[2.5 Video Guide] Beginners "End-Game-Viable" Tanky Cyclone Build

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Choooy wrote:

Hello,

I'm a new player to this game and don't have much experience yet. So please take that into consideration before reading or following my conclusions.

This is my first build in this game and I played it a little bit so far.
I hit the wall recently and had really hard time on T10-12 maps. Even T8 sometimes makes my sweat (depending on rolled mods). I died HARD so many times that I've been stuck on lvl86 for about a week.
5.5k life, pretty decent dmg, capped res. Doesn't matter.

I was trying different changes and come up today with something really good (I suppose).

First of all I replaced the Hazmana's Axe with Kitava's. The dmg boost is REALLY HUGE. I have pretty decent mana leech so it works really well.
I switched Life gain on hit to Life leech support with 20% quality. Gives more HP to me. But I can be wrong here. Also: more DMG with Kitava = more life leech. Works much better for me.

I added Increased Duration for Rallying Cry (20%) and even without mobs around when casting, the 16% flat increased DMG is huge. And of course lasts longer :)

I don't run Vaal Haste gems. I really don't like them. It's just not my playstyle. You need to stop for a short second to activate it and that can end up with instant death. Yes I know, I should predict more and be more focused, but sometimes you are in really bad situation and need more DPS quickly and that's the thing.
Also running them on mobs was not worth it and I left them for a boss fights. But some of them are gonna take longer anyway so I figure that a few secs of more attack speed is just not worth it.

So instead of Vaal Haste I'm running Herald Of Ash with Increased Area of Effect Support. Hits like a truck! Now on T10-12 maps mobs are dying with just 1 hit most of the time. Didn't run T13+ so far so can't say much more right now.
Herald of ash also gives a little bit of strategy to the game. Instead of brainless spinning now I gather smaller mobs around bigger ones/bosses and then the ignite magic comes.
Also build feels much more rewarding and entertaining than before.
Unfortunately running Herald of Ash doesn't allow me to run Hatred. Warlord's Mark is essential so I got rid of Hatred instead. Still I feel like I'm dealing more DMG even without Hatred.

The movement speed is a key with this build as you propably know. I went for Unyielding, Unflinching and Unrelenting in ascendancy class so far for more defense. Now I need to do the uber lab for Unstoppable. So far I'm running 2x Rotgut Quicksilver flasks. Wokrs really great. Use, kill some pack, use another Rotgut, kill more pack, flask refills, repeat. If the layout of a map is pretty straight forward or packed with a lot of mobs then you can run like a mad man without stopping.
I notice that when going faster the character spins quicker and deals more DMG. But I'm not sure if it's true or it's just a placebo.

So, for conclusion: I was going to make a new build but right now I'm gonna stick with this one coz it feels just AMAZING! Love it!

As I wrote at the begining I'm still a noob in this game and I could be totally wrong about everything.

EDIT: I just died 5 times on Ivory temple :D Too much stun. Even flasks would run out of charges to deal with it. Maybe I can get some decent boots with stun recovery to counter that. For now I'm gonna avoid this map mod.

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love to see this updated for 3.0
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