Overview
This is the max-DPS variant of a Bleed & Burn Ritualist — a spear-based Huntress that stacks enormous physical bleed and then converts that bleed damage into fire. The engine is Rake applying guaranteed heavy bleed, which is aggravated into ignites through a unique spear (Saita), while a unique ring (Blistering Bond) converts bleed damage to fire and lets fire feed back into bleed magnitude. From there the build multiplies the damage monsters take through Elemental Weakness via Blasphemy, elemental penetration, and increases to both fire and physical damage.
Where the sister “Bleed & Greed” build chases magic-find, this version is purely about raw damage for the most challenging content in the game — Path of Building quotes over a million DoT per second. Clear comes from Herald of Blood plus Blood Boil explosions, keeping the build mobile and tanky while it melts packs. It is unapologetically a chase-unique endgame project.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Enormous bleed-into-fire DoT — melts both bosses and packs
- Herald of Blood + Blood Boil give satisfying AoE explosion clear
- Tanky and mobile: ~2,700 life with large armour, evasion and ~46% block, 75% all res incl. chaos
- Deep, rewarding min-max ceiling with chase uniques and crafting puzzles
Cons
- Extremely expensive — the creator recommends 150+ divine before starting
- Heavy attribute strain (needs ~160 strength and dexterity), making gearing a balancing puzzle
- Many crafted/corrupted uniques mean lots of variance and currency sink per try
- Not a league-starter; budget alternatives exist but the showcased version is min-maxed
Key Skills
- Rake — main attack, applies guaranteed heavy bleed; linked with Gokan’s Resolve, Rage Force, Ancestral Hall, Deep Cuts, Regal’s Verocity
- Spear Field — secondary AoE clear and rage builder, buffs Rake
- Herald of Blood + Blood Boil — chaining AoE explosions for clear speed
- Blasphemy + Elemental Weakness — resistance shred to amplify fire damage
- Ritual Sacrifice — consumes rare corpses for Headhunter-like stolen modifiers (prioritize enraged / soul eater)
Gear & Anointments
Core uniques are the Saita spear (rune-forged, ideally with a high physical-damage Vaal-cultivation roll), the Blistering Bond ring (bleed-to-fire conversion), the block-scaling shield (gain damage as fire based on block), and the Constricting Command helmet (presence area). Mageblood is used but explicitly optional — a high-life / physical-multiplier alternative works instead. The amulet wants plus-levels of melee skills (Bridge essence craft) and is anointed with Blooding. Jewels lean on a Time-Lost Ruby plus Megalomaniac for bleed magnitude, with double-magnitude rare diamonds. Exact rolls should be confirmed against the source video.
Endgame Notes
This is a complete level-96 endgame guide aimed at the hardest content. Use Bloodhound Mark on big bosses, Infernal Cry when farming omega-juiced maps full of rares, and Disengage to dash in/out while applying exposure. Budget paths exist — dropping Berserk and Setup’s Heart frees ~65 spirit and cuts cost substantially.
Credits & Source
Build credited to Amonera. See the source video for the full build’s gameplay footage + voice commentary: Bleed & Burn Ritualist endgame guide.