Cyclone

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GhettoJesus wrote:

I've been using cyclone and like just a few others have said ms + high ias = goodness

I use frenzy/cyc/flicker atm to clear mobs. Enduring cry/ knockback'nflee flame totem/blood frenzy for support. And a fast plethora of auras. Warlords mark as curse altho im tempted to get critical weakness.

Here's a really good 4l set up you can bang on your gloves

60-70 mana a spin

(please note I use hatred/30% increased cold dmg weapon node)

(and -20% skill cost duelist passives)

Cyclone + Increased critical strike chance + Increased Critical strike damage + life leech on hit

I have node/accessories for good mana/life leech with this I have a 15.x% chance of critting for over 330% damage when I'm not even a crit build(just the 2 one hand crit node tree near maurader).

Now with this I've got a fairly cheap spammable spin that heals me up very well(13 a hit with over 6 hits a second per mob hit so 90++++ life on hit per second + normal ll ). It also always slows none immune mobs helping you evade dmg.

But when I do a crit spin.... it's damage is quite ludicrous given the spread too + freeze/ shock charges.

Also remember as GGG stated the tooltip is complete garbage atm as cyclone atks twice as fast as it states. Imagine double strike damage 1/2'd that'll look crappy in the tooltip too.

Also ms granite/res potion + quicksilver + spin = electric yo yo of doom. Often see templars leap around in agony as I gurb off fellshrines/dt.

Btw I sword n'board 1h sword. I'm thinking high damage range may help if your choosing a weapon as 2-3 good spins out of 5-6 > 5-6 moderate spins when it comes to phys damage. Crits are never weak due to the ele damage so you get dice rolls on every spin and the faster/more you spin the more likely one of these nice crit spins rolls out.

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kodr wrote:

1) at the start, then the whole thing crit
2) I don't know about that

your crit is too low I guess, since it doesn't crit per mob.

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Ferumbras wrote:

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kodr wrote:

1) at the start, then the whole thing crit
2) I don't know about that

your crit is too low I guess, since it doesn't crit per mob.

I understand how the whole 'you crit the entire screen, or don't crit at all' can be massive and fun in a lot of cases (it looks awesome), but for stuff like Cyclone and Terminus Est it just simply blows.

I guess I have to restart a templar or shadow with decent access to crit to make this work. Sad, because both cyclone and Terminus Est are str/dex, so Duelist should be a valid option... with no 2 handed crit passives anywhere near. Yay...

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kodr wrote:

If Terminus Est would give power charges, I would understand, but Frenzy charges?... I use Blood Rage and it works just fine.

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Bikalo wrote:

Its impossible to use it in a public party because by the time you are done spinning your loot is already gone.
Why not just make it a channel just like Incinerate so it stops when you stop holding down the button.

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Ferumbras wrote:

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Bikalo wrote:

Its impossible to use it in a public party because by the time you are done spinning your loot is already gone.
Why not just make it a channel just like Incinerate so it stops when you stop holding down the button.

Incinerate doesn't channel, it simply fires continuously while keeping your button pressed. PoE currently does not support channeling spells. So it is a 1 click action. Either this action lasts short (Incinerate) or long (cyclone) depends on the skill.

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C4vey wrote:

You can get almost the same effect as channeling from the current movement code. Just press and hold, and move your mouse around. You walk towards wherever your cursor it. I admit I am an amataeir coder at best, and don't know the intricacies involved, but I can't imagine it would be beyond the realm of possibility to use that behaviour for Cyclone movement, and just have you playing the Cyclone animation while doing it.