S-Tier Viper Strike Mamba Pathfinder 3.27 — Fast Clear, Boss Melt, Flask Sustain
This guide hands you a complete, playable, and scalable blueprint for the Viper Strike of the Mamba Pathfinder in Path of Exile 3.27. Designed as a reliable league starter and a long-term endgame contender, this build blends front-loaded physical-to-chaos conversion, Flask mastery, and the Pathfinder ascendancy’s incredible sustain and damage amplification. You’ll get ascending-path priority, passive skill tree directions, recommended items, gem setups, flasks, mapping and boss strategies, crafting paths, and tips for both budget and endgame gear. Every step prioritizes practical implementation so you can jump into maps, conquer bosses, and scale cleanly toward endgame.
Key strengths and what to expect
Exceptional league-start viability with low budget requirements.
High single-target boss damage after modest investment.
Strong mapping clear speed and flask-based sustain.
Front-loaded poison scaling makes single-hit Viper Strike extremely lethal.
Flexible gear choices: works well with rares early, converts to unique-focused or crafted rare endgame.
Core playstyle summary
Hit once with Viper Strike to apply large stacks of chaos damage over time; use movement to avoid danger while poison does the work.
Rely on multiple flask effects to maintain uptime, survivability, and offensive stats.
Use Pathfinder's flask proficiencies and increased ailment duration/damage to turn each flask use into sustained power and defense.
Build concept and goals
This build revolves around Viper Strike, an attack that applies a powerful on-hit poison. The “Mamba” moniker refers to a specific weapon style and fast, precise melee play: single-hit strikes that prioritize front-loaded mechanics over multi-hit scaling. The Pathfinder ascendancy amplifies flask effectiveness and ailment damage, letting your poison stacks scale far beyond what raw weapon DPS would suggest.
Primary goals:
Maximize initial poison application and poison DPS scaling.
Achieve high sustain with flask uptime and Pathfinder charges.
Retain reliable single-target killing power for bosses and guardians.
Keep clear speed high for efficient mapping and currency generation.
Why Pathfinder for this Viper Strike variant
Pathfinder converts flasks into continuous offensive-enhancing effects, and many flask mods directly increase poison damage or ailment application.
The ascendancy provides significant utility: increased flask duration, charges, and powerful bonuses when using specific flask types.
Combined with Viper Strike’s reliance on ailments, Pathfinder’s synergy is best in slot for a flask-driven poison melee.
Key mechanics explained
Viper Strike basics
Viper Strike is a melee attack skill that adds chaos damage and applies a stacking poison on hit. It deals initial physical/chaos hit and then poison ticks over time. The build uses Viper Strike as a single-hit, hard-hitting attack that applies massive poison stacks.
Poison scaling
Poison damage scales with the initial hit’s chaos and physical damage and benefits from +% to chaos or ailment damage multipliers. Important modifiers include increased chaos damage, increased chaos over time damage, increased poison duration, and modifiers that grant increased chance to poison or increase the damage of poisons.
Front-loaded vs. DoT play
This variant prioritizes heavy front-loaded damage on each strike to maximize poison potency per application, rather than relying on auto-attacks or multiple hits. The weapon choice and support gems focus on augmenting single strike power and converting as much damage to chaos as possible.
Flask synergy
Pathfinder makes flasks far more impactful. Offensive flasks can grant increased damage, critical, or attack speed; defensive flasks provide evade, dodge, or immunity; utility flasks add movement and elemental recovery. The build stacks flask effectiveness and uptime to maintain maximum DPS and survivability.
Ascendancy and passive choices
Ascendancy: Pathfinder
Key nodes to take:
Nature’s Reprisal: Chance to gain a flask charge on kill and increased uses — core for sustained damage and flask cycling.
Nature’s Adrenaline: Increased and decaying movement speed on flask use — helps with map movement and boss positioning.
Master Surgeon: Heals on flask use, increased recovery — critical for flask-based sustain.
Nature’s Boon or Nature’s Rebirth (choose by playstyle): Choose defensive if you want more survivability, or offensive for added damage from flasks.
