Poison Rake - Ivyborn

This Jaguar Poison Endgame Build focuses on optimising the Poison Damage from the Balazan's Maxtlatl whilst staying tanky enough to beat all end game content.

Check the How It Works Section and FAQ below to learn how the Rake + Balazan's Maxtlatl Spiritborn decimates all Endgame Content.

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Levelling Guide: Rake - Fireborn / Others: Tier List + Endgame Guides

The main focus here is to apply attacks as Fast as Possible so that the Aspect of Wild Claws will activate causing all Rake Instances to Hit Twice and as a result apply more Balazan's Maxtlatl Thorns / Poison Damage.

We unlock Critical Damage and Overpower Damage through the user of the Xan Rune which is currently the only way for Thorns Damage to gain access to these Multipliers. This in turn scales the Balazan's Maxtlatl Poison Damage even further.

The Shattered Vow has a huge amount of Damage Over Time Scaling on it in Season 11 so this also plays very nicely with the Balazan's Maxtlatl Poison Damage.

The following steps are the recommended Build Rotation for skill usage:

• Cast Ravager to grant additional Jaguar Attacks.
• Cast Armored Hide for 100% Block Chance.
• Cast Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance.
• Cast The Protector for Barrier Generation, Unstoppable and Immense Damage Output.
• Cast Rake liberally around the other skills.

Repeat each step as necessary

Build Overview

This Rake Spiritborn focuses on optimising the Thorns / Poison Damage from the Balazan's Maxtlatl in combination with the Aspect of Wild Claws whilst staying tanky enough to beat all End Game Content. It does this through the following:

• The Balazan's Maxtlatl enables the Thorns / Poison Damage to be applied on Close Attacks.
• Doubles Each Instance of Rake with the Aspect of Wild Claws.
• Doubling down on the Gorilla Spirit Halls via the Loyalty's Mantle.
• Counterattack for 100% Dodge Chance in combat.
• 100% Block Chance using Armored Hide.
• Toxic Skin passively awarding 100%[x] Thorns Damage.
• The Protector for incredible Utility.
• Maxing Attack Speed through Aspects, Equipment, Paragon and Ferocity.
• Barrier for extreme tankiness.

Check out the In-Depth Explanations below for further details on the build.

Extra Details

This build went to ~Pit 100+ in the Season 12 PTR with Decent Equipment, Max Glyphs and Decent Blooded Affixes but had some room for improvement so should go a little higher.

With the correct gear this build should easily beat all the Hardest Content In The Game without issue.

Masterworking

Check out the Masterworking Guide for full information on how Masterworking functions.

Boss Drops

Check out the Boss Loot Table for full information on where to farm Uniques for your builds.

FAQ

If you have any questions about this guide feel free to reach out to me whilst live on Twitch, YouTube, Kick or X or contact me offline via my Discord.

How do I make my Thorns Critical Strike and Overpower?

The only way that is available to allow your Thorns Damage to Critical Strike or Overpower right now is by using a Xan Rune which combined with the Ahu Rune will cause our Thorns Damage being applied from the Balazan's Maxtlatl to have have a near 100% Uptime of having access to Critical Damage and Overpower Damage.

Why Does The Critical Damage And Overpower Damage Matter?

Having access to the Critical Damage and Overpower Damage multipliers that the Xan grants us allows for an enormous Damage Boost to the Thorns Damage being applied from the Balazan's Maxtlatl which is important because this occurs Before it is converted into Poisoning Damage so it is essentially scaling the base value that our Balazan's Maxtlatl uses.

This in turn is then scaled by our Poison DoT Damage multipliers provided by the Shattered Vow and Ring of the Midday Hunt which both provide Extra Poison Damage and Damage Over Time Duration.

How Much Attack Speed Do I Need?

Aim for 100% Attack Speed on Equipment, Aspects, Paragon, Mercenaries and Elixirs.

You can only attain Attack Speed in Attack Speed Bucket 2 via Ferocity and Adaptive Stances if using a Jaguar Skill so we prioritise Ferocity where we can.

We achieve this through Casting Rake which is the Only Core Skill that allows us to Natively Generate Ferocity.

How Much Cooldown Reduction Do You Need?

You will ideally aim for at least 40 - 50% Cooldown Reduction to help reduce the amount of Skills you have on Cooldown and to allow a 100% Uptime of Counterattack which grants you a Huge Thorns Damage Increase as well as increasing your Defence Drastically.

You can gain Cooldown Reduction through the following:

• Glove Affix
• Ring Affixes
• Amulet Affix
• Bloodied Affixes

It's worth nothing that your Gorilla Skills will already have up to 60% Cooldown Reduction from having a Loyalty's Mantle equipped so Armored Hide and The Protector will have Significantly Lower Cooldowns already.

9th March 2026 / v2.0

• Updated for Season 12.

11th January 2026 / v1.1

• Updated Sanctification Variant to Pushing Variant.
• Updated for Patch 2.5.2.

7th December 2025 / v1.0

• Updated for Season 11.
• Added Cooldown Reduction to Legendary Gloves in All Variants.
• Added Cooldown Reduction to Legendary Ring in All Variants.
• Added Sanctifications.
• Added Extra FAQ Info.
• Updated Variants for Smoother Progression.

26th November 2025 / v0.9a

• First draft edition update for Season 11.