This is a guide to the best Poison build in Avowed. Read on to learn the best stats, spells and abilities, weapons, and armor to get in order to create a powerful Poison build.

Best Poison Build

Stat Priority for Poison Builds

> > > > > > Might > Intellect > Perception > Dexterity > Resolve > Constitution.

Poison builds prioritize two to three stats: Might to increase the overall damage you deal, Intellect for the essence needed to spam the Poison spells, and Perception to help with critical hits that deal poison damage.

Best Abilities and Spells for Poisoners

Acquire Poison-Based Abilities

Poison builds rely on as much Poison Accumulation spells, abilities, and buffs as possible, meaning we will need to invest into the Wizard and Ranger Skill trees to gain access to Poison Accumulation spells and passives.

These prioritize abilities like Corrosive Siphon, Spirit of Decay, and Blackbow from the Wizard tree, and Tanglefoot from the Ranger tree.

Poisoner Ability Progression
Lvl. 2	Lvl. 3	Lvl. 4
Tanglefoot	Constant Recovery	Armored Grace
Lvl. 5	Lvl. 6	Lvl. 7
Grimoire Mastery	Tanglefoot	Grimoire Mastery
Lvl. 8	Lvl. 9	Lvl. 10
Brawn	Grimoire Mastery	Corrosive Siphon
Lvl. 11	Lvl. 12	Lvl. 13
Finesse	Finesse	Brawn
Lvl. 14	Lvl. 15	Lvl. 16
Harvest Essence	Critical Strike	Spirit of Decay
Lvl. 17	Lvl. 18	Lvl. 19
Pull of Eora	Critical Strike	Spirit of Decay
Lvl. 20
Spirit of Decay

After Level 20, you can look to level Pull of Eora to rank 2 for use with your Grimoire, and try to unlock and max out a utility skill like Arcane Seal.

Best Weapons for Poisoners

	Main Hand	Off-Hand
Loadout 1	Great Sword	-
Loadout 2	Mace	Grimoire

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For a Poison build, you need to pick weapons that contribute to your Poison Accumulation. The first weapon you must prioritize is the Vindictive Band ring that makes Critical Hits deal Poison Damage. You can focus on getting your main weapons after getting this accessory.

You will particularly be searching for The Philosopher's Riddle for your Great Sword, the Star of Unbeing for your Mace, and an upgraded Grimoires of Entropy for your Grimoire.

Get The Philosopher's Riddle Early in Dawnshore

Fortunately, the best Great Sword for a poison build, The Philosopher's Riddle, can be found as early as Dawnshore. Its passives boost Attack Speed and Poison Damage, making it a perfect fit for this build. Though it would take a lot of investment, it is recommended to upgrade this up to Legendary.

Before investing time and effort into looking for a weapon, it is important to note that you must get Vindictive Band in the Cabin Fever Side Quest in Dawnshore. This will be your first weapon early on because the passive makes your critical hits deal Poison damage.

	Progression and Area	Great Sword
1	Dawnshore (Early Game)	Great Sword	The Philosopher’s Riddle
2	Emerald Stair - Galawain's Tusks (Mid - Late Game)	The Philosopher’s Riddle

How to Get The Philosopher's Riddle

Get Star of Unbeing for CC and Poison Accumulation

Star of Unbeing can be found in Shatterscarp during the Shadows of the Past Main Quest. This is the best-in-slot for this build for its high Poison Accumulation. Additionally, it has a special passive that casts Pull of Eora after doing a Special Attack. Ideally, you would want to build a lot of Stun to constantly proc the Special Attack passive.

	Progression and Area	Mace
1	Dawnshore (Early Game)	Mace
2	Emerald Stair (Early Game)	Lodestone
3	Shatterscarp (Mid Game)	Star of Unbeing

How to Get Star of Unbeing

Grimoire of Entropy for Poison Spells and Utility

The Grimoire of Entropy, found as early as Emerald Stair, is the best Grimoire for this build because of its Poison Spells and CC. You can get the Grimoire early and the strength of the spells does not scale with the weapon's quality, so the weapon itself does not need much investment.

	Progression and Area	Grimoire
1	Dawnshore (Early Game)	Grimoire of Elements	Beothel’s Grimoire
2	Emerald Stair (Early Game)	Grimoire of Entropy

How to Get Grimoire of Entropy

Best Armor for Poisoners

When working with a Poison build, there are no Armors in the game that offer direct buffs to Poison damage or accumulation, allowing you to swap into any stat-based armors that give you more overall damage or utility armors to keep you alive. Since you will mostly be within melee range, you generally want a Medium or Heavy armor for extra damage reduction.

	Progression and Area	Armor
1	Dawnshore (Early Game)	Steel Garrote Plate
3	Emerald Stair - Shatterscarp (Early - Mid Game)	Death Knight Armor	Vailian Breastplate
4	Galawain's Tusks (Late Game)	Berserker Scale

Best Clothing for Poisoners

Best Clothing for Poisoners
Boots	Gloves

Most of your clothing choices for your Poisoner build will come to using Gloves that boost your attributes and eventually boost your Poison damage, and Boots that give damage bonuses and extra stats.

Use Boots with Attributes, Stamina, or Movement Bonuses

As for boots, none provide specific buffs for Poison, so invest in boots that give additional attributes, stamina, or movement bonuses. More attributes allow you to respec later on to better allocate your points.

	Progression and Area	Boots
1	Dawnshore (Early Game)	Blackwing Boots
2	Emerald Stair - Shatterscarp (Early - Mid Game)	Vailian Boots
3	Galawain's Tusks (Endgame)	Imp Catchers	Berserker Boots
4	The Garden (Point of No Return)	Wildwalker Boots

Use Gloves that Boost Attributes and Raise Essence Until Spellblade's Gloves

Virtually, you can use any of the gloves available to you so long as it suits your playstyle, but your Poisoner build will benefit from being able to get Spellblade's Gloves later on in your playthrough for the bonus +20% Poison Accumulation.

	Progression and Area	Boots
1	Dawnshore (Early Game)	Blackwing Gloves	Obsidian Order Gauntlets
2	Emerald Stair (Early Game)	Tranton Family Gauntlets	Eothasian Gauntlets
3	Shatterscarp (Mid-Game)	Trickster's Gloves	Skald's Gauntlets
4	Galawain's Tusks (Endgame)	Spellblade’s Gloves

Best Accessories for Poisoners

Best Accessories for Poisoners
Rings	Amulets and Trinkets

For amulets, trinkets, and rings, you will want to get stat bonus accessories until you can get access to poison-specific or damage accessories.

Use Rings that Boost Attributes or Poison-Related Buffs

Your main rings to look out for are the Vindictive Band for Poison damage on Critical Hit, and Ring of Pain Amplification for the extra Critical Damage.

1. Vindictive Band: Critical Hits deal Poison Damage.
2. Ring of Pain Amplification: +15% Critical Damage.

Get Poisoner's Kit and Stat-Increasing Amulets

Your main Trinket of choice is the Poisoner's Kit, which will boost your overall Poison damage. However, you can also use anything else that gives more attributes or Critical Hit Chance.

1. Poisoner's Kit: Your weapons deal +5% bonus Poison Damage.
2. Scout's Reach: +3 Perception.
3. Cartographer's Companion: +1 Dexterity,+2 Perception.
4. Tranton Family Talisman: +2 Perception.
5. Thirdborn Tira Nui Badge: +2 Might.
6. Painter's Brush: +5% Critical Hit Chance.

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