Dear PoE 3.28 players, with Mirage League progressing, now is the perfect time to explore powerful builds. Have you ever thought about combining Poison and Flicker Strike? Imagine how fun that would be! Now let's explore how to build this Poison Flicker Strike Assassin build!

This build is a Flicker Strike variant with poison as its core damage mechanic, belonging to a less mainstream playstyle. It's not suitable for Uber Bosses because its damage and survivability don't meet the requirements for that extreme raid.

However, it can smoothly farm Nightmare Maps and easily handle regular bosses like Eater of Worlds and Searing Exarch.

Core Gear

This build's damage rotation relies on the synergy between several pieces of gear. Fortunately, since you are not forced to use unique gear, you can complete this build even if you don't have a lot of PoE currency.

First, we use Arakaali's Fang, which triggers Raise Spiders. These spiders are linked to Withering Touch, Minion Speed, and Greater Multistrike. Therefore, they attack enemies very quickly, stacking Wither layers and significantly increasing the chaos damage enemies take.

Secondly, choose Bino's Kitchen Knife. Its core function is poison proliferation. Whenever you kill a poisoned enemy, other enemies within 3 meters are automatically poisoned. Additionally, Bino's Kitchen Knife provides a small amount of health regeneration.

For the chest armor, use Farrul's Fur, which periodically grants you full frenzy charges and power charges through Aspect of the Cat.

Since this build's attack speed isn't extremely high, Less Duration Support isn't necessary. Other required affixes can also be obtained through rings.

Additionally, We recommend that you choose Snakebite gloves, as they provide hit chance, attack speed, poison chance, and damage over time multiplier based on your current frenzy charges.

For boots, choose Ralakesh's Impatience. Its core mechanic is that even if you don't actually gain any frenzy charges or power charges, you're still considered having the maximum of either. This effect is crucial because it directly triggers Snakebite's poison chance bonus.

At last, we chose Olesya's Delight belt, which converts all your frenzy charges into Affliction charges, providing a significant damage boost.

Furthermore, don't worry about Snakebite's effect being nullified after the frenzy charges are converted, because Ralakesh's Impatience ensures you're always considered having full frenzy charges, perfectly negating the side effects of the actual conversion.

Skill Links and Aura Setup

Our primary offensive skill is Flicker Strike of Power. It links Added Chaos Damage, Unbound Ailments, Greater Multistrike, Fortify, and Void Manipulation.

Since this skill also requires investing in Chance to Poison Implicit attribute, this may be the most expensive part of completing this build. Of course, if you're short on funds, you can also choose to buy cheap PoE currency from IGGM.com. Don't worry about a limited budget; unlock the most powerful endgame gear for your character now!

For movement abilities, we now use Whirling Blades and equip Precision, Plague Bearer, and Desecrate on our gloves. Desecrate's purpose is to summon 20 spiders by creating corpses in conjunction with The Writhing Jar when there are no enemy corpses during the boss fight.

Next, regarding aura configuration, we activated Herald of Agony, Grace, and Flesh and Stone. Flesh and Stone is best linked to Enlighten and maxed out.

For curses, the amulet uses Impresence, which allows Despair curse to be linked to Blasphemy without mana loss, becoming an aura.

As for the amulet annointing, we chose Dismembering to increase critical strike damage and synergize with Perfect Agony talent.

Flasks

For flasks, to increase melee attack speed, we choose Rosethorn Tincture.

In addition, we can also use Jade Flask for dodge bonus and Stibnite Flask for crit chance bonus.

Talent Tree and Jewels

The key talent for Poison Flicker Strike Assassin is Perfect Agony, which makes the damage over time multiplier equal to your critical strike damage bonus, so you need to stack 100% critical strike chance. This goal can be easily achieved using Assassin ascendancy and power charges.

For Timeless Jewels, you can use Lethal Pride to compensate for the lack of strength. Alternatively, you can replace it with The Light of Meaning and address the strength issue by changing rings and jewels, thus achieving higher damage output.

Damage and Survivability

In terms of damage, this build primarily relies on poison combined with Perfect Agony and Wither stacks. The ideal optimized configuration, using Light of Meaning, will result in even higher damage. At 15 Wither stacks, you can achieve around 30 million poison DPS.

Because spiders stack Wither very quickly, damage will rapidly increase in actual combat.

In terms of survivability, you mainly rely on Fortify and Grace for evasion, Flesh and Stone for blinding, and spell suppression from the talent tree.

Additionally, The Pantheon chose Lunaris and Tukohama. Since Flicker Strike is considered stationary during continuous attacks, it reliably benefits from healing.

Overall, this build is fairly tanky, requiring some attention to dodging projectiles, but Lunaris provides some assistance.

This build is relatively inexpensive; the most expensive part is Flicker Strike of Power, especially the imbuement on Chance to Poison, which costs around 50 POE Divine Orbs. Other equipment such as Farrul's Fur, Arakaali's Fang, and Bino's Kitchen Knife are not particularly expensive.

A similar build was played using Occultist in previous leagues, perhaps with even better results. If you're interested, you can also try building this Poison Flicker Strike build with Occultist for a different experience.

That concludes the build strategy for this Poison Flicker Strike Assassin build. Hope these will be helpful to you in PoE 3.28!

If you're not just playing the game but also keeping a close eye on every ARC Raiders update, you've likely noticed that the developers have released a teaser for the new map coming in Riven Tides update.

