[3.23] The Burden of Shadows! Asianskater2004's Endgame Budget MF Chaos PBOD Build Guide

Drops from the King of the Mists.
The crafting bench can force 6 sockets on any staff for 350 jewellers if you or a friend have the recipe.
Spam Chromatic Orbs until you get 5 blue and 1 green on either end.
Mine is 6-linked, but yours doesn't need to be:
Only Withering Step is not linked with the other gems, so you must link together at least the 5 blue sockets. The green socket can be green or blue or white. You may replace Withering Step with Flame Dash for additional mobility but less damage. Flame Dash is blue.

A setup for the backbar could be these two items for when you really need more life and a quick escape (optional).

Unless you have an aurabot, the armour items should be an armour base, and armour modifiers are very important. These items should have eldritch implicits from ichors and embers as shown. These items should have about 4 white sockets amongst them to get some elemental resistances from the amulet. The other sockets should be red to get some life from the amulet.

Rare Body armour should have a Guatelitzi's life modifier and chaos resistance. Alternatively, you can use a defensive Lightning Coil in combination with a topaz flask. The links don't matter.

Helmet should have as much life as you can manage and chaos resistance. The links don't matter.

Gloves should have as much life as you can manage and chaos resistance. Increased cast speed as an explicit modifier is a bonus. The links don't matter.

Boots should have as much life as you can manage and chaos resistance. Add movement speed as well. The links don't matter.

Amulet drops from King of the Mists. It gives you benefits based on how many empty sockets you have and their colours. We like red and white sockets in this build. Anoint with Teal, Opalescent, and Silver Oils. Alternatively, use Violet, Silver, and Silver Oils.

Ring 1 contains Petrified Blood (red).

Ring 2 contains Determination (red). An alternative for more damage in a party could be a rare Unset Ring with Despair on Hit modifier and Withering Step or Flame Dash in the socket.

Belt will be an Elder or Hunter influence Stygian Vise or Leather Belt with two good life prefixes. You can make one by using Chaos Orbs on an ilvl 84+ Stygian Vise or Leather Belt until you get tier 1 life in the prefix as well as an open prefix and an open suffix. Then, fill suffixes temporarily on the Crafting Bench and use a Hunter's Exalted Orb to get a chance at getting the second life prefix. Once you get that, lock prefixes on the Crafting Bench and reroll on the Horticrafting Bench to include a Chaos modifier, hoping to get Chaos resistance. Finish it on the Crafting Bench with additional Chaos Resistance mixed with the elemental resistance of your choice from a Betrayal recipe.

Dissolution of the Flesh drops from Searing Exarch and is key to raising your life pool. You want a 29% or 30% roll.

Rare jewel should have 7% increased maximum life and either resistances or strength. I chose to have knockback instead, useful for when your life reservation needs breathing room. Alternatively, you could use a Watcher's Eye depending on auras you are affected by.

Prefix modifiers on the flasks should improve the uptime of the flask. Suffix modifiers on the flasks are somewhat interchangeable. You want any mods that include "less duration" to be on your flasks with the most uptime, such as a Bismuth Flask. This build especially hates damage over time (DOTs), so 3 flask suffixes make you immune to 4 types of DOTs. Reduced effect of curses and increased armour are also good suffixes.

Quartz Flask is used for those moments when you get surrounded or have no escape route. It gives you phasing and a little defense.

Amethyst Flask is for chaos resistance. An alternative is a more expensive Progenesis.

Bismuth Flask may be optional depending on if your elemental resistances are capped or not. An alternative could be a Granite Flask. If you went with the Lightning Coil chest, use a Topaz Flask.

Quicksilver Flask increases your movement speed, which helps you not get hit.

Silver Flask increases your movement speed as well as cast speed, which improves damage.