Any chance someone could help me with a midrange snake build with a detailed skillplan rather than just a sketch which has been helpful but I'm still not understanding the full skill plan of the snake build using basic shimm crafts. I have tried the idea of using 10 pt wolves, max spirit guide, max snake + synergy and block passive. Leaves something to be desired damage wise, using nearly all shimmering craft with 131 pierce, almost max dmg roll on wep + spike nova. I don't think I'm quite tanky enough to sink points into shamanic trance (because then less in spirit guide and I die right away), but my damage still seems lacking from snake stance strangely. I have tested snake + synergy vs DR runeword gear (Erawan, Truce, Invictus, Megalith) and it seems I must be missing something because it seems I am actually killing slower with snake build vs wolf stance runeword DR build. Full disclosure I am missing like 6 ubers.
I have nearly all sigs minus a few, am lvl 121, using falxis nasrudin helm, shimmering armor (-29), -30 gloves, -20 belt, -15 boots, triune's blessing shield (which seems to have been fixed since last mention of it being broken), empyrean and xorine ring, 4sk ammy with 1% ctc banish. My block is maxed. 700 pts in dex and 404 in str. My skill skill points are as follows: 10/31 wolf companion, 28/28 spirit guide, 30/30 snake, 28/28 eagle, 12/30 stampede 16/16 block passive. I didn't bother putting any in shamanic trance because then I have nothing left for spirit guide and my defense drops to 78k with 1 pt spirit guide and I die too much.
I have 134 skill points to distribute. If you had my gear how would do snake build? Seems maybe I am undergeared for it or missing something.
Those vs the Wolf stance version (10pt wolf companion, 10 wolf stance, max block passive, max spirit guide) - the aforementioned wolf stance build seems to somehow do more dps and I'm not sure why.