Build Scaling Quick Reference

Scales From: Poison ATK (35x poison scaling), not regular ATK — poison ignores enemy DEF entirely

Core Synergy: Forest Queen (+500 Poison DMG, +170% Poison Amp) → Dude of suit 2pc (+10% element ATK%) → Dude of suit 4pc (ATK→element conversion) → Cave Spider (-45% poison resist) → Rose burst (1500% poison, resolves 50% remaining ticks)

Weakness: Must stay alive to maintain DoT stacks — dead archer = 0 poison ticks

Affix Priority: Poison ATK > Equipment ATK% > Crit Rate

Why Poison is Best F2P DPS

1. Poison ignores DEF — DoT damage goes through enemy armor
2. Scales with poison stats, not raw ATK — Less gear-dependent
3. Forest Queen card gives +500 flat poison + 50% amp — Huge multiplier
4. Cave Spider passive reduces enemy poison resist by up to 45% — Team synergy
5. Stacking DoTs = exponential damage over time — Melts high-HP Abyss bosses

Recommended Card

Best: Forest Queen — ★4

Rose Mechanic: Your auto-attacks plant a rose parasite in the target. After 3 seconds, the rose bursts dealing 1500% poison damage to nearby enemies AND instantly resolves 50% of remaining poison tick damage. Enemies hit also receive +7% damage taken debuff. 10s cooldown. Your poison damage stat provides 1500% scaling to the burst.

Why Forest Queen over other DPS cards? Poison damage scales from poison stats (35x poison scaling), not raw ATK. Forest Queen provides +500 flat Poison DMG AND up to +170% Poison Amp — both directly multiply every tick. A card like TR-300 (+70% Skill DMG) only affects the initial arrow hit, not the DoT ticks that are 90% of your damage. Forest Queen's Rose burst (1500% poison damage with 1500x scaling) also resolves 50% of remaining poison ticks instantly, effectively doubling your poison damage during its proc window.

Budget Alternative: Ladybug — ★3

Auto-attacks apply poison DoT (50% poison/sec, 5s). Good stepping stone before getting Forest Queen.

Alt: Gem Spider — ★4

+600% Skill DMG at max Spell Weaving stacks. Use only if you play a hybrid poison/skill build where the poison arrow itself deals significant hit damage. For pure DoT builds, Forest Queen's poison-specific multipliers far outperform generic skill damage.

Equipment Set

Best: Dude of suit — ★4

Why Dude of suit for Poison: Poison is an elemental damage type, so Dude of suit's bonuses all apply. The 2pc +10% all element ATK% directly increases your poison ATK, feeding into the 35x poison scaling. The 4pc converts 10% of your ATK into all element DMG — this gives poison damage from your ATK stat, which normally doesn't contribute to DoTs. The 3pc +15% DMG at full HP is easy to maintain since poison archers are ranged and avoid most damage. Combined with Forest Queen's +170% Poison Amp, every element ATK% point is massively multiplied.

Gem Setup

Early Game (Before Dude of suit 4pc)

Without Dude of suit's ATK→element conversion, ATK stat doesn't contribute to poison. Go full Jadeite:

Equipment	Socket 1	Socket 2	Socket 3	Why
Weapon	Jadeite (Poison)	Jadeite (Poison)	Ruby (ATK)	35x scaling makes Jadeite extremely efficient; 1 Ruby for auto-attack DMG (triggers Forest Queen Rose)
Ring	Jadeite (Poison)	Ruby (ATK)	Ruby (ATK)	Ruby for auto-attack base; Jadeite for poison scaling
Armor	Emerald (HP)	Emerald (HP)	Sapphire (DEF)	Survivability — dead archers deal 0 poison
Amulet	Emerald (HP)	Emerald (HP)	Sapphire (DEF)	DEF mitigation for Abyss survival

Endgame (With Dude of suit 4pc)

Dude of suit 4pc converts 10% ATK to all element DMG, making Ruby gems contribute to poison damage. However, Jadeite still provides more poison per slot due to 35x scaling, so only swap Ruby if your ATK base is extremely high:

Equipment	Socket 1	Socket 2	Socket 3	Why
Weapon	Jadeite (Poison)	Jadeite (Poison)	Ruby (ATK)	35x scaling still dominates for Jadeite; 1 Ruby for auto-attack DMG (triggers Forest Queen Rose)
Ring	Jadeite (Poison)	Ruby (ATK)	Ruby (ATK)	Ruby for auto-attack DMG; Dude of suit's 10% ATK→element makes Ruby contribute to poison too
Armor	Emerald (HP)	Emerald (HP)	Sapphire (DEF)	Survivability — ranged but still need HP and DEF for Abyss
Amulet	Emerald (HP)	Emerald (HP)	Sapphire (DEF)	DEF mitigation replaces pure HP; Dude of suit's 3pc +15% DMG requires staying alive

Why Jadeite stays dominant even with Dude of suit? Dude of suit converts 10% of ATK to element DMG. A Ruby gem gives ~X ATK, converting to ~0.1X element DMG. A Jadeite gem gives ~X Poison, which at 35x scaling gives 35X poison DMG per tick. The 35x elemental multiplier makes Jadeite vastly more slot-efficient. Dude of suit's value is the free +10% element ATK% on your Jadeite base, not replacing Jadeite with Ruby.

Equipment Affixes

Priority	Affix	Why
1	Poison ATK	Direct poison scaling — multiplied by 35x poison scaling and Forest Queen's +170% Poison Amp; highest-value affix by far
2	Equipment ATK%	Feeds Dude of suit 4pc's ATK→element conversion, giving DoTs ATK scaling they normally don't have; also powers auto-attacks for Forest Queen Rose procs
3	Crit Rate	Poison ticks can crit independently — with fast tick rate and 3 stacks, even moderate crit adds massive sustained DPS