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

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cody331 wrote:

Is it a waste to go PAST 55% Proj speed? I'm at 76% with 21/20 SA but can just go to 21 SA for 56. Is 55 the sweet spot? or are their downsides to going past that?

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1. 55%+ projectile speed. This is required for Thorn Arrows to return with Returning Projectiles, increasing the damage by a lot. You can get 30% on Quiver implict and 20% on default quality on Scourge Arrow and then 10% on default quality on Returning Projectiles, alternatively 8% on tattoos.

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Sandevasfootball wrote:

I noted a good alternative to the Divine Blessing minion once you get currency rolling is to get the -25% Mana Cost flask mod crafted onto your health flask and use Inspiration along with Divine Blessing + Malevolence (and alternatively Anomalous Increased Duration) to make Malevolence cost 0 mana. The cast speed in the build makes activating it take basically no time, and it also avoids having to deal with resummoning the Relic and turning the aura on again in harder content like Simulacrums or some Ubers (Sirus).

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WarPig17 wrote:

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Sandevasfootball wrote:

I noted a good alternative to the Divine Blessing minion once you get currency rolling is to get the -25% Mana Cost flask mod crafted onto your health flask and use Inspiration along with Divine Blessing + Malevolence (and alternatively Anomalous Increased Duration) to make Malevolence cost 0 mana. The cast speed in the build makes activating it take basically no time, and it also avoids having to deal with resummoning the Relic and turning the aura on again in harder content like Simulacrums or some Ubers (Sirus).

Interesting idea, may have to try it. Have bricked Uber Maven about 30 times w/ the standard setup and am at my wits end. This build is quite strong & uber capable, but honestly sucks for that encounter iyam. Our minion & ballistas die constantly and she teleports constantly -- makes your damage a crapshoot really (which means more exposure to her hellish mechanics). All her beams not only stops our regen, with the suggested endgame setup it outright kills us because we're constantly taking degenerative damage (minion, blood rage, & adrenaline).

The final phase feels very rough even with good degen placement. Not getting touched by anything while needing to dodge her attacks and tactically place your totems while also keeping up all our buffs and never missing a life flask (PLUS memory game) -- that's a big ask.

Beyond that re-entering the arena if you die is a nightmare (having to reactivate a # of our buttons in heated situation, etc.). I'm basically min/maxed, just no fury charge rings, so a bit lost to be sure. It's a bunch of moving parts, so it's likely a skill thing at the end of the day. Comparatively I have no problems w/ encounter on my FB Trickster.

*Update*: Finally managed to beat her. Definitely required a bit of luck but biggest changes were I) proccing 100% of the degens in the center so we can run effortlessly around the arena in final phase, II) specced into ironwood for totem durability, III) gave up on keeping up adrenaline boots (still useful boots regardless), IV) manually hit all my flasks simultaneously on arena re-entry so there is no 2-3s where flasks are inactive, and V) learned how to incorporate Despair into my rotation which ends up being more significant then the adrenaline anyhow. Thanks again to the build creator, it's been a fun one and has proven longevity.

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I would personally never use the Adrenaline boots against either Uber Maven or Uber Sirus because you'll just combust instantly if you have a misplay. I've had very little trouble with Maven overall since if you fan out your totems, her beam swipe won't kill them at once. Touching the beams in the last phase can be a death sentence, but aside from that you just move when she telegraphs an attack and slap down more totems to blow her up. I never had more than 1 memory game in any of her phases, since once she starts doing some auto attacks your poisons will stack up *extremely* fast and rip her apart.

Sirus is an absolute joke with the caveat that his degen ground instantly kills you (more or less). Otherwise you'll phase him within 15 seconds and kill his last form on the Everlasting Fire phase.