Level 96 Hybrid MoM Viper Strike Pathfinder^3.26

Notes

NOTES ON THE BUILD
1. Pneumatic Dagger
	- This is not mandatory for the build, but it does give you 33% more damage when Arcane Cloak is up.
	- To craft this, get T1 mana, T1 chaos damage, and T1 attack speed (essence/annul, alt spam, or recomb), and then multimod Hits Cant Be Evaded and Chaos DOT Multi. 
	- Pneumatic Dagger is 2% drop rate per Grand Heist Wing. 
2. General's Cry Blade Flurry
	- This does quite a bit of damage, and also guarantees you will be at max wither stacks due to Pathfinder's 25% wither on hit. (I'm not sure how to actually calculate the DPS in POB for this)
3. Corrupted Soul
	- This is mandatory to split damage between life and ES. 
	- Either Replica Soul Tether or Glorious Vanity (Doryani) will work (Timeless Jewel + a really good Heavy Belt with life, mana, and essence 50% chaos res during flask effect is probably optimal)
4. Amulet Anointment
	- I recommend having TWO DIFFERENT Whisper of Infinity amulets with different anointments
		- Amulet 1: anoint Tribal Fury. Without melee splash, the build feels terrible in mapping.
		- Amulet 2: anoint Crusader (ideally) or Dynamo for single target. 
5. Runegrafts
	- "40% increased global defences" and "buffs expire slower" (for arcane cloak) are both good for the build
6. Cloak of Defiance
	- If you have this, you can cut off the entire left side of the tree, and get like another cluster setup or something
7. Clusters
	- 8 passive large
	- 4-5 passive chaos dot mediums (Eldritch Inspiration is the best notable, other one can be whatever)
	- Get 1x Dark Ideation on one of them (get only one; this mod will not stack with itself)
	- Unspeakable Gifts is nice for clearing if you can get it, but it's really rare(bladebitter)
8. Flasks
	- Ruby/Sapphire/Topaz flasks are 100% uptime between PF ascendancy, exarch implicit on body, "Druidic Rite" wheel (the third small node is not needed), and one recovery prefix on each flask
	- Note: If you go Cloak of Defiance, you will need to get a little more flask sustain from somewhere else. Maybe a flask medium cluster, or take another flask wheel, or craft flask stuff on a Heavy Belt if you run Corrupted Soul Doryani Timeless Jewel
9. Leveling
	- I recommend leveling with econc deadeye, then respec into this build at Lv. 74 with Whispers of Infinity


Optimal merc for single target: Withertouch with Malevolence and Temp Chains
Optimal merc for mapping: Bladebitter with Malevolence, Grace, and optionally Abyssal Cry

Staff (withertouch): Dying Breath
Claw 1 (bladebitter): Al Dhih (gives 8% explode which is stronger than Abyssal Cry's 1% explode)
Claw 2 (bladebitter): Any claw with blind on hit (bench craft, redeemer mod, or elder mod all works)
Rings: Doedre's Damning
Amulet: Eternal Struggle with 15% cull, or Shaper's Seed, anointed with Influence (perquils toe is NOT GOOD because lucky won't affect poison dps)
Helmet: ilvl 85+ hunter helmet with "nearby enemies have -9 chaos res", or Leer Cast (leer cast is probably better for Withertouch, -9 better for Bladebitter)
Body: Rare with non-curse aura effect and malevolence aura effect implicits, or Victario's
Gloves: Asenath's or Temp Chains on hit corrupted glove if bladebitter, or Enfeeble on hit corrupted gloves if Withertouch
Boots: Sapped ground implicit rare boots (low priority, just use this slot to cap merc res)
Belt: Kaom's Binding