Chaos Acolyte [Poison Arrow, Viper Strike, Shock] [IR/EB/MoM/AA] Potential 1.2.0 Tree in Latest Post

I would say Multistrike as a support for Viper Strike is better than Faster Attacks. Instantly get 3 stacks.

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olop4444 wrote:

I would say Multistrike as a support for Viper Strike is better than Faster Attacks. Instantly get 3 stacks.

True, but to get to 4 you would need to use the skill again for 6 hits. You also have to stand still during the use of the skill, which is very dangerous. Faster Attacks is more worthwhile in my opinion because of its flexibility.

Passive tree milestones updated with an additional maximum Endurance Charge. The level 90 version rids of a few Intelligence area nodes and picks up Arrow Dodging with some Savant nodes and the Duelist's Mana Gain on Killing Blow cluster to make up for it.

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Hey thanks for linking my gameplay video.

Here is my halfass writeup of my build
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/319344/page/1

I used Viper Strike + Faster Attacks + Multistrike.

Posion Arrow + GMP or LMP + Pierce + Inc Duration + Faster Attack with a 5L

My build changed since that thread and video i made.

I basically built to be super tanky as i dont think trying to get shock stacks is worth it

I have the best +3 sword ive ever seen for this build anyway.





While solo i killed stuff really fast and was so tanky i barely took damage while using temporal chains and vulnerability.

The huge downfall of the build though is your kind of useless in large groups besides just tanking.. With the monsters huge increase in HPyour dots damage just doesnt do a whole lot especially when other people are dropping monsters before you even get all your dots out.....

For solo play its a ridiculousbuild though. With vulnerability bear traps do a ton of dmg for dropping solo mobs.

I do like the name Chaos Crusader... I was calling my build The Plague. :D


I was reading your skill/gem setup and I'll just comment on a couple things.

Viper strike won't need increased duration with the duration passives. If you get a 2.0 APS weapon like the one i linked above, and have faster attacks + multistrike its ridiculous how fast you can get viper charges out on an entire group. Since I built so tanky and use windscream for temp chains + vulnerability I could easily stand in the middle of any group of monsters and just dish it out.

Poison arrow works extremely well with Pierce. I would always just shoot through huge packs of monsters, and every time an arrow pierces it lays another cloud. Its much more effective then increased AoE and the mana cost is much less.

I just watched my video again. Wow I really should have made another one later on because that video is terrible.

When I made it I was still using dominating blow which I dropped later on. I was using a +2 bow and not a 3 I believe, and I was using a slow sword, which later got a much better one that I linked above. I also wasn't using multistrike yet. Multistrike makes the build sooo much better.

I unfortunately have respeced when they gave everyone a free full respec, and no longer run this build so I can't make another video... but the build was way better than what the video is showing.

Wow, this looks really fun!

edit: Just a note that Poison Arrow terminates at the location of your cursor.

Thanks for the replies you two.

PhreEkGarden! Good to see you posting here. Thanks for the info man, I'll keep it all in mind while I'm making this character again in Onslaught.

Yeah this build is pretty much solo-only, which is fine for me but may not be for others. It's kind of sad how ineffective Poison Arrow is when in a party... Oh well.

I'm not so sure about dropping Increased Duration on Viper Strike but it may be worthwhile. I'm a bit iffy about Multistrike simply because it'd require one to stay still and strike 6 times rather than just 4.

I'm thinking about how to make use of Frost Wall in this build. It'd mainly be done for keeping normal mobs in place but it could be good for caging any monster type considering how much skill duration it'd have. The one problem is having to use Viper Strike before raising the walls, I guess.

Viper Strike is good, but it can be used in off-hand weapon with success:

Check out my Dominating Chaocyclonist
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/446554

I don't think that you can really "focus" on building viper strike build.