Bandit and Pantheon
Bandit: Kill all (for passive points) or help Oak if you prefer the life/resist bonus early; both are viable.
Major Pantheon: Soul of Arakaali for ailment mitigation or Soul of Lunaris for mapping and chaos mitigation. Choose based on what you need more (ailment mitigation or movement/avoidance).
Minor Pantheon: Soul of Ryslatha for life or Soul of Shakari for poison immunity if you encounter frequent chaos over-time spike damage.
Passive skill tree priorities
Primary passive focuses:
Increased attack damage and physical damage nodes early for front-loaded hit power.
Chaos damage and chaos over time nodes as you transition into poison scaling.
Increased projectile/attack speed only where it contributes to sustaining poison uptime; over-prioritizing ASPD is unnecessary for single-hit Viper Strike.
Life and defense nodes: prioritize life, life regen, and physical damage reduction early. Block, dodge, or evasion nodes are optional depending on gear preference.
Stat breakpoints and aura decisions
Life: Aim for 4–5k life at endgame on a typical rare setup; make this a target for safety.
Resistances: Full caps for elemental resistances; chaos resist is optional but helpful if you need it.
Strength/Dex: Ensure the weapon and gear requirements are met; Viper Strike requires melee attack stats so focus on dex/strength as needed.
Suggested progression path
Start by picking up life and attack speed/physical nodes near the ranger/duelist spines.
Move into chaos over time and poison clusters once you have a reliable weapon.
Prioritize jewel sockets to add powerful abyss or cluster jewels later.
Plan a route toward keystone passives only if they directly benefit poison or flask mechanics (e.g., resolve or armor/dodge tradeoffs if necessary).
Skill gem setups
Viper Strike main setup (priority order)
Viper Strike + Melee Physical Damage Support + Impale Support (optional) + Brutality Support (optional if you can afford reduced elemental/chaos) + Fortify Support (if you have socket rules) + Inspiration/Elemental Damage with Attacks (depending on conversion).
If you want more poison-focused scaling: Viper Strike + Unleash Support + Deadly Ailments + Swift Affliction + Empower/Added Chaos.
Movement and utility
Dash or Shield Charge for mobility (Dash preferred for safer gap closing).
Leap Slam is optional for chaining packs but needs more investment.
Whirling Blades only if you equip a good life-on-hit or movement-focused setup.
Defense and aura
Cast when Damage Taken (CWDT) + Immortal Call + Molten Shell or Steelskin for emergency defense.
Auras: Pride (if using aura reservation and survivability), Haste for attack speed/as needed, and Vitality/Determination for defense (if mana/ES not a concern).
Heralds: Herald of Agony is often an excellent companion for chaos-based builds; it grants extra chaos damage and minion-like poison synergy.
Totems and summons
Not recommended; this build focuses single-target and player-based DoT.
Support gem notes
Prioritize supports that increase chaos over time, poison damage, and the initial damage of the hit.
Avoid elemental-only supports that don’t scale chaos damage unless they convert to chaos or add flat chaos.
Consider Cruelty or Concentrated Effects if your poison ticks will benefit from concentrated AOE reductions.
Weapon, armor, and key items
Weapon choices
Primary: High physical DPS one-handed sword or claw that supports strong on-hit conversion to chaos. Claws often synergize well with Viper Strike due to implicit crit/attack speed interactions, but swords can hit harder front-loaded physical numbers.
Unique options (budget to endgame):
Early: Rare high-physical one-hand with attack speed and life. Craft physical-to-chaos conversion via essences or later through crafting.
Mid: Rare crafted with +% physical and +% chaos if available; ideal is high base physical then convert.
Endgame: Specific uniques with on-hit conversion or chaos mods. The exact uniques fluctuate each league; focus on weapons with high base physical and attack speed that can be complemented with chaos conversion elsewhere.
Armor and gear priorities
Helmet: Life, resistances, and if possible, +% to chaos damage over time or increased poison damage. A rare helm with life and resistances is excellent for league start.
