[3.9] Cyclone Summoner - Heralds of Agony and Purity, Summon Holy Relic - League starter

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2465232 wrote:

Is this going to be good for 3.9 without changes to skills/tree? I mean against league bosses and overall increased monster life on endgame.

no build is safe until we see patch notes dude.

Played this build for a couple of leagues when it first came out. Went away from it for the last couple of leagues just for something different.

Been mucking around in standard trying to kill some time waiting for Blight to finish when i stumbled across my old character. Took it for a spin and can't believe how good it still is.

Unless they completely screw it over in 3.9, i'll be picking this up again. Easy to league start, all content viable, good boss killer, super cheap (esp since 3.9 is bow league), delves well, don't have to worry about reflect. Can't ask for much more really.

After the minion nerfs and buff to monster armor I fear there wont be enough dps in SSF.
I used to be able to run red maps with normal rares and only one five or six link for cyclone in chest.

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Yrzi wrote:

After the minion nerfs and buff to monster armor I fear there wont be enough dps in SSF.
I used to be able to run red maps with normal rares and only one five or six link for cyclone in chest.

Which of the minion nerfs affect this build?

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Runvast wrote:

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Yrzi wrote:

After the minion nerfs and buff to monster armor I fear there wont be enough dps in SSF.
I used to be able to run red maps with normal rares and only one five or six link for cyclone in chest.

Which of the minion nerfs affect this build?

Minion movement speed reductions and minion damage gem reduction comes to mind.
But since this build does mostly physical damage the new armor on mobs will hurt even more.

3.9 PoB: https://pastebin.com/yfKE5eHJ

[3.9] - Small numerical minion nerfs, but build is still buffed higher than before 3.8. Some people are concerned about the armour buffs to monsters, note this is largely irrelevant. Highly recommend this build for 3.9 given it's boss league and this build excels at bossing.

PS - we famous! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zvnkg5Fniw

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Yrzi wrote:

Minion movement speed reductions and minion damage gem reduction comes to mind.
But since this build does mostly physical damage the new armor on mobs will hurt even more.

The armor is not that bad, only like 3800 physical damage mitigation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QYoQUVRYa8&t=15m33s

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systemplayerlost wrote:

3.9 PoB: https://pastebin.com/yfKE5eHJ

[3.9] - Small numerical minion nerfs, but build is still buffed higher than before 3.8. Some people are concerned about the armour buffs to monsters, note this is largely irrelevant. Highly recommend this build for 3.9 given it's boss league and this build excels at bossing.

PS - we famous! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zvnkg5Fniw

Thanks for the update and grats for the recognition, its still my favorite build.

Thanks for the writeup! Thinking about starting this in 3.9. In fact I pretty much decided I will.

I noticed that HoP and HoAg are both Physical Spells. Both scale very well from skill level. Is there some way to work a Cold Iron Point into this build? Cyclone mana sustain can be handled with a blood magic and it seems like the main thing that gets lost is life on hit.

Also, does Carrion Golem have a place here? Carrion Golem wants you to have at least 8 non-golem minions; this build seems to run 2 + 5 + 1 = 8 non-golem minions. It's also a Physical Spell if running CIP.

Hi there :)
First thanks for the great build! I have several questions regarding this build:


- Is this a facetanky and selfsustain build while leveling and the first t1-5 maps? So its realy hard to die with this build even while standing in bad things?

- is the leveling speed atleast decently fast or very slow?


My brother wants to play the same spec and hes realy realy bad at the game ( dont know any skill mechanics from the enemys , cant evade stuff , doesnt look at his health very often ). Thats why i ask these questions :D.