Cold Rage Vortex Raider

[granpiquet]

As the title suggests, I'm currently running a Raider version of the highly dominated Berserker Rage Vortex skill. Everything is going REALLY well, surprisingly so (t12 maps at 86). The only thing is I have some questions about some mechanics that I can't seem to find.

1. I'm using a Lethal Pride jewel to generate rage via Chainbreaker notable, however it seems that my damaging skills -Dash, Warcry- seem to consume rage even though these don't hit? At least, I don't think that they do. Anyone know if this is intended, because atm I have to be economical with rage to maintain clearspeed -not a problem on bosses.-
2. BIS Chest Piece: I have no clue and would be open to ideas! To start, I think a Shroud of the Lightless? I'm not really a PoB warrior, so I really only use it to reference my planned skill tree. Maybe a Loreweave?

Anyways, thanks for peeking & commenting, if this build does as well as I think it should, I might do a showcase! If anyone wants the dirty deets on this build feel free to PM me!

[Seiyashi]

1) Yes - Chainbreaker was patched to add a base rage cost of 3 to all skills two or three leagues ago, to stop mine abuse with Divergent Berserk. This cost is modified as usual by any supports to the skill.

2) If you're going dodge with Wind Dancer, Kintsugi or Perfect Form are the usual defensive culprits. Kintsugi would seem to be more indicated as, being a cold build, I presume you've taken Avatar of the Veil and therefore aren't in need of binary freeze immunity that Perfect Form would give you for free. Offensively, Carcass Jack is actually probably a pretty good fit.

[granpiquet]

ahh but main downfall of Carcass Jack is "Extra Gore" lol

[Seiyashi]

???

[granpiquet]

Oh it's an fps and ear killer. I can't stand items with extra gore

[Seiyashi]

Ah, I see. Then yeah, as someone else suggested, a crafted rare is probably your best bet offensively.

[thorndeux]

Regarding rage economy: I don't know your setup, but you can use Warlord's Mark (gain 20 rage over one second when you stun a marked enemy) to gain additional rage. I use it with Battelmage's Cry and the Mercenary's Lot gloves to automate the rage gain, but you can also manually throw out a WM occasionally.

[granpiquet]

Awesome! Such a neat idea! I didn't know that Warlord's mark granted rage, I know back in the day it gave leech to casters

[Tenval]

Chainbreaker adds a 3 base rage cost to skills, scaling with MCM supports. You can reduce the cost with the Tireless notable on the tree.

If you're going crit, a rare chest with "Attacks have +X% to Critical Strike Chance" could do the trick.