Elemental gas arrow pathfinder showcase

so this is a plaguefingers build. i've tried a bunch of ways of scaling non-explode gas arrow, and although physical with snakebite might feel more consistent, there's just many more ways to scale elemental currently. i do a gem + gear + tree hover at the end, but if you have any questions or anything, i can try to explain. i've spent a lot of time testing almost everything under the sun for gas arrow

This looks pretty solid

Hows the mana and dps on pinnacle bosses like arbiter 4? Good enough to skip mechanics in p1?

Unfortunate that you didn't remove the shrine dmg bonus for the boss showcase

Can I ask a side question, can plaguefinger make shockwave totems infict poison on enemies?

since gas arrow poisons as though hitting but not actually hitting, would stacking ele pen of some sort work with scaling the pseudo-hit that the poison is calculated from? would elemental dmg with attacks modifier also scale this pseudo-hit and thus the poison?

Also maybe with cold and lightning dmg gear could possibly add in herald prolif/chain. wonder if the shock from hoi would boost the poison dmg too. hit 1 monster to spread poison and herald explosions. but I think poison has good enough prolif on its own.

Peak gameplay

Interesting. Looks expensive though perhaps going bow?

I can't play any builds without Heralds, it's such busy work to kill singular packs every time.

Just curious, is Pathfinder needed here? Its strong but could you also do this as a Witchhunter for better clear(assuming the on-death explosions are procced by dots)? Concentration could also be good single target and I think Gas Arrow can use Culling Strike, since it technically applies a "ghost hit".

Chayula would also work and basically be the same tree.

I'm completely clueless about how ailments work in poe2, is the mod on the gloves (all dmg contributes to poison magnitude) basically the same as "all dmg can poison" in poe1?

This looks intriguing, looking forward to reading your build guide 😊 is it expensive or tough to gear up and how do you level it…?

Did you think about plasma blast swap on bosses?