However, actually getting to experience it is still about two weeks away. For now, your focus should remain on the challenges right in front of you, specifically completing the latest round of weekly trials!

The five missions in Week 24 Trials are somewhat similar to last week's lineup, most require you to eliminate ARC enemies:

• Get hit by lightning
• Destroy ARC enemies in the swamp
• Damage Bastions
• Search supply drops
• Damage Comets

We've put together a guide for each mission; simply follow along and complete them by Sunday.

Trial 1: Get hit by lightning

This laughably uninspired mission is back again! When it first appeared, the community complained that it was boring and pointless; however, if you want to complete the weekly trials in full, there's simply no avoiding it.

The mission requires you to wait for an Electromagnetic Storm event to trigger on the map. Once it begins, you must actively seek out the blue circles on the ground, which mark the spots where lightning is about to strike, and stand inside them to get zapped.

To achieve a three-star rating on this trial, you'll need to keep moving across the map to locate new lightning strike zones and get hit sufficient times.

Of course, taking a lightning hit will deplete your health, so it's crucial to bring along plenty of healing supplies; otherwise, you might end up dying and being forced to abandon the trial halfway through.

Additionally, during an Electromagnetic Storm, the enemies on the map become more dangerous, but the loot you acquire, whether through combat or scavenging, also increases.

So, if you want to make this mission feel a bit more productive, try actively engaging any enemies you encounter while you're hunting for lightning strikes. This way, you can unlock extra loot through your raids while simultaneously earning your Trial rewards.

Trial 2: Destroy ARC enemies in the swamp

This mission requires you to enter Dam Battlegrounds map and eliminate ARC bots of any type within the designated swamp area. Once you've taken out a specific number of enemies, you'll achieve a perfect completion.

The specific zone in question is officially named South Swamp Outpost, located at the far western edge of the map. It's a location that naturally sees frequent spawns of ARC enemies.

Although the trial doesn't strictly require you to target specific enemy types, prioritizing the elimination of Rocketeers and Leapers will earn you more trial points.

Rocketeers are flying ARCs; the best strategy for dealing with them is to first find cover to evade their laser attacks, and then focus your fire on their two thrusters. Their exclusive drop is Rocketeer Driver.

Leapers are ground-based enemies that attack using shockwave pulses. They are extremely agile, so using grenades for direct bombardment is a highly effective tactic. Upon death, they drop materials such as Leaper Pulse Unit.

Trial 3: Damage Bastions

This ARC enemy type can appear on any map, though the spawn rate is slightly higher in more hazardous zones, such as Stella Montis.

Visually, Bastion resembles a bulkier, more massive version of Leaper; it is heavily armored, moves slowly, and attacks using a powerful Gatling gun.

Before spotting you and opening fire, a Bastion will emit a piercing shriek, followed by a three-second burst of Gatling gun fire. You must find cover in time to avoid this incoming barrage.

Of course, Bastions are not entirely indestructible. You can focus your fire on their yellow-colored weak points: the knee joints on all their legs, as well as the cylindrical canisters located on their backs.

Shooting these specific areas will briefly stun Bastion, creating a window for you to land more effective attacks. Furthermore, if the cylindrical canisters are destroyed, the armor plating on the enemy's back will detach, exposing its truly vulnerable internal core.

To maximize your kill efficiency, we recommend teaming up with friends to complete this mission. This way, you can all earn Trial Points simultaneously, it's a win-win situation!

Upon being killed, a Bastion drops a wide variety of crafting materials; among these is the exclusive Bastion Cell, which can be used to upgrade your Gear Bench or submitted for specific projects.

Trial 4: Search Supply Drops

Every map in ARC Raiders features at least one supply station. Here, you can locate and activate a special flare; within one minute of activation, a supply pod will be air-dropped into the area.

The objective of this trial is simply to secure and open a sufficient number of these supply pods. However, activating a flare also reveals your location to other players, potentially attracting hostile strangers looking to loot your drop, especially since these supply drops often contain valuable resources.

If you wish to avoid conflict, you can signal to others that you are merely there to complete a mission objective. However, if you are confident in your combat abilities, your best bet might be to simply drive them all away!

Trial 5: Damage Comets

This enemy was introduced to the game via Shrouded Sky update released in February of this year; generally speaking, it is still considered a relatively new enemy type.

Visually, it resembles a spherical orb. Its sole method of attack is self-destruction; more specifically, once it detects you, it will roll toward you at high speed and trigger its self-destruct sequence once it closes to a sufficient distance.

Although Comets may appear less sophisticated than most other ARC units, given that they have only one opportunity to inflict damage upon the player, they will actively adjust their positioning prior to detonation to ensure maximum damage output.

If you spot a Comet approaching early on, you can immediately toss a grenade to shatter its armor. This is particularly effective if Comet has begun charging up, as its outer shell will expand and split open, allowing you to directly target and strike its vulnerable internal components.

However, if you are unable to prevent Comet from detonating, your only hope is to pray that you are equipped with a Shield and that it is fully charged. Even under those circumstances, your health points will still take a significant hit.

It is worth noting that Comet's exclusive drop, Comet Igniter, can only be obtained by destroying the unit before it detonates, as the subsequent explosion will simultaneously obliterate the igniter itself.

That concludes this comprehensive guide for completing ARC Raiders Week 24 Trials. If you don't have any other raids planned for the moment, why not dive in and get started right away?