PoE Guardian, Herald builds without Ruthless

PoB Link : I have been toying with the idea of playing a hybrid HoP - Absolution Guardian with a main focus on phys dmg and this is what i came up with. Of course it is the more endgame version of it which includes some crafting but still it would have some more room to grow ( +1 all minion on shield, kingmaker /ephemeral garb on AG etc). I also tried to go with the traitor and keep 3 flasks to have a decent uptime on bottled faith and vaal haste via soul ripper on bosses. Furthermore, the rational doctrine balancing of stats i

Good Morning :) So. I have played a lot, but never gotten very far. I enjoy SSF and decided in order to actually get somewhere near the later stages of the game, I will play standard SSF instead of always making new character in the current league. &x200B; My strongest build at the moment is this HoAG Guardian from past leagues. POB (community version): This can clear Tier 8 maps relatively comfortably, but starts dying in higher tiers relatively often. Now my Question is this. Is HoAG without Arakaalis Fang still a viab