Is poison a valid strategy?

[Socrates Jackson]

I've done multiple runs where I tried to make poison/burn/curse work. Even with a topped out Reaper, who seems to be built for it, poison just doesn't do any damage compared to more conventional weapons. I feel like I've got to be missing something.
Ideas?

[99percentnerdy]

I believe there are some relics and weapons that synergize for poison, but as far as I know, it's not really viable for long runs because damage falls off very quickly. You'll need hard hitters like pirate cannon, soulstormer, or sniper in your rotation to really go far.

[Socrates Jackson]

Dang. I do love me some poison.
Welp, back to exploding everything with cannonballs then.

[ShuFlngPu]

Reaper uses *CURSE* effecctively, not exactly poison although it does help.
I have also tried running poison builds and I dont think its viable past 2x dmg/hp.
There are simply not enough options for it. IF it is viable its only with VERY specific unlocks for RNG items.
It really needs a good hyper carry option to be viable which it currently lacks due to the need to drop a poison gun for infection and/or Curse. (Poison unlock I have is 10dmg per poison tag on your gunz) its still not enough, even with top tier RNG... That said- I do not have all the RNG unlocks. Just the guns.

[ShuFlngPu]

The poison frog is dummy good for this as a boss-nuke though.

[ShuFlngPu]

I also see the elemental pistol as a need because otherwise, you have no CC and you need slow for poison to work. Ele. Pistol has Freeze, burn and infect plus damage amps.