[#1 BL Duelist] 2H Cyclone Atziri Slayer, Small 2.0.0 Update

All done in the Bloodlines league

Character


3 Frenzy Charges (standard state)


Frenzy + Onslaught Boost from Slaughter (you're frequently in this state)


Frenzy + Onslaught + Promise


Frenzy + Onslaught + Promise + Vaal Haste


Defensive Stats (Onslaught + Vaal Haste add each 21% movement speed for a total of 87%)

Weapon: Get the highest pDPS 2H Axe you can get, for they have the longest reach out of all 2H weapons. If possible try getting one with a free suffix to craft +2 weapon range through LVL7 Vagan.

Helmet: Get a Devoto's Devotion, it's an excellent piece for this build with many great mods. Great chaos resistance to run Blood Rage; Attack Speed which is amazing for Cyclone; Dexterity to run hungry DEX skills like Blood Rage without worrying too much; AND 20% extra movement speed which greatly increases survivability and fluidity through movement.

Chest: Until you get your Axe 6L'd, use a HP/Res Chest or, even better, a Belly of the Beast. After that, get a Kaom's Heart.

Rest of gear: You only need resistances (incl. Chaos for Blood Rage) and life, IAS on gloves is pretty good too. After Kaom's you can consider getting a Ming's Heart. Your boots should have more than 25% MS.

Till lvl14, use Spectral Throw with Last Resort
Till early Merciless, use Leap Slam (linked with faster attacks and melee physical damage) with the following sequence of weapons. Shiversting->Quecholli->Geofri's Baptism->Rigvald's Charge
You can switch to cyclone now without killing yourself to blood magic (BM+Life Gain on Hit+Melee Physical Damage). Rigvald's Charge->Terminus Est->Kaom's Primacy; the latter can last you all the way to mid level maps.

28 Points, Exit through IAS nodes and go down to the big 2H cluster. Level with Leap Slam.


46 Points, Go under Marauder and grab the HP on the way there and lastly, RT.


59 Points, Hurry to the Scion Life Cluster and take it all.


75 Points, Head to templar and get all those sweet HP+AoE nodes


87 Points, Path from Barbarism through Butchery into the Marauder


103 Points, Grab the following Notables in this order; Slaughter->Unrelenting->Cleaving->Martial Experience.


111 Points, Take the marauder starting life and the res of the 4% HP nodes, you might need INT/DEX nodes for Conc Effect/Blood Rage.


At LVL95 you should start to decide for either of the two following min-maxed LVL100 Trees (both Oak/Kraityn/Kill). The 4% reduced mana reservation is there for the sake of hosting Haste as a third aura.

Path of Life Nodes (+19% life)


A bit more damage (+16% attack speed and +10INT)

Normal: Oak +40 Life
Cruel: Kraityn +8% Attack Speed
Merciless: either Kraityn for the frenzy charge if you are running Blood Rage, or kill all

Cyclone: [UNDER DEVELOPMENT] Current 5L is Cyclone+BM+LGoH+MPD+Added Fire. Solo DPS is 20700.
When I get my axe 6L'd, I will try either of the following:
*Cyclone+BM+LGoH+MPD+Added Fire+Conc Effect for DPS
*Cyclone+BM+LGoH+MPD+Added Fire+Physical to Lightning for Phys Reflect Maps
*Cyclone+BM+LGoH+MPD+Conc Effect+Increased AoE for clearing speed

Auras: Hatred and Herald of Ash are required. Last aura could be anything, I am using Purity of Elements (Vitality is cool if you have good elemental resistances, but crappy chaos res) because my gear isn't the best yet. When you get to a very high level you can opt to grab two nodes from the Sovereignty cluster, and slap the Haste Aura. 4L: Hatred+HoA+PoE+Reduced Mana

Chicken when Damage Taken: 4L is CWDT (L12)+Enduring Cry (L12)+Immortal Call (L12)+Increased Duration (L20). Raise it to a higher level when you break 7,5k HP. Quality on Immortal Call is important

Movement: Leap Slam+BM+Faster Attacks. We have one more slot here, so I put Blood Rage in as well.

