[3.21] 🌿Ultimate Claw Poison Pathfinder - Untouchable Viper - Molten Strike update by FEL

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Yalpe написал:

Hey folks,

Played this build a lot in 3.10 and I might revisit it next patch as my latest builds have not been great at boss killing. I see that not much has changed though. Did the replicas/alt quality gems bring anything to the table?

Chaos res was somewhat an issue in delirium and with deterministic crafting I think it could be fixed.

PS.: Hi blastinMot I remember you from 3.10 :D

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Vennto написал:

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Yalpe написал:

Hey folks,

Played this build a lot in 3.10 and I might revisit it next patch as my latest builds have not been great at boss killing. I see that not much has changed though. Did the replicas/alt quality gems bring anything to the table?

Chaos res was somewhat an issue in delirium and with deterministic crafting I think it could be fixed.

PS.: Hi blastinMot I remember you from 3.10 :D

Well, if you play it next patch then it's kinda redundant to talk about alt quality gems since we don't know yet if they make it into the core game ;) as far as the replicas go it's literally the same story.

Other than that, it is confirmed that Harvest will go core in 3.13 so we get some sort of crafting back which will make it easy/more accessible to max out chaos res.

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Yalpe написал:

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Vennto написал:

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Yalpe написал:

Hey Vennto! You made the leveling guide didn't you? I remember you. I'm sure that the gems/replicas will make it in the game somehow even if heist doesn't. It adds another layer to the game which is always good. I'd like to think that the experimental bases will work better with deterministic crafting. Sadly, the claws need to be Elder for this build so we wouldn't be able to craft with them...

Yes, indeed :) Though I have to admit: I could have done a better job. Since I am skipping Heist entirely I got more and more into racing and I am currently trying to make this build way faster on leveling. So if Thorstein is down for it I will overhaul the leveling-guide entirely and way more in-depth. I figured while trying to race with this build that I need to cover a lot more ground than only 2 Acts.

Allright, let's talk about Heist then: Unique-wise there is not much interesting there for us. Honorable mentions would be Chains of Emancipation to set yourself to maximum rage or mercenarys lot if u play with marks. Replica Perfect Form loses it's core identity with phase acrobatics and is not useful for the way we built the defensive layers. Same goes for replica soul tether... Just not useful.

Concerning the base types: Malign Fangs add flat chaos damage, yes. They might be interesting next patch when harvest goes core. U would influence them with hunters orb and then combine them with another claw to be double influenced. In the current situation it would take way too much luck or currency to get useful mods (especially compared to how easy it is to craft decent claws with elder only), but if harvest returns this will be one thing we can use from heist. I will have to point out though: missing the flat life on it has to be compensated. I would max build one of those claws and stick with another for leech or - also an option I have in mind - this claw + shield.

Gems:

U can run an alternate quality HoA that inflicts withered on hit, Whirling Blades has 200% incr. Evasion during use seems an interesting gem. As for Viper Strike I would stick to the default honestly, VG as well, PS and CL too so all of our main spells don't change. Since I really like Plague Bearer you can take the alternate gem that adds 10% incr. Movementspeed.

Overall there are some nice interactions, but nothing fundamentally changes the way we built or play this character. So in the end a lot of the coices come down to personal preference.

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Vennto написал:

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Yalpe написал:

Hey Vennto! You made the leveling guide didn't you? I remember you. I'm sure that the gems/replicas will make it in the game somehow even if heist doesn't. It adds another layer to the game which is always good. I'd like to think that the experimental bases will work better with deterministic crafting. Sadly, the claws need to be Elder for this build so we wouldn't be able to craft with them...

Yes, indeed :) Though I have to admit: I could have done a better job. Since I am skipping Heist entirely I got more and more into racing and I am currently trying to make this build way faster on leveling. So if Thorstein is down for it I will overhaul the leveling-guide entirely and way more in-depth. I figured while trying to race with this build that I need to cover a lot more ground than only 2 Acts.

Allright, let's talk about Heist then: Unique-wise there is not much interesting there for us. Honorable mentions would be Chains of Emancipation to set yourself to maximum rage or mercenarys lot if u play with marks. Replica Perfect Form loses it's core identity with phase acrobatics and is not useful for the way we built the defensive layers. Same goes for replica soul tether... Just not useful.

Concerning the base types: Malign Fangs add flat chaos damage, yes. They might be interesting next patch when harvest goes core. U would influence them with hunters orb and then combine them with another claw to be double influenced. In the current situation it would take way too much luck or currency to get useful mods (especially compared to how easy it is to craft decent claws with elder only), but if harvest returns this will be one thing we can use from heist. I will have to point out though: missing the flat life on it has to be compensated. I would max build one of those claws and stick with another for leech or - also an option I have in mind - this claw + shield.

Gems:

U can run an alternate quality HoA that inflicts withered on hit, Whirling Blades has 200% incr. Evasion during use seems an interesting gem. As for Viper Strike I would stick to the default honestly, VG as well, PS and CL too so all of our main spells don't change. Since I really like Plague Bearer you can take the alternate gem that adds 10% incr. Movementspeed.

Overall there are some nice interactions, but nothing fundamentally changes the way we built or play this character. So in the end a lot of the coices come down to personal preference.

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Vennto написал:

Yes, indeed :) Though I have to admit: I could have done a better job. Since I am skipping Heist entirely I got more and more into racing and I am currently trying to make this build way faster on leveling. So if Thorstein is down for it I will overhaul the leveling-guide entirely and way more in-depth. I figured while trying to race with this build that I need to cover a lot more ground than only 2 Acts.

Allright, let's talk about Heist then: Unique-wise there is not much interesting there for us. Honorable mentions would be Chains of Emancipation to set yourself to maximum rage or mercenarys lot if u play with marks. Replica Perfect Form loses it's core identity with phase acrobatics and is not useful for the way we built the defensive layers. Same goes for replica soul tether... Just not useful.

Concerning the base types: Malign Fangs add flat chaos damage, yes. They might be interesting next patch when harvest goes core. U would influence them with hunters orb and then combine them with another claw to be double influenced. In the current situation it would take way too much luck or currency to get useful mods (especially compared to how easy it is to craft decent claws with elder only), but if harvest returns this will be one thing we can use from heist. I will have to point out though: missing the flat life on it has to be compensated. I would max build one of those claws and stick with another for leech or - also an option I have in mind - this claw + shield.

Gems:

U can run an alternate quality HoA that inflicts withered on hit, Whirling Blades has 200% incr. Evasion during use seems an interesting gem. As for Viper Strike I would stick to the default honestly, VG as well, PS and CL too so all of our main spells don't change. Since I really like Plague Bearer you can take the alternate gem that adds 10% incr. Movementspeed.

Overall there are some nice interactions, but nothing fundamentally changes the way we built or play this character. So in the end a lot of the coices come down to personal preference.

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Vennto написал:

You're right, just checked it myself, for me the effect of the boots is not worth the trade-off though. I mean yeah, they add more dps, for sure. But in the end you have to balance it out with resistances somewhere else, where you could potentially have gotten damage, defense or utility.

I also checked poe.ninja and I found a PF with Pestilent Strike that does what I stated above: heavily invests into Str. Stacking, reached 1400 and all dmg comes from the boots. Although he went for a rare chest to solve resistances it is definately an option to keep in mind. The boots prove to be worthwhile though you use a split personality jewel with str as well. Guess we can summarize it that we got a few more options to play around with with heist :)