Poisonburst Arrow Acolyte of Chayula

Gear (self-found)

• Whatever has good stats early — don't force poison/evasion items yet.
• Prioritize flat damage on rings, gloves, and quiver as soon as you have slots for it.
• Set II is any talisman that can socket Pounce — a white Changeling Talisman is enough.

Tree

• Grab "Increased Damage" nodes first: Concussive Attack, Blinding Strike, Killer Instinct.

Gear (self-found)

• Keep chasing flat damage on rings, gloves, quiver — this is still where most of your damage comes from at this stage.
• Watch for any early Spirit on gear; you'll want it for Plague Bearer and later Herald of Plague.

Tree

• Once Plague Bearer is running, start grabbing Poison Magnitude / additional-poison notables: Crippling, Stacking, Lasting, Leeching, Escalating, and Building Toxins.
• First trial: take Waking Dream. Purple flames are the pickup — 7% Damage Gained as Chaos.

Gear (self-found)

• Repulsion doesn't scale off weapon damage — it scales off Quiver/Rings/Gloves flat damage, so keep prioritizing those.

Tree

• Take First Teachings of the Keeper and First Principle of the Hollow — these unlock The Hollowkeeper (defensive) and are efficient pathing to the poison notables on the tree's edge anyway.
• Second trial: Lucid Dreaming, then Choice of Power. Skip Choice of Life and Choice of Mana.

Gear (self-found)

• Start watching for Spirit on Chest/Amulet — you'll want it soon for Blasphemy + Repulsion if you haven't picked those up yet.
• Any rare bow with high flat physical/attack damage and attack speed works fine if you don't have Splinterheart.

Gear (self-found)

• Start transitioning toward a high-Evasion body armor and a high-Energy-Shield helmet — any rare pair with those attributes is the goal, not a specific item.
• Swap the leveling talisman for Amor Mandragora on Set II if you have it — still just a Pounce stick until Mapping.

Tree

• Start pathing toward Remnant Attraction (pickup range) and the crit/defensive notables you'll lean on once mapping.
• Subterfuge Mask and Spectral Ward are tree notables (EV per ES on helmet, ES per EV on body) — take them once you have a high-ES helm and high-EV chest, not unique items to buy.

Gear (self-found)

• High-Evasion body armor + high-ES helmet — any rare pair with those attributes works; the uniques below are upgrades, not requirements.
• Flat damage still on Gloves, Rings, Quiver. Attack speed on Quiver is ideal.
• +Projectile Levels wherever you can get them on rare gear (Amulet, Bow, Quiver, Gloves).
• More Spirit on gear lets Ghost Dance replace Pounce eventually — a nice-to-have, not required.
• Craft your helmet with Cyclonic Alloy — greatly improves Archon of Chayula uptime. This is a craft you do yourself at the bench, not an RNG drop.
• Cheap Amulet instill: Serrated Edges for damage, or Beastial Skin defensively, before it's on the tree — a small currency spend, not a rare-drop dependency.

Tree

• Set up Weapon Sets properly: Set II is entirely Remnant nodes, used only to "snapshot" them on zone entry (swap in, zone in, swap back to Set I).
• Bind a key to swap sets manually; put a Wolf Form Talisman in Set II for the movement speed and as a visual reminder you're in the snapshot set.
• Set I is used for everything else — prioritize damage notables like Master Fletching here.
• Subterfuge Mask and Spectral Ward are on this tree — EV per 1 ES on your helmet, and +1 ES per 12 EV on your chest. High-ES helm + high-EV body make them worth it; they are not unique items.

Gear (self-found)

• Pivot Non-Crit → Crit once you can hit ~50% Critical Strike Chance on gear (unlocks Garukhan's Resolve on Toxic Growth — expensive, not worth it below that threshold).
• As much Evasion/Spirit as possible on Body Armor.
• 50%+ Critical Strike chance on Helmet, Quiver, and Amulet.
• Bow: as much Physical Damage as possible, plus Critical Strike Chance and Onslaught on Kill. +Projectile Skill Levels are good but not required.
• Rite of Passage instill — Cat is best, Serpent is a cheaper alternative with good damage.

Tree

• Add crit notables: Heartstopping, Heartbreaking, Struck Through, True Strike, For the Jugular.
• Time-Lost Emerald (Large Radius) near Dizzying Hits and Stupefy is a big power spike — prioritize Critical Strike Chance and Critical Strike Damage Bonus on it.
• Defensive option: Enhanced Reflexes and Beastial Skin.
• Movement speed nodes near the ranger start become worth it at this stage.