Is the centipede armour good?

[SHINRA-CORP]

I spent some rare materials upgrading some of the early armour you get so now im hesitant to use any more in case I waste it. Is the centipede armour good or will I find better up ahead?

[Derivat949]

Just pick the one that gives the perks/set bonus that works best for your build/playstyle and upgrade it

[StarlightAsh♡]

you can create a build around the centipede armor where your gourd inflicts poison on you to get the bonus damage from it which is quite a significant amount of attack, so yes it can be really good if used correctly

[Larzech]

It's one of the best offensive armors. Unless you have everything to set it up, I would recommend Pilgrim's set as it is very easy to set up.

There is also one tanky build later but it requires NG+

[Larzech]

Originally posted by StarlightAsh♡:

you can create a build around the centipede armor where your gourd inflicts poison on you to get the bonus damage from it which is quite a significant amount of attack, so yes it can be really good if used correctly

+ Elder Amorworm spirit to further boost offense.

[wboson]

I was just wondering if the Poison Build would be worth it?
Now I have full set and HP shouldnt be ticking down so quickly?
Which weapon should I use? The 2nd upgrade or 3rd upgrade? 3rd upgrade should give HP recovery boost, but I dont see a way to inflict dmg to enemies then? Or did I miss a spirit which allows me to inflict dmg while being poisoned?
Mostly hesitant bc I´m on 3rd weapon upgrade and downgrading apparently cost me Legendary materials? And when the build doesn´t work I´m not sure if I have materials to go for 3rd upgrade again for weapon....

[Fresh]

Originally posted by wboson:

I was just wondering if the Poison Build would be worth it?
Now I have full set and HP shouldnt be ticking down so quickly?
Which weapon should I use? The 2nd upgrade or 3rd upgrade? 3rd upgrade should give HP recovery boost, but I dont see a way to inflict dmg to enemies then? Or did I miss a spirit which allows me to inflict dmg while being poisoned?
Mostly hesitant bc I´m on 3rd weapon upgrade and downgrading apparently cost me Legendary materials? And when the build doesn´t work I´m not sure if I have materials to go for 3rd upgrade again for weapon....

Spider celestial staff does not apply poison on all hits, only heavy attacks while poisoned. i dont know if this is just a stupid joke by the devs but its trash and should be fixed.
the stat differences are marginal at best, and you have no way of applying poison to a boss other than a transform. so you dont get to take advantage of EITHER weapon bonus effectively.
its the worst designed weapon branch i've ever seen.
WHO NEEDS CRIT ON A POISON BUILD WHERE DOTS CAN AND HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CRIT?
they put exactly 0 thought into this.

[dustin1280]

It's easily one of the coolest looking armor sets in the game, and with a poison build it can be really good too

[MxWu1337-bilibili]

Crits that cause poison... that's pretty insane

[hwanzi]

Originally posted by Sawayaka:

Originally posted by wboson:

I was just wondering if the Poison Build would be worth it?
Now I have full set and HP shouldnt be ticking down so quickly?
Which weapon should I use? The 2nd upgrade or 3rd upgrade? 3rd upgrade should give HP recovery boost, but I dont see a way to inflict dmg to enemies then? Or did I miss a spirit which allows me to inflict dmg while being poisoned?
Mostly hesitant bc I´m on 3rd weapon upgrade and downgrading apparently cost me Legendary materials? And when the build doesn´t work I´m not sure if I have materials to go for 3rd upgrade again for weapon....

Spider celestial staff does not apply poison on all hits, only heavy attacks while poisoned. i dont know if this is just a stupid joke by the devs but its trash and should be fixed.
the stat differences are marginal at best, and you have no way of applying poison to a boss other than a transform. so you dont get to take advantage of EITHER weapon bonus effectively.
its the worst designed weapon branch i've ever seen.
WHO NEEDS CRIT ON A POISON BUILD WHERE DOTS CAN AND HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CRIT?
they put exactly 0 thought into this.

thats bc the actual good gauntlet for the armor if u did the the hidden quest applies poison when you crit

edit: https://blackmythwukong.wiki.fextralife.com/Venomous+Armguard

[someoneproud]

I'm playing with it and the soak that poisons me currently (ch5), seems good so far but I haven't done a side by side with other sets or anything.

Looks sick and it was a defence and damage increase so on it goes.

[SHINRA-CORP]

I decided just to make it. It looks badass not sure if il try the poison effect though

[wboson]

Was trying Yello Loong with Thrust Stance(to regain HP), inflict Poison with Gaurd(to Get Attack up), and GuangMou(to get Poison Res + Poison the enem). It was a pain, about an 1h and didnt get even to 30% HP on boss.
Changed to Beetle, Pillar Stance and to Mana\Spells. Few tries and he was down.
I´ve done sercet missions, beaten most bosses, but those armguards I missed.
So at least there´s a chance to inflict Poison on enemies with the Visionary Centipede staff....

[kulagg]

The poison build needs the secret drop of arm piece to be really effective. And may need to build the poison resist too.

[TrojanKilla]

I think centipede armor is probably the best in game with the self poison soak. It gives almost a 50% AP buff with spellbinder and you do insane damage. Get to 4 stack combo, drink pot and slam the boss. You will do 50% boss damage.

[eDo]

im playing with and there are some issues going on with the Deathstinger soak as e.g.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2358720/discussions/0/4763207322157422442/

i already send them all i know via email.

but basically the set with the staff with the 25% crit chance and spell binder in use u pretty much stomping the content (my stats are like 58% crit chance, 190% crit dmg and so on and 290-310 attack power +3% bonus dmg on top).

if u can get the poison on yourself from the deathstinger soak its an 32% dmg increase from the set but if you use the rooster blood soak where it removes instant on gourd use the poison its only around 11,6% dmg increase.

and later when u cap max resistance on poison with gear 121 u cant get poisoned from any source anymore - so deathstinger still provides a dmg increas but the same amount as if you would use the rooster blood at the same time befor max cape poison res.

so only 11,6% keep that in mind.

also celestial birthstone fragment curios applies to yourself aswell and when you are not max poison resistance capped -> your lifebar will be drained on gourd use for around 1/4 of your max life if you dont use rooster blood soak at the same time (but if u use u will get only 11,6% instead of fully 32% dmg increase....i repeating myself sry).