Body Armour: High life plus movement or damage mods. The typical goal is maximum life and mobility.
Gloves: Attack speed, life, and flat physical/chaos adds.
Boots: Movement speed is key; life and flask charges recovery mods are desirable.
Belt: Stygian Vise is excellent for the abyss jewel socket; otherwise rare belts with life and chaos resist.
Amulet and rings: Look for increased chaos damage, attack speed, life, and increased chaos over time where possible.
Jewels: Abyss jewels and cluster jewels that boost poison or chaos over time damage are high priority.
Notable affixes to seek
+% to chaos damage over time.
Increased chance to poison.
+% to physical damage that’s converted to chaos.
Flat chaos damage added on weapon.
Increased flask effect duration, flask charges gained, and increased charges gained on kill.
Crafting priorities
Early: Use essences or chaos crafting to secure life and resistances.
Mid: Fossil craft for physical to chaos conversion on weapons, multi-mod crafting for chaos damage over time.
Endgame: Blessings, metamods, or targeted craft to get +% chaos over time and chance to poison.
Flask setup (the Pathfinder core)
Why flasks are central
Pathfinder multiplies the impact of flask use, making specific flask mods invaluable. This build uses flasks not just for survival but as primary damage multipliers through increased ailment duration and damage.
Essential flasks and mods
Life Flask (with instant recovery and bleed removal): must-have for emergencies. Seek increased recovery rate and instant life recovery mods.
Quicksilver Flask (speed utility): movement is critical for map clear and avoiding mechanics. Look for increased duration and charges gained on kill.
Diamond Flask (crit chance) or Sulphur Flask (increased damage and consecrated ground): the offensive flask slot should increase physical or chaos damage, or provide significant increases to crit/attack if your build leans that way.
Jade Flask or Stibnite Flask: defensive flasks for evasion/dodge or blind; these provide survival during dense packs.
Granite or Basalt Flask: conditional physical mitigation flasks that can be used for tougher fights and reflect-heavy content.
Flask affixes to prioritize
Increased flask effect duration.
Removes bleeding and curse on use.
Grants % increased damage or attack speed while active.
Gain flask charges on kill (synergizes with Nature’s Reprisal).
Immunity to curses while active (if available), or increased movement speed for mapping.
Using flasks actively
Rotate offensive and defensive flasks based on encounter. For mapping, maintain Quicksilver and Sulphur for speed and damage. For bossing, swap in Granite and life instant flask for mitigation and burst healing.
Bandit, Pantheon, and minor optimizations
Bandit choices
Kill all for the extra passive points is considered standard for flexibility. If you prefer an easier early defensive cushion, helping Alira may be useful for crit builds, but Pathfinder gains far more from tree points than from the bandit rewards.
Pantheon choices
Major: Soul of Arakaali reduces duration of poison and other ailments—choose based on where you struggle; Lunaris helps for mapping and movement-heavy play.
Minor: Soul of Ryslatha (life recovery) or Soul of Shakari for chaos mitigation.
Utility adjustments
Minimap awareness: toujours keep movement up and maintain flask charges.
Quick keybinds: map Viper Strike and movement skills to easy keys; flasks on shift+1–5 for rapid use.
Leveling guide and progression
Leveling approach
Early levels (1–28): Use regular physical melee setup with Viper Strike as soon as you can equip requisite weapon and gem levels. Prioritize life and resistances on gear.
Mid levels (28–60): Start integrating poison scaling and flask upgrades. Consider switching to better weapons with higher physical damage to increase poison potency.
Late leveling (60–80): Transition to full Viper Strike supports, pick up major ascendancy nodes, and socket your top-tier flasks. Start shaping your passive tree toward chaos over time nodes.
Gem link progression highlights
Early: Viper Strike + MultiStrike + Melee Physical Damage (MultiStrike helps clear early maps).
Mid: Swap MultiStrike out for Deadly Ailments + Unleash so that each hit applies heavier poison stacks.
Late: Add Empower and high-level cluster/support gems to cap damage.
