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no absolutly, just lvling the gem for second character :)

Hey x2P

Isnt better for cyclone to throw away WED and use Concentrate effect?
And a little changed build to support Conc better:



What do you think? You loose 0.9% heath regen, 10 Strenght and 12 to all res but gain much more dmg and aoe range

been following this guide, and i'm extremely new to the game.

what should i be doing early game to actually get through the mana constraints? since i don't have access to cyclone yet, should i ever use the aura at all? and what about mana in general does this build use the health as mana skill (i forget the name) or does it just use mana?

thanks for your help in advance and any advice for a newbie player!

I'm curious, where exactly do you get the soul taker axe? Do you just play and pray the RNG gods give it to you? Or can you get it form certain enemies?

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Lemano wrote:

what should i be doing early game to actually get through the mana constraints? since i don't have access to cyclone yet, should i ever use the aura at all? and what about mana in general does this build use the health as mana skill (i forget the name) or does it just use mana?

I strongly recommend for the early game, you immediately go towards Mana Flows, as well as run a clarity aura. Only level clarity a few times though, keep it around level 4-5 so it doesn't drain your entire mana pool. With clarity and mana flows, maybe a piece or two with +mana on it, and you should have no mana problems with dual strike until you start to add lots of supports to it in your 30s.

Once you start to run multiple supports on dual strike, you will want to get a piece of gear with mana leech % on it. 1% should be enough for dual strike, but if you decide to switch to cyclone later, you will need more than 1% until you have great gear.

Currently I'm level 65, and still running clarity + another aura (hatred or grace, depending how risky the area I'm farming is). I tried the blood magic support gem earlier, but didn't like it since it wastes a socket (all I have is 4 links so far). With the leech on my gear + clarity, I can dual strike or cyclone non-stop. Here's my gear to give you an idea:

Hey x2p,
finally got myself a Soul Taker (also have BoR) so I can properly start this build but what is better? Cyclone or Dual strike? I plan to do a lot of boss farming (speed runs) so single target DPS is important for me

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federicomancio87 wrote:

Hello everyone,
i'm really enjoying this build and pretty much facerolling all merci content. I'm lvl 74+ atm and my current gear is the follow

I have hard mana problems if i use Grace+HAtred with Add fire dmg on the helm. This will get me to 86 mana viable to use with the dual strike costing me 60 mana. Even with the dualist mana reg node + my neck full focused on mana leech and regen i cant sustain a full time spamming dual strike (i can see my char using like 2 dual, aa, 2 dual, aa.. something like that). The only option i found was to leave add fire (damn like 4k dps on dual strike....) for blood magic.
actually i'm around 20k dps with add fire on and 3.20 attack speed
How can i manage this guys? Do i rly need soul taker to fix this?

Pls help..

Thx :)

PS: great guide!

I'm in the same boat, even picked up duelist +% mana passives and it's still not enough. Pretty much need around 150 mana after auras to keep steady mana with dualstrike, lower couses pauses between dual strikes. Unfortunatly to keep 150 mana aviable you need either reduced mana reserved passives (none is nearby) or around 1300 mana pool (again not possible). So yeh it's soultaker or blood magic, too bad they nerfed first and now legacy once cost 100ex+.

would like to try this build out but dont see a updates skill set or build setup for the new patch maybe i was checking this out wrong for the duelist build looks like it shows scion as passive tree setup for this build ?
could u pm back your setup for duelist i love to try this out on mine looks like fun

This is basically the build he listed. I might have missed a point from memory, but I had only changed a few points to make my build anyhow. There are a lot of optional points all over for, 30 ints, resists, more damage, more health, and more armor. Even some of the ones on this build can be removed to suit your gear.

Finnaly got hands on BOR and my my my:


Multirstrike but very prone do desynch


WEP lvl 1


Melee on full hp not always on but nice increase


I dont have very good gear and no dps increase rings,amu or belts



Also Conc effects is lvl 2 now so x2P I bow to your build and awesome exp playing it;]