Pathfinder Iceshot vs Poisonburst

Hi everyone, has anyone transitioned from Iceshot to Poisonburst and how was the experience? I'm semi-happy with my current build as it has 78% movement speed, 190 iir, clears screens, almost immortal etc. but some things bug me. You have to hit (oh noes), and it gets annoying to snipe each straggler especially in temple to complete the room. You also have a smaller range which may not seem bad at first, but it actually is.
I'm asking if you have any drawbacks running Poisonburst or transitioned to it and feels bad. I'm ok investing ~500 divs to change some gear but not investing time rethinking the whole tree only to switch back because it has worse drawbacks.
Last question is if Plaguefinger is mandatory, i see a lot of people running it but it cuts a lot on ES / iir and other gloves bonuses, i guess it would offset Vertex's damage increase if i got one + more ES but what do you think?

Here's my build btw: https://pobb.in/kUWhxCcU6y5G
Some decisions there:
Blasphemy w/ TC - mega survivability, ~49% near-screenwide slow is amazing for running like an idiot and trivializes boss encounters Armor - aside from spirit + rez, 30 attributes are amazing and helps get damage instead of attribute from the passive tree (PF specific)
Amulet - not really a decision, was dirt cheap due to the annoint, better than what i had but gem enthuziast 5% speed gone :( Bow - clearly not mirror tier, got it for the gain phys (HOI) but even if it says 380 total dps, it still outperforms <1k div bows on the market at least according to POB.
Lmk if you have any other questions / find inconsistencies.

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Wasatcher•5 months ago•5

The fact that plague finger turns any elemental damage into chaos makes it pretty mandatory. Without it any flat damage on your gear that isn't phys doesn't contribute to poison magnitude.

Poopthunder•5 months ago•1

Poisonburst would likely be just a sidegrade. I ran it until last week and tried ice shot and they are both about the same level IMO. Ice shot doesn’t have the slight delay poison has and prefer it a bit. Couple mirrors worth of gear in both versions.

I don’t run vertex and morior/blasphemy but maybe I’ll try since only thing that sometimes gives me a bit of problems is abyss overrun+increased difficulty maps when in the end they have killed me a couple of times.

Duckthehobo•5 months ago•1

Mirage archer world work as a lazy way to clean up stragglers if you want to try running without TC or find extra spirit, add the lineage gem for cooldown efficiency to mana remnants and it’s relatively comfy.

Could also invest into some kind of fork/chain/ricochet for cleanup. For some reason I can’t see your bow/quiver on mobile so idk if you’re already using Cadiro’s, but if you have the damage to use that it’ll help clean up also

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