POEGuy's Self-Ignite Fulcrum Chieftain Gear & flasks (Poe Secrets of the Atlas)

Summary – TL;DR

This build is very easy to set up because it uses many unique items. Relying on uniques allows you to put the build together faster and saves you a lot of hassle when it comes to character optimization.
Since this is an endgame build designed for difficult content, you should have around 60 Divine Orbs and a character around level 94 before starting this setup. I’m mentioning these two requirements to help players transition smoothly into the build without any issues.

If you need an in-depth explanation of the gear, click HERE.

The setup should look something like this:

Item Slot	Item Name	Rarity	Notes
Head	Rare Helmet (Fractured Chaos Resistance, Armour Base)	Rare	Check the Crafting Guide to learn how to make and avoid overpaying!
Amulet	Defiance of Destiny	Unique	A very powerful defensive layer; aim for one with a 24% roll on the last line!
Chest	Cloak of Flame	Unique
Gloves	Breathstealer	Unique	These gloves can be anointed. Anoint “Circle Of Life”
Boots	Windscream	Unique
Belt	Kaom's Binding	Unique
Ring#1	Valyrium	Unique
Ring#2	Ventor's Gamble	Unique	Needs to have 15% Increased mana reservation efficiency of skills! Apply 20x Fertile Catalyst to bump it up to 18%
Weapon	The Fulcrum	Unique

Armour Pieces

Helmet

We’ll craft our helmet to avoid overpaying, and the craft is very easy!
Buy an armour-based helmet with a fractured Chaos Resistance modifier, then spam Deafening Essence of Loathing on it until you also hit a good Life roll. After that, use your Crafting Bench to add a “10% increased Area of Effect.”
Finally, apply Greater Eldritch Ichor to roll for the physical-to-elemental conversion modifier (Fire, Cold, or Lightning – all are great choices since we have 90% to all maximum resistances).

Here is an example:

You also have a step-by-step video guide on how to craft your helmet here.

Body Armour

For the body armour, we use Cloak of Flame. This greatly helps with physical damage mitigation and also provides a significant amount of Fire Resistance, which synergizes well with our Tasalio, Cleansing Water ascendancy node.

You also have a step-by-step video guide on how to color your body armor here.

Gloves

For the gloves, we use Breathstealer. These special gloves can be anointed, and we’ll use the Circle of Life anoint on them. Additionally, they trigger Blighted Spores when killing rare monsters, which grant us several mini auras. Since this build farms monster-packed maps, we’ll get a lot of value from that effect. On top of everything, they also provide decent elemental resistances.

Boots

For the boots, we use Windscream. They provide an additional curse and increase the area of effect for Hex skills. If possible, try to get a pair with the +1 to maximum Endurance Charges corruption, as this will make us even tankier.

Weapon

For the weapon, we use The Fulcrum. This is a vital piece of the build, mainly because of this line: Elemental Ailments you inflict are reflected to you. This allows us to self-ignite, effectively turning us into a living bomb.

Jewellery

Amulet

For the amulet, we use Defiance of Destiny. We use it for the last line: Gain #% of MIssing Unreserved Life before being hit by an enemy. This modifier instantly recovers a percentage of missing life immediately after the wearer fails to evade or dodge a hit, before that hit deals damage. Make sure to buy one with good rolls on the last modifier (ideally you want 24%), use a Blessed Orb on the implicit, apply 20x Fertile Catalyst, and anoint it with Vampirism (Amber, Teal, Violet)

Ring#1

For the first ring, we use Valyrium, specifically for this line: Stun Threshold is based on Energy Shield instead of Life. This ring makes it easier for us to get stunned – which is exactly what we want. It synergizes well with the Bloodnotch and Immutable Force jewels.
The ideal corruption for this ring would be Cannot be Poisoned .

Ring#2

For the second ring, we use Ventor's Gamble, specifically for this line: #% Increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills. Buy one with a 15% roll on this modifier! You will apply 20x Fertile Catalyst to further increase it to 18%. In addition to this special mod, look for good resistances – especially Fire Resistance.

Belt

For the belt, we use Kaom's Binding. It’s a cheap and effective item that will further help with physical damage mitigation.

Jewels

To avoid mistakes, try to place the jewels exactly where the Skill Tree in Path of Building (PoB) indicates.

1. Immutable Force (this needs to be at least 360% as this makes us recover instantly from being stunned, effectively being stun immune, but still able to be stunned to activate the recovery from Bloodnotch and proc Cast when Stunned Support)
2. Bloodnotch (We recover life from stunning hits, a higher roll is better)
3. The Light of Meaning with 4% Chaos Resistance (Helps us cap our Chaos Resistance easily)
4. Watcher's Eye (Buy one with useful Vitality modifiers. Vitality must stay at level 1)
5. Medium Cluster Jewel with the notable “Fan The Flames” (Spreads our Ignites! Very Important for our build) / Ideal jewel would have for the second passive: “Student of Decay” (extra Chaos Resistance and Damage Over Time bonus) and be 4 passives
   
6. Medium Cluster Jewel with the notable “Heraldry” (Gives us Fire Exposure!) / Try to look for one with 4 passives
7. 2x random rare jewels with +2% Maximum Fire Reistance and some % Increased Maximum Life.
8. Elegant Hubris commemorated in the name of CASPIRO (This will give us the SUPREME OSTENTATION Keystone that will allow us to ignore attribute requirements on our items!). In addition to being commemorated in Caspiro’s name, you need one that also grants Endurance Charge generation. If you don’t know how to search for one, I have made a step-by-step video guide here.

Flasks

Slot	Flask	Notes
1	Divine Life Flask	*You need to get one with the “Recover an Additional #% of Flasks Life Recovery Amount..”
3	Quartz Flask	Grants us Phasing
2	Granite Flask	Helps with Defenses
4	Quicksilver Flask	Helps with Movement Speed
5	Silver Flask	Gives us Onslaught

For the Prefixes, you need to have the Increased Duration modifier on all 4 of your utility flasks!

For the Suffixes, you need to have the following four modifiers. You can obtain them on any of the flasks – ensure you have all of them.

Immunity to Freeze and Chill during effect
Immunity to Shock during effect
Immunity to Poison during effect
15% of Damage Taken from Hits is Leeched as Life during effect

All your flasks need to be automated! They should have the Enchant: “Used When Charges Reach Full”
You can get this enchant either by applying Instilling Orb or by using your Crafting Bench.

[REMINDER] Apply quality to your flasks! All flasks should have 20% quality. You apply quality using Glassblower's Bauble

Here is a random flask example. I highlighted what’s important in red.