RANGER FACEBREAKER - High Regen, Res Tech (Shaper, Uber Atziri)

Actually regen still going to be ok. Need to have a Hopeshredder on alt weapon - and quickly weapon swap every 4 secs (or when you take a heavy hit), to activate Arakaali and get the enhanced regen.

That's quite easy. I can then take out the Blood Rage setup, which eliminates % degen on Blood Rage, and frees up 3 sockets.

Going to try and figure out how to boost the damage further for 3.7 - either continuing with Ice Crash, or trying Conc. Path or a phys build with Frenzy.

VIDEOS

- Uber Atziri and Shaper: https://youtu.be/JBpZV7ewXDw



INTRO

This is meant to be a fun build for those who want to play Facebreaker Ranger.

Been away from PoE for a while and wanted to update my old facebreaker build. This new build will be more tanky:
- very high regen (got tired of running out of life flasks on end game bosses)
- high HP
- removed Abyssus
- swapped from crit to RT

Hope you guys enjoy the build! Let me know if you see anything to improve.



WORKING

HP
- grabbing as much life as I can on tree: 211% on tree at level 93, and about 224% at level 96. Also using Might of the Meek jewel near Scion life wheel
- other large life gains from: 8 jewel sockets, and shield (% inc. maximum life Elder mod)
- HP at level 93: Perfect Form / Loreweave = 7.1k, Belly of the Beast = 7.7k
- HP at level 96 with Belly and better jewels = 8k+

Regen
- I'm tired of GGG's clusterfuk bosses with millions of HP and fights that are hard to sustain
- This build reaches ~45%-50%/sec regen for better boss sustain
- With Blood Dance can get up to 54-56%/sec regen
- Nothing really new here: tree grabs as much life regen, then amulet (with regen mod), boots (regen enchant), and then increased life recovery rate mods from: Flow Untethered belt / rare belt, Arakali on Pantheon, Watcher's Eye with Vitality mod
- Other regen sources: Oak, Vitality aura, and Consecrated Ground (huge 6% regen) which is proc'd by CWDT linked to Purifying Flame set up that can also be used to apply Frostbite curse)
- This regen is meant to be self-sustaining (i.e. no need for flasks). However you can use a Sulphur magic flask or even better Bottled Faith flask for your consecrated ground and remove the Purifying Flame CWDT set-up and use for other gems like Rallying Cry

Other Defense
- Fortify via Shield Charge = 20% reduced damage from hits
- Arctic Armor if you use Perfect Form = ~12% less damage taken from phys and fire hits
- Acro and Phase Acro = 30% dodge, 30% spell dodge
- Raider Evasion buffs on Onslaught: 25% more chance to evade attacks

Damage
- Facebreaker can scale damage relatively well
- Damage comes mostly from added phys on gear (Deidbellow, amy, rings), 8 jewels, 6-7 frenzy charges (damage and attack speed), and a few nodes on tree
- Using Ice Crash and converting 90% of phys to cold using Winter Spirit on tree
- Cold pen with Wise Oak, Frostbite, and Divine Judgement node on tree
- Other damage buffs: flasks, chill and Bonechill from CWDT set-up with a chilling skill like Cold Snap
- Resolute Technique for 100% chance to hit
- I'm NOT using an Ice Crash enchant (i.e. gain 15% of Ice Crash phys damage as extra cold) so that would be a further DPS boost



PATH

Tree
(please see Pastebin below)
- Just grabbing life and life regen, and jewel nodes

- Key nodes by leveling path: Heart of Oak, Winter Spirit, Acro, Golem's Blood, Master of the Arena, Warrior's Blood, Heart of the Warrior, Constitution, Resolute Tech, Retribution, Divine Judgement




Ascendancy
- I've found Raider to be the best for cheap damage boost via Frenzy and Onslaught paths
- Also wanted to maintain Frenzy charges even 1v1 vs. bosses
- Pathfinder is also another option but not as strong as Raider

- Raider Paths: Avatar of Slaughter and Avatar of the Chase




Pantheon
Major: Soul of Arakaali:
- 5% reduced Damage taken from Damage Over Time
- 10% chance to Avoid Lightning Damage when Hit
- Capture Queen of the Great Tangle: 50% increased Recovery of Life and Energy Shield if you've stopped taking Damage Over Time Recently

Minor: Soul of Tukohama
- While stationary, gain 2% additional Physical Damage Reduction each second, up to a maximum of 8%
- Capture Tahsin Warmaker: While stationary, gain 0.5% of Life Regenerated per second each second, up to a maximum of 2%



