[3.9] Infernal Gucci-Goroshi | Berserker | SSF Viable

- Negative resists hurts you, elemental weakness too.
- No leech or regen mod is hard to deal with.
- Cannot do Elemental Reflect map mod.
- Not the easiest build you can find
- Some of the items require hardcore grinding

Speed, more damage and defensive recovery. While Chieftain may look like the obvious ascendancy candidate for this build(you can start with it if you play SSF and reroll after you have some more gear to deal with the resists, thats what i did too), Berserker offers something more versatile with mana leech, instant 1900+ life recovery with 2 seconds cooldown, Rage buff on hit and a lot more.

Aspect of Carnage gives 40% more Damage with a drawback of having 10% increased Damage taken. It is the highest damage multiplier from a single passive in the game.

War Bringer can heal 25% life and mana (up to 1600 life with current setup) instantly with 2 seconds cooldown making it useful tool depending on what kind of challenge you facing. It is very effective against Chimera's smoke phases, Uber Elder, Labyrinth's traps and Delve's darkness.
Not to mention using Enduring Cry as a warcry of choice also boosts defensive capability greatly. With 3.8 update War Bringer now grants 15% chance to deal double damage if you've warcried in the past 8 seconds.

Crave the Slaughter grants the build the ability to gain Rage on Hit and enables the use of Berserk when fighting endgame bosses.

Flawless Savagery increases critical strike chance for attacks by 50%, +25% to critical strike multiplier and it adds 20-30 flat physical damage when you've dealt critical strike recently. As we consistently deal critical damage, the uptime should be high.

Pain Reave solves the mana leech problem and grants 25% Attack Speed when hit. It also boosts with a decent Life Leech/On Hit Rate.

6L - Main Attack
Infernal Blow > Ancestral Call > Elemental Damage with Attacks > Fortify > Melee Physical Damage > Close Combat

4L - Movement | Ancestral Warchief (if you use Kaom's Heart)
Leap Slam > Ancestral Warchief > Faster Attack > Combustion
*If you don't have enough Dex/Int feel free to leave Faster attacks / Combustion on a lower level.

4S - Aura | Buff
Herald of Purity(Or Flesh and Stone, for defense) | Precision | Herald of Ash | Berserk

4L - Utility
Cast when Damage Taken lvl1 > Immortal Call lvl3 > Wave of Conviction lvl7 > Increased Duration lvl20 or Enduring Cry lvl20(I prefer Enduring Cry)
*Important! Do not level any of these gems higher than stated above

If you don't use a Kaom's Heart, you can link your leap slam with Curse on hit Elemental Weakness, and also you could link a Cyclone to Power charge on crit/ Culling strike.

Since this is a gucci build we couldn't really go for the typical "high res and high life" rare items, thats the reason for some of these items.

Oni-Goroshi

Look for the highest Critical Strike Chance, feel free to divine it if the roll is bad, since this is a SSF build prepare yourself, the grind is real(took me ~18hrs of Hillock fisting, and i was soo jealous of the guy who dropped it with only 5 hrs in.

Starkonja's Head

Probably this is the best helmet if you go for damage and sustain at the same time, but honestly you can go with any helmet that gives you life/ resists, some great alternatives are Hrymnor's Resolve, or Abyssus if you dont mind the deaths.

Kaom's Heart
Best armour for this build, adds up to +1500 life depending on your tree. Best corruption(if you are brave enough to brick it); +1% to all maximum Resistance > x% reduced Fire Damage taken.
this is my Kaom's :D :

You can grind the card out in quite a few zones, the uncorrupted(The Kings Heart) drops in : Caldera, Volcano, or the Coast (Act 6)
The corrupted variant (Pride Before The Fall) drops in: Caldera, Lava Lake, Marshes, Volcano, The Coast (Act 6), The Karui Fortress (Act 6), The Mud Flats (Act 6), The Tidal Island (Act 6).

You can also go for Chance&Scouring since this is the only Unique Glorious Plate.
Great Alternative unique: Belly of the Beast, Ambu's Charge, but again, since its SSF you can go with mostly anything, that gives hp/res.

Golves
I intentionally didn't mention a glove above, since there are a lot of choices, you can go with the Shadows and Dust, for the best damage, or a Wyrmsign for some life and Rampage stacks, or you can go with a Hrimsorrow if you dont have a xoph's yet and want to run phys reflect maps.

Boots
Well, the same goes here, you have plenty of choices, the boots are mostly for fixing your resists, also life is a good to have stat. If you manage to rescap yourself you can go with Atziri's Step, it gives a nice life roll, movement speed, and also spell dodge. (You can farm this in the regular Atziri fight, with the 4 sacrifice fragments.)

Belt of the Deceiver
This belt is probably the best for your build, it gives allres, crit multi. and life. (but feel free to use any belt that gives you allres or life).

The Taming
These are the best unique rings for the build, it gives a ton of resist, and elemental damage too. You can farm these rings while mapping, the div card is quite rare, but you definetly can grind it out. The maps where you can get the cards are : Grotto and Underground River map.
You could use any other rings to rescap yourself or, anything that you need, i personally used Lori's Lanterns.

