[2.0] The IceBreaker Scion. Ice Crash + Facebreakers + Counter Skills = Great fun!

Rare Amulet- Flat physical damage is the most important stat here and it can get pretty high. Life/resists is what should come next. I would recommend trying to get a Lapis amulet for the bonus intelligence

Rare Rings- Very similar to the amulet. Flat physical first and foremost, life/res after. Would also suggest on one ring to try to get a good intelligence roll. Two stone rings or single res rings work great as bases, if you do not need the res I would suggest using coral rings for life or iron rings for even more physical damage.

While leveling I like to use 2 health + 1 mana + 2 quicksilver. On merciless or higher and once mana leech is gotten on one jewel or piece of jewelry mana flask is not needed anymore and nor is a second quicksilver flask. I then like to run 2 health + 1 quicksilver + 1 granite and the last one is open for a third health or atziri's promise or my personal favorite rumi's. Make sure one of your health flasks removes bleeding and one removes chilling/frozen. Granite should of course be rolled with as high an armor roll as you can get. Quicksilver I like to roll with + charges and + movespeed. This way you get 3 uses out of it before it runs out.

CWDT > Molten Shell > Punishment > Increased Duration

Now that enduring cry no longer works I tested a bunch of things to find the right fit for me and I really like it. Molten shell was always a skill that I enjoyed but I really hate self casting it. CWDT allows me to not have to. Currently I run with CWDT level 8 allowing me to run level 52 or lower on punishment and molten shell which comes out to a level 14 molten shell and a level 11 punishment.

Molten shell and increased duration give me some nice added armor and defense which is always great. Punishment since it has been buffed is an awesome curse. If you want to keep it unlinked and use yourself that is fine but not really necessary.

4 Link: Ice Crash > Fortify > Melee Physical Damage > Faster attacks/Added Fire Damage
5 Link: Ice Crash > Fortify > Melee Physical Damage > FA/AFD > Increased Aoe
6 Link: Ice crash > Fortify > MPD > FA/AFD > Inc aoe > concentrated effect.

Entire build can be ran with a 4 linked chest and I used one all the way up to level 82 or so and never had any issues at all. Most trash mobs get one shot, champs/rares 3 shot, bosses not many more. 6 link REALLY brings out the potential though. It is not required but I would recommend it to anyone that is able to get one.

NOTE 1- I used faster attacks instead of added fire damage while leveling since I hate attacking slow. Once I had all the attack speed on tree I made the switch from faster attacks to added fire damage. The DPS between the two is almost negligible. The difference is without faster attacks you do a bit more damage each hit and attack a bit slower. With faster attacks you do a bit less damage but hit a bit faster. Choice is completely up to you.

NOTE 2- If you get a 5 link chest, you CAN use concentrated effect over increased aoe. It is definitely the better of the two gems. However I myself did not like the decreased aoe it gave. That is why I use increased aoe to offset it and give actually more aoe. If a smaller radius does not bother you, feel free to use concentrated effect. If you get a 6 link chest, then it doesn't matter.

Summon Flame Golem > Life Leech > Culling Strike > Item Rarity

I love my little golem companion. Flame golem gives a nice little dps boost and life leech sustains him. Rarely have to recast him. With culling strike and item rarity he gets the last shot on bosses and some rares/exiles etc a lot of the time which is just an added little bonus for the nice loot that drops. Really enjoy this setup.

Other Options- Golem is all your own personal preference. If you would rather tank him up you can throw gems such as minion life and minion resist on him. If you want to boost his dps you can throw things like fire penetration and minion damage on him. If you want to make him more "flashy" you can throw GMP on him and watch him throw 5 fireballs instead of 1.

You can also use the defensive based chaos golem which gives you more physical damage reduction and helps offset the downside of running abyssus. Choice is up to you.

Riposte > Reckoning > Endurance Charge on Melee Stun > Increased Area of Effect

I love this setup so much. First the counter skills Riposte and Reckoning are awesome. They go off constantly and do massive amounts of damage. While leveling they are even great and do a good amount of damage. Endurance charges are up almost constantly as well really giving you a boost to your physical damage reduction. Increased area of effect allows both riposte + reckoning to travel further and in a wider area. It is not uncommon at all to make your way around a corner and see a bunch of ranged mobs shooting at you and have them all instantly explode without even touching them.

Hatred > Herald of Ash > Tempest Shield

Hatred/HoA are your main auras and give you a great dps boost not much left to say on that one. Tempest shield since buff is pretty nice but personally I do not use it to much because I hate recasting it. Usually only end up casting it right before im fighting a giant pack (like at a strongbox/shrine) or during a boss fight. The damage it deals is not very much as we are not linking it to anything. But the animation is cool and it gives some extra block. Use it or don't completely up to you.

1.) Only unique jewel I think is great for this build is martial artistry and gives a big boost to area of effect radius while unarmed.

2.) I would highly recommend getting mana leech on a viridian jewel. It is the only one of the 3 base jewels that allows you to roll mana leech.

3.) I like getting lots of damage on my jewels. You can get unarmed physical damage, damage while holding a shield, flat melee physical, flat damage period, area damage, cold damage and probably more which I forgot to mention. Can also pick up any remaining resistances you might not be capped at or some intel if you are still lacking in that stat a bit. Life is always very good as well and if your an attack speed junky well you can get that too.