Assa questions-> nr 1: Does Venom works with all DT kicks or only the first 1 ???

[Bioburg]

I've read several guides for an assassin hybrid. Cheezzzz, it's the toughest build in the game imo (also 1 of the strongest when build right ^^).

That's why I need to know (before I'm gonna spend to much skill points into Venom):

Does venom get's inflicted after every kick of Dragon Talon or only the first 1

I have 18 skillpoints to spend with the build in mind, and I'm wondering if I should put them all into Venom.

I will have:
11 to all skills
3 to P&M skillers
6 Trap skillers
2x Claws (chaos + a rare 1 both runic talons) with in total:
6 to Lightning Sentry
3 to Venom
3 to Shadow Master
1-3 to Mindblast
1-3 to Dragon Flight

So SM will be lvl 17

I'm gonna use Lightning Sentry (lvl 43 ^^) + max all synergies = 81 points
1 point in one of these (lvl 15 all): Claw Mastery, Weapon Block, BOS, Fade = 4 points
to get lvl 18 Dragon Talon = 7 points

Furthermore I'll have full resists (excl fade and incl 90% light), 65% FCR, 48% FHR, Life Tap and -55%CB/35%OW- or -15%CB/60%OW- (by switching claws depending on the enemy I'll face).

Just to be complete here is the gear I was thinking of:

Diadem: 2 assa skills, 20% FCR, resists, FRW manaleech etc....
Amu: 2 assa skills, 20% FCR, resists, poison length red
Fortitude AP: 25% FCR, 30% resists, life etc....
Chaos Runic Talon with 3 of the above mentioned bonus skills
Very nice rare eth Runic Talon :grin:: 2 skills, 3 x above mentioned bonus skills, enh dmg, 2 socks (2x Ber), repair dur, ITD, IAS
Dracul's Grasp
Tgods
Ravenfrost
Bul Kathos WB
Upped Gores
10x SCs with resists, life and AR

CTA + Spirit on weapon switch + Faith Merc

I'm planning to have an initial kickspeed of 7 fpa and following kicks of 2 fpa.

So.... what to do?

All remaining 18 points into Venom or divide them between Dragon Talon and Venom or other suggestions?

It truly is the toughest build to put the gear together so she can do well at all fronts. Your opinions will be highly appreciated.

Help me out here plz.

[mephiztophelez]

Does venom get's inflicted after every kick of Dragon Talon or only the first 1
venom is applied to every kick in a d-talon volley.

[AshenPlanet]

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... but does nothing for most of those kicks.

Venom damage is over 10 frames.

If you are kicking and re-applying venom every 2 frames, then venom damage will only be done every 5th kick.
Elemental or magic damage is a far better addition to your kicks because they apply on every kick (and crushing blow, of course).
Venom works better with whirlwind, because you attack a monster and move past it letting the poison damage work.

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[Bioburg]

Tnx for the info :flowers:

Well, to bad it doesn't work with every kick. But still a high poison dmg at the first kick will be a nice addition. I'm using WW as well so I guess Venom will be a nice investment (together with enough OW it is). It's pretty hard to get magic dmg form small charms :grin: I'll be using chaos for that or a nice rare claw with CB for bosses.

Next question:
How does the double poison facet bug works?

Do they have to be lvl or die?
Do they have to be +5/-5?
What is the effect of the bug?

Some info on this 1 will be apreciated aswell since I will have 2 sockets to fill in my diadem?
Should I go for enh dmg, resistance, (strength + dexterity = life) jools or the poison RBFs?

[jakotaco]

Poison rbfs, and bonuses from bramble and trang gloves gets applied both when casting venom, and then when attacking with the envenomed weapons. (works the same way for for example elemental dmg auras or enchant in combination with facets)

[Bioburg]

howdy m8, tnx for the info, but in my opinion it isn't really a bug then, it's just like it's says: +X% poison skill dmg (2x +5/-5 poison facets will give +30% poison dmg to venom (+10% to venom dmg, +10% when I kick and -10% to enemy poison resist)).

I was thinking of an enormous poison dmg addition, because I heard something about that there was a bug when you were using 2 poison facets.