So I got bored :D

After over two years playing pure mag venos, HA venos, vit venoes, and LA venos, I was bored. So I decided to experiment with a DEX veno. Here's what I did ...

I put 1 STR, 1 DEX, 3 MAG every level until I had about 20 MAG. (This kept me viable for the first few levels, until I was able to put 1 STR, 4 DEX every level thereafter.)

Obviously my weapon of choice is a bow and alternately fists. I have a magic wand (quest award from lev 14), but use it only for passive veno skills. I have not upgraded venomous scarab and have not purchased any offensive casting skills.

With the Spirit saved from not purchasing skills, I've instead beefed up my pets. At the moment, I have a Glacial Walker, Shadou Cub, Petite Sawfly, and Mutant Whirler Turtle (which I've opted to level up contrary to all popular guidance). Each pet is outfitted with the same skills -- Bash, Flesh Ream, Pierce, and Boost (arrayed exactly this way on my respective pet skill bars. Most of the time Boost is the only healing necessary. In attacking, I click on either Flesh Ream or Pierce, which is followed automatically by Bash. With this one-two combination my pets have absolutely no problem holding aggro, which is important for the following reason ...

At level 30, with the level-22 Legendary bow equipped, I'm doing 500-600 dmg per shot, exclusive of crits (my crit is 7% at level 30). Typically, with level-30 mobs, I get off only 3-4 shots before the mob is dead. Grinding goes extremely fast, and as I suggested, a tap on the Boost button is generally all that's required between attacks -- mobs die so quickly they have little time to damage my pets.

I was a little concerned that I'd have trouble with mini bosses because of my much reduced healing capacity. However, I've thus far solo'd Charr, the Camelia Seed flying boss, Yensheng, Geezelot, Flora Fang, and the walking Dismal Shade with no problem whatsoever. Charr did get a little tight when 4 of the Cutless mobs decided to spawn next to me -- thereby forcing me to spam heal against those 4 and Charr simultaneously, but it was enough.

My main button bar is simplicity itself -- instead of all those offensive skill buttons, I have only the basic attack arrow. Other buttons are allocated for my magic sword, bow, and fists so that I can switch between them rapidly. I've robbed a DEX tome and MAG/VIT tome from my other alts and also placed these on the button bar so I might switch between them quickly.

Obviously, I have only the basic attack skill, which makes me a poor Archer; however, by selecting my pet skills carefully I can more than compensate. I don't need a knockback skill because my pets are more than adequate meat shields. Just the same, I plan on putting Earthquake (with a chance for knockback) and the silencing skill on my genie.

All in all, I'm sliding through the levels rather effortlessly. For instance, I was able to complete the 1-hour timed quest at the mines in just over 12 minutes. And mobs that usually run after they're hit can't because they die too quickly.

Manufacturing armor and ornaments has required much additional farming because I'm going for bonus MAG/DEX stats, which are not that common a combination. Later, I'll be able to equip Legendary Light Armor and ornaments that have this feature.

This has been a really fun build so far, certainly the most powerful veno I've had to date, from the perspective of killing things quickly, and I can't wait to continue my progression. While I won't be able to tank bosses, as on my pure MAG veno, this DEX build makes me a superlative DD'er.