[3.1][TRUE SHADOW] Life/ES/Eva Viper Strike Assassin/Trickster - Shaper killer with vids

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danielelsword написал:

i'v made my characters public, should be able to see my gear+tree, i was also using malachai artifice ring (blue gem) so i have the resistences to kill shavronne+brute bosses
it was tough for me to survive act 6 fisrt map these totems and monsters hit hard XD
i collected up alot of jewerelly,crafting items etc, should i sell the gems/jewerelly?
(the vendor recipes.. there so many xD, like what main jewerelly i should save for later)
any tips are welcome :D!

It looks fine more or less, a bit too much spent on offense, which is common when making first chars :D This is why bosses hurt you! I recommend to focus on getting all life nodes from now on also ES if needed!

You must be careful because later you will gain points slower, so the skeleton tree must be done before that, if you start feeling too squishy refund points from the little claw crit, the claw aspd (upper part of big claw cluster), the only thing you really need is the Soul Raker! Let me know

Regarding trinkets, I have updated the guide, have a look

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GEAR PROGRESSION
Equip the latest Claw as soon as you unlock it, save your alchs for it
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/List_of_unique_claws

Equip core items as soon as you unlock them as well. Before that, use rares with +Life and +Res to plug res holes.

Non-core items are the same. Get +Life and +Res until you can equip the good ones.

Gear for gems progression is:
-> Embalmer pseudo 5L
-> 5L dendro for pseudo 6L (currently 30c very cheap)
-> 6L dendro for pseudo 7L
As you can see the gear scales pretty reasonably from cheap 5L to a pseudo 7L

On all my chars I usually run with a 5L chest/weapon and have a 99% rolled 6S in the stash that I 6L with what I farm/buy.
Dendro 6L however is cheap enough to buy it, but i highly recommend to 6L a good rolled one (perfect/almost) because you need all the dps and ES from it

I'm playing a similar build and had a few questions...

1. I'm assuming that the Wasps Nest Claw is better than the Bino's Kitchen Knife. But why?

2. The Vaal Mask is stupid expensive on Xbox. What would be a good alternative until I can afford one? Abyssus Helmet?

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Pmack7 написал:

I'm playing a similar build and had a few questions...

1. I'm assuming that the Wasps Nest Claw is better than the Bino's Kitchen Knife. But why?

2. The Vaal Mask is stupid expensive on Xbox. What would be a good alternative until I can afford one? Abyssus Helmet?

Hi sorry for late answer!

Wasp over bino because the "added chaos damage" is very big and scales 100% on viper strike. Also claw has much higher attack apeed for more poison stacking and the +life on hit acts similar to what Vaal Pact was supposed to be

If vertex is not reachable id definitely go with a good rare es/eva helmet with same stats requirements, especially chaos res.

Abyssus is a nono, i hate that helm, it is feasible only for bossdeletion and ranged phys chars, but any melee char that can't get decent dmg without an abyssus is weak imo

What do you think about this build in 3.1?

I'm doing a similar build with poison and viper strike doing close to 3m shaper dps, the problem is u don't see that dps in game, poison is just frustrated dps build, unfortunately

Hello, this build looks so good, any recommendation for leveling? gems? i dont play so much melee characters so i need advice, VS with splash? or its better to leveling with any other aoe skill

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huma69 написал:

Hello, this build looks so good, any recommendation for leveling? gems? i dont play so much melee characters so i need advice, VS with splash? or its better to leveling with any other aoe skill

lvl up with Frost Blades with ancestral call best option, and VS for bosses

Looks interesting, I'm planning trying this: have wanted a build that uses Assassin with Noxious/Toxic.

1. What would you recommend instead of Lycosidae now it's gone tier-1, at least until we can afford it? (3-4ex on ASC right now) Singularity? How bad will losing Lycosidae be, and do we need to get accuracy on the tree to make up for it?

2. Does Bino's have enough DPS to clear trash fast? Does its poison spread help with trash, or is the AOE on it too small? I'm wondering whether it could be used as a weapon swap.

3. What do you think about Coralito's Signature, as a means to switch on Perfect Agony just for bosses?

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raposa написал:

What do you think about this build in 3.1?

Hello, Shadow and VS haven't been touched directly, but the gear has been changed in price, and there is that new Ancestral Call gem which is cool, so let's say the slots are more open for choices now, because previous must-have's are not so easy to have anymore x)

Unfortunately I am dedicating all my playtime to another build of the Karui Way Project. Hopefully I will come back to the shadow that is in STD to do extensive playthrough and will update the title into 3.1

However I have much confidence that what I'm going to tell below will apply correctly, see the rest below:

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Potenz0 написал:

Looks interesting, I'm planning trying this: have wanted a build that uses Assassin with Noxious/Toxic.

1. What would you recommend instead of Lycosidae now it's gone tier-1, at least until we can afford it? (3-4ex on ASC right now) Singularity? How bad will losing Lycosidae be, and do we need to get accuracy on the tree to make up for it?

2. Does Bino's have enough DPS to clear trash fast? Does its poison spread help with trash, or is the AOE on it too small? I'm wondering whether it could be used as a weapon swap.

3. What do you think about Coralito's Signature, as a means to switch on Perfect Agony just for bosses?

- Lyco still stays as the final (luxury) choice, until that you will go cheaper by buying accuracy on rings and (now after bisco T1 rarity change) amulet.

Regarding shield slot, I haven't done any additional theory and testing, but i'd go dual wasp nest for MOAR ASPD and also gives accuracy. Keep in mind that VS doesn't directly benefit from two weaps unlike Cleave, Dual Strike and lacerate


- Amulet, since we have freed the slot from bisco, you can now put a good rare amu with stats listed in the guide, OR eye of chayula for stun immunity (which trust me is huge and can be worth the loss in life).

Final luxury choice will be presence of Chayula, it is made for this build. So there you are you got chase uniques now for VS Shadow :V

- Bino vs Wasp nest, I will quote my previous answer:


- Perfect Agony. In all my testing (I specced/unspecced it like many many times), I saw no improvement and actually worse clear due to less burst from lower hit dmg. I was not interested in the new flask as well. Maybe I still haven't found the real snowball combination, dunno

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huma69 написал:

Hello, this build looks so good, any recommendation for leveling? gems? i dont play so much melee characters so i need advice, VS with splash? or its better to leveling with any other aoe skill

Leveling, try out the new Ancestral Call as 3rd gem. VS -> Melee Splash -> Ancestral Call. Pretty much try the gems in the setups described and replace multi with AC for leveling, use multi for bossing. But anyway, leveling is all about enjoying trying, try them out and find your best combo!

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igorkugan написал:

I'm doing a similar build with poison and viper strike doing close to 3m shaper dps, the problem is u don't see that dps in game, poison is just frustrated dps build, unfortunately

Yep, pretty badass boss killer when you manage to drown the boss in poison stacks, but big issues mapping. Now it is really worth trying AC gem in place of Multi and anti-stun in the amu slot.

Hi, what do you think about Reave on the Embalmer with Added Chaos/Unbound Ailments/Deadly Ailments for clear speed for mapping and VS with Added Chaos/Multistrike/Unbound Ailments/Vile Toxins/Deadly Ailments for the boss kill?
I really wanted to try this idea and with a tree a little different from yours, but I don't have the currency and the time for it.. And I don't think VS with AC would be enough for clearing maps like it is for Frost Blades, because we don't have that extra range with VS