(2.6) Demopolos' Ultimate Facebreaker: 6L Shield Charge (500k) or Cyclone (1.4m) w/ 4L Warchief

(2.3) Gorge run with shield charge in 1:20!!!- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOckq3KiM4g
(2.2) Atziri Speed run in 3:15- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aon5GHyG9Dg
(2.2) 76 Gorge in 2:40- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egO2J_3sl80
(2.2) 77 Plateau in 2:45- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mUeIG3nyQQ
(2.2) 78 Springs in 3:30- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WDSPRwcJ1M
(2.2) 80 Excavation in 4:15- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAmJLmJ-VHU
(2.2) Labyrinth run in 6:00- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHdVCoCvTS4
(2.1) 76 Gorge fast run w/ Infernal Blow- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBMD3r9eocE
(2.1) 77 Plateau w/ Ice Crash- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ptet9Vph8
(2.0) Atziri fast run- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78yVx9kMGzQ
(2.0) 78 Academy- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VteIiGfKPk
(2.0) 79 Shipyard (temp chains/vuln... *phys reflect rare at start*)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05pFKrjKZho

Tree:
Endgame Shield Charge tree at lvl 99 (endgame red nightmare variant): https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAQBAQSHBLMFLQU8CbsLYQxwDPcOPBQgFE0UcRXsGJEaOBo-HOcnLyefL8wxnjJONZI6UjrhO7Y8BTwtPfxAoEa3R35IeEnVTeNQR1dUWGNZ814TXz9hUmLsZU1mVGhYaGVo8moecg9yqXTtdn92rHk5eu97jHzZfuB-4oIHg1-DzITEhNmE74WnhmCGtInYirOK8IzPj5mQVZOolG-eV6IApTWmV6mVrKqsr62Nr2yygLaKtz65HbyfvTa-p8BmwL_BgsT2xVPGrsqQz37SIdNv15bYvdl82sHcMuRR6UbqGO8O707vfPAf8i_yQfJF82_z3fVh9kj3Mvjr_Ev-Cv6P

***NOTE: red nightmare is placed west of duelist start next to diamond skin in the tree above***

Endgame Shield Charge tree at lvl 99 (no red nightmare, use this if new player): https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAQBAQSHBLMFLQU8CbsLYQxwDPcOPBQgFE0UcRXsGJEaOBo-Jy8nny_MMZ4yTjWSOlI64Tu2PAU8LT38QKBGt0d-SHhJ1U3jUEdXVFhjWfNeE18_YVJi7GVNZlRnm2hYaGVo8nIPcql07XZ_dqx5OXrve4x82X7gfuKCB4Nfg8yExITZhO-Fp4ZghrSJ2IqzivCMz4-ZkFWTqJRvl3mbLZ5XogClNaZXqZWsqqyvrY2uPq9ssoC2irc-uR28n702vqfAZsC_wYLE9sVTxq7KkM9-02_Xlti92Xzawdwy5FHpRuoY7w7vTu988B_yQfJF82_z3fVh9kj3Mvjr_Ev-Cv6P


***NOTE: You CAN use the SC tree for cyclone, the extra mana support in this cyclone tree is optional, and only for ease of play (if you are prone to whiffing with your attacks). I use the same tree for both cyclone and shield charge, and just am careful not to spam cyclone without hitting things. Mana works fine for me without this tree (see guardian videos).***

Endgame Cyclone tree (more mana support) at lvl 98: poeurl.com/S1M

Notes on tree:
-The jewel sockets are only worth it if you have jewels with 3+ good mods for your build. Otherwise they are not as efficient as simply picking up missing 4-5 % life nodes. Grab good jewels! If you don't have them, drop the least efficient 2 slots (the one with 2 10 int nodes before, and the one with 2 8% armour nodes before it).
-This tree is what is best for me with MY gear. Bear in mind that you can customize it to meet your needs or the shortcomings of your gear. If you are short on res, grab the 15 all res node (Diamond Skin). If you need dex or int for gem requirements, grab a 30 int or 30 dex node, or even Versatility (fairly efficient due to the attack speed and mana reduce).
-If you are HC, you want to heavily prioritize the life nodes as you progress.

