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

I still think Circle of Nostalgia will be the best choice for this build. The chaos resistance it grants is very hard to come by otherwise, and with so many rare pieces in the build it's not particularly hard to cap elemental resistances anyway.
Even if the "increased buff effect" get's nerfed a little bit the ring still grants a fair amount of damage through flat chaos damage on it. Attributes (especially Int) is also nice to have, and the synthesized implicits are a nice boost. Things like %life, ele Resist, Onslaught on hit or reduced mana cost of skills are all good options.
And even if the "increased buff effect" gets nerfed to the ground completely you could still go Chaos res while affected by HoAg + increased chaos damage while affected by HoAg. A little worse for sure, but not by that much.

The builds that suffer the most from the ring nerf (and the inherent HoP change in general) are Facebreaker melee builds imo. HoP + Circle of Guilt were an easy way to stack a bunch of flat phys damage without a weapon, that is completely gone now. Will be interesting to see where these kind of builds go now.

I'm still debating on what I'm playing this league. Either Scourge Arrow, or maybe even Cobra Lash.

I cant play the same EXACT build again, I'll burn out even though I really dont think either is as good as Viper/Pestilent. I know Scourge is pretty good but I'd definitely miss life on hit.

But, this seems like a much easier league than delirium was in general. I'll just have to make my decision when I start leveling up.

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Destructodave schrieb:

I'm still debating on what I'm playing this league. Either Scourge Arrow, or maybe even Cobra Lash.

I cant play the same EXACT build again, I'll burn out even though I really dont think either is as good as Viper/Pestilent. I know Scourge is pretty good but I'd definitely miss life on hit.

But, this seems like a much easier league than delirium was in general. I'll just have to make my decision when I start leveling up.

Don't play the same build if you are prone to burn outs.
Freshen it up :)

Patch notes are out and....

Vaal Molten Shell no longer keeps you alive. It only absorbs 30% of incoming damage now. That's one HELL of a nerf. Sure it gives you 20% more armor now, but armor doesn't do much for big hits and 20% isn't going to change that. Definitely gonna have to rethink how the defenses of this build work.

Just read through the patch notes, and aside from VMS & Circle of Nostalgia, I don't think anything else really changed much (correct me if I'm wrong). The dual-wield nerf isn't that big of a deal since this build never really relied on phys.

While you are waiting for PoB update:

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qawsican schrieb:

Just read through the patch notes, and aside from VMS & Circle of Nostalgia, I don't think anything else really changed much (correct me if I'm wrong). The dual-wield nerf isn't that big of a deal since this build never really relied on phys.

VMS is dead.
Ill have to see what can i do with the new keystone and does it make up for it.

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TorsteinTheFallen schrieb:

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qawsican schrieb:

Just read through the patch notes, and aside from VMS & Circle of Nostalgia, I don't think anything else really changed much (correct me if I'm wrong). The dual-wield nerf isn't that big of a deal since this build never really relied on phys.

VMS is dead.
Ill have to see what can i do with the new keystone and does it make up for it.

Just updated my POB Fork and my dps went from 11.8mil to 10.4mil so ~10% dps loss more or less. Still more than enough dmg to clear all content but with VMS dead, we'll have to see.

EDIT: Had my POB configured wrong, had enemy type set to non-boss. Shaper dps is closer to 7.8mil. Thanks @blastinMot for spotting my error.

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qawsican schrieb:

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TorsteinTheFallen schrieb:

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qawsican schrieb:

Just read through the patch notes, and aside from VMS & Circle of Nostalgia, I don't think anything else really changed much (correct me if I'm wrong). The dual-wield nerf isn't that big of a deal since this build never really relied on phys.

VMS is dead.
Ill have to see what can i do with the new keystone and does it make up for it.

Just updated my POB Fork and my dps went from 11.8mil to 10.4mil so ~10% dps loss more or less. Still more than enough dmg to clear all content but with VMS dead, we'll have to see.

Huh, could you link your PoB please?

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qawsican schrieb:

Just updated my POB Fork and my dps went from 11.8mil to 10.4mil so ~10% dps loss more or less. Still more than enough dmg to clear all content but with VMS dead, we'll have to see.

I played a budget 2 million shaper dps 1 hand + shield venom gyre version of this build in delirium league and that was more than enough to clear all content. That was without even a gg claw since I was absent for 95% of the league (just had a baby this year which ate up most of the time and came back for the last 2 days).

I went 1 handed just because it was so late in the league I wouldn't have enough to currency to buy/craft 1 let alone 2 claws. I adopted the VMS idea from this build (RIP) and gear + gem setups, but instead just took either shield or 1 handed stats vs dual. Probably could hit 3-4 mil with investment this way.

if you are hitting 10mil, YES, lol, that's MORE than enough if it's not POB padded.

In the last 2 days I went from 18 challenges to 33... but sadly, needed one more day to get to 36. Adulting is fun.

However, without VMS - I'm curious how this will end up since I think it's offensive capabilities are not really in question, even with nerfs.