[POE 3.25] Poisonous Concoction Of Bouncing Assassin! League Start Guide For Maps and Blights!

[@micahsatterly8261]

Had a great time watching you put this together on stream. Thanks again for all you do for the POE community! 👏❤

[@Travic_]

Thank you for the support!!!

[@moosewild4239]

After watching figured I would roll an alt. Took my RF Chief into lab and got the gem on first run. That felt good.

[@Travic_]

Hellllllll yeah!!!!!

[@renediffie]

replacing your medium clusters with clusters with the follow through notable and pathing to it ups your DPS to 44mil from 25 mil on endgame gear. Also nets you 2 skill points and those clusters can be magic rarity for all intents and purposes so can be rolled with alterations on leaguestart. Unless I'm missing something. Just thought I'd run it by you.

[@Travic_]

Ohhh that’s cool! I’ll take a look when I get back to pc and check it out

[@renediffie]

@@Travic_ Do double check projectile count and all that. PoB had some errors when calculating the skill with follow through early in league. But I do believe it's sorted now. Just an FYI.

[@porkpiie]

where'd you regain the crit chance doing this?

[@renediffie]

@@porkpiie I did not go in depth with it. But I think it's worth at least pointing out when it almost doubles DPS in PoB. I'm sure Travic can figure out if it's worth going for or not.

[@AngelicxKaede]

@@Travic_ Any updates to this? 😏

[@jays8287]

From watching this in stream this seems like a very good starter build.

[@Travic_]

This was so fun! I am really excited

[@nc5337]

Thanks for making the leveling guide as well as your rationale throughout. After only 8 months, I’m very much a noob, so this is really useful. I enjoyed Pcoc PF last league, so I’m curious to see the difference with the assassin.

[@Travic_]

really happy to help! I will be live all weekend playing it so feel free to stop in and ask any questions! The discord will be active too if you need help you can ask in one of the help channels!

[@dmitrysuchkov7818]

Thank you so much for your pob, guide and care)

[@Travic_]

really happy to help! I will be live all weekend playing it so feel free to stop in and ask any questions! The discord will be active too if you need help you can ask in one of the help channels!

[@multipass8519]

@travic for ravaged blight maping, what 3 builds would you recommend. i know with propper tower placement and selection any build yada yada. BUT some builds are just better for blight maps :) i like blight :) so what are yalls top blight builds? thank yall in advance!!

[@Travic_]

ANYTHING THAT IGNITES AND EXPLODES!!!!!!!!!!!! o.o . No seriously like bv explode, ek ignite stuff like that is top tier. Doesnt have to be those 2 builds but something of that nature. Old poison cremation used to be good to but desecrate changes might make that bad. Your mostly looking for ignites , explosions, proliferates

[@multipass8519]

@@Travic_ if you dont mind taking the time, im somewhat new lol. what builds in particular ignites and explodes well? ive read the new warden has some elemental stuff?

[@Travic_]

@@multipass8519 The problem is I dont know what builds have changed for this league. I can only recommend older stuff from last league and prior leagues and alot of the versions I know require gear. So I am not sure how viable they are to yolo roll into today. One of my favorites though has always been ek ignite and fulcrum chieftain for blighting. But with this coming patch and everything changing I would be able to give you a better idea in a few days. If you need something now look for any bleed build with explosions or ignite build that proliferates.

[@multipass8519]

@@Travic_ ty :) much appreciated!

[@multipass8519]

@@Travic_ is ignite better than poison prolif?

[@Quackz86]

i like what you did w/ the build it makes sense but personally i love Pesitalent Strike.. its easy asf to get on SSF the Chains are amazing.

[@Travic_]

We play what we like xD if you like it and it works hell yeah man go in! Thanks for the kind words ^-^ hope your league starts been kicking ass

[@CaptainJZ]

Looks super cool! What is a good build to transition to off of this after farming currency?

[@emptynight4861]

The real answer is whatever you find fun. But if you're looking for something new or you just don't know what you like yet, I'd personally suggest ephemeral edge trickster and do something cool with what should be a tankier and higher damage version of the build than there's ever been, maybe flicker if you find that fun?

