[3.27] The Viper & The Mamba 🐍 Demo video up for the Viper : back to Apep's shield

The Mamba, PoB 3.27 : https://pobb.in/Urzk0Z5kE334

I'm making no changes.
I have briefly tested a setup with a Ming's Heart as 3rd ring (with Nameless Bloodline). You can gain up to 35% more dmg, but you lose an Ascendancy, life, elem res and your utility flasks. It is not worth the hassle.
This is one of those cases of "If it's not broke, don't fix it". The Mamba works perfectly fine as it is : I was able to down several T17 bosses. I'll release a demo one of these days.

I'm still working on a rework of the Viper without the Mahuxotl.

Reworked setup for the Viper

PoB : https://pobb.in/u3Ag85e9quV4

Vaal Pact has become too punishing to use since its rework in 3.25.
No life recovery except from leech means : no regen, no life flask, no life gained on hit, no recoup...
So bye bye Mahuxotl, and the 100% cold and lightning dmg taken as fire and chaos, sadly.

Instead, I've gone back to the original setup of the Viper, based on the Apep's Supremacy shield.



- Poison yourself with the Golden Rule jewel.
- Get Unaffected by poison, via a Malevolence/Watcher's Eye or with the Maw of Conquest helmet.
Then you gain +max elem res, max chaos res easily and you become almost immune to bleeding. Also, we quickly recharge ES, which is a good thing because ES Leech support has been drastically nerfed (no more dmg gain while leeching).

I have briefly tested a setup with Betrayal's Sting rings, and tried to use the Nameless Bloodline to be unaffected by poison. But both options were too costly.

This new version is as smooth and enjoyable as ever and the defense system, though less unconventional, remains strong.

Here is a demo video, with all the technical details about this version.

Hope you like it, good luck and have fun !

First post has been updated.

Sidenote : I've tried to keep 100% cold and lightning dmg taken as fire.
On the paper, this is doable without the Mahuxotl, with :
- Tempered by War Keystone : 50%
- A perfectly rolled Watcher'Eye/Purity of Fire : 20%
- A perfectly rolled Subime Vision/Purity of Fire : 30%

But then, I realized that the Sublime Vision costs 1 mirror ! (in league or in Std)
So I gave up on the idea.