[3.11] Poison Blade Vortex Assassin (Carried me to level 100 / delve 600+ / Aul / Sirus A8 viable)

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frost21 wrote:

1. How much investment would I need to achieve all that? (Also how far would 40ex get me with this build?).

40 ex is overkill for this build. This build is dirt cheap for what it does, and ST doesn't suck when you gear up, so you're gonna be good. As for tankiness, I was starting red maps at 3.8k HP and never died until Sirus so that should indicate how strong the defense layers are.

I've got a quick question.

If my partner is currently using 2x Bino's Kitchen Knives and I'm running an aurabot with Anger(fire dmg), Wrath(lightning dmg), and hatred(cold dmg)(& others ofc)... And we play together 85% of the time, is it worth it for her to upgrade to Cold Iron Point(s) X2?

This build has been really fun, but I'm still getting one-shot just enough to make the last few levels difficult. For folks closely mirroring the original post, what's your health look like? I'm capped out at ~5,000, and I'm not seeing a lot of options for boosting it much higher.

Maybe swapping out double Cold Iron Points for Binos/Mistwall will make the difference?

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jbitz wrote:

Hey, I took a look at your character. Is poison skill gem not necessary anymore? I see you replaced it with void manipulation

I switched it out a while ago, when I noticed that I was having even without the Poison support over 100% chance to poison.

It is a minor dps gain over Poison support and since I had that awakened void manipulation around, I decided to use it.

I totally forgot to mention that in the guide. I will add a section after my exams.

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Cathode1 wrote:

This build has been really fun, but I'm still getting one-shot just enough to make the last few levels difficult. For folks closely mirroring the original post, what's your health look like? I'm capped out at ~5,000, and I'm not seeing a lot of options for boosting it much higher.

Maybe swapping out double Cold Iron Points for Binos/Mistwall will make the difference?

I see that you do not have Wind Dancer. To prevent one-shots, it is extremely nice, probably I would consider to drop Method to Madness in your case.

Mistwall provides another layer of defense, if your goal is leveling beyond 95+, I would use it for maps at least.
For the weapon, it is still a matter of preference, if you want to use Bino/Obliteration for better clear or one Cold Iron Point for better damage but less spread.

Once you have those extra layers of defense, 5000 life is enough to feel secure.

What mods are we looking for on an explodey chest? Spell crit and explode?

Also wanted to share my boots i crafted this league (Harvest, for futures folks) for this build. Hunter boots were really easy to craft, and if you block all suffix you can get +2 chaos gems with an aug chaos. took me about 4 rem/add chaos mods to hit it, because you can get unaffected by desecrated ground.

Link with plague bearer - withering step - empower 4 and awakened inc aoe for a nice boost.




(yeah i am going to remove defense for the evasion and add life - i'm just excited so i shared early... or cannot be frozen since i'm over 5k life without life on the boots)

Hi, I was able to cap resistances without needing the boots slot, do I've been using Atziri's Step. Is there some other boot option that is superior?
Would appreciate any other advice for upgrades/changes, char feels kinda squishy. Getting better Life rolls is already on my to-do list, but is there anything else?

Sorry for if that is explained somewhere. But why two times "Golden Rule Viridian Jewel" when it's limited to 1?

Thanks

In the levelling suggestions you say to look for a caster weapon around Act 3/4. What is meant to go on the Caster weapon in terms of gems?