[3.24] The Pestilent Viper 🐍 New video : The Viper (improved) & The Mamba (saved from nerfs !)

Hi Exiles

happy new year !

Here are some updates :

I have levelled in Delve and reached level 95.
By going horizontally at depth 150, it was quite safe and I could gain 1% XP per node.

I have bought Despair on Hit gloves :


This has allowed me to add Impurity of Fire for +max fire res.

Note that the Profane Bloom explosions do hit, so they apply Despair.

Here is a demo with this setup :

#5 : The Snake Nest

Some short but badass farming with your usual chaosplosions. Always so satisfying ! Feels more like an Halloween video than one for new year's eve, but anyway.

Hope you like it, good luck and have fun :)

Next video will feature some Expedition encounters with Herald of Agony.

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Btw, did you know that the Pestilent Viper had a twin sister ?

She's called the Pestilent Reaper and is a Lich in Last Epoch !
You can see a demo here.
Projectile Necrotic DoT + Skeletons minions and the ability to transform into the Grim Reaper itself !

Hello, rahsaan!

I made some changes and would like to share with you to find out what you think.
i got a megalomaniac with 50% increased mana reservation efficiency malevolence and haste.
Also includes aspect of spider and embalmer glove I'm using enfeeble on hit corruption.
I removed the crawler.
As it had an empty slot, I put vaal grace for some extra layer of defense.

the pob https://pastebin.com/RvaiMHAz

edit:

I forgot to say that I'm using the impresence onyx amulet.
and forgot too annoying the amulet :P

Neat !

Now your char is better than mine ;)

Aspect of the Spider and Vaal Grace are good additions.

Some ideas to improve further :

- Find corrupted Atziri's boots with life as implicit
- Because of Immortal Ambition, we cannot recharge ES, so your crafted mod on your Ruby ring is useless
- Anointment ! ;) Corruption will grant you 9% more dps.

Good luck and have fun :)

Oh yeah. I put this ring on because it looks like a spider. I will follow your suggestions.

This build is a lot of fun.

thanks for the feedback!

Viper Strike will receive a small buff in 3.17 :

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Viper Strike: Now deals 90% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 140.2% at gem level 20 (previously 135%). Now has 90% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (unchanged), up to 140% at gem level 20 (previously 135%).

Nothing game changing, but still nice.

But since they nerf Added Chaos Dmg, that should negate the buff to Viper Strike.

Hey,
I loved this build when I tried it a couple patches ago, but now I cannot figure out how on earth you're supposed to survive without that particular shield. There is no evasion or anything in either pob
thanks for still keeping it live

That's right, I will need to update the original version with Apep's shield.

Defenses will be at least 100% spell suppression, +max res while poisoned with the shield, life and ES on kill with Shadowstitch armour.
Eternal Youth and Divine Flesh keystones.(= a lesser Mahuxotl).

For those interested, here are some levelling PoB from Ultimatum league in 3.14 :

https://pastebin.com/Q5HMRWQa
Level 52, act 6.

https://pastebin.com/eKw7Ba7J
Level 73, just after Kitava.

Level 90 : https://pastebin.com/hZcYXqLp

Level 92 : https://pastebin.com/urPGxyWE

It's the old tree, but it will give you a rough idea of the levelling process with this build.
This is actually pretty simple : you start from the Witch, go east to the Shadow zone and then south towards the Ranger area.
The PoB will also give you some example of levelling stuff.

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Here is the PoB in 3.16 Standard at level 95, with the recent improvements of the build :
Purity of Fire, Herald of Agony and Mortifying Aspect (less reservation for Malevolence) :
https://pastebin.com/Kc1vJQSm

And here is a new video, where I'm going into Expedition and I'm fighting Vorana, Last To Fall at level 85 :
#6 : Aspect of Agony

Hi Exiles,

The Viper is back for 3.17. Better late than never !
And she can still kick some ass !

PoB links have been updated in the first post, though there is no changes.
I really hope with get Ultimatum back in 3.18, and the Mahuxotl's shield in particular.

* I have submitted a video for the Talent Competition :
The Way of the Exiles

This is a medley of different home-made builds. There is a segment with the Viper against the Uber Elder.
I may publish the entire fight later.

* But I wanted to tackle new contents, so here is a fight against the Searing Exarch :

#1 : Do Not Burn The Witch !

Generally, I'm using Ancestral Call, but for a Pinnacle boss, I have swapped to Melee Phys Dmg. A lot more DPS, though I sometimes hit in thin air, for lack of range.
But still, this is a deathless fight !

Hope you like it, good luck and have fun :)

Hi Exiles, and y'all viper lovers !

I haven't played the build a lot in 3.17, but I intend to go back to it in 3.18.
We still don't get Ultimatum back in core, so the Mahuxotl shield will be available only in Standard.

Here a video that aims to summarize the essential mechanics of the build in a short format (<3mn) :

The Pestilent Viper - Short Guide

If you already know the build, you can enjoy the fast farming with chaosplosions.
If you discover the build now, you can get a good idea of its capacities. And enjoy the chaosplosions !

Hope you like it, good luck and have fun :)