Leveling tips
Use life flasks actively and keep movement flasks always topped up.
Replace gear regularly to maintain high base damage for potent poison application.
Keep at least one movement skill linked for kiting; survival beats raw damage while leveling.
Mapping and progression strategy
Mapping priorities
Speed: Maintain Quicksilver and Sulphur for quick map clears.
Pack targeting: Use Viper Strike to hit high-health targets first then kite; poison will finish the smaller enemies.
Avoid excessive movement interrupts: poison ticks will often finish a pack while you reposition.
Atlas progression
Complete league content while pushing your Atlas tree toward tiered maps that provide valuable crafting options and currency.
Farm maps with moderate pack density to maintain flask charges through kills and keep Nature’s Reprisal consistent.
Safeguards while mapping
Avoid reflect maps until you have high chaos resistance or reflect mitigation; Viper Strike builds can take reflective chaos damage if poison ticks overflow.
For hard content like T13+ maps, consider swapping in extra survival flasks or defensive mods.
Bossing and guardians
Single-target adjustments
Single-target damage scales with poison stacks per hit and increased chaos damage over time. To maximize boss damage:
Use Fortify to mitigate incoming hits.
Time flask rotations to sustain consistent DPS windows.
Consider adding Increased Critical Strikes supports if you have reliable crit chance and critical multi.
Bossing tactics
Positioning: Hit once to apply poison stacks, then kite as needed to avoid major mechanics; poison will tick while you reposition.
Flask timing: Pre-pop offensive flasks before damage windows and defensive flasks on large telegraphed mechanics.
Prep: Use movement flasks to dodge telegraphed attacks and instantly reposition when boss mechanics require it.
Guardian fights
Guardians require stricter timing and often demand swapping in Granite/Basalt flasks and altering your playstyle to be more conservative.
Bring quick access to mobility flasks to dodge mechanics that can interrupt poison application.
Elder/Shaper/Endgame bosses
Endgame bosses may require significant investment: better weapons for larger initial hits, more poison scaling, and high sustain.
Consider adding minion or herald synergies for extra consistent damage windows so that poison continues to tick while you manage mechanics.
Crafting and economy: budget → endgame
Budget progression
Early: Use rares with high life and resistances; avoid expensive uniques.
Mid: Craft gear using essences to add life and physical/chaos mods. Seek weapons with high base physical damage first; then craft conversion.
Endgame: Aim for a crafted weapon or unique with perfect base and modifiers like +% chaos damage over time.
Recommended crafts
Weapon: Fossil or beast-crafting to reach high physical base and add chaos conversion.
Body armour: High life, movement speed, and possibly immunity or flask mods.
Boots: Movement speed + flask charges gained on kill or increased charge recovery.
Investment targets
1–10 exalts range: solid crafted rares across slots can make your build extremely powerful.
High-end: high-tier cluster jewels that add poison and chaos scaling are effective investments for late-game scaling.
Alternative playstyles and variants
Crit vs non-crit
Non-crit variant (recommended for simplicity and league start): Stable, consistent damage with less reliance on crit gear.
Crit variant: Higher potential damage but requires investment into crit chance, multi, and crit-specific gear.
Claw vs sword
Claws: Faster attack speed and built-in crit benefits; they can push glassier high-damage playstyles.
Swords: Higher raw physical numbers and safer single-hit scaling, often better for front-loaded poison damage.
Minion hybrid
Herald of Agony or other minion support can complement poison and add reliable additional damage windows.
Common mistakes and troubleshooting
Underestimating flask importance — Pathfinder multiplies flask value, so using poor flasks or not rotating them limits damage and survival.
Not prioritizing weapon physical base early — poison potency comes from the initial hit; a weak weapon undermines entire scaling.
Overinvesting in attack speed — this build relies on heavy single hits; too much attack speed dilutes per-hit potency versus multi-hit scaling.
Ignoring life and resist caps — poison builds tick over time, so sustain is crucial. Always keep life and resistances in check.