Subclass:

Slayer is the best subclass for the build. It really can't be beat imo, as it gives you:
-50% reduced reflect damage
-Perma leech (at 38% of life/sec)
-Stun and bleed immune
-20% "more" damage
-Cull at 20% life
-Onslaught
-15 % increased AOE
-10% increased attack speed
-.4% life leech

You want to get the 4 nodes for Brutal Fervour first (the leech is vital), then the 4 nodes for Headsman. Enjoy!

Bandits:
40 life / 8% attack speed / frenzy charge

As you look at the gearing options below, keep in mind that the huge unarmed % on your facebreakers makes flat physical damage insane, and by far the most important stat available. Also note that you *MUST* have a single mana leech roll on your gear or jewels for your mana to work... I highly recommend getting it as a mod on a jewel or a prefix on a ring.

As a rule of thumb, generally prioritize stats this order:
-FLAT PHYSICAL DAMAGE>
-life>
-strength (this is life + melee dmg%)>
-elemental resistences (until capped)>
-dex/int (until gem requirements met)


THE GEAR:

Gloves:
-Get Facebreakers, completely mandatory! This is the whole point of the build, and 780% + non-legacy rolls are totally fine. This is your "weapon", and now you will stack flat physical damage to scale up off of the base % on these gloves. Begin to use them as soon as you hit the level requirement.

Helm:
-Get Abyssus, totally mandatory! This thing has outrageously large flat physical damage, and makes up a large portion of our dps. The most important roll on here is the "increased physical damage taken"... try to get a 40%, or as close to 40% as you can afford.
-Leveling option: you can use peregrin helm for easy mana leech mod early on.

Belt:
-Get Meginord's girdle, also mandatory! You can equip this at lvl 8 and it will help big time with leveling. Try to get legacy if you can as the extra flat physical is good (still great in leagues as non legacy). If you are min/maxxing, you can go for a 6% aoe corruption as well. The AoE is not needed, it's just a luxury (i.e. legacy flat phys is much more important than the aoe vaal implicit)
-If you are rich, you can play with a headhunter. This will increase your map clear speed even more, but will make you a bit worse on bosses most of the time. Recommended only for uber rich, as megi is so good and cheap and has better boss performance.

Armour:
-At endgame, I recommend a 6L astral as it's so efficient and makes gearing much easier with the huge res. Belly is a great option too, but I really wouldn't consider unless you have a huge armour shield, and really don't need the res on astral. Carcass jack is the best clear speed option, but I feel you give up too much defense for the AoE and damage gained. *** If you can only afford 5L, drop added fire***.
-Leveling option: Grab a tabula or a random cheapo armour 5L and go HAM!

Boots:
-At endgame you want 30% MS / 70 + life / tri res or dual res and strength
-Redblade tramplers are a really great (and budget!) option if you don't need more res from the slot (though you ultimately will if you get surrender/voidheart for full endgame setup)
-Leveling option: grab wanderlust at level 1!

Shield:
-If you DO NOT use red nightmare jewel, BiS is a rare shield with big armour, life, res, and if possible, block.
-If you use red nightmare jewel, Surrender is BiS! SOO good for huge armour, big block, free heals on block, and free reckoning. It makes res harder though, and is only efficient with this expensive jewel imo.
-For budget dps option, great old ones ward is very viable. BE WARNED... not having a big armour shield makes you much squishier due to Abyssus.
-Leveling option: deep one's hide is gg... grab it and use till lvl 50 or so.

Rings:
-At endgame, you want two steel rings with (ideally) deafening physical roll, high life, and as much res/str (or dex, if you need) as you can squeeze in.
-If you want to optimize more for t16 guardians and shaper, dropping a single steel for a legacy voidheart is BiS. This will increase your boss damage by a lot, but be warned, it will cost you life and make res much harder... and your frontload damage will be lowered by a bit for general mapping. IMO this is only worth it with legacy voidheart and gg rares.
-Leveling: as you level, constantly update your rings with the highest flat physical rolls you can wear, as this will make things way easier.


Amulet:
-Go for an onyx or turquoise base (we need dex/int for gem reqs), and once again, it is VITAL to get t1 physical here to maximize dps (15-26 max, level 76 mod). If you are very rich, you can get a deafening tier essence physical (18-30).
-Leveling: as you progress, make sure to constantly update with the highest flat physical rolls you can wear.

