Viper Strike Pathfinder - Leveling Run
This is a league starter leveling showcase.
🛑Short Text Guide🛑
Aura Setup
Act 1 - War Banner
Act 2 - War Banner + Herald of Agony
Act 3 - War Banner + Grace + Herald of Agony
You can replace Grace with Malevolence if you want a more offensive setup but I highly recommend against it. Even with Grace this character felt rather squishy. You use War Banner for the Adrenaline you get from placing the banner. If you don't like placing and picking up the Banner you don't have to use War Banner.
Support Gems
Act 1 - Caustic Arrow + Mirage Archer + Void Manipulation
Act 1 (Level 12) - Poisonous Concoction + Volley + Void Manipulation
Act 3 (if you have a 4-Link) - Poisonous Concoction + Volley + Void Manipulation + Unbound Ailments
Act 4 (Level 38) - Poisonous Concoction + Greater Volley + Void Manipulation + Unbound Ailments
Switching to Viper Strike
You can switch to Viper Strike once you have Multistrike but I advise against it. The best time to switch to Viper Strike is once you have the Melee Splash notable. Before that it is being outperformed by Poisonous Concoction even when you have a suboptimal tree for Pconc.
If you want to switch to Viper Strike early: Viper Strike + Multistrike + Melee Splash + Unbound Ailments. Swap Melee Splash for Cruelty when bossing.
I definitely switched too early. A good point to swap is when you have the one-handed nodes in the Shadow area and the claw nodes (not Crit nodes) from the large claw wheel. The best time to go for Viper Strike is when you have the splash notable. Once you have the melee splash node in the marauder area, which is going to be in maps, your clear and damage will be good enough.
I think if I had done Pconc through the entire campagin it would have been safer and faster, but the point was to do a leveling video for Viper Strike.
Ascendancy Points
Natures Reprisal followed by Master Toxicist and then Nature's Adrenalise
Path of Building
This is not the actual PoB of my leveling run as I forgot to import it. I migrated the character and continued playing it in HC Trade. This is rather how the tree roughly looked like.
https://pobb.in/Easj2feWw7Me
0:00 - Intro
23:30 - Act 2, Merveil Encounter
45:29 - Act 3, Vaal Oversoul Encounter
1:19:07 - Act 4, Dominus Encounter
1:48:29 - Act 5, Malachai Encounter
2:16:53 - Act 6, Kitava Encounter
2:33:57 - Switch to Viper Strike (was too early, see Description)
2:45:17 - Act 7, Brine King Encounter
3:19:10 - Act 8, Arakaali Encounter
3:45:14 - Act 9, Solaris & Lunaris Encounter
4:20:06 - Act 10, Depraved Trinity Encounter
4:46:12 - Act 10, Kitava Encounter