Naginata Assassin

Well easy easy... It's a SSF run you know, Scales of the spider will not drop randomly eh
For slow I agree, it's a very big stat and snowsquall sure are my favorite gloves, it feel super good everywhere

You don't even need sots to make poison work, it's only 35 pierce. Free pierce from passive, No runes, charms, and

Angel of Death

Angel of Death
Amulet
Required Level: 90
Item Level: 123
2% Chance to cast level 33 Punisher Bolt on Striking
+(0 to 2) to All Skills
+(11 to 30)% to Poison Spell Damage
-(6 to 15)% to Enemy Poison Resistance

Astrogha's Moon
(Wyrd Set)

puts you at a quite high amount already. Combined with some rare/crafts that have innate poison pierce in affix pool like gloves/belt/jewelry or even weapon and you should be mostly good to go.

For those that may be trading or get lucky finding these, I would also recommend:

Darkling

Darkling
Heavy Boots (Sacred)
Defense: (1677 - 1879) to (1776 - 1989)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 115
+(0 to 1) to All Skills
(15 to 45)% Movement Speed
(7 to 12)% Life stolen per Hit
+(6 to 15)% to Poison Spell Damage
-(6 to 15)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(141 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
-100 to Life
Socketed (4)

Astrogha's Moon
(Wyrd Set)

Viper Skin

Viper Skin
Belt (Sacred)
Defense: (2860 - 3204) to (3036 - 3402)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 385
Item Level: 115
30% Attack Speed
(51 to 75)% Bonus to Attack Rating
-(11 to 20)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Slow Target (3 to 8)%
+(141 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
Requirements -33%
Socketed (2)

Astrogha's Moon
(Wyrd Set)

Skull of the Viz-Jaq'taar

Skull of the Viz-Jaq'taar
Skull Cap (Sacred)
Defense: 746 to 789
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 275
Item Level: 120
Scorpion Blade: +2 Projectiles
5% Chance to cast level 40 Scorpion Blade on Kill
+(0 to 1) to Assassin Skill Levels
-(21 to 30)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
-500 Defense
+50 to Dexterity
(11 to 20)% to Dexterity
20% Magic Find
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)

(rarer)

You don't need their pierce to play poison, using these just gives you more room for different sockets, like jewels.

Marco wrote:You don't even need sots to make poison work, it's only 35 pierce. Free pierce from passive, No runes, charms, and
Angel of Death
Angel of Death
Amulet
Required Level: 90
Item Level: 123
2% Chance to cast level 33 Punisher Bolt on Striking
+(0 to 2) to All Skills
+(11 to 30)% to Poison Spell Damage
-(6 to 15)% to Enemy Poison Resistance

Astrogha's Moon
(Wyrd Set)
puts you at a quite high amount already. Combined with some rare/crafts that have innate poison pierce in affix pool like gloves/belt/jewelry or even weapon and you should be mostly good to go.

For those that may be trading or get lucky finding these, I would also recommend:
Darkling
Darkling
Heavy Boots (Sacred)
Defense: (1677 - 1879) to (1776 - 1989)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 115
+(0 to 1) to All Skills
(15 to 45)% Movement Speed
(7 to 12)% Life stolen per Hit
+(6 to 15)% to Poison Spell Damage
-(6 to 15)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+(141 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
-100 to Life
Socketed (4)

Astrogha's Moon
(Wyrd Set)

Viper Skin
Viper Skin
Belt (Sacred)
Defense: (2860 - 3204) to (3036 - 3402)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 385
Item Level: 115
30% Attack Speed
(51 to 75)% Bonus to Attack Rating
-(11 to 20)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
Slow Target (3 to 8)%
+(141 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
Requirements -33%
Socketed (2)

Astrogha's Moon
(Wyrd Set)

Skull of the Viz-Jaq'taar
Skull of the Viz-Jaq'taar
Skull Cap (Sacred)
Defense: 746 to 789
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 275
Item Level: 120
Scorpion Blade: +2 Projectiles
5% Chance to cast level 40 Scorpion Blade on Kill
+(0 to 1) to Assassin Skill Levels
-(21 to 30)% to Enemy Poison Resistance
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
-500 Defense
+50 to Dexterity
(11 to 20)% to Dexterity
20% Magic Find
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)
(rarer)

You don't need their pierce to cap it, using these just gives you more room for different sockets, like jewels.