THE JEWELS:
Jewels are a big deal for this build, and account for quite a bit of your damage/life. This is also a good place to balance resists missing on gear, if needed. ***Once again, this is a great place to pick up that mandatory mana leech mod.***

-For ALL version of the build, Martial Artistry is BiS for one jewel. Get as close to 15 % AoE as you can get. This really helps in terms of the feel on maps. If you want you can drop it for a dps jewel when facing t16 guardians/shaper for efficiency.

-For endgame version of the build, use Red Nightmare. This is outrageously GG, as it gives us 14 % block, free endurance charges, and a little dps all in one go. It is placed west of marauder next to diamond skin (see tree). This is not a required item, but is really nice for quality of life when grinding 93+. If you use this, try to make room for surrender in your build.

-Though not optimal Warlord's Reach is worth a mention as it's always available and viable. It is helpful if you run cyclone full time (which I don't recommend, due to clear speed), as it is a big AoE boost.

-The final tree will have room for a total of 6 jewels, leaving me with 4 rares (after red nightmare and martial artistry. Please see below for a guide on how to purchase these...

Here are the most useful mods mods, in order that I value them in terms of efficiency:
% increased life
% increased physical damage
% attack speed while holding shield
% melee physical damage while holding shield
% increased attack speed
% increased area damage
% increased melee damage
% all elemental resists
% mana leech (***WE NEED 1 OF THESE MODS, IT IS MANDATORY FOR MANA TO WORK***)
% increased damage
% resist to 2 elements
% increased attack and cast speed

6L Options:

***Note- if you only have 5L, drop added fire from the following***

Shield Charge (best map clearing skill, recommended):
shield charge - fortify - melee phys dmg - added fire dmg - faster attacks - AoE/conc effect (swap for boss)

Cyclone (best bosskilling skill, slower for maps than SC):
cyclone - melee phys dmg - added fire dmg - fast attacks - fortify - AoE/conc effect (swap for boss)

Infernal blow (fun, but not recommended):
infernal Blow - melee phys damage - multistrike - fast attacks - AoE - melee splash

Ice crash (fun, but not recommended):
ice crash - melee phys dmg - hypothermia - added fire - faster attacks - AoE/conc effect (swap for boss)

Other Links:

4L:
ancestral warchief - melee physical damage - faster attacks - conc effect

4L:
cwdt (lvl 5) - immortal call (lvl 7) - inc duration (lvl 20) - vulnerability OR enfeeble (lvl 8)

4L:
blood rage - vaal haste - inc duration - enhance OR enduring cry

3L:
hatred - herald of ash - flame golem OR lightning golem (both viable)

Get gear upgrades in the following order (unless you find a particularly good deal on something):
-Meginord's belt >
-Wanderlust boots >
-Facebreaker >
-2 rare rings with as high physical damage as you can find >
-rare ammy with as high physical damage as you can find >
-deep one's hide shield >
-tabula rasa (div cards can make this cheaper) >
-rare jewel with mana leech and 1+ other useful mods >
-abyssus >
-rare boots with 30 ms and life/res >
-Jewels with 3+ useful mods per this guide >
-6L astral plate (can use div cards to make it cheaper) >
-Good rare shield >
-steel rings with t1 phys >
-Incrementally upgrade moving towards the ideal gear I linked here in guide... simply scan market for the most cost effective upgrades using the gearing guide above.

General tips:
-Try to get all the gems/links as fast as you can once you meet the level req... don't forget to grab ancestral warchief ASAP as it makes mince meat of of bosses that can be slower with only SC.
-Make sure you get every passive quest reward and your bandits as early as you can, it will give you a boost vs content
-Don't forget to use vendor recipe to turn your lvl 20 gems into lvl 1 / 20 q gems as you level. The quality is really important!
-Once you have cleared merciless, farm dried lake until level 75-76, then start spamming maps. Make sure to get every clear you can ASAP to fill out atlas and make map pool sustainable. Profit! :D

Ancestral Warchief
This guy is borderline broken... I have 734k dps on my buffed 4L. Having him active in radius will also boost your SC or cyclone damage. Once you are geared, you will only use this for bosses, and very hard rares on t14+ maps, as everything is getting 1 shot you normal attack. That said... for bosses popping vaal haste, dropping totem, and activating flasks will result in overwhelming damage.

