Why Chaos Builds are better on Invoker than on Chayula

Hi, I just wanted to share my opinions on why I think Invoker outclasses Chayula in it's own niches - Builds that use either Poison Skills or Chaos Spells

The VISION mandates that Chayula should outperform Invoker because of Unraveling, which allows you to build all types of Elemental Ailments with Chaos Damage and then improve these odds by ramping up the damage at a SNAIL'S pace with the Volatility Mechanic. Obviously you get these bonuses in what can be argued as the wrong order.

The problem here is that there are no nodes which add both Chaos Damage and Improved Chances to increase build up for either Shock, Freeze or Ignite, which is why, builds that use Blackflame Pact do not build towards Flammability Magnitude at all and simply opt for Raw Chaos Damage.

Monk, however is in very close proximity to Essence of the Storm and Essence of the Mountain nodes, which can be further improved with Invoker, resulting in both Poison Skills and Chaos Spells gaining 15% increased damage as either Cold or Lighting with a minimum of 30% status build up towards it's respective damage type.

Going Chayula over Invoker means losing 10% damage bonus towards a PREFFERED element and 15% status build up with said element (from Invoker nodes) over the ability to have chaos damage scale randomly with one elemental ailment type every 2 seconds.

Obviously this is bad trade, because you never know towards what elemental status you are building every two seconds and because the damage increases from Volatility build up very slowly, making it inferior to nodes that offer flat damage increases.

RNG mechanics aren't good enough to justify sacrificing an Ascendancy option. You can justify this as a keystone for laughs and make it available to all classes, but not for an Ascendancy Node.

To conclude my analysis, Inner Turmoil & Unravelling are inferior niches relating to damage compared to what Invoker offers, which is terrible in an Ascendancy choice such as Chayula that is jam packed with strong defensive options such as Waking Dream and Chayula's gift.

If I were to compare how Chayula was in 0.2 based on how it is in 0.3, I would describe 0.2 Chayula as the "King of Leech" and now in 0.3 it's the "Fool of Chaos" because it got outclassed by Invoker on builds centered around both Chaos and Poison damage, thanks to the noticeable increases in Lighting Damage and Shock chance you can gain on both Chaos and Poison skills.
Dernier bump le 19 sept. 2025 à 06:17:01

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