[3.15] Crimson Bow Gladiator, RoA + Puncture | Pure Bleed Build | All Content | In-depth

If Gladiator doesn't suit your tastes, then there are other ascendancies you can use instead. Just keep in mind, they're not nearly as good in a league start scenario and require Haemophilia gloves to clear quickly. Passive trees are designed with these gloves in mind.
Starting with the best one:



Champion
Ascendancy: Conqueror -> Worthy Foe -> Unstoppable Hero -> Fortitude
Base passive tree (level 93)

If there's one ascendancy as strong for this build as Gladiator, it's Champion. Slightly lower damage, but INCREDIBLY tanky thanks to permanent fortify and taunting totems. Total ~40% less damage taken if your totems taunt first. Doesn't have to use Resolute Technique thanks to Worthy Foe passive.



Raider
Ascendancy: Way of the Poacher -> Avatar of the Chase -> Avatar of the Slaughter
Base passive tree (level 93)

Incredibly fast and tanky, but really low damage numbers. Should use Malevolence aura with 15% faster ailments Watcher's Eye to make up for it. Once you have all key parts, it feels amazing to play. Doesn't have to use Blood Rage, but still can for little bit extra attack speed.

Great candidate for standalone, non-totem version of this build.



Trickster
Ascendancy: Patient Reaper -> Prolonged Pain -> Ghost Dance -> Escape Artist
Base passive tree (level 93)

Great all around ascendancy with high sustain. Lower damage, but stronger defensively. Shouldn't use Blood Rage to take advantage of energy shield bonuses, other source of frenzy generation on kill is recommended.

You can take Swift Killer and Weave the Arcane instead of ES/Evasion route.



Deadeye
Ascendancy: Gathering Winds -> Rupture -> Powerful Precision -> Fast and Deadly
Base passive tree (level 93)
Perfect Agony tree (level 98)

An oddball compared to all other viable ascendancies. I don't recommend using it, but it can be built in multiple different ways.

Lots of quality of life and some speed, in exchange for incredibly poor defences. Similarly to Raider, low damage output and should use Malevolence aure with 15% faster ailments Watcher's Eye.

This is only ascendancy i would dare going crit based bleed, thanks to all crit nodes. Great candidate for standalone, non-totem version of this build.

Weapon: Bow with Bleed fossil mod, read in-depth explaination for details
Quiver: Skirmish
Armour: Kintsugi OR Loreweave OR rare body armour


Helmet: Life and resists
Boots: Life, resists and movement speed
Gloves: Life, resists and added phys OR Blasphemer's Grasp.


Belt: Ryslatha's Coil
Rings: Life, resists and added phys
Amulet: Life, resists and added phys, Annoint: Cleaving (BASe)


Flasks: 1 Life flasks, 4 utility flasks recommended. Flexible, use what you want.
Dying Sun is great for additional clear.


Jewels: Life and damage on all of them, very efficient if you have at least 3 good mods.
Rain of Splinters is great for Siege Ballista's accuracy/AoE potential
One abyss jewel with life and chance to gain onslaught on kill is recommended.
Watcher's Eye with Grace/Malevolence mods is also great

The core item of this build. The ideal bow needs 2 mods:

* 60% chance for Bleeding inflicted with this Weapon to deal 100% more Damage
* Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Vicious Projectiles /
(127–134)% increased Physical Damage

Both of them combined almost triple your damage with bleed. Only the first mod is absolutely neccessary tho. Only available from Corroded fossils.

To obtain both of these two affixes you would need 6-linked elder bow. It also requires a lot of fossil crafting to hit both of them at the same time, so for cheaper version you should craft a normal high ilvl 6-link bow with only 100% more bleeding mod. You won't miss out too much by skipping Vicious Projectiles.

Details how to craft it can be found in crafting section. I suggest to begin with starter version and then move on to elder bow after you've acquired other necessary gear.

Kintsugi
My personal choice of body armour. I use it to mitigate potential oneshots from bosses, and it saved me multiple times in the past. Additional 50% evasion if you get hit is a really nice bonus for mapping. The "20% Less Damage Taken if you've not been hit Recently" also works against degens (LAB TRAPS!) until you've been hit. It's quite reliable when you need it the most, but doesn't always protect you.