Using incorrect support gems — avoid supports that don’t increase chaos/ailment scaling unless they convert to chaos or add flat chaos DoT.
Endgame scaling and pushing limits
Cluster jewels and abyss jewels
Use large cluster jewels with increased chaos over time multipliers, increased poison damage, or increased duration modifiers.
Sockets supporting increased damage with ailments and multipliers to damage over time are exceptionally valuable.
Unique combinations and final touches
Prioritize +% chaos over time on amulet, body armour, and rings.
Seek weapons that either add flat chaos on hit or convert a large portion of physical to chaos.
Consider crafting or obtaining a pair of rings that boost damage over time, damage with ailments, and life.
Mapping at endgame
Push for maps that reward flask gain on kill and increase pack density to keep Nature’s Reprisal and flask cycles humming.
Attempt high-tier content with lab enhancements only after securing good resistances, life, and mitigation.
Controller and keybind recommendations
Keybinds to prioritize
Viper Strike: primary attack key.
Movement skill (Dash or Shield Charge): bound to Q or E for quick access.
Flask keys: bound to 1–5, with shift modifier reserved for emergency life.
Defensive skills (CWDT/Immortal Call): set to auto-trigger or a spare key for manual use.
Controller tips
Use a dedicated button for primary attack and map movement to triggers for smooth kiting.
Bind instant flask to a comfortable button for quick lifesaving plays.
Playstyle walkthrough (example fights)
Mapping pack example
Engage: hit a strong enemy to apply poison, then backpedal while poison ticks. Use Quicksilver to reposition and Sulphur to increase damage. Finish with swift follow-up hits if packs remain.
Boss example
Prep with offensive flask, apply Viper Strike to apply full poison stacks, then kite for mechanic windows. Use Granite or Basalt during high-damage windows and top off instant life flask when necessary. Maintain Herald of Agony to add consistent extra damage while moving.
Hard encounter
Swap to defensive flask setup, pre-cast CWDT safety layer, and time Viper Strike applications to coincide with safe windows allowing poison to finish the boss while you avoid telegraphed mechanics.
FAQs
What is the core idea behind this build
The core idea is to use single heavy hits with Viper Strike to apply high-value poison stacks, then rely on Pathfinder flask bonuses to amplify poison damage and sustain through fights.
Is this build good for league starting
Yes. This variant is tuned for strong early-power with easily obtainable rares and a straightforward playstyle that scales smoothly with modest currency investment.
Do I need unique items to make it work
No. You can start and progress effectively with crafted rares. Unique items accelerate endgame power but are optional for the early to mid-game.
How do I survive reflect maps
Reflect can be dangerous due to poison ticks. Use maps that reduce reflect risk, craft higher chaos resist if possible, and switch to a weapon or setup with lower initial chaos conversion to avoid self-harm.
Which flasks are mandatory
Quicksilver, Sulphur/Diamond offensive flask, Jade/Stibnite defensive flask, Granite/Basalt for high physical mitigation, and an instant life flask are the primary set.
Should I play crit or non-crit
Non-crit is more forgiving and recommended for league start. Crit builds offer higher ceilings but demand significant investment in critical chance and multipliers.
What is the ideal weapon base
High physical base with solid attack speed; swords or claws depending on preference. Your priority is maximizing the initial physical hit to feed poison damage.
Can this build handle endgame bosses like Shaper or Guardians
Yes, with proper gear, flasks, and tuning. Endgame bosses require investment in weapon damage, poison scaling, and survival (life and flask mods).
How important are jewels
Very. Abyss and cluster jewels that increase chaos over time, poison damage, and duration are among the best upgrades for late-game scaling.
Closing notes
This guide gives you a full roadmap from league start to endgame for the Viper Strike of the Mamba Pathfinder in Path of Exile 3.27. The approach focuses on front-loaded poison damage and making flasks your principal damage and sustain engine. Start with practical rare gear and life-focused passives, then transition into chaos and poison scaling while investing in flasks, jewels, and a high-physical weapon base. Play smart: apply poison, reposition, and let the DoT do the heavy lifting. With steady progression and sensible crafting, this build becomes a formidable contender across maps, bosses, and endgame content.
