[3.25] The Viper & The Mamba 🐍 Mamba with Bino | Viper with Venom Gyre

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Vacoh schrieb:

Damn! I didn't mean to bait an improvement of my character with that, I was trying to say that I'll just take a "somewhat finished build" to stupidly follow after.

So this is amazing, thank you so much!

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WickedLittleMissBliss schrieb:

Hey! I wanted a 'small' challenge and built the Poison Autobomber shown on the first page. Now I'm on my way to lv 90, have most of the items as shown and what I have managed to rebuild, I have rebuilt. Unfortunately, I have massive problems especially in T14-T16. Especially if I don't pay attention for a second, I regularly get hit by one. Unfortunately, I don't know what exactly you can try to save this build.

Maybe you can take a look at the character and write what you notice or whether the build makes sense in 3.23 at all. :D

The character is called: SchwestaLea_Affliction.

Thank you very much <3

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Vacoh schrieb:

Since I also try to understand the build: Why is the one additional monster hit mandatory? Since you're still using Ancestrall Call?

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rahsaan schrieb:

Added some information about the defences for the Mamba setup in Affliction (see previous msg, link also in the first post.)

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Vacoh schrieb:

Damn! I didn't mean to bait an improvement of my character with that, I was trying to say that I'll just take a "somewhat finished build" to stupidly follow after.

So this is amazing, thank you so much!

I sometimes get discouraged when I'm testing a build. I hit a brick wall, thinking that the build is bad after all, making me want to give up. It's been true with this new Mamba setup. Around level 85, it started to feel bad, not enough DPS, no survivability. Maybe I was making a big mistake. But no, I managed to improve it step by step and now, it feels smooths to play.
After playing this game for so long, I've learned that there are always ways to improve a character, always new solutions to find. So I think one should not give up if they struggle, thinking that by week 1, they should have a build that destroys a Deli T16 map in <30 seconds, like some streamers who make a mirror a day. For a reasonable amount of time and money, you can do a proper character that certainly won't do miracles but that will be truly enjoyable to play.

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WickedLittleMissBliss schrieb:

Hey! I wanted a 'small' challenge and built the Poison Autobomber shown on the first page. Now I'm on my way to lv 90, have most of the items as shown and what I have managed to rebuild, I have rebuilt. Unfortunately, I have massive problems especially in T14-T16. Especially if I don't pay attention for a second, I regularly get hit by one. Unfortunately, I don't know what exactly you can try to save this build.

Maybe you can take a look at the character and write what you notice or whether the build makes sense in 3.23 at all. :D

The character is called: SchwestaLea_Affliction.

Thank you very much <3

Hey,

thanks for this attempt ! I'd like to test this setup again.

Your stuff is indeed very good, especially all the mods to get Phasing.

But your character is only level 89. Often, I don't touch t14-16 before level 90+. So try to gain one or two levels by farming t11-12 with Syndicate. Interacting with the members and raiding the safehouses grant a lot of XP.

Here are some suggestions :

- You lack life and mana leech. Gain a level, remove Endbringer on the medium cluster, use the 2 pts to get Clever Thief.

- Replace Efficacy with Energy Leech. You lose DPS but you need to refill your ES to proc Everlasting Sacrifice (+5% all max res for 4 sec).

- Try to replace Deadly Ailments with Void Manipulation : you don't lose a lot of DPS and you can easily cap your leech.

- Get "Non-Vaal Strike Skills target 1 additional nearby Enemy" Eldritch implicit on the gloves. Remove Ancestral Call, replace with Fortify (19% more DPS) or Cruelty (40% more).

- Try to use Viper Strike : it can refill Plague Bearer faster.

- Poison mastery : replace "300% inc dmg on non-poisoned" with "20% inc Plague Bearer" or "Recover 3% life on killing a poisoned enemy".

- Test an Oakbranch Tincture to get Culling Strike + Phasing explicit mod.

These changes should give you more survivability.

Here is a PoB with my suggestions : https://pobb.in/3eWBkp6g8vWk

GL & HF !

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WickedLittleMissBliss schrieb:

Thank you very much for your answer & for taking the trouble. I have now implemented all the changes and will give you a short report:

you can really notice the difference. I have now run several T15 and T16 maps. This permanent dying because you randomly take a lot of damage from something is now almost over. If I died once, then it was my own stupidity. :D You don't notice the damage loss either, except with the map bosses, but welcome to the autobomber builds. xD

Where would you put the next skill points now? 20% more Plague bearer value, get Endbringer again, martial prowess or somewhere completely different?

I will definitely play the build more and report back to you later. :D