Loreweave
Amazing chest for DPS and elemental defence. Not my personal favorite since it lacks evasion but it's still great for defence and offence. Requires 105 intelligence to wear.

Rare Body Armour
High level chests can give you really high amount of life on top of other potential bonuses. Elder armour especially has some really cool mods, plus provides bonuses from Blasphemer's Grasp gloves in case you use them.

Skirmish for additional totem. Without it, the Siege Ballista cannot achieve it's maximum potential. You can vaal the quiver for +1 arrow, so the ballista has easier time hitting your enemies. However, with even arrow count it might have opposite effect (missing stationary enemies). +1 chain corruption can be a substitute for pierce nodes. All other corruptions are useless for this build.

Before you get to use Siege Ballista, a normal rare quiver with as much life, resistances and added physical damage is the best option.

End game option:
In case you don't want to use Siege Ballista - a rare quiver with life, resistances and added physical damage/speed mods if possible. Shaped penetrating arrow quiver with +1 arrow is probably what you should be looking for - so you can give up pierce nodes on the tree. You'll end up crafting it most likely. Details how to make one can be found in crafting section.

Packed into same category, as you want same thing from all of them:

* Life
* Resistances
* Movement Speed (boots only)

Evasion based preferred, especially the helmet (can achieve really high evasion).
You should avoid ES based gear due to very low intelligence this build has.
On top of that, gear with ES makes end game crafting much more difficult.


Haemophilia - non-Gladiator ascendancy gloves
If you're using one of the optional ascendancies, then these gloves are mandatory. Passive trees are also designed with them in mind. Bleedsplosions greatly increase clear speed and safety through corpse removal. It's really, really hard to pass them up.

End game options:
Helmet crafted with Jagged fossil can roll very good mod that increases physical damage taken by nearby enemies. It shouldn't even be too hard to craft.

It's worth mentioning Blasphemer's Grasp. These gloves are absolutely BiS if you can manage to obtain a lot of elder influenced rares/uniques. Great if you want to min-max the build. Not recommended unless you have at least ~6-7 elder items equipped.

Elder gloves crafted with fossils can also give you nearly as much damage as the unique ones but without forcing you to use multiple elder items. Details can be found in crafting section.

Enchantments

Helmet: 40% increased Tornado Shot damage OR any Siege Ballista enchantment

There's no clear winner here. Additional damage on your clearing skill is never a bad idea. In case you want more single target damage, then any of the Siege Ballista enchantments is good. Personally i really liked 45% totem placement one.

Boots:
#1 - 16% increased Attack and Cast Speed if you've Killed Recently
#2 - 8% chance to Spell Dodge if you've taken Spell Damage Recently.
#3 - 10% increased Movement Speed if you haven't been Hit Recently

All of them are really good, pick based on your preferences.

Gloves: +1 Frenzy vaal implicit

Glove enchantments are kinda worthless. Vaal implicits are quite awesome tho, with +1 Frenzy being the best. Vulnerability on hit is also an option, just a small QoL thing. Easiest way to acquired them are Blasphemer's Grasp gloves.

Core item of this build.

Ryslatha's Coil is basically a 20-30% more damage multiplier. 50 life on stun is really useful during the map clear, as the bleedsplosions often stun enemies around. It can also be corrupted for one of the very good vaal implicits:

* 6-8% increased maximum Life
* 14-16% to all Elemental Resistances
* 8-12% increased Attack Speed during any Flask Effect
* 8–12% increased Movement Speed during any Flask Effect

Like majority of other gear and little bit more:

* Life
* Resistances
* Added physical damage
* ~25 Intelligence total

Steel rings are obviously the best for additional damage. Coral rings are also great to make up for no health on quiver. You should prioritize life/resistances first and then the damage. You can always mastercraft a little bit of added damage.

Assuming you use Skirmish, you need ~25 intelligence total to use level 20 Unbound Ailments and lvl 5 Curse on Hit. You'll most likely have get it on jewellery.

End game option:
Amulets crafted with fossils can give you A LOT of damage. Added physical and up to 70% increased damage, but at the cost of resistances. Check crafting section for details.

Elder amulets can roll "Projectiles Pierce an additional Target" that would allow to drop pierce nodes on the tree and pick up additional jewel slot. Crafting a decent one is going to be challenging tho.

