[3.17] The Warchief | [Facebreaker] Ancestral Warchief | Uber Boss Farmer | Beginner -> Expert

What's the difference between Chief and Bers?
Sorry for asking but I'm on the phone and can't find it.
Thanks.

So I've been running this build pretty close to what is posted with just a few changes. One of them though is I'm using hatred in an Essence Worm. I haven't found a pair of steel rings that give me as much damage as one steel ring and Hatred. I am running as a chieftain though. I actually switched from bers. A bit too squishy for my taste with all the extra damage taken but it was significantly more damage. Doing about 85k per totem right now at level 83. No real Q on any gems yet except AW. Also using Gang's Momentum for the fire resistance and extra damage on ignite. I'm presuming that is working with totems but I don't know for sure and don't care enough to research it, lol. My flasks still need upgrading but I'm broke. This is my second expensive build this league (although the shield was only 15c... wtf happened there? used to be multiple exalts, yeah?) and I just spent my last chaos on the steel ring shown.


My gear:



I'm not sure I'll ever be able to drop hatred. Only do 72k per totem without it and with another steel ring that I crafted:


I have a better Loreweave that I'm trying to 6L as well. 900 fuse so far. Should have used Vorici. I have terrible luck 6L'ing.

Anyway, solid build but gets pricey fast IMO. Perhaps more so for a chieftan since we need more damage on gear to get adequate DPS.

Answering questions for the two posters above me:

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Ghato123 wrote:

What's the difference between Chief and Bers?

Survivability and damage, respectively. Chieftain does adequate damage but bers is much higher. For me chieftain is pretty hard to die compared to zerker.

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Hextall wrote:

ohh and i wanted to ask if everything on first page is up to date?

Is the information on the front page up to date? I would say mostly. Some of the tree links still link to 3.2 versions.

What are the stats to look for on Loreweave?
Res
Life
Pdps
Elemd
w/e
?

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Ghato123 wrote:

What are the stats to look for on Loreweave?
Res
Life
Pdps
Elemd
w/e
?

pdps -> res -> elemd -> life

I managed to make like 80% of your build. except high flat phys amu-rings however my dps as shown in poe builder is far less than yours. I crafted some high flat phys rings and amus and added to the build, made 20/20 all gems,added all flasks and still have half like your dps. what im i doing wrong ?

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drklrd wrote:

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Prozacu92 wrote:

I managed to make like 80% of your build. except high flat phys amu-rings however my dps as shown in poe builder is far less than yours. I crafted some high flat phys rings and amus and added to the build, made 20/20 all gems,added all flasks and still have half like your dps. what im i doing wrong ?

He's using legacy gear, in particular 994% more damage facebreaker. Non legacy are 800% max so he has 194% more damage compared to other gear. You also need the flat phys maxed on everything, that's all the damage. Flat phys + facebreakers, since the More damage multiplier applies to flat phys, that's the main stat that you want/need for huge dps.

in my guide i DONT wear legacy gear. the only legacy facebreaker you see are the facebreakers wich are for sale at the top of my build....

and yes the most important thing is flat phys

What's your thoughts on Blood Magic for HC and then which gems would you use?

lets pray bois

yeah. saw that icon as well. i hope nothing that makes items for this build more expensive...last leagues were awesome pricewise.

Been enjoying this build thoroughly.
I played back towards PoE launch and I'm just getting back into the game.
I had a pair of legacy facebreakers already on hand so I gave this a shot.
Starting to finish upgrading gems but feeling a bit squishy at maps T8/9 and I'm not to reds yet. Any suggestions for improvements?






I'm also thinking about swapping the lesser of the two rings for this once I'll still be capped on resists from jewels:

seems like the DPS would be way higher with this than with another dmg ring.

Got the Tukohama's for 1 exalt the other day and it's definitely worth it for mapping.
The other two shields seem good too; not sure which to keep on swap and when to use it though.


I also self-corrupted a decent belt ( note the higher physical damage ). This seems better than just another endurance charge, right?


I'm not sure how to link jewels here (do I need to unequip them to inventory to do so?).

Appreciate any feedback on how to proceed at higher map tiers. Thanks for the great guide. Even if I don't clear all content with this character it's been an excellent foray back into the game.