[3.25] Scourge Arrow Poison Prolif Pathfinder - Fast, tanky, fun to play

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CrimsonConvict wrote:

TheDeathBeam, i tried min maxing bleed SST gladiator this league. It so happens that i don't like other build more than this one now... not sure if it's good or not.
BTW should i still use Deadly Ailments if going for Strength of blood since the damage with hits is reduced by 80% now so no life leech?

Nah, with Strength of Blood i would actually skip it now. I have WIP pob here actually what im testing rn what also skips deadly ailments: https://pastebin.com/2zXS57LU

Im testing giga defensive flask combo what should be fun :d (and also testing ballistas again to combat GGG efforts to make us weaker)

I understand, the ballistas might be good, but i think blast rain with withering touch might be better for ballistas to apply a lot of wither. Also in POB the difference between infused channeling and deadly ailments is really small, would infused channelling be better overall? (i am talking about the current POB not the one in progress)

hello, I am trying to run this build, i ran as toxic rain til i got to maps, and now in white maps, my damage is ok, but bosses take a while and so do some rares. I am also very squishy. Just seeing if anyone can look me over and see where i can make som upgrades, i only have about 100c or so, and just seeing what steps i should take in order of damage and defense. Maybe i am also soing something wrong? do i not have enough poison, or not scaling poison correctly?

I am trying to follow the guide as close as i can and just seeing if anyone can help and maybe make the build feel a bit better



also here are my flasks

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CrimsonConvict wrote:

I understand, the ballistas might be good, but i think blast rain with withering touch might be better for ballistas to apply a lot of wither. Also in POB the difference between infused channeling and deadly ailments is really small, would infused channelling be better overall? (i am talking about the current POB not the one in progress)

Blast rain does no damage, the main point of ballistas is extra damage (and its a lot of extra damage), if we wanted just wither that was solved a long time ago with just withering step setup.

And well the downside of infused is that you need high level infused otherwise the uiptime is annoying (e.g at least 21/20) but yes infused should be better overall.

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OmegaPeePeeClap wrote:

hello, I am trying to run this build, i ran as toxic rain til i got to maps, and now in white maps, my damage is ok, but bosses take a while and so do some rares. I am also very squishy. Just seeing if anyone can look me over and see where i can make som upgrades, i only have about 100c or so, and just seeing what steps i should take in order of damage and defense. Maybe i am also soing something wrong? do i not have enough poison, or not scaling poison correctly?

I am trying to follow the guide as close as i can and just seeing if anyone can help and maybe make the build feel a bit better

also here are my flasks

well, first thing, flasks are #1 thing on pathfinder so try to fix thm asap (especially your life flask, that is what is killing you).

You also want vaal grace and inc duration for your IC setup. Vaal Grace alone is massive boost for bossing.

You are missing annoint, get one. At least some cheap one if you dont want to waste currency on mediocre ammy.

Make sure your resistances are capped.

Also check in in game sheet if your poison chance is 100% (on SA). If not grab some extra poison chance from tree.

Get witchfire brew or at least self cast despair, very important for damage and drop blasphemy temp chains and get Petrified Blood, what is very important for survivability.

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thedeathbeam wrote:

You also want vaal grace and inc duration for your IC setup. Vaal Grace alone is massive boost for bossing.

May I ask how you can fit in a Grace? Not sure what I'm missing.

This is my aura setup (with the amulet). Added a precision and I have enough mana to spam a few SA. There's no way I can fit a grace before I get an Enlighten 4. Unless I miss something?

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Cry0nicS wrote:

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thedeathbeam wrote:

You also want vaal grace and inc duration for your IC setup. Vaal Grace alone is massive boost for bossing.

May I ask how you can fit in a Grace? Not sure what I'm missing.

This is my aura setup (with the amulet). Added a precision and I have enough mana to spam a few SA. There's no way I can fit a grace before I get an Enlighten 4. Unless I miss something?

Just vaal grace not regular one. You just link it to inc duration and then just use the vaal part for dodge.

I really need a 6th flask slot :D I have to decide between Witchfire Brew Stibnite Flask and Voranas Preparation Iron Flask.

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Dypr4x wrote:

I really need a 6th flask slot :D I have to decide between Witchfire Brew Stibnite Flask and Voranas Preparation Iron Flask.

despair on hit rings arent that expensive so you can just go for that :d

Btw, here is planned update for the guide:

https://pastebin.com/gf4GmSFL

so I was experimenting with bunch of stuff, primarily dropping Master Alchemist in favour of Nature's Adrenaline (because of Alchemist nerf), adding Ballistas (as they were buffed like 3 times since I last tried them with this build so they are very strong now) and also incorporating Arctic Armour. And this is the end result.

With these changes build does a lot more damage (thanks to Ballistas), we get reliable wither a lot earlier (e.g before enhance lvl 4), build is cheaper (its easier to corrupt embalmers), tankier (new ward flasks are insane and arctic armour is also great for defense), faster (natures adrenaline etc etc).

Downside is that Ballistas require a bit of micromanagement on bosses but I think that is fine.

I will probs update the guide in next few days but if you want to test the changes right now follow the linked pob as reference.

Thanks for the update. I see some usefull changes there. But I dislike one thing. There are more buttons to press now. Steelskin and placing the ballistas. Doesn't sound much, but I need to train my muscle memory now :D

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Dypr4x wrote:

Thanks for the update. I see some usefull changes there. But I dislike one thing. There are more buttons to press now. Steelskin and placing the ballistas. Doesn't sound much, but I need to train my muscle memory now :D

Well you put steelskin on left click so it should be same number of buttons I think.