Amulet Annoinments:
Cleaving - Black, Amber, Sepia
Cheap and very high damage notable. It might be for axes, but the 2 bleed nodes are global. You can also allocate "Growth and Decay" or "Dirty Techniques" notables instead, they grant slightly less damage but have some extra other effects that makes them worthile. They're more expensive tho.

Hardened Scars - Golden, Black, Teal
Hidden notable. Strongest defensive node for ranged characters, grants Fortify.
Requires a hybrid flask with "Foreboding" or "Enduring" prefix in order to work.

Consitution - Golden, Golden, Silver
Soul of Steel - Golden, Golden, Golden
If you prefer permanent life boots that's not tied to flask. Former node is better in nearly all scenarios, the latter is much stronger at mitigating physical damage.

1 life flask for emergencies and 4 utility flasks. Standard for most builds. The setups are flexible, use everything to your preferences.

I VERY much recommend using Quicksilver flask of Adrenaline since this build doesn't have too much movement speed on it's own. Jade/Stibnite flask also seems like a natural choice since it's easy to get decent amounts of evasion, allowing for relatively high mitigation. That's why i pick up life/evasion cluster on passive tree. Quartz flask is also one of my favorites due to synergy with acrobatics and phasing it provides.

From unique flasks:
* Dying Sun - 2 additional projectiles = more clear speed and more bleeds applied by Tornado Shot. Along with +1 arrow quiver/bow, it should allow you to drop GMP for Swift Affliction.

* The Writhing Jar - Great flask for end game bosses. Allows you to refresh frenzy charges during waiting phases (like Shaper).

There's not much to discuss, you want any 3 out of these 5 mods on your jewels:

* 5-7% increased maximum life
* 16–20% increased Damage with Bleeding
* 14–16% increased Global Physical Damage
* 12–16% increased Bleeding Duration / Attacks have 3–5% chance to cause Bleeding
* +3-4% to Physical Damage over Time Multiplier

Life on the jewel is especially valued, get it if you can. Bleeding duration might seem useless, but it works like a dimnishing multiplier. Good to invest into it once or twice.

Rain of Splinter is a great unique jewel for Siege Ballista's accuracy. Also allows to use the totems for more AoE coverage in encounters like breach/abyss/harbingers etc. You also might want a single abyss jewel with chance to gain onslaught on kill, awesome for clearing.

Getting a jewel with all 4 good mods is kinda impossible, but finding one with 3 mods at once should be easy. Be sure to look out for other mods that can be beneficial for you:

* Totem mods
* Attack speed mods
* 10–12% increased Damage over Time
* 8–10% increased Damage
* 0.2–0.4% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Mana
* 14–18% increased Evasion Rating
* Any resistance / intelligence mods

Watcher's Eye is an expensive jewel you might want to acquire once you reach the end game maps. It is incredibly strong both offensively and defensively. Depending on the aura you use, you should look out for these (Bolded mods should be prioritized):

* (10–15)% increased Movement Speed while affected by Grace
* +(5–8)% chance to Evade Attacks while affected by Grace
* (6–10)% chance to Dodge Attack Hits while affected by Grace
* Damaging Ailments you inflict deal Damage (10–15)% faster while affected by Malevolence
* Unaffected by Bleeding while affected by Malevolence
* (15–20)% increased Recovery rate of Life and Energy Shield while affected by Malevolence

Gem Progression:
Shrapnel Shot - Chance to Bleed - Mirage Archer
Rain of Arrows - Chance to Bleed - Mirage Archer - Vicious Projectiles

Your levelling setups for first 3 acts. Shrapnel shot has amazing single target damage in close range. Later should be switched to Rain of Arrows for better clearing.

Split Arrow - Chance to Bleed - Pierce - Deadly Ailments OR Brutality
Tornado Shot - Chance to Bleed - Greater Multiple Projectiles - Deadly Ailments OR Brutality

Your clearing setup after respec to bleed. Split Arrow has amazing AoE coverage.
Tornado Shot can also be used starting from level 38, but it's optional until level 55.
You can use Deadly Ailments or Brutality depending on your 4-link colors.

