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

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amdilol wrote:

Just wanted to drop by to say how great of a build this is and how much I appreciate all the work Torstein and others have put into it! I league started Heist as a TR/CA trickster which was fine, it cleared decently and worked well and it definitely allowed me to get to push red maps faster than most builds but I didn't like the play style all that much.

Around day 4 or 5 I rerolled pathfinder based on my interest in the ascendancy and this guide and it's been absolutely awesome. Felt a little squishy leveling but I bought a 5L perfect form which alongside wasps nests allowed me to push red maps quickly. I was lucky enough to find a Badge of the Brotherhood in t15 channel which I sold for 30 ex and quickly used to 6L the perfect form, buy the claws, and the malevolence watcher's eye which turned the build from being half decent to obliterating all the content in the game.

I will be playing this build a lot more in the future and probably league starting it in future leagues barring nerfs. Pestilence strike is awesome. Very satisfying skill. Definitely my favorite melee gem in the game and pathfinder is certainly my favorite ascendancy now. The permanent flask uptime, ailment immunity, and poison damage are awesome quality of life plus the damage is decent as well. Here's my build after week 1. I'm interested in trying that strength stacking variation as well as the uber melee variation later in the league too.

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kasperbrah wrote:

Wondering what the tankiest setup would look like, im happy with the melee build but i kinda wanna sacrifice some dps for more tankiness.

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Hippyia wrote:

Really enjoying this build at the moment. Not having issues with any content so far.

I'm currently running the pestilent strike 6L setup and thought about giving viper strike a go for bossing when im not mapping and spotted that you recommend melee phys over unbound ailments despite the large dps different in POB.

Is this due to the increased posion duration bumping up the POB damage, and why you recommend melee phys? and also, in that case would you actually recommend unbound ailments over melee phys for bossing?

Thanks for the build, appreciate the work you've put into this!

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TorsteinTheFallen wrote:

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kasperbrah wrote:

Wondering what the tankiest setup would look like, im happy with the melee build but i kinda wanna sacrifice some dps for more tankiness.

What would you like to improve?

Btw you are missing boot enchant.

Belt with more resistances would be better so you can use Fertile catalysts for more life. I like leather belt because you can scale both implicit and explicit values.

Didn't saw the PoB im still at work but i think your chaos res is not capped.

Make sure you have upgraded your pantheons.

Also you are missing Warding suffix on a flask. Curses will easily kill you in red tier without it.

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I know theres no chaos damage, but better use this claws or Wasp nests?
And if You said I can use imperial claws tthen what prefix craft on this claws?
Step by step I gather exalteds for good claws :)