Poisonous Concoction Poisonous Concoction is a poison-based attack skill introduced in Path of Exile’s 3.16 Scourge League. It offers incredibly clear as well as an old overlapping type of scaling its harm to the point where it is an absolute powerhouse. For players who choose to blast with the game on a tight budget and want a build that's indexable by having an acceptable quantity of currency and incredible returns, this is a one-of-a-kind build.

Disclaimer

The skill changed completely mechanically starting at 3.21. We had multiple well-versed people check out the guide for several days straight to think of a working solution. It has now been playtested and changes happen to be made accordingly

Mechanics

This build depends on Pathfinder and also the insane innate damage of Poisonous Concoction so that you can scale defences using this world. In the endgame version, it stacks Armour, Evasion, Suppression, Life and Elemental Damage reduction to attain a very durable build. Whilst doing this, it maintains an incredible number of Bossing DPS and way above acceptable clear speed.

The way the build works is as simple as scaling your damage via damage with time multipliers and added chaos damage. This is because of the flat added chaos damage, you’re getting in the Poisonous Concoction gem. Other than that, there are a few debuff mechanics for example curses (Despair Despair), damage increments (Wither Wither) and extra clear speed Plague Bearer which round out the build to all.

we use to scale the harm via a Life flask, however, with the change in 3.21, that's no longer a choice.

The path of creating offers you a starter group of gems & gear along with a more optimized late-game choice of items. For more thorough information, please make reference to section 9 from the guide.

Build Viability in Numbers

This is how I’ll rate the build-in numbers. The lower the amount the worse I think the build is within that compartment.

Durability: 9/10

Damage: 8/10

Playstyle: 9/10

Gearing: 9/10

Complexity: 7/10

Gear Summary

Early Game – League start Environment:

Item Slot Item Name

Head Rare Armour/Evasion Helmet with Life, Resistance, and Spell Suppression.

MAKE SURE IT HAS MORE ARMOUR THAN EVASION

Amulet Agate Amulet Agate Amulet with Life & some Damage over Time Multiplier

Chest Rare Chestpiece with Life, Spell Suppression & Maximum Life as Energy Shield craft

Gloves Rare Evasion/Energy Shield with Life, the opportunity to Suppress Spell Damage, Resistances (Potentially Attack Speed)

Boots Rare Evasion Boots with Life, Movement Speed, the opportunity to Suppress Spell Damage & Resistances or Atziri's Step Atziri's Step

Belt Rare Belt with Strength, Life, Resistance

Rings Rare Rings with Life, Resistances & Attributes

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