Siege Ballista - Chance to Bleed - Vicious Projectiles OR Brutality - Deadly Ailments

Additional setup for bosses. Summon Ballista in a place from where it can accurately attack and let it do the work. Swap Vicious Projectiles for Brutality when you reach level 38 and have a suitable 4-link.

You can use Puncture instead of Siege Ballista for higher damage output until you pick up Crimson Dance. However i do not recommend it for players who use this build for the first time, as it doesn't teach you the build's intended playstyle. Using Ballista is also safer.

Frenzy - Lesser Multiple Projectiles

Frenzy generation against bosses. LMP is used to make it easier to hit. You can upgrade it to final Cursing Setup later, but it's probably too hard to maintain 3 4-links without sacrificing gear upgrades.

Vulnerability - Curses enemies to increase damage. Use on bosses, tough packs, rares etc.
Blood Rage - Frenzy generation and attack speed against normal enemies
Herald of Purity - Additional physical damage and Sentinels for drawing aggro

Blink Arrow : Your movement skill
Grace : Your aura, grants additional evasion.
Purity of Elements : If you really need resistances. Use instead of Grace if necessary.

Passive Tree Progression
Level ~10 (Act 1)
Level ~22 (Act 2)
Level ~31 (Act 3)
Level ~31 (After Respec), after normal Labyrinth
Level ~39 (Act 4)
Level ~46 (Act 5), respec 2 bleed chances when you reach Red Storm
Level ~55 (Act 6-7), take Crimson Dance after cruel Labyrinth
Level ~70 (Blood Acqueducts farm)
Level ~71 (After Kitava)

Bandit Reward: Oak (recommended) OR 2 passive points

Ascendancy Order: Gratuitous Violence -> Arena Challenger -> Outmatch and Outlast

Gem Rewards:
* lvl 2 - Shrapnel Shot
* lvl 3 - Mirage Archer (Medicine Chest side quest)
* lvl 4 - Siege Ballista (buy from Nessa)

* lvl 8 - Lesser Multiple Projectiles
* lvl 10 - Blink Arrow
* lvl 12 - Rain of Arrows

* lvl 18 - Vicious Projectiles
* lvl 24 - Grace, Vulnerability (buy other one from Clarissa)
* lvl 38 - Greater Multiple Projectiles

Additional Gem Purchases:
* lvl 4 - Chance to Bleed (Act 1)
* lvl 29 - Split Arrow, Pierce (Act 1), 2x Deadly Ailments (Act 2)
* lvl 38 - 2x Brutality (Act 4)
* lvl 55 - Tornado Shot (Act 3)

General Levelling Guidelines
First and most important to remember - when searching for an equipment, your priority on them is Life and Resistances. Links are equally as important, be sure to look out for correct socket colors. Upgrade potions regularely. This applies to all acts.

The exception to the "Life and Resistance" part is your bow. You'll have to upgrade it overtime to maintain high amount of physical damage. In case you cannot find a good rare bow, you can create one on a crafting bench inside your hideout starting from middle of act 3 when you find physical damage recipe. There is also a vendor recipe that gives similar but slightly weaker damage (sell to shopkeeper):

Bow + Blacksmith's Whetstone + magic/rare Rustic Sash

Any of these two methods should easily carry you through majority of the storyline. There are few very notable bases you should be crafting with this method:

Bone Bow (lvl 23, vendor recipe) -> Decurve Bow (lvl 38) -> Citadel Bow (lvl 58)

Starting from Decurve bow, use Whetstones on a white bow to increase it's quality.

Act by Act Guidelines: Preparing for maps:

The area with a long stream of blood is where you'll spend next 1-2 hours. It's a great place to farm experience, i recommend staying there until level 70. Look for gear upgrades and slowly adjust your gems to recommended final setups.

You should start looking out for 5-link body armour OR Tabula Rasa which you can farm in Blood Acqueducts. You'll probably end up buying, either the armour or the remaining Humility cards. The gem setup socketed inside should be:

Tornado Shot - Greater Multiple Projectile - Chance to Bleed - Brutality - Deadly Ailment
6th link (Tabula): Maim

You should also try to find/craft/buy a bow with higher damage and attack speed than your current one. There are two amazing and cheap unique options:

* Reach of the Council
* Lioneye's Glare

In case they're out of your price range or unavailable at all (first day of the league / SSF), just craft or buy an Imperial bow with at least 200 max physical damage. You cannot find one in acqueducts, but you can buy it from Irasha starting from level 66.