Guess what, I already have the full astrogha set, all in my merc xD I'll try out some of his gear later, thanks

Nice, personally I never tried the full set as I only got 2 pieces. I would generally recommend using either 1 piece (amulet) or all 3, as you don't get extra pierce in the 2-part bonus. Unless you get really good pierce rolls in which case sometimes using 2 pieces can be worth. Otherwise, endless loop & windrunner are a bit hard to beat.

BTW. keep in mind using wots just means getting psn pierce as efficiently as possible, otherwise it's built just like phys nagi (which also makes gear swap much easier).

You convinced me to try for once a SSF build as nagi! :-)

What would a ZKT fauzt farming build look like? Max ways, laserblade and perf being, leave prismatic cloak at 1? Where do you get the necessary pierce if you don't have access to Bad Mood?

Diaco wrote:What would a ZKT fauzt farming build look like? Max ways, laserblade and perf being, leave prismatic cloak at 1? Where do you get the necessary pierce if you don't have access to Bad Mood?

For ZKT farming I use what I called in the skills section an "hybrid set up". Max only Gryphon, Phoenix, broadside and Laserblade (1 in spider). I have no idea if leaving prismatic cloak at 1 or maxing it and removing some Perfect being point is better, but I did the latter.
My second video I posted in the fauzt section showcase this set up, it look like this once setted up a little bit (lvl 139, most charms, some trophies...), it's a very active playstyle, consisting of moving from pack to pack every 4 seconds and doing the combo broadside, backstab, active buffs, spam Hades Gates, blink in to the next pack and repeat. Every 4 seconds. I'm not sure if it's the best of the best efficiency whise since every other nagi I see have ridiculously good gear, and my experience doesn't help. Also it's so fun like this :mrgreen:

Spamming that much is so cool
Tempest and ways alone give about 100% pierce, it's enough to be comfortable. Lacuni cowl is kinda common and help, otherwise the only option is -res runes I guess. I did not test going to 135 and feel the difference, maybe it's huge.

Lynderika wrote:
Diaco wrote:What would a ZKT fauzt farming build look like? Max ways, laserblade and perf being, leave prismatic cloak at 1? Where do you get the necessary pierce if you don't have access to Bad Mood?

For ZKT farming I use what I called in the skills section an "hybrid set up". Max only Gryphon, Phoenix, broadside and Laserblade (1 in spider). I have no idea if leaving prismatic cloak at 1 or maxing it and removing some Perfect being point is better, but I did the latter.
My second video I posted in the fauzt section showcase this set up, it look like this once setted up a little bit (lvl 139, most charms, some trophies...), it's a very active playstyle, consisting of moving from pack to pack every 4 seconds and doing the combo broadside, backstab, active buffs, spam Hades Gates, blink in to the next pack and repeat. Every 4 seconds. I'm not sure if it's the best of the best efficiency whise since every other nagi I see have ridiculously good gear, and my experience doesn't help. Also it's so fun like this Spamming that much is so cool
Tempest and ways alone give about 100% pierce, it's enough to be comfortable. Lacuni cowl is kinda common and help, otherwise the only option is -res runes I guess. I did not test going to 135 and feel the difference, maybe it's huge.

Nice, what did you put on your ZKT sockets?

Diaco wrote:Nice, what did you put on your ZKT sockets?

Jah runes, I still like having a little bit of physical damage, even if it's not a lot. Again maybe some pierce is better but to me having both elemental and some phy feel the best

Fellow nagisin main here. Loved reading the guide, thanks!
I will vouch for snake pit. It is an incredibly powerful physical dps setup. Hyena strike is beyond useless, can you believe that this oskill on a poison themed set does no poison damage?! Doesnt matter, this set's raw physical damage and deathstrike proc sets it far above all other early options. It is beaten by fryst eventually but not without great difficulty, I promise.

Like marco, I'm in love with ways nagisin but I got stuck at ZKT and didnt want to progress to black ice. I was so busy trying to create an infinite proc loop that I abandoned the ladder for my mad experiments on non ladder.