[@Travic_]

Whatever strikes your eye. I dont even know where I will end up but I might end up on ephemeral edge trickster or some variant of frost blades or bleed bow or some charge stacker. We will see were the wind takes me xD

[@DVGaming-lq2lr]

Hey noob question, what's the difference in starting as a slayer? I'm currently following your build but was also recommended to do pcon as a slayer. Just curious what's the difference?

[@Travic_]

You would have to compare the pobs and see what they are doing differently.

[@ViolaCringe_Ez]

Oh no, you destabilized me with this new starter league haha. I was so elated to start with LA to Ele Hit that now I don't know whether to continue down that path or go PConc. In theory the use you had in mind for both was the same, Mapping and making Blight ravaged. Was it a change of taste or do you think it's more valid than Ele Hit as a start?

[@Travic_]

This just gets done what I want to do faster and allows me better transitioning options. Trickster I think has more builds up my alley vs warden for quicker respects. Also I wanted to be able to sneak into really easy tier 17s and I think this can do it vs deadeye PRE HEADHUNTER

[@WCFactBreak]

thanks man

[@Travic_]

Thank you!

[@CoreyPL]

0:31 The first thing I'm going to say is why you didn't update PoB client when there is a big ass notification in the corner? Second thing was about assassin, agree :)

[@Travic_]

@@CoreyPL because it had the issue this morning with the pushing pobs and all that controversy and I didn’t want to see it

[@CoreyPL]

@@Travic_ Fair point :) My "latest and greatest" OCD got better of me 😅

[@Travic_]

@@CoreyPL hahaha ya I’m of the old mentality if it ain’t broke don’t update it

[@minhocho5487]

Last question is do you have any thoughts on using poachers mark for frenzy charge so we get that attackspeed?

[@QanarIsDelirious]

just run blood rage

[@minhocho5487]

@@QanarIsDelirious bosses??

[@QanarIsDelirious]

If you completely want to rework the build to hit crit cap again with your other mark go for it ?

[@Travic_]

We drop the marks eventually all together but sniper just gives too make. As far as bosses and such goes I have 0 plans on doing bossing. I will do my 2 voidstones then 3/4 I will just buy. I want to map and blight

[@spfx66]

Where to find loot-filters for leveling? You referenced Blossom, but I'm too n00b to find his links, twitch, yt, ..? And don't tell Pohx, but trying your build this league. RF Chief is too relaxed in mapping [just kidding] :)

[@Travic_]

I dont tell anyone your secret is safe with me. I didnt get a chance to put together anything for leveling as far as filter goes. There just hasnt been enough time to get everything done. My plan is to use Neversinks basic filter when hes done with it now then later tonight/tomorrow fix it up to my needs.

[@jackdelaney6990]

first time player, why is there no weapon in the pob gear slot?

[@Travic_]

@@jackdelaney6990 you can’t use a weapon with poison concoction. The gems skill description gives a lot of information if your ever missing anything

[@wqweqwet1804]

This is my starter.

[@Travic_]

!!!! we ride at dawn

[@morfea123]

5:01 ahaha . basically my gear in ssf :)

[@Travic_]

Yeah my gear was pretty um......yeah

[@kurosakii89]

What bandits do you go for? kill all?

[@Travic_]

@@kurosakii89 I just toon alira

[@Thewhitekorean]

Youre crit capping with extra crit chance from poisons on them, which cant be applied without critting. Also assasins mark which wont be on everything

[@Travic_]

You are if your using the high end skill gear and clusters. Also you dont need assasins mark on everything. Even when you need to rely on poisons in extremely early gearing situations before you swap to perfect agony you crit cap in 1-2 throws regardless.

[@bradbradley3422]

Assasin is bait for people who don't understand the build.

[@minhocho5487]

I think tanuhanis might be very expensive this time since there are so many melee starters.

[@Travic_]

Just do early game heist for currency to buy them

[@QanarIsDelirious]

Will consider that anoint

[@Travic_]

Yea blossom big brained it

[@minhocho5487]

This is my starter but I couldn't find an actual build guide other than that one video of jungroan.

