Toxic Growth
Pathfinder Build

Created for Early Access

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The Toxic Growth is a Bow-specific Skill that causes you to leap forward and create toxic pustules in a large area. The pustules explode after a long delay, which tends to Hit the same Enemy multiple times. Furthermore, you can inflict Poison on the freshly created pustules to speed up their growth to make them deal up to 100% More Damage in significantly bigger areas, which leads to even more overlapping. 

For the best efficiency, you will need a secondary Skill to make your pustules explode faster. The best choice for that will be the Poisonburst Arrow which shoots a single Projectile that explodes and inflicts Poison in a small area. Alternatively, you could use the Rain of Arrows to inflict Poison on more pustules at the same time, but the Poison on a single pustule can be a bit weaker that way. It is also worthwhile to use a single Vine Arrow in the meantime to Slow down your Enemies, ensuring they don't run out of the pustule explosion radius too fast. 

You will have also access to interesting Spirit Skills. The Plague Bearer stores a portion of expected Poison Damage, which can be unleashed in a Plague Nova for an additional burst of Damage. With the Withering Presence, you will automatically apply Wither Debuf to nearby Enemies, making them more susceptible to your Damage. You can also use the Despair Curse to lower the Chaos Resistance of affected Enemies for even more Damage output. 

The Pathfinder Ascndency is the ideal choice for a Poison-specialised Bow user. With the Overwhelming Toxicity, you can inflict double the amount of Poison, while the Contagious Contamination can spread the most potent Poison to nearby Enemies for a fantastic boost to your Clear Speed. With the Running Assault the Movement Speed penalty while using a Skill is not as severe, which is very important for Skills with delayed Damage profile. 

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1. Gameplay

Use Toxic Growth to create pustules on the ground. Try to apply Poison to them using other Skills to greatly increase their Damage and radius. Use Vine Arrow to slow down monsters to ensure they stay in the explosion radius. Against Bosses make sure to lower their Chaos Resistance with Despair, and release the Plague Nova when it fills up. 

2. Gems and Skills used

3. Gear Setup

High Damage and Attack Speed are essential for smooth gameplay. Having some Critical Strike bonuses is obviously not a bad thing, but it is not the main focus of this Build. Your defenses will come mostly from high maximum Life, capped Resistance, and Evasion. High Speed is also very useful for better dodging. 

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