An Alternative Angle
The Curio is where you're most likely to find a 
Knee Brace, and the sooner you find it, the better. Additionally, try to upgrade it as early as possible to improve your Max Health gain per fight. You should be able to find a B1&B2 upgrade easily enough, but if not, save your guaranteed level four upgrade for it.
Prioritizing the Knee Brace brought Mak up to five digits of Health, which is generally very uncommon. On top of upgrading it, if you utilize your level 10 enchant to select "The Artist", you're guaranteed to get a Shiny Knee Brace, doubling its Health-stacking value.
Since Transform is now a mechanic in the game, you don't actually have to worry about completely "wasting" your enchantment. Once you feel that you've stacked enough, you can utilize 
Alembic or 
Potion Distillery to convert it into a Shiny Potion (or Mandala for a random Small item).Just cross your fingers that you don't hit 
Bottled Tornado or you'll lose the enchantment.
Nightshade
Nightshade offers a very respectable rate of scaling with enough Heal and/or Regeneration effects. In Mak's case this will primarily be Regen (or Lifesteal), as Mak doesn't really have much Healing outside of Transforming 
Myrrh.
By finding ways to stack enough individual triggers, the Poison can reach pretty crazy heights, enough to where it becomes the build's primary damage source. Then it just comes down to how well you can stall out the opponent until the Poison ticks down to their demise.
Kripp had a Shielded Nightshade which added a whole other layer of defense to the build. Shield as a mechanic is pretty much nonexistent to Mak, so having an exceptionally high Shield-stacker was a great benefit for ensuring survival.
Library
Library is a phenomenal supporting Property that both decreases your Cooldowns while increasing those of all Weapons. It's best use case is to counter opposing Weapon builds, which is great for buying time to stack up Nightshade's Poison.
The Cooldown reduction really can't be understated either, as having a flat two second decrease across the board is massive. This really helps the Small supporting pieces move faster, while ultimately letting Nightshade put on the pressure much sooner.
A Shielded Library provides a great way to go over-the-top of Mak's low base Health, while a Restorative Library adds even more Nightshade triggers. Both are great options when presented.
Quill and Ink
Quill and Ink is a solid early game item but often finds little use later on. Its seven second Cooldown is a bit too long for its effect, and it does only fit into builds that don't utilize even a single Weapon. However, alongside Nightshade and Library it's a superstar. Five seconds for two procs is great, and as you'll soon see once we take a look at skills, it gets even better.
Kripp also had a Turbo enchant on the Quill and Ink, making it an incredibly strong Haste item thanks to its Multicast and base three second duration.
