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Poison
Tier A
Beta
“Stack damage over time and wait”
Core idea
Poison is very high value for its energy at the cost of speed. It’s particularly good at getting through longer fights and ignoring block on tanky foes. Accelerant+ is very powerful at improving the DPS of Poison - the only downside is that small amounts of Poison are quickly burnt through before you can stack the damage to impressive numbers. Sometimes you need to hold your Accelerant until you have applied enough Poison already, unless you have big consistent Poison application like Noxious Fumes and Bouncing Flask. Outbreak is a good solution for area damage, so feel free to pick up a couple. Bouncing flask, noxious fumes, corrosive wave and envenom can apply several small instances of poison to maximise outbreak triggers. Mirage is a very powerful defensive card for big boss hits, but takes a while to become effective and exhausts.
When to commit
When you find Accelerant, ideally with some Poison already
Key cards and relics
Support plan
Be sure to draft block to keep your health high while you wait out combats. There are less impressive sources of poison that might help round out the build if the rarer options aren’t showing up. If running envenom, feel free to draft some shivs or area damage to maximise applications. If running corrosive wave, grab acrobatics and backflips.
Support cards and relics
Weaknesses
Artifact is a counter to this build, in particular the goblin elite for act 3, but with many small instances you can usually get through them quickly in single player. This build also struggles against fast fights like the two burgling encounters, or phase 1 of the test subject. Consider picking up some burst damage attacks if offered.