Alchemist/Poison Dancer (S12 Starter)

Welcome to one of the best Season 12 Rogue Starter Builds!

The Alchemist/Poison Dancer is perfect for Leveling, as well as for Midgame and Speedfarming any Endgame content. Once you reach the Torment tiers, you can either switch over to another Build or focus on the Endgame variants of this Build.

Once again, the main damage does not come from Dance of Knives itself, but from LHC flat damage sources (such as Icy Alchemist's Aspect) and later Poison Trap. We try to stack as many Core Skill ranks & Lucky Hit chance as possible to proc Poison Traps withAspect of Bursting Venoms.

Key items & Requirements: (for Poison Endgame variant)

Uniques

• Bands of Ichorous Rose
• Scoundrel's Leathers

Aspects

• Aspect of Bursting Venoms
• Aspect of Contamination
• Aspect of Star Shards

How to Spin 2 Win:

• Use Dark Shroud at the start of each Dungeon or if you lost all your shrouds
• Make sure Shadow Imbuement / Poison Imbuement is always active
• Use Health Potion every 10 seconds OR when engaging Elites for a damage buff
• Enhanced Caltrops / Enhanced Smoke Grenade for more damage if needed (replace Dash)

In the Poison variant, you want to cast Poison Trap every 10 seconds or when engaging Elites, but NOT more often than that! We do that to get a damage buff & cast a free Death Trap with Scoundrel's Leathers (keep in mind that you auto-cast Poison Traps with Aspect of Bursting Venoms all the time).

How to make enemies Vulnerable?

Early Game: Shadow Imbuement
End Game: Thul

How do we apply Freeze?

Early Game: Icy Alchemist's Aspect
End Game: Thul

Why no Double Damage DoK tempers?

Because we scale our damage with Poison Trap in this build

How to cap out Armor & Resistances?

Caps are gone

How do I activate Barrier?

Ahu / Qax Rune combination while casting Poison Trap gives you a permanent Barrier