Once you're ready, go on and finish the storyline. Act 9 should be really easy. The monsters in act 10 hit quite hard so make sure to have a Jade/Stibnite flask for defence. It is a good idea to finish merciless Labyrinth before Kitava. 4000 life is enough to not get one-shot in both fights, might be a little hard to acquire tho.

If you're here, i'm assuming you have at least a 5-link AND/OR decent physical bow. Preferably both, but just one one them is enough for smooth experience.

White maps:
Passive Tree Progression (level 80)

They shouldn't be a problem at all. Most map mods are trivial, running them blue is completely viable. No real danger outside of few bosses like Pen, Grotto or Spider Lair. The best of all, the equipment you acquired before Kitava is enough to easily kill everything. You have 2 very simple goals for this map tier

* Upgrade your gear that's not a bow or body armour (Life and Resistances)
* Level up as much as you can.

There's no real goal for this tier, so the best you can do is prepare for what's to come.

Yellow maps:
Passive Tree Progression (level 87)

This is where you'll spend quite a lot of time, recommended level is 80-90. This map tier isn't too risky, but some map mods might be deadly without proper defences/damage.
Gear goals for this tier:

* 6-linked bleed Bow, crafted with fossils
* Skirmish + Rain of Splinters
* Ryslatha's Coil
* 5-linked Kintsugi / Loreweave / Rare armour
* General gear upgrades

The bow is primary objective of yellow maps. The cheapest way is to buy the 6-linked base (Imperial/Citadel/Spine Bow) and make it yourself. All details about crafting can be found in crafting section. You should socket Siege Ballista setup inside the bow.

Once you acquire the bow, you should also start using Skirmish quiver for the additional totem. Rain of Splinters jewel is also very much recommended as without it, the Ballista might miss the target and effectively lower the damage.

Afterwards, a simple yet extremely strong upgrade is Ryslatha's Coil. Gives insane amount of effective damage and decent chunk of life. Try to get one with as much life and maximum physical roll.

It is also the time to start looking for one of the unique body armours. Kintsugi is what i always recommend, cheap and prevents oneshots when you need it the most. Loreweave is an offensive option. In case your resists are lacking, you can use a rare armour instead. 5-link is enough, easiest way to get one is with Jeweller's Touch prophecy.

Of course, with such major changes to the build you should also adjust your other gear. Never stop looking for upgrades.

Red maps:
Passive Tree Progression (level 93)

That's where mapping becomes tough. Defences has worse effectiveness, monsters can hit hard, map bosses become tanky. Your damage should carry you through most maps easily, but the bosses combined with some map mods can be too scary. The build should be fully functional at this point and all you can do now is improve it to be faster and stronger.
There are 3 following goals for map tier:

* 7-link elder bleed Bow, crafted with fossils
* 6-linked Kintsugi / Loreweave
* Min-maxing the build - fossil crafted gear, Blasphemer's Grasp etc.

The bow is the ultimate single target damage upgrade. It will take huge amount of money to craft one, so you can postpone it for as long as you want to. Again, all details how to make one can be found in crafting section.

6-linked body armour is not necessary but still welcome damage upgrade. The important part is that Tornado Shot linked with Maim support will apply the debuff on enemy that also boosts damage of Siege Ballista.

Lastly, general gear upgrades. It's all min-maxing at this point. I cannot tell what combination you should run as it all depends on your current and future gear. Overall, fossil crafted gear can massive increase your damage. You should also think about Blasphemer's Grasp, see if you can include it in your setup (requires massive investment).

After that, all you can do now is enjoy the build, kill some end game bosses and look for another build you want to play.