Passive skill tree export (path nodes highlighted)
Below is an export-ready, copy-paste-friendly passive tree route for the Viper Strike of the Mamba Pathfinder (3.27). Use this as a step-by-step path you can trace in any passive-tree planner. Each step lists the node group, key notable nodes taken, and an approximate level range when to pick it up. I include suggested jewel sockets and keystones to target. Follow nodes in order for a smooth leveling → midgame → endgame progression.
Notes on notation
“Take” = pick the node(s) listed.
“Path” = sequence of connected nodes to run between anchor points.
Levels are approximate; adjust to your play speed and gear needs.
Start: Ranger start (Level 1)
Take: Heart of Oak (life + elemental resist cluster) and the small life nodes around the Ranger start.
Path: Move toward Duelist border life nodes (level 1–10).
Early progression (Levels 1–28)
Take: Quick and Dead (attack speed/accuracy near Ranger), Nearby dex nodes for weapon requirements.
Take: Melee Damage cluster along the path to the Duelist/Gladiator side (if available on your planner) to boost early physical damage.
Path: Connect to “Life on the Path” nodes—pick up 80–120+ life across the route.
Take: Two Notable Life clusters between Ranger and Duelist (level 12–20).
Transition to poison scaling (Levels 28–50)
Path: From Duelist border, run into the chaos/DoT area near the Shadow side. Aim to connect these clusters:
Chaos Damage Over Time small nodes (increase DOT)
Poison Chance & Damage nodes (near Shadow/Shaper border)
Take: Increased Chaos Damage Over Time notable and nearby life nodes (level 30–40).
Add: Two to Three Jewel Sockets in convenient large-node hubs for Abyss/Small jewels.
Ascendancy pickup (as soon as you can)
Ascend to Pathfinder. Priority order:
Nature’s Reprisal (charges on kill; flask charge synergy)
Master Surgeon (heal on flask use)
Nature’s Adrenaline (movement and flask synergy)
Fourth node: Nature’s Boon/Rebirth (depending on defensive vs offensive preference)
Mid-to-late tree (Levels 50–78)
From Shadow/Duelist area, path toward the center of the tree to pick up:
Increased Physical Damage clusters (to boost initial hit).
Increased Attack Damage & Melee Critical (if pursuing crit variant; optional).
Take: Larger Life Clusters around Scion/Duelist/Shadow borders to reach 150+ passive life nodes.
Add: Notable Poison and Chaos Over Time nodes near the Templar/Shadow boundary (level 60+).
Endgame completion and cluster jewels (Level 78+)
Take: Keystone choices (only if planned): avoid keystones that reduce poison effectiveness; instead consider defensive keystones if needed (e.g., resolve/armour tradeoffs) — typically none mandatory.
Insert: Large Cluster Jewel Socket in a life/attack cluster (central hub). Priority cluster jewel notables:
+% More Damage with Ailments
Increased Chaos Over Time or Poison Damage Notable
Increased Damage while using Flask (if available on cluster)
Finalize: Fill remaining small jewel sockets with Abyss Jewels that grant +% poison damage, +chaos damage over time, or increased chance to poison.
Anchor path summary for planners (explicit route)
Ranger Start → Quick & Dead area → Life clusters toward Duelist border → Melee Physical cluster → Path into Shadow chaos/DoT nodes → Central life hub (jewel sockets) → Ascendancy allocation (Pathfinder) → Continue to Chaos over Time nodes near Templar/Shadow boundary → Insert cluster jewel in central hub → Fill remaining nodes with life and resist as needed.
Highlighted must-have nodes (take these as you encounter them)
Large life clusters (multiple) — essential for survivability.
Increased physical damage nodes near Duelist/Ranger spines — increases initial hit potency.
Chaos Damage Over Time & Poison Notables — primary scaling for DoT.
Jewel sockets in central hubs — for Abyss and Cluster jewels.
