Gazers are always watching
Build Objective: To combine Dream’s Astral Rift with Riftstalker’s Riftstorm to provide the ultimate master of Rifts
Sources of RR:
Raise the Dead or Tip the Scales - 24 flat RR
Detach - 34 Chaos RR
Trace of Clairvoyance - 30 Chaos RR
Eldritch Fire - 35 Chaos RR
Divine Arburing - 12 Chaos RR
Total RR - 135 Chaos RR
Astral Rift was a recent addition when the Dream Class was revamped. They are large, immortal eyes that follow the player and attack with both an AoE ripple attack and a Doom Bolt like attack. The Divine Pythia’s set grants one additional summon to Astral Rift, but the headpiece converts 100% Chaos damage to Vitality. To properly use it with Riftstalker, I had to use the Divine Moros Nyx which converts 100% Vitality to Chaos. Fortunately, the Divine Amulet of Morpheus also provides an additional summon as well as +3 to the skill. Unfortunately, there are no other ways to provide bonus points to this skill, so instead we use Fettan Mask, Pythia’s belt, and Serenity to provide additional bonus skills to Dream class. You need a basic attack to go along with your Rifts, so I chose Distortion Wave as the Weapon provides additional 45% Weapon Damage.
Riftstalker’s Riftstorm has been changed to become permanent pets alongside the Astral Rifts. Due to the Zenith overhaul, it is now Sap which provides stackable Chaos RR, so make note of that when choosing Riftstalker as a class. Defensively, Riftstalker provides Aether + Chaos resistance as well as some secondary resistances.
How does this build survive without a healing skill? Bat and Tip the Scales are fully converted to Chaos and have large ADCTH components. Dryad is bound to Psionic Strike (which provides flat Chaos bonuses, which in this case applies to Distortion Wave) to get 10% heal every proc. Combined with bountiful ADCTH and over 195% Cast Speed with Dying God activated, and we have a build that even stands a chance against the D3 SR bosses.