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[0.4] FACETANK Bosses + Juiced Maps - Siege Cascade Tactician

0.4 TLotD

Mercenary

Tactician

End Game

Creator

By Big Ducks

Updated on Dec 30, 2025

Dec 30, 2025

Build Overview

Check the video for demonstration on how to play the build. The last half is all me explaining things as I show off high end content.

Siege Cascade is a one button full screen clear build that synergizes extremely well with the Right Where We Want Them node from the Tactician. Allowing us to enable the 140% MORE Damage from this skill with the skill itself.

For very difficult boss enemies we use Armour Piercing Rounds for a bit more consistent single target and leech.

We do only physical damage so leech is an obvious choice, make sure you have sources of Mana and Life leech on your gear. Fast Metabolism allows us to always have the full effect of our leech and Couture of Crimson provides us 50% MORE overall life to the build with our 2000+ Leech per second. This also pairs well with Undying Hate (amanamu) as the damage over time is completely solved by our massive leech.

We use Emergency Reload to help with Armour Piercing Rounds on bosses as well as Artillery Ballista and War Banner.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Excellent Clear even in Juiced Abyss Maps
Facetank Bosses with Good Damage
Relatively Cheap and Craftable Gear
One Button Clear

Will not One Shot Bosses
Medium Movement Speed

Build Variants

Endgame Siege Cascade

Leveling

Full endgame version of the build that I used to do all content in the game.

All Merciless Pinnacles

T16+1 Citadels / Abyss Maps

Equipment

Endgame Siege Cascade

Leveling

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

+10

Notes on items in the priority. You don't need to craft any of the gear, you can buy the best version of what is within your budget if you like.

Crafting the Crossbow

Obtain an ilvl 81 Gemini Crossbow with as high of a Fractured %Phys mod as you can get, I suggest T3 or Higher. (You can Self Fracture if you like)
Annul ALL but 1 extra mod off the item so that you are left with just the fracture and 1 other mod.
Chaos Orb until you hit T3+ Added Physical Damage.
Use an Omen of Dextral Exaltation and then Slam ONE Suffix onto the item.
Use an Omen of Dextral Crystallisation and then a Perfect Essence of Abrasion to remove the suffix and add the final Prefix of Gain Damage as %Phys.
Use 2 Exalted Orbs to add 2 Suffixes.
Use Omens of Dextral Crystallisation as well as Perfect Essence of Haste and Battle until you have only those 2 essence mods in the suffixes. Use an Omen EVERY TIME and cycle them until you have both.
Apply an Ancient Jawbone to the weapon and reveal with an Omen of Abyssal Echoes. You are looking for Attack Speed here, but take anything you can get that is decent, Crit is good, Reload mods are good, Leech is good.
At this point if you don't want to spend infinite money just accept what it gives you, or if not, use an Omen of the Light and an Annul and start over from step 8 until you get the mod you want.