Xoph's Blood
This is the best amulet for the build, you can either farm this from Xoph's Breachstone or the divcard, from the Lava Chamber or Forge of the Phoenix map.
Alternatively you can gamble with The Breach cards, those drop from Null Portals (Elder influenced maps.)
Other great amulets are the Carnage Heart, and Ngamahu Tiki.

Transcendent Flesh
This is the only unique jewel needed, i didn't manage to get it so far, but it can be dropped from The Temple of Atzoatl, it has a low drop chance, but still farmable.
Other than that, you could pick up any unique jewel, that gives you some usefull stats.

Lion's Roar
One of the best flasks for the build. You can farm the Earth Drinker cards, that drop in Desert, Dunes, The Foothills (Act 9), The Oasis (Act 9), The Vastiri Desert(Act 9), but the card could give you a Rumi's Concoction, that isn't usefull for us.

The Wise Oak
Well, one of the best flask for the build, but the downside is that the only way of getting this flask is from drop or Chance&Scouring. (This is the only unique Bismuth Flask)

Diamond Flask
This is the best DPS boost, also if you can get the craft from the cinderswallow urn, you could craft the Increased Duration & #% Increased Critical Strike Chance During Flask Effect.

Sulphur Flask
40% damage, 6% life regeneration while on Consecrated Ground, 3 total flask usage perfect for Curse Immunity. Craft duration, then beastcraft "of Warding".

Basalt/Divine life Flask
If you choose the Basalt flask, roll at least 23% reduced Charges used, not lower(At 22% it uses 31 charges so you cant use it twice). Get Bleed removal as your suffix, you could craft this with beastcraft,(the name is "of Staunching"). If you go with life flask you could go with the same bleed removal, or if you already have it on other flask (for example on the Diamond flask) you could get an instant flask with Burn removal, since with the pantheon effect it will boost your hp recovery rate. ( You stop burning from "Her Embrace" and that will trigger Arakaali's second bonus which is 50% Increased recovery rate if you've stopped taking damage over time recently)

Tier 3
Coordination
12% increased Attack Speed
6% increased Cast Speed
+10 to Dexterity and Intelligence
Black Oil | Crimson Oil | Amber Oil

Other notables that grants 12% increased Attack Speed is Berserking and Lust for Carnage, but Coordination requires cheaper oils.

Bladedancer
24% increased Damage with Swords
6% increased Attack Speed with Swords
24% increased Damage with Ailments from Attack Skills while wielding a Sword
+1 to Melee range with Swords
Crimson Oil | Amber Oil | Amber Oil

All rounder damage boost and cheap.

Aspect of the Lynx
16% increased Attack Damage
4% increased Movement Speed
20% increased Critical Strike Chance
+10 to Dexterity and Intelligence
Crimson Oil | Violet Oil | Violet Oil

Another solid all rounder notable, if you need the extra stats go for this instead of Bladedancer.

Tier 2

Snwoforged
25% increased Fire Damage
25% increased Cold Damage
+10% to Fire and Cold Resistances
30% increased Critical Strike Chance
Black Oil | Azure Oil | Sepia Oil

Very good notable that out of reach for this build and it is not expensive. Keep in mind that if you use Wise Oak, the extra resistance can mess with your resist balance.

True Strike
+12% to Critical Strike Multiplier
45% increased Critical Strike Chance
Black Oil | Crimson Oil | Teal Oil

Combat Stamina
20% increased Armour
5% increased maximum Life
Regenerate 1% of Life per second
Black Oil | Verdant Oil | Clear Oil

Defensive notable and quite cheap compared to other notable that grants maximum life with life regeneration.

Steadfast
30% increased Armour while you have Fortify
10% increased Effect of Fortify on you
10% increased Effect of Fortify on you while Stationary
Opalescent Oil | Azure Oil | Azure Oil

It is not a sexy notable, but the stats it grants is incredibly rare.

Diamond Skin
24% increased armor
12% all elemental resist
3% movement speed
Clear Oil | Sepia Oil | Teal Oil

Cheap to allocate, but you can pick up the nodes on your tree too, and in SSF you're probably res starved.

Tier 1

Fatal Blade
10% increased Damage with Swords
60% increased Critical Strike Chance with Swords
+30% to Critical Strike Multiplier with Swords
10% increased Damage with Ailments from Attack Skills while wielding a Sword
Opalescent Oil | Opalescent Oil | Amber Oil

Extremely good notable that is not within reach. This is the best notable to anoint for this build in term of stats it grants and price-wise. I am surprised it doesn't cost more.

Rampart
8% increased Attack Speed while you have Fortify
5% increased Movement Speed while you have Fortify
10% increased Effect of Fortify on you
20% increased Attack Damage while you have Fortify
Golden Oil | Black Oil | Azure Oil

Very expensive Golden Oil is rare as hell. I don't recommend it for this build because of the rarity of the oil, it is a great notable nonetheless. So why I listed here, probably because some may ask "what about this notable"? So there you go.

Cruel Preparation
10% increased maximum Life
+5% to all Elemental Resistances
Silver Oil | Black Oil | Teal Oil

There are seven notables that grants 10% increased maximum life and Cruel Preparation is the cheapest and not within reach. Go for it if you need the extra life.

Summary

Other notables not listed here like Golem's Blood or Magmatic Strike is because of high price or the stats it grants is not good enough.

The original build guide which i made gucci.