CONCEPT

This is a dual-wield ele crit big AOE cyclone build. I relied heavily on Abyss Jewels for damage. The build uses a Prismatic Eclipse with 3 white sockets to get +6 weapon range and huge cyclone AOE. The concept is not new and many people have done this already. What is new is that 3-socket prismatics are 1 Ex or less this league, probably due to the corruption room in Temple. They used to be 10 ex or more I think. Definitely a fun build.



So this "Guide" is more of an alert that the build is no longer meme.



POB

Notice I get 50% more damage with weapon swap.

https://pastebin.com/jA8hwa7N



VIDEO

T13 Caldera:

T8 Shaped Gorge:

T10 Shaped Channel:

My friend hooftothehead (Headhunter, T10 Shaped Channel):



GEAR

Main weapons for clearing. Non-qualitied Prismatics are a lot cheaper. 20% Quality doesn't add much DPS so just use those if you wanna save $.





The 2 foils with crafted Crit Multi are my weapon-swaps. They give me 50% more single target DPS but smaller AOE:





Other Gear:

The main cyclone 6-link is very flexible. Ele damage w/attacks is the only must-have support link. There are pros and cons to all other links.











Jewels are important. Try to get life, ele damage, crit multi, accuracy, onslaught, and 1 jewel with +2 mana on hit.







DETAILS ABOUT AREA OF EFFECT (AOE)

In the main hand, I have an ele foil with +2 range crafted. You can do this with Vagan lv7 (Suffix). Foils have the longest base weapon range in the game (12). This setup works because, when dual-wielding, cyclone chooses the longer range weapon as the actual range. Therefore, just from the 3-white prismatic and +2 range foil, I get a 6+12+2=20 range cyclone. Since Prismatic Eclipses have a base range of 9, dual-wielding Prismatics will only give you a 1 range boost: 9+6+6=21. The damage boost of a good foil is too good to trade for 1 range.



Players have a base range of 2. Also, a lv20 cyclone adds 3 range (lv21 adds +4). A Daresso's amulet adds +2 range. Master of arena on tree gives +2. So my range is 20+2+3+2+2 = 29. Finally, Deadeye ascendancy gives 50% AOE. This multiplies the range: 29 x sqrt(1+0.50)= 29x1.225=35.5. So 35.5 is the range you see in my video. There are few other ways to increase AOE further, but I personally don't think they are worth it.



WHY DEADEYE?

Melee Deadeye sounds weird but it works. She gets crit chance/multi, 30 life gain on hit, tailwind, 1000 evasion during tailwind, some accuracy, and 50% AOE. You could take the accuracy node, but I wanted the AOE. The proj speed is a bonus for lightpoacher power charge on crit.



Of course, many many other acendancies will work too.



QUEEN OF THE FOREST?

I used QOTF but you don't need to if you want to be tanky and/or have more DPS. I use Grace and use up most of my flasks for getting speed/evasion, which is a lot of investment. But the speed is nice.



This is a dual-wield ele crit big AOE cyclone build. I relied heavily on Abyss Jewels for damage. The build uses a Prismatic Eclipse with 3 white sockets to get +6 weapon range and huge cyclone AOE. The concept is not new and many people have done this already. What is new is that 3-socket prismatics are 1 Ex or less this league, probably due to the corruption room in Temple. They used to be 10 ex or more I think. Definitely a fun build.Notice I get 50% more damage with weapon swap.https://pastebin.com/jA8hwa7NT13 Caldera: https://youtu.be/JtFCfVCYoFU T8 Shaped Gorge: https://youtu.be/ZHhkgufmMCc T10 Shaped Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbstXkA9tJY My friend hooftothehead (Headhunter, T10 Shaped Channel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRA676dlrD4 Main weapons for clearing. Non-qualitied Prismatics are a lot cheaper. 20% Quality doesn't add much DPS so just use those if you wanna save $.The 2 foils with crafted Crit Multi are my weapon-swaps. They give me 50% more single target DPS but smaller AOE:Other Gear:The main cyclone 6-link is very flexible. Ele damage w/attacks is the only must-have support link. There are pros and cons to all other links.Jewels are important. Try to get life, ele damage, crit multi, accuracy, onslaught, and 1 jewel with +2 mana on hit.In the main hand, I have an ele foil with +2 range crafted. You can do this with Vagan lv7 (Suffix). Foils have the longest base weapon range in the game (12). This setup works because, when dual-wielding, cyclone chooses the longer range weapon as the actual range. Therefore, just from the 3-white prismatic and +2 range foil, I get a 6+12+2=20 range cyclone. Since Prismatic Eclipses have a base range of 9, dual-wielding Prismatics will only give you a 1 range boost: 9+6+6=21. The damage boost of a good foil is too good to trade for 1 range.Players have a base range of 2. Also, a lv20 cyclone adds 3 range (lv21 adds +4). A Daresso's amulet adds +2 range. Master of arena on tree gives +2. So my range is 20+2+3+2+2 = 29. Finally, Deadeye ascendancy gives 50% AOE. This multiplies the range: 29 x sqrt(1+0.50)= 29x1.225=35.5. So 35.5 is the range you see in my video. There are few other ways to increase AOE further, but I personally don't think they are worth it.Melee Deadeye sounds weird but it works. She gets crit chance/multi, 30 life gain on hit, tailwind, 1000 evasion during tailwind, some accuracy, and 50% AOE. You could take the accuracy node, but I wanted the AOE. The proj speed is a bonus for lightpoacher power charge on crit.Of course, many many other acendancies will work too.I used QOTF but you don't need to if you want to be tanky and/or have more DPS. I use Grace and use up most of my flasks for getting speed/evasion, which is a lot of investment. But the speed is nice. Last edited by Hollyphantom on Jul 19, 2018, 8:06:03 PM Last bumped on Jul 22, 2018, 10:18:45 AM