[3.11] Cyclone Slayer (RETIRED)

By the way i'm playing this build and my cyclone have like 100kdps
Is the same for u ?

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Why did you change from atziri's disfavour for starforge ?

We changed from elemental buffs to pure phys. Starforge is better for pure phys. High pdps+life.

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I was thinking either:
Aspect of carnage -> Crave the Slaughter -> Rite of Ruin -> Pain reaver
or
Crave the Slaughter -> Rite of Ruin -> Aspect of carnage -> Pain reaver

I get very mixed messages from various berserker builds, so this is why I'm asking. Some builds even go to War Bringer and Cloaked in Savagery.

I would never go to pain reaver even if soemeone paid me to. That's a dead node imo. Cloaked in savagery is okay, but I'd rather not waste 2 ascendancy points to get there. For Berserker, you want to stack a TON of raw hp, get War Bringer, get the instant warcry nodes beside Unwavering Stance, and spam Enduring cry while you cyclone.

Crave the Slaughter > Rite of Ruin > War Bringer > Aspect of Carnage

You can get War Bringer earlier if you want.
You may want to refer to my berserker cyclone guide if you want.

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By the way i'm playing this build and my cyclone have like 100kdps
Is the same for u ?

100k shaper dps? on pob? no, I have 1 mil. Your character isn't public so I can't check.

Thanks for all your help. I'm gonna go for the version with hatred and herald of ash, because I think that'll be easier for me on SSF, and also more "fun". Fire, right?

I read that you were debating wether or not to add the old guide, but decided against it because this was better, but I was wondering if you might post some info about it in this thread regardless. You could even put in a disclaimer saying that it's worse. There still might be others (like me) who want to play with fire without going the Ngamahu route.

Mainly asking since you said that there were not only gem changes (even if I am indeed curious about that), but also tree changes.

If you do not wish to add the information to this thread, then perhaps just a simple reply or PM. Thanks again.

EDIT: I tested berserker on standard with disfavour and all that jazz. Vaal pact seemed worse and or on par with non-vaal pact. Thoughts / explanation? My main thought is that it might somehow help keep up "melee damage on full life" support gem, but like I said, it went pretty smooth without vaal pact.

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Mainly asking since you said that there were not only gem changes (even if I am indeed curious about that), but also tree changes.

Changes:

Disfavour instead of starforge.
Added fire instead of brutality for cyclone.
Ruthless instead of brutality for warchief.
Hatred instead of war banner in helmet.
Ele weakness corruption on gloves instead of vulnerability.
Atziri's Promise and Taste of Hate instead of the silver flask and writhing jar.

Final tree - www.poeurl.com/cfJ6

Thanks for being cool, answering my questions.

How about the vaal pact thing I mentioned? Why is it needed? I tested berserker on standard with disfavour and all that jazz. Vaal pact seemed worse and or on par with non-vaal pact. Thoughts / explanation? My main thought is that it might somehow help keep up "melee damage on full life" support gem, but like I said, it went pretty smooth without vaal pact.

Also, what are your thoughts on going to the "Combat Stamina" node to combat berserker and blood rage damage over time? I find that I have to stress when looting stuff before i have to slam away again.

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Vaal pact seemed worse and or on par with non-vaal pact.

I don't use Vaal pact with berserker. Non VP feels much better. You can check out my Berserker build guide for an idea about the passive tree.

I used to take combat stamina at first but ever since instant warcries and War Bringer, I don't need it anymore.

Hey, have You tried Uber Elder already with this build ? Also question about guardians, both shaper and elder, is it hard if you know mechanics/spells etc ? And what about league starting, do You recommend it ? Thanks in advance.

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Hey, have You tried Uber Elder already with this build ?

I have. It didn't go well, although a lot of it was my fault. Dodging things with cyclone is really annoying, specially the elder attacks. I don't recommend it for uelder but its doable.

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Also question about guardians, both shaper and elder, is it hard if you know mechanics/spells etc ?

No. You can check the videos for those.

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And what about league starting, do You recommend it ?

Yes, all you need is a good pdps weapon to get started.

You could run blasphemy with vulnerability on top of your other auras?

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You could run blasphemy with vulnerability on top of your other auras?

No. Haste(50), HoP(25). Blasphemy is 35.
If you can't get vuln on hit gloves, drop haste for blasphemy.