3.4 Very angry crawler

I was trying to make new herald of agony to work with viper strike but since block nerf the suvivability was just not there. Tested several other skills and in the end out of curiosity went for spectral throw also testet cyclone.

The basics:
Spectral throw hits target every 0,3s and returns to you. This means that every throw has at least 2 chances to poison target. This makes geting virulence pretty easy. As a result with bit of focusing on aps its possible to run a very very angry vilurent crawler.
Cyclone hits its targets twice per 1 APS due to its mechanic also makes player immune to stun and ignores monster hitboxes. This makes it a perfect choice if you do not invest in to stun immunity.


Here is skill tree after Uber lab.

https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAABAAJfBLMFLQY5BkkJMwnZDF8M9w3NEFETbBQgFSAWbxm0GjgaPhpsHKccziFgJKoncykuKpgrUC2DL8wyCTWSNuk6xjwtPQ9AoEGHRCVFR0d-Sp9KyEz_UWBVqVcNWfNfP2DeYPhi9GVNZp5ncWoBapNqrGxGbqpxsnIPcmxyqXTxdqx5OXrve8N8uHzZfuKCx4Lkg1-DzITZiECJvIqvj2CQEZAzkFWXtJqumy2g5qIApAymrKmVqqmsqqyvrY2vp7Xytz69Nr6nvrzAZsC_wYLCjsT2xq7KRs9-0TbT-9ZY2L3ZYeCf4izireNq6hjvDvGs8wb3Mvd9-KH56PrS-6r-Cv5U?accountName=Asheren&characterName=Poisionivyx




Gear:
Main hand a wasp nest little brother sadly its crit mods are wasted here still its local poison modifier is saving a lot of skill points.
If you have a pair of gloves with poison and faster attack it can be replaced with or rare 2 aps claw. For rare claw it is important it has life on hit rather than leech.


Shield blood rage makes sure the 100% armor bonus is practicaly constantly on. I had spectre for leveling but currently i am using reckoning with curse on hit with despair. It can be replaced with enfeeble if needed.

Chest piece best option i could find given socket collors unfortunatly not that much cheap. Pierce drasticaly speed up clear speed and can be replaced with vile toxins for boss.

Belt another usefull unique that to be later replaced with minion mod leather belt.

Helmet a bone helmet with + to minion as high as you can afford.

For rest prioritize life, resistances, attack speed and minion mods.

Modified skill tree

https://www.pathofexile.com/fullscreen-passive-skill-tree/AAAABAABAAHcAl8FLQY5BkkJMwnZDPcQURNsFCAVIBZvGbQaOBo-GmwhYCSqJ3MpLiqYLYMvzDIJNZI26TrGPC09D0CgQYdHfkqfSshM_1FgVw1Z818_YN5g-GL0ZU1mnmdxapNqrGxGbqpxsnIPcmxyqXTxdqx343gNeTl673y4fNl-4oLHguSDzITZh9aIQIm8iq-PYJARkDOQVaDmpAymrKluqZWqqayqrK-tja-ntfK3Pr02vqe-vMAawL_BgsT2xq7KRs9-0TbT-9ZY2L3ZYeCf4izireNq6hjvDvGs8i_zBvcy-ej60vuq_go=?accountName=Asheren&characterName=Poisionivyx

Did a physical reflect map for testing. Due to life on hit and massive regen its perfectly fine other than to have to recast pets every now and then.

Farming setup: This is a setup i am using whenever i do not need a full crawler dps.

Herald of Purity+culling strike+rarity
Herald of Agony+culling strike+rarity+faster attacks+minion speed.

Geting in to higer tier maps and reasonable depth on delve. Will try to record some gameplays once i dig to end game tier comparable depths.

Also thinking about potential duelist version trading 30% damage and 2 skill pts for huge suvivability buff might make it worth to suffer terribly in some low levels due to having to go all the way to templar minion cluster.

Currently making some changes to build towards overall smothing clearing speed and better effectivnes in end game enviroment.

Zombies were thrown out end game as they start to not be tanky enough. Currently running L21 Q20 agony crawler with pierce, faster attack, minion speed, minion damage. Pierce can be raplaced for vile toxins for faster boss kiling.

In shield an curse on hit with despair and reckoning.

In claw herald of purity with culling strike and rarity.

General purpose cdwt setup with bloodrage,immortal call and bone offering.

In + minion helmet i have holy relic, stone golem, minion life and spectre tho will likely drop spectre for something else.

Vaal spectal throw is linked to volley, faster attack and witchering touch. Due to tunnel enviroment in delve volley is more effective.

I am looking for cheap poison+attack speed elder gloves atm. to make it a 6L and be able to replace mortem with a high end weapon. Migh try crafting a high ilvl gemini claw with attack speed throu minion resonator.

Might want to consider socketing HoAg in something like what's below (the 50% additional lightning damage from Essence of Insanity applies!)



Also, Damage on Full Life is one of the most powerful support gems available for HofAg, assuming you run with full life.

Yeah i considered it but since elder gloves with posion faster attack exist i can run stack building skill (soo far spectral throw or cyclone are best option). This is leaving me with chest 6L that i can fully dedicate to HOAg.

I have plenty of resist due to templar shield nodes allowing me to run gloves even without resist on them.

Damage on full life also comes with big multiplier. I might put it in with a 6L setup but have to do the math first.

Well game was not exactly kind on lab trials but i got all 6 and uber Izaro is down. Swaped despair to enfeeble just to be sure but it was not necessary to clear cancerlab. Was using cyclone rather than spectral throw to speed things up.

Might want to consider Ondar's Clasp ... 30% attack speed is huge.

I'm using the set up below with lacerate and generating 28 stacks/second against a single target. Pretty much have full-time 40 stacks during every encounter.

Here's the build:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2213957

I don't need anymore aps at least for now since Wasp nest and mortem have higest base atttack speed of all unique melee weapons. Due to nature of spectral throw one hit per projectile every 0.3s and cyclone that attack twice per one aps. Onslaught flask sets me at 6.25 aps and there is bloodrage on top of that. That is ~13 hits per second from cyclone. This also grants almost 1000 hp/s just from life on hit on single target.

For now since i am done with uber lab and made some upgrades to gear, ill try to push for guardians/shaper propably even before geting 6L herlad.

Yeah, be sure to continue to update. I'd like to know how it goes.

I'm to the point where I may focus more on max life by swapping out Ming's Heart, Perseverance belt and helm. If I don't find a good +minion/life helm, I may just drop HoAg. This would allow me to slot a conc. effect gem into my lacerate setup and move from 1.15m dps to 1.5m dps , while also moving from about 3.6K life to 5.2K life. But the agony crawler is nice, especially when it comes to keeping damage on for bosses, though it looks like crawler dps comes in a 50-60K. Compare that to 350K with a conc effect gem ... plus I'd be able to add in Anger, Wrath or Determination. So not sure if HoAg is worth it late game. With my current life and dps, Hydra is a breeze but Minotaur isn't beatable. Not sure about Chimera and Phoenix as I haven't fought them with this build yet, but hey are usually closer to the Hydra fight than the Minotaur fight.