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What gems do you use?

The gems used are on the right side of the Build Guide listed as "Legendary Gems".

For this Set Dungeon, I'm pretty sure that it doesn't matter what gems you use, but I've listed my usual gems (Gogok of Swiftness, Bane of the Trapped, Bane of the Powerful).

In terms of your other gear, just the usual Topaz gems for more damage and a Diamond in your helm.

Disclaimer: I was paragon 923 by the time I attempted this.

That said, my main problem actually lay in dealing too much damage, so that the elites would die before I could drop spiders and piranhas on them.

Had to remove paragon points from mainstat and the offensive tab, and replace int gems with AR

Effective dps in successful run: 618k poison dmg

For Season 8, at least, I can confirm that having Corpse Spiders selected as a skill is unnecessary, as the slowing effect from the 2 piece set bonus counts as being "webbed by Spider Queen". This means you have one less skill to worry about managing during the run.

Just to add my 17.5 cents, below is the skills, passives, gems, strategy & tactics I used, while having ~720k sheet damage & ~20% boosted poison damage, to Master this set dungeon in 5 attempts.

{DISCLAIMER: First of all, a big thanks to crayonsmind for creating this guide. It helped greatly in developing the alternative options I list below! Secondly, this post is not meant to replace or belittle crayonsmind’s guide. In fact, I consider it an homage to it. It can’t hurt to have a few alternatives, right?! }

SKILLS

Haunt - Poisoned Spirit

Locust Swarm - Pestilence

Piranhas - Wave of Mutilation

PASSIVES

Spiritual Attunement

Grave Injustice

Tribal Rites

Creeping Death

GEMS

Pain Enhancer

{Then rank 15, currently being used @ rank 35}

Gem of Efficacious Toxin

{Then rank 0, currently replaced by Taeguk @ rank 35}

STRATEGY

1. Learn layout during first few attempts.
2. Focus on Elites in subsequent attempts.
3. Lick & DoT adds once Elites are down.
4. ???
5. Profit.

TACTICS

Elites

1. Use Hex - Angry Chicken ONLY TO POP A TOAD NEAR ADDS AND MOVE BETWEEN PACKS AND ELITES, being very careful not to detonate in a pack of adds!


2. Approach an Elite & cast Piranhas - Wave of Mutilation
{I recommend this rune because the 15% damage boost to enemies affected helps your DoTs take out the Elites quickly once affected by both abilities required. Also, I would not recommend the Piranhado rune unless you have an In-Geom in the cube weapon slot in order to mitigate the doubled CD & halved duration}


3. Stay in close proximity to Elite for a few seconds, while avoiding its primary attack, to make sure it's affected by the Slow from your Spider Queen.


4. DoT it up with Haunt/Locust Swarm, move on to the next Elite & repeat.

Adds

1. Make your way to the closest pack of adds & pop 3 - 5 Hex Toads.
{If you don’t have an In-Geom as a cube option, Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac is an adequate substitute}


2. Your Hex Toads will slowly lick as many as 3 enemies before disappearing, however, I found that not all visually licked adds counted.


3. Due to the timer, once you’ve gained 3 or 4 “licks” from each pack, DoT the remaining up with 3 or 4 Haunts & a Locust Swarm, in order to meet the “Kill ‘x’ number of mobs” requirement.


4. Backtrack to the other packs & repeat this process.


5. Once you reach 30 licked adds, maim the rest to your heart’s content.

It may take more than 5 attempts to get the pattern down & timings down. In all honesty, I got lucky on my 5th attempt & managed to dodge all the Elite attacks {they CAN ONE SHOT YOU}.