Extra 4L before Kaom's: I am currently using Portal+Faster Casting+Vaal Haste+Increased Duration. This will go away when I get the chest.

Spin to win; you don't curse, you never stop, you just spin, and you win!
Life Gain on Hit + Blood Rage should keep you topped on life in most situations.

Pulse Blood: they deal almost no damage, so you can just yolo inside and wait till they drop.

Chaos Bond: Cyclone is one of the few skills that just laughs in the face of this mod. Even before I had a high chaos resistance to run Blood Rage, LGoH was enough to cancel out the Chaos Degen. Just never stop spinning!

Bearers: they are not as dangerous for cyclone, because you are always on movement, it gets even better when you wear a Devoto's Devotion. Just keep an eye out, you can easily get bursted down.

Phylacteral Dicks: LGoH works, you know what to do.

Cult of the Elements: probably Cyclone's Achilles Heel. They do the following things:
* Permanently Shocked->dangerous in reflect maps
* Permanently Chilled->loss of mobility->loss of survavility
* Permanently Chilled->loss of DPS->loss of survavility
This mod is pure cancer, play carefully.

Otherworldly: Dangerous for everyone. I suspect there is a 100% phys to chaos damage conversion when the cloud is visible. Act with care around physical damage mobs, I usually just wait till it dissipates, and then I yolo in.

Bearers of the Guardian: the unique boss is kinda squishy and doesn't deal much damage. LGoH+BR keeps me always topped on life.

Living Blood: there are least three variations of this unique boss (bleed ground slam, fire beacons, chaos bombs), LGoH+BR should keep you topped on life for all of them. Get ready to press your staunching flask as soon as the boss does a ground slam. You'll be fine.

Frozen Sky: rip in pieces frozen sky. This mod deals no damage unless you run with -60% cold resistance.

Heralds of the Obelisk: watch the FUCK out. From what I remember there are 5 variations (HAVE A TOPAZ AT ALL TIMES):
Storm Call: don't be stupid and walk into a ten stack of them.
Lightning Warp: probably the least dangerous one, still play with care.
Lightning Cloud?: Still unsure what this thing does, still play with care around it, keep your topaz up.
Ball Lightning: pretty dangerous if you don't have a topaz, or enough mobs too leech/LGoH off.
Wave RIP-tier bullshit: this is the biggest reason for which your topaz must be in your belt at ALL times. DO NOT DO LMP/GMP MAPS, FOR THEY ARE PROJECTILES. CARE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyOeUYsmb9E&feature=youtu.be

Legacy Bloodines: Legacy of Vigour isn't a big deal, however Legacy of Zeal seems to add a massive increase in damage to the last remaining monster... with a another character I nearly died to a poison zombie with like 10 of those charges. Care.

Corrupted Blood: press your staunching as soon as you are done with the pack.

Union of Souls/Mark of Cannibalism: tankier but not deadlier mobs, just keep doing damage.

Necrovigil: a bit annoying, you can use leap slam to knockback the last few mobs.

Spirit Walkers: XP Clouds.

Shared Boon: not so dangerous against enemies that aren't freeze pulsers or dischargers. Play carefully in academies!

Shrouded: uhh, just normal mobs, you can usually distinguish what they are because of their behaviour or silhouette.

Voidspawn of Abaxoth:
*Ephij: facetank with topaz up.
*Bameth: facetank lol, remember he has Vaal DD. Zombies should keep your pots up.
*Na'em: facetank when you have a decent HP pool (7k+), your pots are always full because he spawns skellies like a retard.
*Tzeteosh: don't attempt in closed spaces. Usually a waste of time to kill him.
*Haast: use a sapphire of heat, ez pz. Don't attempt in big groups, you want to kill him before your flasks run out!
*Abaxoth: not getting close to this guy :D

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