Attack speed / accuracy only where required for weapon breakpoints — not a primary focus.
Bandit and Pantheon (tree-adjacent)
Bandit: Kill All for extra passive points.
Major Pantheon: Arakaali (if you need ailment mitigation) or Lunaris for mapping.
Minor Pantheon: Shakari for chaos mitigation or Ryslatha for life recovery.
Export-ready checklist (copy into planner)
Ascendancy: Pathfinder (Nature’s Reprisal → Master Surgeon → Nature’s Adrenaline → Nature’s Boon/Rebirth)
Jewels: 1 Large Cluster Jewel; 3–6 Abyss/Small jewels with poison/chaos Over Time mods
Keystone: none mandatory; choose defensive keystone only if required by playstyle
Bandit: Kill all
Passive tree tips for exporting into a builder
Place the Large Cluster Jewel socket in a central life or damage hub (most planners allow you to add a socket at a chosen node). Choose the hub that already contains multiple life and attack nodes to maximize benefit.
When importing route into a planner, mark waypoints for: Ranger start; Duelist border; Shadow chaos cluster; Central jewel hub; Ascendancy selection point. This creates a clear, export-ready route you can trace or share.
Save two builds in your planner: “Leveling” (less jewel investment, more life nodes) and “Endgame” (cluster jewels + final chaos DOT nodes).
Budget gear shopping list (early → mid-game) — stat priorities
Overview: Prioritize high physical base on weapon, life on every piece, resist caps, and flask mods that increase effect duration or charges on kill. These items are low-cost and craftable.
Weapon (priority)
Goal: High physical base; attack speed optional.
Stats to look for: +Flat physical damage, increased attack speed, weapon raw physical DPS.
Budget alternatives: Rare one-handed sword or claw with 80–180 physical DPS and 40+ life on other pieces to compensate.
Helmet
Priority stats: +life, % increased chaos damage over time (if found), resists.
Budget: Rare with 60+ life and full resists.
Body Armour
Priority stats: High life (150+ early), movement speed if possible, and resistances.
Budget: Rare 4-link with life and resists; consider Tabula Rasa temporarily if needed for links.
Gloves
Priority stats: Attack speed, life, flat physical/chaos on hit.
Budget: Rare gloves with attack speed and life; +increased chance to poison is a big bonus if affordable.
Boots
Priority stats: Movement speed (at least 24%), life, resistances.
Budget: Rare boots with 30%+ move speed and 50+ life if possible.
Belt
Priority stats: Stygian Vise (if affordable for abyss socket) or rare belt with life and resists.
Budget: Rare belt with life and chaos resist; abyss jewel slot increases budget power.
Rings / Amulet
Priority stats: Life, +flat chaos damage, +% to chaos damage over time, attack speed if available.
Budget: Rare rings with life and 20+ chaos damage (flat) or resist and life.
Flasks
Priority stats/mods: Quicksilver with increased duration or charges on kill, Sulphur/Diamond with increased effect, Instant life with high recovery, Stibnite or Jade for defense.
Budget: Upgrade flasks regularly; craft or buy with remove bleeding and instant recovery.
Jewels
Priority: Abyss jewels adding +% poison damage, +chaos damage over time, or increased chance to poison.
Budget: 1–3 Abyss jewels with flat chaos/poison mods; cheap jewels with life and resist mods to plug holes.
Crafting priority (budget)
Use essences for guaranteed life and resist while leveling.
Prioritize weapon upgrades first (base physical) then armour.
Replace Tabula with a 5/6-link rare as soon as you have currency; it’s okay to use Tabula earlier to test links.
Estimated budget path
Starter to mapping: mostly rares; expect 0–1 exalts equivalent currency (league currency).
Comfortable mid-game: 1–5 exalts equivalent to craft a solid weapon and 5–6 link.
Endgame gear shopping list (high-investment) — stat priorities
Overview: Endgame prioritizes maximized initial physical hit (weapon), significant chaos damage over time modifiers across amulet/rings/body, cluster jewels, and flask mods that synergize with Pathfinder.