Blood Rage
Always activate this immediately when you enter a map. This is big source of leech, attack speed, and most importantly, frenzy charges! It's on increased duration, so it will stay active for around 20 seconds... should only require 1 cast all map.

Frenzy Charges
These are generated through blood rage, you should always have 4. Activate blood rage immediately when you enter maps and gather your charges, as this is a lot of attack speed and "more" damage.

Endurance Charges
These are generated freely if you have endgame red nightmare version of the build. Otherwise you can optionally self cast enduring cry (kind of annoying, only recommended if you play HC and feel the need). They are great for extra physical mitigation and longer immortal calls.

Fortify
We have this up 100%, as it's on our 6L. It's a nice bit of damage mitigation.

Immortal Call
Although we don't support this with endurance charges, the .7 sec you get going off all the time on cwdt is extremely helpful. As long as you don't get 1 shot (which is hard with 7k life and good mitigation), this will keep a quick 2nd hit from killing you.

Vaal Haste
Keep it popped as much as possible while you clear. It's a massive boost to clear speed, letting me hit over 4.5 aps with insane move speed. When you know boss is close, keep it charged so you can activate it right as you walk into the arena. 10 sec should be enough for most any boss fight!

Poison and Bleed:
If you use endgame legacy voidheart version of the build, you get both of these 100 % of the time when you hit. There is some serious double dipping that goes on, so the poison really helps vs boss dps. This is not mandatory at all, and only is really noticeable for two of the guardians/shaper/uber atziri.

***Note- This is really OP gear that is not needed for the build to work well. The damage with non-legacy FB is still great. Showing this all to leave a reference of what I consider close to ideal***


And if not using red nightmare, GG rare shield is best:

And for defensive flasks, you can swap (possibly worth for some guardians/shaper/uber):


***NOTE: Also at VERY endgame, you can swap in Sin's Rebirth for Dying Sun to help boss DPS for guardians/shaper/uber atziri. Not useful for general mapping, and scales better with voidheart.***

***NOTE: For league, use my standard flask setup, with basalt flask in place of taste of hate***

Helm:
You really want 15 % speed or 40 % damage here (to shield charge or cyclone, depending on your build). It can take ages to roll or cost a few ex, but it's worth it!


Boots:
There are a bunch of viable options here, but 16% attack speed is a consistent and solid dps boost, and is the best. Movement speed or leech would probably be the next most viable options. It took me 24 uber labs to get my roll:


Gloves:
I believe that the best 2 enchants are Commandment of Light and Commandment of Force (may be wrong).

Commandment of Light is a big dps aoe dmg + consecrated ground when we get crit, which can be helpful vs hard bosses (4% life regen). Commandment of Force is an attack seems to scale off your melee damage, and at a whopping 243%. It has a 5 second cooldown, but will strike along with your initial hit of cyclone in a cleave-like attack for a boost in dps. Let me know if you have a better idea for glove enchant!

Screenshots of offensive stats:
Fully buffed and flasked 6L shield charge with conc effect (512k dps):

Fully buffed and flasked 6L shield charge with AoE (322k dps):

Fully buffed and flasked 6L cyclone (over 1.4m dps):

Fully buffed and flasked 4L ancestral warchief (734k dps):

Screenshots of defensive stats:
With Rumi's flask, (no granite):
No flasks:

Avoid:
-No leech
- -max res combined with +100% of 1-2 ele dmg got enemies can be risky
-ele reflect AND phys reflect combined is risky
-ele reflect AND - max res combined is risky

Work around:
-For no mana regen, use mana flask
-For 60% reduced recovery just be careful with mana use or use mana flask
-For blood magic, turn off auras (dps still good enough for t15, just a bit slower)
-For ele weakness, either be overcapped already, or have jewel / gear swap to overcap (personally I have 2 jewels that I swap on to overcap)
-for physical reflect... swap melee phys dmg in 6L to leech (not needed if tuned build, but makes it easy)
-for ele reflect... swap added fire dmg in 6L to leech (not needed if tuned build, but makes it easy)