[Semi-Updated to Ritual]Poison Blade Vortex Assassin In Depth Guide

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Valant wrote:

I am still using Tabula at 88 and feel a need of a budget upgrade

Should I just get a 5L Kintsugi or 6L rare life res ?

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Asmordeus wrote:

Hey Ive got a small question. What is more important? The unique gloves, unique amulett or the explode chest?

Just so Ive got a goal in my mind and know what to go for.

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Yes, you need +1 curse to hit both despair and temp chains (as you have naturally +1 curse so whispers of doom allowed 2 curses). Having despair on hit is very good for dps as you can have a +2 amulet, which you do.

Aight I took a quick look.

Gear:

Gear seems alright. Imo kintsugi is suboptimal but its still fine. I'd upgrade when you feel like to a rare explode + spell crit or +1 curse and spell crit chest for tricurse. Explode is amazing coz it stacks with asentahs, due the wording differences. +1 curse is good for bossing. +1 active gem levels is also an option instead of +1 curse.

Cant see cluster other than 1 so cant comment on those. I would buy an onslaught on kill abys jewel, if you can get one with life (and res if u need it)

Why your flasks 2 of them that I can see, don't have prefixes?

In general I'd recommend focusing gearwhise on clusters and getting a bv duration enchant.

Gems:

I dislike Plague bearer a lot. It's some dps yea, but you should have insane dps anyways so in total its a small % of the dmg you can do.

I would run alt q bloodrage for frenzy while bossing and clear speed while mapping. The chance seems low but bv hits so often it should be good enough to sustain.

I'd run lvl 1 precision for some extra crit and for the Watcher's eye mod (which we would still like to have eventually).

I would invest into lvl 21 0q vaal bv. +1 level is insane and the quality on bv is only a bit of aoe.

Also woke unleash at some point, but low prio.

Tree:

Silent steps? Why you running this? General evasion rating is not as good as people tend to think, it only applies for attacks and wind dancer makes getting enough evasion hard(less multiplier). Imo evasion rating is not worth, we rely on general dodge instead. Also having good evasion would mean running an evasion flask which the build cannot afford.

Toxic strikes, that is a two passive to notable not three which you have pathed. Also, You've skipped fatal toxins which I would take over toxic strikes 100%. You should be poison chance capped anyways without flasks, as both give the same amount of poison chance.