I'm starting with Serpent Strike | Build Guide for 1.1

Am I cooking, or am I cooked?
Build scales with primarily with Vitality, Melee Crit Chance, Poison Stacks, Frostbite Stacks, Poison Damage, Damage Over Time... what could go wrong?
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[@Springjack_Ocelot]

I ran this in 1.0 trying to scale as much vitality and melee chance as possible since there’s also no cap on the more damage bonus for going over 100 crit chance. I managed to get a little over 300 which is 600% more damage. Was able to get around 300 corruption and kill T4 Julra which was fun. Excited to see what you can do with the build! Thank you for exploring this

[@dean1310]

I was sat there thinking serpents milk and locust shenanigans might be viable and 10 seconds later you brought it up like you read my mind

[@guffi00]

perry the bug is about to dominate and I'm here for it

[@theCybertier]

Exactly what I was thinking about!

[@PlaCerHooD]

perry with the bait

[@SpudNug69]

Im going to play... This is mad scuffed Fair play dude haha

[@elpadre__]

Any chance you can barebone share the other buildideas somewhere?

[@cashandraven2369]

I want to Str stack lightning rampage werebear with two of the Smite swords, because then that gives you 2pts of spell dmg PER str, and the smites will cast as you rampage around. And since smite has light convert and rampage nodes global crit, it's a huge increase in dmg all around.

[@jots083]

If you add in some bleed/physical synergy, Salt the Wound would be solid and valdyrs chalice could potentially cover your leech needs. If you want to stay cold, the new sword Yrun's presence would probably fit, especially with high LP

[@Shorky12]

Now do one with Plague Dragon's Tongue(New Serpent Strike Locust Spear)

[@hahnbard]

Morditas' Reach

[@simplisummarizify]

Hi folks. I don't actually know what to do with the thorn totem. Do you leave your form, cast it, wait around until you can back into your form (huge downtime), and then return back into your form? At this point, my totems are usually gone. Am I missing a way to proc totems while in Swarmblade form somehow? Thanks!

[@PerrythePig]

4x1 idol, "chance to summon on hit"

[@Auscheels]

Is the crit avoidance necessary when Serpent Venom gives 100% reduced crit chance?

[@pumpkinsoul12]

I was also thinking about the same build, must be because I'm also bald. Wise men think alike

[@David_loves_foods]

Will we get an updated giga chad rive build?

[@Montok23]

Can you do a leveling guide for this build?

[@PerrythePig]

i was going to ask you the same thing uh oh

[@insertnamehere4419]

@@PerrythePig lul

[@insertnamehere4419]

Im level 25 now hating life. Like ...Druid is so bad for leveling with no gear. so bad.

[@altair2098]

So your the reason why i play druid every patch.

[@Pandormu]

what about that near spear plagued dragon tail

[@TheTechguy40]

What a good beginner build to try that’s good ?

[@PerrythePig]

not this one LOL It depends what you're into. If you can tell me a broad archetype you like, I can point you in the right direction

[@russell4625]

Does Peak of the Mountain not cancel your leech from bleeding heart since you’re stacking crit also?

[@PerrythePig]

no. i'm only leeching from the DOT

[@russell4625]

@@PerrythePig ah thanks for the clarification, forgot it was leech from all damage and not just physical!

[@torgor_]

I mean it's fine but it's no Fire Aura

[@onehandnick6302]

how to use serpent strike without spear?

[@PerrythePig]

swarmblade form allows this

[@joshuahensley9395]

Gonna say for this type of video you probably want some gameplay in the background. Your going to be getting that influx of people who don't know what this looks like or plays like and having something to latch onto is going to help new players a lot.

[@Ghost.Shell.]

You're on youtube.... TYPE IN Last Epoch Serpent Strike gameplay...

[@ivansimovic2133]

hahaha that intro. f u too bro :).

[@jdsim9173]

Would you recommend Last Epoch over PoE?

[@PerrythePig]

why not both?

[@mashtonish]

hardcore viable?

[@PerrythePig]

looks very tanky to me already, with more tank options you can opt into. I'd say yes, but note that it is melee

[@chryomadzz4360]

just further highlights to me the quality of poe build creators. instead of just slapping passives in and saying this is my league starter, they spend hours and days every league creating starter builds and broken down progression guides in an easy to follow format. Last epoch guide creators don't even create baseline lootfilters for the builds they present. It's just go and figure it out on your own.

[@Trev0413]

He said several times it was mad scuffed. SPOILER Perry was one of the best PoE creators before he came to LE and is one of the best at what he does, look at his other content.....

[@PerrythePig]

its okay to be new to Last Epoch! Welcome aboard. Loot Filters are over-emphasized by new players who haven't poked around with filters in Last Epoch. They very, very simple to set up yourself. In fact, I even have multiple videos on it!