[3.10] Brittleknee’s Scourge Arrow Poison Assassin - Great Bosser! Video Guide Included!

Ok. I think I'm getting my mind wrapped around it. However, I'm not sure this is the build for me. I like "Shoot 'em, reposition, shoot 'em" for bosses, and "shoot 'em as you are running towards 'em" for mobs. I prefer only one active skill for attacking, and one for getting out of the way.

This build has 4 active skills:
CA/TR/SA - shoot 'em
Withering Step - debuff 'em when running past 'em
Frenzy - debuff 'em some other way
Totem - debuff 'em yet some more

Seems more complicated than "Shoot 'em and run".

I know we won't use all of those actives all at once, but the more actives, the more complicated, the more chance of misclicks.

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UtherSRG wrote:

Ok. I think I'm getting my mind wrapped around it. However, I'm not sure this is the build for me. I like "Shoot 'em, reposition, shoot 'em" for bosses, and "shoot 'em as you are running towards 'em" for mobs. I prefer only one active skill for attacking, and one for getting out of the way.

This build has 4 active skills:
CA/TR/SA - shoot 'em
Withering Step - debuff 'em when running past 'em
Frenzy - debuff 'em some other way
Totem - debuff 'em yet some more

Seems more complicated than "Shoot 'em and run".

I know we won't use all of those actives all at once, but the more actives, the more complicated, the more chance of misclicks.

Okay.

There is plenty of boss footage linked in the media section and most of the vods of me playing this particular character are still on twitch for the time being. Feel free to assess gameplay videos at your leisure.

SA has a draw time and will never feel like TS/LA/IS/EH. Those are 'true' shoot and keep running builds. Maybe start with those.

Chaos builds in general will always feature the Wither Totem. It's irreplaceable and a key component to boss DPS.

Debuffing for Despair is the only other way to scale the DoT aside from Malevolence while maintaining minimal mana reservations for MoM. Frenzy allows to quickly stack Frenzy charges where most frenzy charge conditionals are based on kill and inconsistent.

Withering step is in lieu of totem debuffing on trash/maps.

nice

What do you think about this build on 3.9

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ハクリュー wrote:

What do you think about this build on 3.9

The changes in scourge arrow will be very beneficial to this build. More added chaos means better poison scaling overall since it all scales off hits.

Its damage was already quite comfortable and will be even more so.

I'll be waiting for full patch notes before pushing a major update to the guide, but things are looking good overall for this build.

Hi, everyone.

I will indeed be updating this guide for 3.9 so don't worry! I'm currently hoping to have everything updated across all builds within 24 hours.

The changes to this Scourge Arrow is only good news for this build, the extra added chaos is nice, not only for the upfront flat, but the poison scaling as well.

The elder/shaper mods changing could lead to us favoring Darkscorn, unless Vicious Proj re-appears as an influence mod. At least Legion is on the map device this time, so the prices shouldn't be so ridiculous.

To see the full list of builds beyond this one, you can click here: https://tinyurl.com/y5vwayk2

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Thank you for the guide, it's probably what i'll be using today for league start. I wanted to let you know for 3.2. End-Game Gem Setup, under helmet Steelskin is not listed after CWDT

Hi there. What bow would you recommend to use before you can afford to craft a bow or darkscorn(it's worth 8+ex atm) ?

what pantheon?

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hoffman24 wrote:

Hi there. What bow would you recommend to use before you can afford to craft a bow or darkscorn(it's worth 8+ex atm) ?

I'm using lioneye's glare and into mid yellow maps so far, its working fine. I doubt darkscorn is really worth the current price, and its been dropping so I am hoping to get it later like next week or something after shoring up everything else.

I also havent attempted crafting a bow either, high level thicket bases are still pricey, and the corroded fossils needed to craft it are plentiful and worth 15-20c atm so I've just been mid level delving and selling them off before they drop as well.

No issues clearing or killing with glare though. I will say if you're not using plague bearer than you need to be. even unlinked at level 20 it will melt fully juiced metamorph bosses on its own before your flasks wear off.