Weapon (top priority)
Goal: Highest physical base possible; add flat chaos on hit or conversion to chaos.
Stats to chase: High base physical DPS, +% physical damage, % of physical converted to chaos, adds flat chaos, implicit or explicit poison synergy.
Best-case: crafted rare or league-unique that maximizes base physical and adds chaos conversion or flat chaos.
Helmet
Priority stats: % increased chaos damage over time, +to skill levels (rare, not mandatory), life, resists.
Endgame: consider helmet enchants that increase Viper Strike/poison effects.
Body Armour
Priority stats: Very high life (500+ preferred), % chaos damage over time if available, movement or flask mods.
Endgame: crafted with high life and increased damage with ailments.
Gloves
Priority stats: % increased attack speed, +% increased chaos damage over time, life.
Unique options: gloves with on-hit or poison-boosting mods.
Boots
Priority stats: Very high movement speed, life, flask charges on kill or increased flask effect.
Endgame: boots that complement flask uptime are invaluable.
Belt
Priority stats: Stygian Vise with abyss jewel that grants +poison or +chaos over time, very high life and resist.
Endgame: custom-crafted belt with life and unique flask mods if available.
Rings / Amulet
Priority stats: +% chaos damage over time, +% damage with ailments, flat chaos added to attacks, attack speed, life.
Amulet: seek crafted amulet with increased chaos dot or poison damage; offensive suffixes that stack with your damage profile.
Flasks
Priority mods: Increased flask effect duration, % more increased damage while flask active, flask charges gained on kill, immunity to elemental ailments while active, gain of flask charges on kill (double-dip with Nature’s Reprisal).
Optimal set: Instant life (with bleed removal), Quicksilver (charges on kill), Sulphur or Diamond (increased damage), Stibnite or Jade (defensive), Granite/Basalt for heavy mitigation.
Jewels and cluster jewels
Large Cluster Jewel: notables with +% more damage with ailments, +% chaos over time, and increase ailment effect.
Abyss jewels: top-tier jewels with +% poison damage, increased chaos dot, and flat chaos. Aim for multiple high-tier jewels.
Crafting targets (endgame)
Weapon: fossil crafting for high physical base + conversion; meta crafts to add % of physical to chaos.
Body armour: multimod craft with life + damage with ailments.
Jewellery: bench-crafted amulet and rings with damage over time and life.
Estimated investment
Comfortable endgame threshold: several exalts to dozens (depending on market). Prioritize weapon + cluster jewel + 2–3 high-tier jewels first for the biggest DPS gains per currency spent.
Quick stat priority cheat-sheets
Weapon priority (most → least)
High base physical DPS
+% physical damage
% physical converted to chaos / flat chaos added
Attack speed (only to meet breakpoints)
Local chance to poison / crit multi if crit variant
Off-slot priority (amulet/rings/body)
+% chaos damage over time / +% increased damage with ailments
Life
Resistances
Attack speed or flat chaos depending on slot
Flask-related mods (boots/belt)
Flasks
Increased effect duration
Gain charges on kill / increased charges gained
Grants increased damage/attack speed/crit (offensive flask)
Remove bleeding / instant recovery (life flask)
Immunity to curses / ailment immunity where useful
Jewels
+% poison damage / +% chaos over time
Increased chance to poison / increased ailment duration
Flat chaos damage / life
Final export-ready checklists
Passive tree final checklist (copy into planner)
Ranger start → life clusters → Duelist physical nodes → Shadow chaos/DoT nodes → Central jewel hub → Pathfinder ascendancy nodes (in order) → Large cluster jewel socket → Fill with Abyss jewels and cluster notables.
Budget gear checklist
Weapon: high base physical rare; life & resists on armour pieces; Quicksilver & Sulphur; Abyss jewels with +poison.
Endgame gear checklist
Weapon: max physical base + conversion to chaos; crafted body with +damage with ailments and life; Large cluster jewel + 2–4 premium Abyss jewels; flasks with increased duration & charges on kill.
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