guess I could get more armour on the chest, maybe try and fit in determination somewhere,

Trying to rig up a flame-surge Kitava's thirst character. It'd be like playing melee, without being melee. I'm probably going to roll with it next league unless something overtly destroys the build. But looking for feedback on it. It's not terribly crazy in terms of required uniques, and has room for growth with influence-rare crafting. \editing to meet the "Share Your Build" requirements\ Flame Surge on a 6-link \[Pledge of Hands\] meets the 100 mana cost to trigger Kitava's Thirst, which has 3 spells linked on Arcane

) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Reflexion DPS and life ok ? Cant squeeze much more life aside for more juicy expensive T1 roll ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Defenses Layers ~4.6k HP (+450ES) + 2700 Primal Aegis CWDT + Immortal Call 200 HP regen + 1k leech Elemental reflect immune Possible enduring cry