Cyclone

easy to say but when im alone and in a closed area like sewers it gets retarded because targeting in this game is horrible + desync + tons of mobs = wtf

Would it be possible to use cyclone with Facebreaker and a shield? If it would, would it reduce damage? Could use an answer before i try that build out. Thanks!

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asunafan wrote:

Would it be possible to use cyclone with Facebreaker and a shield? If it would, would it reduce damage? Could use an answer before i try that build out. Thanks!

Its an awesome build. I had unarmed cyclone build myself. Its very gear dependant build but you can reach 7k dps with right setup.

Cyclone is pretty fantastic even if you don't go elemental mods on it. I haven't had the time to look at what you people are building but something must've gone wrong or I was just lucky with drops. My paper DPS on cyclone is nearly 2.6K at level 75. I built my Cyclone duelist almost purely on physical damage because I wanted to use lifesteal with it.

Key nodes in my passive skill tree:
Vaal Pact, Resolute Technique, Iron Reflexes

The goal was to cast Cyclone with Blood Magic gem and lifesteal enough to outdo the outrageous 145 Blood Cost. I was able to do that past level 55 I think. At later levels, the Blood cost is negligible. At the moment, I lifesteal roughly triple the amount needed with Cyclone and lifesteal around 600 per hit instantly with Dual Strike. I can dive into a gajillion strong mobs and stay at full health. If the mobs are tough, I just use my flasks / warlord's mark.

Since this build has no regen cause of Vaal's Pact, I'm using Devouring totem to heal me up when there are no living enemies around. Most of the health I lose is due to desyncs where I'm spinning at thin air, losing life and not lifestealing any back.


It took me a while to acquire my gear; weapons took the longest (crafted one) and my rings/ammy are still pretty bad defensive stats wise. Essentially my first priority was to grab lifesteal in every spot possible. Carnage Heart is no good because I don't want to lose 25% of my Life.


Equipment - Currently at 18% lifesteal from gear, 2% from tree and an additional 7% from warlord's mark if I need it. With my auras up, I only have 99 mana and my dual strike doesn't use blood magic but the mana leech from the belt is 4.5 times the mana cost so I never run out.




Build - Haven't taken any dual wield masteries yet because I'm not sure if I'll want to use a shield in the future in super high level maps.



My goal is to hopefully trade for/find exalted orbs and use one on the claw with Low attack speed or craft a new one. Find rings/ammy or craft. get 6L armor. Grab the 18% 1h damage from mara tree, grab some more life and contemplate on taking dual wield masteries.

those claws are crazy :)

I find the range very very small, even after taking 3 x 4% area nodes + blast radius node at the witch area

Im dual wielding claws and i spin right past mobs without hitting them alot of the time while the swirly animation is passing through them to some degree

I am going to try and save for a carcass jack because it looks like it would synergize well with cyclone but if the benefit is so damn small whats the point

Also the constantly getting stuck because of a tiny corner or object which you would normally run around with any other attack is so god damn frustrating and is the reason for my death 95% of the time

otherwise its a great skill but these things just kill it

I'm gonna be using this baby for my end-game cycloner.



Bask in its glory!

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jerg wrote:

I'm gonna be using this baby for my end-game cycloner.

Bask in its glory!

Ye gods that makes my upgrade for next level cry a sad song....



My upgrade for tonight when I hit 58, school has slowed down my making map levels. College always comes first.

Alexis
*smiles*

I don't see many people going dual wield cyclone, why not?

I tried it with my set up again, although slightly different than I had before, and it seems to work decently, if I had a little more control it would be better, but the dps seems solid. Clear speed is still a little slow because of small aoe. I might attempt to get a quality cyclone.