[3.6] Acid Molten Strike Assassin - Uber Elder-viable Poison Build

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batataqwert12 wrote:

have you ever consider putting yriel's fostering in the build?

He mentions it in the main post:

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SHEPUUURD wrote:

In your chest slot, you have many options, like Belly of the Beast, Cherrubim's Maleficiencs or Yriel's Fostering.
The (imo) best one right now is a well-rolled Loreweave. If using Volkuur's Guidance, it undoubtedly becomes best in slot.
I do not recommend Dendrobate for this build, the damage gain is comparably small and you lose out on too much survivability vs other chests.
If you can't afford a unique 6l, get a Tabula Rasa or a rare 6L with moderate stats (they cost like 10c mid-league).

Well, here is where I am so far. Loving the build and gradually progressing maps and delve level. I have been SUPER unlucky on drops with only 1 exalt thus far and no significant items to sell. Any critiques are welcome. (ignore my +30int node on the tree. Just using that until my wither hits lvl 20 so I can vendor quality it.)

https://pastebin.com/7stLBMcv

Edit: I will also be swapping in Anger for Arctic Armor once I get some more Chromes and Jewelers for off coloring my helm.

Any thoughts on swapping pierce for culling on the Herald crawler just for aome more utility since it starts to lavk on damage end game?

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xxxPOPExxx wrote:

Well, here is where I am so far. Loving the build and gradually progressing maps and delve level. I have been SUPER unlucky on drops with only 1 exalt thus far and no significant items to sell. Any critiques are welcome. (ignore my +30int node on the tree. Just using that until my wither hits lvl 20 so I can vendor quality it.)

https://pastebin.com/7stLBMcv

Edit: I will also be swapping in Anger for Arctic Armor once I get some more Chromes and Jewelers for off coloring my helm.

1) Try and get a blind Abyss jewel. 50% chance to evade is a lot of mitigation. (Doesn't mean your current one is bad, you could use that in the skill tree actually)

2) Use a rare 6l chest instead of your Belly. You'll lose a bit of life, but the damage gain is HUGE. It's not expensive, either.

Otherwise you're all good.

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Kuruk0413 wrote:

Any thoughts on swapping pierce for culling on the Herald crawler just for aome more utility since it starts to lavk on damage end game?

It works, but I wouldn't really use it myself. By the time you get a boss to 10% there's already so many poisons on it that it might aswell be dead.

Looking at every other support gem, though, that's probably your best option.
Withering Touch would barely provide any stacks at all.

Another option would be an curse aura. (I've added that in the gem section recently)

What do you think of using Withering Touch on multiple minions? Say link it to Ice Golem, HoAgony, and Ancestral Protector. I think you'd get at least 10 stacks out of that.

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grandanes wrote:

What do you think of using Withering Touch on multiple minions? Say link it to Ice Golem, HoAgony, and Ancestral Protector. I think you'd get at least 10 stacks out of that.

It's better if you use 1-2 Minions and link them with Increased Duration and maybe Multistrike/Faster Attacks.

That said you won't get a lot of stacks; WT only has a 25% chance to apply Wither and lasts 2 seconds, that means that if you have a minion that hits 10 times per second, you will get 5 stacks out of it.
From what I've seen from the Agony Crawler, it attacks like 3 times per second, and even then it still misses pretty often...
Ancestral Protector with Faster Attacks attacks 7x/s, but then you lose the Wither Totem, which also makes it worse.

Just bought a new claw for 2.5 ex.


It's actually giving me more than 40% damage over a Wasp Nest which is pretty nuts.
Definitely a good option for high budget.


Guess I'll need to record some new videos now.

Edit:
lol https://youtu.be/NmrZ08VTCRg

How do you go about calculating that 100% more damage mod? Seems like that might not be too difficult to craft if you can figure out how little other mods you need to pass Wasp Nest.

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JeffHopkins wrote:

How do you go about calculating that 100% more damage mod? Seems like that might not be too difficult to craft if you can figure out how little other mods you need to pass Wasp Nest.

It's pretty simple, 60% chance to deal 100% more damage equals 60% more damage.
You can even use the line "60% more damage with poison" to simulate it in PoB.

Only having attack speed should be enough to outperform a Wasp Nest, though you'd also need more poison chance if you don't have Volkuur's.

Ok so this took 3 fossils and an anul to craft AS. 14% over Wasp. Guess this is where my fossils are focusing for a while lol. Thanks for info.
EditL: wow, i just did my next delve and it instantly feels better and more than a 14% increase