Melee Chaos Build Help Please

Pretty much what raics said. Maybe u could buff further chaos damage by using Hrimsorrow gloves and hatred aura with pyre ring.

The problem with melee chaos damage, esp. with viper strike is, that you have a hard time surviving. The Skill suggsts a hit and run playstyle, which wont leech enough for incoming damage.

The next problem is melee splash, even if it is a QOL problem. Compared to any FOTM Chaos caster you need to be in the middle of a pack to fully benefit from leech (which means you neeed either a ton of armor or block or other mitigation absent from the right side of the tree).

I tried Chaos on hit with viper strike, and damage wasn't the problem (with 8 frenzycharges I got up to 5k chaosdamage per hit). The problem was I was too squishy on the right side of the tree to whirl into packs to hit them.



So it is defenetly doable, and I could defently plan you out such a build but be aware that it might disapoint you come late maps.

Look in my profile at a character called bloody venom.

The idea is to pre-hit everyone with puncture/melee splash/multistrike and then hit them with Viper strike/blood lust.

There is more to it than that, you can prolly figure it out from gear and tree. Lvl 76 super easy - kinda stopped on the character after i found a windripper to build a windripper build, then got distracted by another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel, then another squirrel.