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

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BzyxXx schrieb:

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CairoOvercoat schrieb:

Newbie here who's on their way with a Pest Strike build and I really like it so far. Using a slightly different variant then going transition back to the one you had in your Path of Building.

One glaring question though, in your guide (and alot of other guids I see for Pest) I see people wanting Enlighten Level 4 for their Herald of Agony. Even in your build you say

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4L gloves Herald of Agony - Culling Strike - Malevolence - Enlighten 4
(Enlighten 4 is needed if you want Culling strike for Herald of Agony. Otherwise lvl 3 is enough.)

What exactly does this mean? Don't take Culling Strike if I don't have Rank 4 Enlighten? Skip Enlighten entirely? More experienced friends of mine are warning me about Enlighten as according to them it not only takes SERIOUS dedication to level (or grind Chaos for the Div cards) , but getting it to Level 4 is unbelievably risky due to the nature of Corruption.

Is there something else that you can take in this slot or am I misunderstanding a fundamental here that has gone over my head as a new player?

Its because Herlad of Agony with Culling Strike take more mana reservation and without enlighten 4 we dont have mana for skills or we have to low mana. If You have Enlighten 3 then dont take culling strike :) Remember: we use Herald of Agony, Malevolence and Aspect of the Spider/Crab. For me Culling Strike is nice qol :)

So what would be the recommended setup or alternative to Culling Strike until someone would get Enlighten 4? (Or possibly forego it due to the headache)

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CairoOvercoat schrieb:

So what would be the recommended setup or alternative to Culling Strike until someone would get Enlighten 4? (Or possibly forego it due to the headache)

Just don't use Culling Strike (or anything) at all. Leave it unlinked.

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So what would be the recommended setup or alternative to Culling Strike until someone would get Enlighten 4? (Or possibly forego it due to the headache)

Just play without Culling Strike on Herald of Agony :) And if You dont like this low mana try play Herald of Agony with Culling Strike but without Aspect of the Spider.

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CairoOvercoat schrieb:

So what would be the recommended setup or alternative to Culling Strike until someone would get Enlighten 4? (Or possibly forego it due to the headache)

Swap in plaguebearer instead of culling strike. It gives a nice damage boost early on.

Hi there! First of all, thanks for the guide, the first time I played Viper Strike was on my first ever char, and it was a mess haha missed the sound it does when you bash things with it. The guide is very good and has a lot of useful information.

Decided to try this build after getting tired of the TR gameplay. Bought most of the equipment and dived into maps.

I'd like to ask for some help tho: I'm squishy, I'm unable to get past lvl92, and getting one shot even at T13 maps (not juiced or anything). Have some Exalts, and wanted to know:

- With my current gear, upgrading life on amulet, a better ring and belt (to cap light res), and trying to reach around +5k life, would the survivability get better? I'm thinking of getting a lv4 Elighten to use all auras as well.
- I took some defensive nodes on the tree, looking for better block rates. Damage is ok, I just wanted to rip less.

My current gear (any feedback is apreciated):

finally finished my claws wooot

well minor quality improvements are still needed but basically done.

Hey, thanks for the build, having a great time with it and I actually killed Sirus for the first time today.

Took a bit to get used to the rotation so I died quite a lot at first when I switched to Iron Reflexes but once it clicked I started feeling pretty safe.

Anyway, here's my current gear, currently working on switching to Transcendence version so I'm farming Einhar missions for the crab boss.

Here's the current gear, maybe you guys can see something that needs to be changed(helmet is waiting on the switch because resistances are a mess and this is currently the best chaos dot craft I have, will update as soon as I can).

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gabriel_vulneraria schrieb:

I'd like to ask for some help tho: I'm squishy, I'm unable to get past lvl92, and getting one shot even at T13 maps (not juiced or anything). Have some Exalts, and wanted to know:

- With my current gear, upgrading life on amulet, a better ring and belt (to cap light res), and trying to reach around +5k life, would the survivability get better? I'm thinking of getting a lv4 Elighten to use all auras as well.

You need to cap resistances as soon as possible.
Also your jade flask is missing a prefix (use a transmutation orb, there are only positive outcomes).

You also need to get rid of that Helmet base. The "you are crushed" means you take a lot more physical damage, which we do absolutely not want.

You also need to work on your 2nd claw and get better life on the amulet.

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fateovnorns schrieb:

finally finished my claws wooot

To be honest I don't like them too much.
The first one needs more attack speed and the "rare monster mod" feels not very good.
The second one is missing more chaos dot damage (there is a tier 3 craft with 20%) and the accuracy is local to the claw. Meaning it's only about half the value compared to other gear pieces.

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gabriel_vulneraria schrieb:

Hi there! First of all, thanks for the guide, the first time I played Viper Strike was on my first ever char, and it was a mess haha missed the sound it does when you bash things with it. The guide is very good and has a lot of useful information.

Decided to try this build after getting tired of the TR gameplay. Bought most of the equipment and dived into maps.

I'd like to ask for some help tho: I'm squishy, I'm unable to get past lvl92, and getting one shot even at T13 maps (not juiced or anything). Have some Exalts, and wanted to know:

- With my current gear, upgrading life on amulet, a better ring and belt (to cap light res), and trying to reach around +5k life, would the survivability get better? I'm thinking of getting a lv4 Elighten to use all auras as well.
- I took some defensive nodes on the tree, looking for better block rates. Damage is ok, I just wanted to rip less.

Personally I would replace that helmet, I don't know the exact math but to me it looks worse than any other helmet. It gives 15% reduced phys. dmg reduction, making it way harder for you to cap your phys res. But the fortify effect gives 5% less dmg taken.

Your amulet liferoll is like why. You should be able to craft way higher life rolls on it.
Ring seems ok to me(sure the res rolls suck, but what can you do if you need the acc), mine isn't much better. Getting one with acc is super hard. I was lucky I got mine for like 30c, similar ones go for several exalts.

If you have some money lying around, you can buy a bunch of prismatic catalysts, helped me cap my res. The liferoll on your boots is shit too. Thanks to whirling blades movement speed is not THAT important tbh. Maybe try looking for some better res life boots with str on it but an open prefix. You can craft 20%ms on them.

Reroll your silver flask, burning immunity is useless , pathfinder is immune to all elemental ailments.

Otherwise I can't really say much more. Maybe you need some more practice,my deaths mostly come from not having flasks up or Sirus rares.

Can I just say that going from Cobra Lash to Pesti/Viper, was like night and day in terms of how the DPS feels. With CL, I had around 5 million DPS. Just swapping from CL to Pesti, doubled it. Viper on bosses is almost sporting 3 times the DPS over CL...

Other than that, the build is pretty nice! Still haven't moved over to the transcended version, but will probably do that soon-ish.

Thank you for the guide! <3