BUILD

https://pastebin.com/Cujxurs9. << Currently set to Perfect Form + Divine Judgement set up. There are several customization options in the Pastebin depending on the type of profile you like:


1. Basic with Highest DPS:

- Use Lorewave Chest (big damage)
- Remove 4 points from Divine Judgement and put into Phase Acro if you want Spell Dodge


2. Basic with Better Mitigation:

- Use Perfect Form
- Similar HP to Loreweave, but less damage
- Allows you to run free Arctic Armor and Phase Acro
- Chroming and cold res can be hard to manage


3. Absolute Regen

- If you want high HP and higher quantum of regen
- Use Belly of the Beast or Kaom's Heart
- If you use Kaom's Heart you need to get an Elder rare helm with Conc. Effect -> this will enable you to run Ice Crash as a 5L in helmet. You also need to remove a CWDT set-up as there will not be enough socket groups left
- Alternatively if you want to improve your rate of regen: use a rare Elder chest with good life and % regen, or Blood Dance boots



KIT:

Helmet
- Deidbellow unique helm + a rare shield is a good option or rare helm + Old One's unique shield
- If using a rare helm get one with life, and res
- These helms have less DPS than Abyssus but gives better survivability
- To get the most of Deidbellow you can use a Rallying Cry if you have space
- Enchant i.e. with Ice Crash gain 15% of phys as extra cold

Shield
- If you are using a unique helmet like Deidbellow then get a rare Elder shield with: +life, % inc. max life, and some res
- Otherwise if you are using a rare helmet then you can use Great Old One's


Chest
Please see explanations in BUILD section above
- Loreweave = BIG damage chest, HP on par with Perfect Form
- Perfect Form = a PAIN to chrome, but gives free Arctic Armor, and free 4 points by removing connection go Phase Acro on tree and putting those 4 points into damage i.e. Divine Judgement nodes
- Belly of the Beast = huge HP, but need to remove Arctic Armor
- Rare Elder chest with good life and % regen = another option, if you get good res on a rare Elder chest you can then use both Deidbellow adn Great Old One's Ward


Gloves
- Facebreaker ofc, aim to get one as close to 800% as possible
- Try to get corrupted one with +1 frenzy charge - relativley cheap in new league

Boots
- Rare with life and res
- Enchant with 2% life regen if hit recently
- If you want even faster regen - use Blood Dance

Amulet
- Rare with regen, and added phys damage, life and res

Rings
- Rares with added phys, life, res, and elemental damage with attacks

Belt
- Rare belt with % inc. life recovery rate, max life, res, and phys/ele damage
- Or Flow Untethered

Flasks
- In order of DPS priority: Lion's Roar, Wise Oak, Atziri's Promise, Taste of Hate, Sulphur
- Make sure cold res is highest for Wise Oak
- Important for you to have some way to remove dots like bleeding / poison / ignite - otherwise these dots can prevent Arakaali regen boost from working. So for your magic flask add one of these mods depending on boss/map
- Other flasks that can be used: are Sin's Rebirth (blind and damage), Topaz / Ruby flask (for lightnign and fire defense)

Jewels:
- 8 sockets
- 6 rares: just focus on added phys damage, life, and res here and there
- 2 unique: Might of Meek near Scion life wheel, and Watcher's Eye with Vitality mod for increased life recovery

Note: a little short on int on tree so try to get some int on 1 piece of gear



GEMS:

Main: Ice Crash + Conc Effect + MPD + Ele Focus + Ele Damage with Attacks + Multistrike / Hypothermia / Cold Penetration. I didn't like Multistrike due to it locking my movement for a short period each attack. Hypothermia is higher damage than Cold Pen gem but relies on enemy being chilled i.e. from Arctic Armor or Cold Snap

Auras: Hatred + Vitality (+ Enlighten if space) (+ Arctic Armor if Perfect Form)

CWDT 1: CWDT + Blood Rage + Immortal Call (for Arakali on Pantheon to trigger increased life recovery rate)

CWDT 2: CWDT + Purifying Flame + Curse on Hit + Frostbite - this gets you frostbite curse for more damage and Consecrated Ground for massive regen

CWDT 3: CWDT + Cold Snap + Bone Chill - idea is to trigger a skill that chilles with Bonechill to boost Ice Crash damage

Movement: Shield Charge + Fortify

If space can add Rallying Cry as well.

Please note for multiple CWDT set-ups order by gear position = Helm ⇒ Shield ⇒ Gloves ⇒ Boots



MY KIT AND LINKS

PLEASE NOTE: I am testing this build in Standard and my gear is still in progress and may change. Plaase see Pastebin posted above where I have removed any legacy gear