Best bow bases:
* Imperial Bow - highest AS with good max phys
* Citadel Bow - highest max phys with low AS
* Spine Bow - slightly worse Imperial, but cheaper

Normal Bow crafting (starter version):
Requires: 6-linked bow, highest ilvl possible (easiest to buy one)
Method: Corroded + Jagged
Fossil mods: 60% chance for Bleeding inflicted with this Weapon to deal 100% more Damage

Step 1: Use fossil crafting method until you hit 100% more bleeding damage mod
Step 2: Check if the bow has at least 2 out of 3 following mods:
#1 - ~100%+ increased Physical Damage (hybrid and single mod, combined)
#2 - ~36+ added maximum Physical Damage
#3 - ~10%+ increased Attack Speed
Step 3: Mastercraft the remaining affix. If you cannot craft, go back to step 1.

Elder Bow crafting (expensive version):
Requires: Elder bow, good bow base, ilvl 80+ (ilvl 83+ recommended)
Method: Corroded + Jagged

Step 1: Use fossil crafting method until you have these 2 prefixes:
#1 - 60% chance for Bleeding inflicted with this Weapon to deal 100% more Damage
#2 - Supported by Level X Vicious Projectiles

Step 2: Check how many following mods the bow has:
#1 - X added Physical Damage OR hybrid X% increased physical damage
#2 - X% increased Attack Speed

Step 3a: 2 affixes - End the crafting
Step 3b: 1 affix - Mastercraft the remaining suffix if you can, end the crafting.
Step 3c: 0 affixes - Ask me for help in forum thread/in-game. It's very hard to tell you what to do depending on your current mods. Writing it down would be lots of work, but i also don't want you to brick your bow. I have different solution in mind that i'll execute later, but for now, just ask me for help.

Let's start with a quick look at good exclusive mods:

* Adds an additional Arrow (prefix)
* 7–10% increased Movement Speed (prefix, T2: 3-6%)
* 9–10% chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill (suffix, T3: 5-6%, T2: 7-8%)

Pretty much all of them would be awesome to have. This build lacks movement speed so anything helps.

Useful non-shaper mods you might want on the quiver:
* +#% to Fire/Cold/Light/Chaos Resistance
* #% increased Attack Speed
* Adds X to X Physical Damage to Attacks
* Projectiles Pierce 2 Additional Targets (Deafening Essence of Misery)

Alt -> Regal method
Step 1: Spam alts/augs until you hit +1 arrow
Step 2: Regal the quiver
Step 3: If you regaled life below 50, scour the quiver and go back to step 1
Step 4: Mastercraft 40-55 life

Cheapest way to craft one, enough to satisfy your needs. You could also play around with "Can have multiple Crafted Mods" depending on what you got.

Fossil crafting
Method: Corroded + Metallic + Serrated / Shuddering
Fossil mods:
* 30–40% increased Damage with Ailments (suffix, Corroded, !!blocked by Metallic!!)
* 3–5% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge when you Hit a Rare or Unique Enemy (suffix, Shuddering)

An option to Skirmish for more life / additional arrow.

First two fossils block majority of the prefixes. Serrated fossil should massively increase chances of rolling +1 arrow on top of low prefix pool. Shuddering fossil is optional to Serrated, gives higher chance of hitting good suffixes but isn't nearly as good at hitting +1 arrow itself.

Don't get your hopes up tho, hitting both prefixes at same time is still rare, or you might hit low hp roll. In the long run, it's best way to make +1 arrow quiver with over 55 life that you can mastercraft.

In case you want elder influenced quiver for Blasphemer's Grasp ailment remove on flask, this method can also be used for that purpose.

Amulet
Method #1: Jagged + Corroded + Pristine (optional)
Fossil mods:
* 20-30% increased Physical Damage (prefix, Jagged)
* 30-40% increased Damage with Ailments (suffix, Corroded, !!blocked by Jagged!!)

Elder mods:
* +(13–16)% to Physical Damage over Time Multiplier
* (1.6–2)% of Life Regenerated per second
* (7–13)% increased Attack Speed
* Projectiles Pierce an additional Target

Crafted mods:
* -9 to -8 to Total Mana Cost of Skills
* 0.7–1% of Life Regenerated per second

Provides very high damage boost. Using both Jagged and Corroded will give you highest chance of rolling damage prefixes and phys DoT multiplier. You'll have to be a little lucky with the life tho. You can add Pristine, but it will heavily increase chance of physical leech mod that's not needed at all.

Marble amulet is really cool base to craft, it's always that little extra regen to mitigate degens (like Blood Rage). Not necessary by any means, only a personal preference.