[@Travic_]

It was so damn fun to play honestly.

[@bradbradley3422]

Assasin is the third best ascendancy for this build.

[@DVGaming-lq2lr]

@@bradbradley3422 what would be the other two best ascendancies?

[@kurosakii89]

Is there any way / a good or bad idea to go immortal call on cast when damage taken cause I dont wanna press the immortal every 3 sec or whatever it is? I mean is it possible or?

[@Travic_]

Just link it? You can just change the more duration if you want

[@orangeapplejuice1898]

Is getting a Dendrobate work out with this kind of build?

[@Travic_]

@@orangeapplejuice1898 I’m not sure off the top of my head I’d need to check pob. I can get back to you later or ping me in stream/discord about it

[@orangeapplejuice1898]

@@Travic_ I don't have you on steam/discord I was looking for a build for Expedition/Harvest I think this is a really well designed build.

[@Travic_]

@@orangeapplejuice1898 I meant stream whoops mobile typing! But my discord is very active place to ask a lot of questions. But lemme get to a pc on a bit and I’ll look. Odds are we don’t need them

[@orangeapplejuice1898]

@@Travic_ Take your time chief, You don't have to rush for me i'm just wondering because I played a lot of Pathfinder Poison BV

[@Travic_]

@@orangeapplejuice1898 ok I looked the armour isnt going to do anything, we are already poison capped easy and we dont hit the dex/int requirements.

[@kizmy2]

this is getting buffed and jungroan did a run with a 5L at 3m dps and did 4 watchstones so this will be even stronger lol. i was thinking of playing this maybe i will. edit ah you said that as i typed it xD

[@minhocho5487]

@kizmy2 considering thr fact that we lost totems, I'm quite sure dps is lower. It's still great, but it is certainly lower

[@Travic_]

According to POB though it hits dot cap really easy, so totems or not since its a drop and theres a cap it doesnt really matter.

[@ReggaeTroner172]

​@@minhocho5487yeah, the totem that dies and if you move 2 meters from him buff disappears. I prefer the damage buff instead of relying on a totem :)

[@adamsb72]

Sir stop I already can't make my mind up! Lol

[@Travic_]

I am in the same boat

[@ScanMan1978]

I’m gonna thumbs down this build because I don’t want price to go up 🤣🤣🤣. But yes playing this

[@Travic_]

@@ScanMan1978 xD

[@ScanMan1978]

@@Travic_hopefully your Brian isn’t hurting today 👍🏼. Appreciate your time and effort you put into the guide

[@Travic_]

@@ScanMan1978 I am mush. But thank you for the support!

[@MarkFin9423]

Build seems like a good way to cheese into red mapping but is really not needed since path finder can do that naturally. The problem I can see with anyone rolling with this build is that assassin in itself is a bait ascendancy, it lacks survivability and endurance charges which is going to be huge 3.25 moving forward. There is no scalability past red maps. The build simply lacks any defenses which means this build will rip alot especially on 3k hp which is very important for PCoB because the build needs to be around medium-ish range. On top of that poison is scaling damage so the build needs to throw a lot in order to clear trash which is time for trash to hit the character which is going to result in a RIP with no endurance charges unless the player is very good at avoiding projectiles and melee hits. If players want to scale PCoB into endgame the only real option is still going to be a pathfinder which got nerfed. My personal advice to anyone looking into this build. If you really like the playstyle and don't mind being squishy go ahead with the pathfinder. If not, choose any other build. without high investment PCoB is really only great for leveling or mapping on the lowest possible budget to avoid getting broke by following what the FOMO crowd is doing.

[@bradbradley3422]

Jung baited you into assassins eh? Slayer is wayyyyyyyyyyyy more tanky and better damage.

[@Travic_]

o.o

[@asapBreeZy]

Wait why do the numbers in pob look so so bad trav? Rues level 90 pathfinder has 8m dps on scuffed gear

[@Travic_]

No clue I’m not rue, nor did I look at anything he did. The pob has also been updated as of this post since there was some bath pathing and calculations not clicked.