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PoE 3.17·Archnemesis·Berserker

Hopping on the venom gyre bandwagon... dawnbreaker trinity zerker VG - best version of VG?

by hc64 years ago2

DPS
26.8M
Effective HP
521.74K
Life
5K
Level
100
Min budget

Overview

Hopping on the venom gyre bandwagon... dawnbreaker trinity zerker VG - best version of VG? is a Path of Exile Berserker build by hc6, made for the Archnemesis league (3.17). It is centered on Venom Gyre and plays as a dexterity, attack, projectile, chaos archetype. In Path of Building it reaches 26.8M DPS with 521.74K effective HP, 5K life, 126 energy shield. Key uniques include Taste of Hate, Bottled Faith, Dawnbreaker, Crystallised Omniscience.

Build Video

hc6's Notes

Seeing a lot of recent posts on different versions of VG, I made a version of it myself based on my dawnbreaker LS zerker and I think this is the best version of VG based on what I see from other's showcases.

PoB with no mageblood: https://pastebin.com/kfx8AiyJ

Pob with mageblood: https://pastebin.com/QpipmQ4Y

Video showcases: Sim 28-30 with no HH/Mageblood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktNa_RqVSEQ

Sim 29-30 with mageblood (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mqgsch7m4Q) - mageblood is not required for this build, just makes the defenses slightly better (unlike some str stacking VG builds which rely on mageblood as crux for defenses)

77% quant elderslayers without mageblood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zhu6WDHvpw

Note: since I just started playing VG this weekend I'm pretty bad at namelocking whirling blades, but you can see how strong it is even when I mess up the whirlingblades sometimes.

Advantages it has over strength stacking venom gyre:

  1. Way higher EHP. This is the EHP/max hit of this build. Taking some top strength stacking VGs out there on poe.ninja, this has more than 2x the max hit and more than 5x the total ehp. Not to mention strength stacking berserkers generally have no elementail ailments as defense layers while this has chill (from skitterbots) and sap.

  2. Way cheaper - despite having some harder to craft items, this doesn't come close to strength stacking VG which requires 50ex+ to even get started.

In terms of damage - I think it's somewhat on par with strength stacking VG, this has about 25-30 mil dps per projectile, while it doesn't come close to the super minmaxed strength stackers on poe.ninja, it has enough for all content in the game.

I didn't bother comparing this with some of the deadeye/ranger variants, but I feel like they are way squishier than this, and I don't really see them having higher dps either.

Gear

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Demon Talons
Victory Ward
Dusk Hide
Crystallised Omniscience
Kraken Twirl
Empyrean Knot
Loath Hand
Ambush Lock
Onslaught League
Dawnbreaker
Hollow Globe
Lethal Pride
Melding of the Flesh
Armageddon Prism
Watcher's Eye
Entropy Splinter
Unnatural Instinct
The Interrogation
Gale Stone
Forbidden Flame
Forbidden Flesh
Mantra of Flames
Loath Joy

Skills

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Body Armour

  • Venom GyreVenom Gyre20/20WMain
  • Awakened Added Cold DamageAwakened Added Cold Damage5/1W
  • NightbladeNightblade20/20W
  • TrinityTrinity20/20W
  • Awakened Elemental Damage with AttacksAwakened Elemental Damage with Attacks5/20W
  • Awakened ForkAwakened Fork5/20W

Boots

  • Sniper's MarkSniper's Mark21/20W
  • Molten ShellMolten Shell20/20W
  • Withering StepWithering Step20W
  • Mark On HitMark On Hit20/20W

Helmet

  • Summon SkitterbotsSummon Skitterbots21/20W
  • Purity of ElementsPurity of Elements20W
  • GraceGrace21W
  • EnlightenEnlighten4/20W

Gloves

  • General's CryGeneral's Cry15/20W
  • WrathWrath21W
  • Divine BlessingDivine Blessing20/20W
  • LifetapLifetap2W

Weapon 2

  • Ancestral ProtectorAncestral Protector21/10W
  • Blood RageBlood Rage20/20W
  • BerserkBerserk20/20W

Weapon 1

  • TornadoTornado21W
  • Whirling BladesWhirling Blades20/20W
  • Awakened Cast On Critical StrikeAwakened Cast On Critical Strike5/12W

Ring 2

  • PrecisionPrecision2W

Passive Tree

Passive tree 3.18
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Berserker
Berserker
Bandits
Eramir (1 Passive Skill Point)
Pantheons
Soul of Solaris, Soul of Shakari

Character Stats

Level
100

Damage

Full DPS
0
Combined DPS
26.8M
Hit DPS
24.12M
With Poison DPS
24.12M
With Ignite DPS
24.12M
With Bleed DPS
24.12M
Damage over Time
3.58K
Poison DPS
330.81
Culling DPS
2.68M
Average Damage
1.78M

Attack & Crit

Attack/Cast Rate
13.52/s
Hit Chance
100%
Crit Chance
100%
Crit Multiplier
630%
Totem Limit
1
Mana Cost
12
Life Cost
0

Defence

Effective Hit Pool
521.74K
Life
5K
Energy Shield
126
Mana
-602.93
Ward
0
Armour
4.6K
Evasion
22.71K
Phys Damage Reduction
90%

Mitigation & Avoidance

Block
47%
Spell Block
0%
Spell Suppression
0%
Evade (Melee)
85%
Evade (Projectile)
85%
Attack Dodge
0%
Spell Dodge
0%

Resistances

Fire Resistance
90% (+109%)
Cold Resistance
90% (+102%)
Lightning Resistance
90% (+50%)
Chaos Resistance
55%

Recovery

Life Regen
191.78/s
Net Life Regen
20.43/s
ES Regen
0/s
Mana Regen
18.1/s
Life Leech
1.72K/s
ES Leech
0/s
Mana Leech
146.2/s
Total Degen
171.35/s

Attributes & Utility

Strength
32
Intelligence
14
Dexterity
14
Omniscience
997
Movement Speed
204%
Endurance Charges
3
Frenzy Charges
3
Power Charges
4
Devotion
0