Elder Gloves
Method: Jagged + Corroded (optional)
Fossil mods:
* Adds 6–8 to 9–11 Physical Damage (prefix, Jagged)
* Adds 7–11 to 12–18 Physical Damage against Bleeding Enemies (prefix, Corroded)

Elder mods:
* +(13–16)% to Physical Damage over Time Multiplier
* (31–35)% increased Damage with Bleeding / Socketed Gems are Supported by Level 20 Chance To Bleed

Crafted mods:
* Projectiles Pierce an additional Target / +1 to Level of Socketed Projectile Gems
* You have Onslaught during Soul Gain Prevention
* (31–36)% increased Attack and Cast Speed while Focussed
* Non-Vaal Skills deal (51–60)% increased Damage during Soul Gain Prevention

Gloves can give you A LOT of added physical damage. To make it better, elder gloves can grant up to 16% phys DoT multiplier, increased bleed damage AND pseudo 5-link (for Tornado Shot clering). Any approach to fossil crafting is viable pretty much.

These gloves are really competitive with Blasphemer's Grasp damage wise. The potential HP is still higher for the unique ones + ability for +1 frenzy charge corruption but if you don't have a lot of elder items... well, that's a way to go.

Rolling high life might be hard, so you'll probably end up having to mastercraft it.

Helmet
Method: Jagged + Pristine
Fossil mods:
* Nearby Enemies take 9% increased Physical Damage (suffix, Jagged)
* 1% Life Regeneration (suffix, Pristine)
* 2-3% increased maximum Life + 15-25 maximum Life (prefix, Pristine)

Crafted mods:
* Projectiles Pierce an additional Target / +1 to Level of Socketed Projectile Gems
* 7–8% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Fire Damage
* (121–140)% increased Duration of Ailments you inflict while Focussed

9% damage increase is quite big, as it's a straight multiplier to the damage dealt. The increase is additive with Vulnerability/Maim debuffs.

Focus craft can be useful, but most of the time enemy will die before you actually take advantage of huge duration increase.

Rings
Method #1: Jagged + Pristine (optional)
Method #2: Corroded + Pristine(optional)
Fossil mods: 30-40% increased Damage with Ailments (suffix, Corroded, !!blocked by Jagged!!))

Elder mods:
* +(16–20) Life gained for each Enemy hit by your Attacks

Crafted mods:
* -9 to -8 to Total Mana Cost of Skills
* 17–20% increased Damage

Unlike amulet, rings don't have global physical damage mod. I don't think it's worth to fossil craft the rings overall, chaos spam feels like a better option honestly.

I wouldn't advice to use Corroded fossils either. You have to get resistances somewhere. Before crafting rings for damage, you should craft amulet or gloves first.

Elder Boots
Crafting method: Chaos Orb spamming

Elder mods:
* (7–10)% chance to gain an Endurance Charge on Kill
* (9–10)% chance to Dodge Spell Damage

Crafted mods:
* All 3 hybrid movement speed crafts
* You have Onslaught during Soul Gain Prevention
* Non-Vaal Skills deal (51–60)% increased Damage during Soul Gain Prevention

Elder boots can roll really great stuff for defence. Endurance Charge on Kill and up to 10% Spell Dodge are simply amazing, especially the first one. Gladiator's Outmatch and Outlast passive gives bonus 10% physical reduction on maximum endurance charges, making it a priority mod.

Simple chaos spam is definitely the best. Pristine would make it difficult to have all 3 prefixes or open prefix for movement speed/life craft.

Crimson Jewels
Method: Corroded + Jagged (optional) + Pristine (optional)
Fossil mods: 15–20% increased Damage with Ailments (suffix, Corroded, !!blocked by Jagged!!)

Jewels have a really high pool of mods, so hitting the right mods might be really hard - especially hitting life. Getting right combination of damage mods should be relatively easy, maybe even all 4 damage mods. If you're seeking 5-7% maximum life mod, it's probably easier and cheaper to simply buy the jewel. Nobody builds around bleeding after all.

Crimson jewel is the base with highest chance of rolling physical/life mods. Don't craft any other jewel base.

* Low priority: Bleed calculator update

* Proof read every single time there's a new big update.