Leveling L1–68
- Act 1: run Frost BladesBuy Frost Blades from Nessa after killing Hillock — it's strong on any 1H weapon and gives you a feel for melee scaling. Onslaught Support from the Brutus quest reward. Leap Slam (quest reward after Medicine Chest) is your main mobility tool and stays with you the whole campaign.
- Act 2–3: run SunderSwap to Sunder once you finish Act 2 — it shreds packs with its shockwave and carries you to the Cyclone swap. Pick up Herald of Ash from Yeena. Add Melee Physical Damage Support once you have a 4-link. Slot a low-level Cast when Damage Taken + Steelskin for panic defense. Take "Way of the Poacher" bandit reward (kill all, for the passive points).
- Act 3: run SunderGrab Hatred from the Library quest — your main damage aura the rest of the campaign. Clarity you should have been running since Act 1 at low level for mana sustain. Blood Rage from Clarissa (Library quest) gives frenzy charges and attack speed — the life degen is real but manageable with leech from the tree. Ancestral Protector totem for boss fights. If you're running a claw or dagger, Whirling Blades replaces Leap Slam as travel skill. Lab 1 in Act 3: Bane of Legends.
- Act 4–5: run CycloneCyclone's gem is L24 — buy it from Lady Dialla as your Act 4 quest reward after the Kaom fight. Slot it into your 4-link with Fortify Support + Melee Physical Damage Support + Infused Channelling Support. Fortify Support is huge — it gives you permanent fortify while channelling, a massive defensive layer. Important: do NOT slot Multistrike Support — Cyclone is channeled, so Multistrike Support has no effect on it.
- Act 6–8: run CyclonePick up Pride from Act 8 (Sin's reward after the Solaris fight) — run it alongside Hatred for a massive physical damage boost now that you have mana reservation headroom. Pulverise Support from Petarus and Vanja (Act 6) adds area of effect — huge for clear on a tight-area Cyclone. Vaal Ancestral Warchief replaces the regular totem for bossing. Lab 2 in Act 6: Endless Hunger.
- Act 9–10: run CycloneIf you're going pure-physical (no elemental conversion), swap Infused Channelling Support out for Brutality Support once you hit a 5-link — massive more physical damage at the cost of all elemental damage. Keep Infused Channelling Support if you want the stacking buff and defensive layer instead. Lab 3 in Act 9: Headsman — this gives you culling strike, one of the build's signature clear-speed levers. Push to Act 10 and aim for 75% resist on all three elements before entering maps.
Frost Blades 
Onslaught Support 
Ancestral Call Support 
Leap Slam Buy Frost Blades from Nessa after killing Hillock — it's strong on any 1H weapon and gives you a feel for melee scaling. Onslaught Support from the Brutus quest reward. Leap Slam (quest reward after Medicine Chest) is your main mobility tool and stays with you the whole campaign.
Sunder 
Melee Physical Damage Support 
Elemental Damage with Attacks Support Onslaught Support Leap Slam 
Herald of Ash 
Cast when Damage Taken 
Steelskin Swap to Sunder once you finish Act 2 — it shreds packs with its shockwave and carries you to the Cyclone swap. Pick up Herald of Ash from Yeena. Add Melee Physical Damage Support once you have a 4-link. Slot a low-level Cast when Damage Taken + Steelskin for panic defense. Take "Way of the Poacher" bandit reward (kill all, for the passive points).
Sunder Melee Physical Damage Support Elemental Damage with Attacks Support 
Brutality Support 
Whirling Blades 
Clarity 
Hatred Herald of Ash 
Ancestral Protector 
Blood Rage Cast when Damage Taken Steelskin Grab Hatred from the Library quest — your main damage aura the rest of the campaign. Clarity you should have been running since Act 1 at low level for mana sustain. Blood Rage from Clarissa (Library quest) gives frenzy charges and attack speed — the life degen is real but manageable with leech from the tree. Ancestral Protector totem for boss fights. If you're running a claw or dagger, Whirling Blades replaces Leap Slam as travel skill. Lab 1 in Act 3: Bane of Legends.
Cyclone 
Fortify Support Melee Physical Damage Support 
Infused Channelling Support Leap Slam Hatred Clarity Herald of Ash Ancestral Protector Blood Rage Cast when Damage Taken Steelskin Cyclone's gem is L24 — buy it from Lady Dialla as your Act 4 quest reward after the Kaom fight. Slot it into your 4-link with Fortify Support + Melee Physical Damage Support + Infused Channelling Support. Fortify Support is huge — it gives you permanent fortify while channelling, a massive defensive layer. Important: do NOT slot Multistrike Support — Cyclone is channeled, so Multistrike Support has no effect on it.
Cyclone Fortify Support Melee Physical Damage Support Infused Channelling Support 
Pulverise Support Leap Slam Hatred 
Pride Herald of Ash 
Vaal Ancestral Warchief Blood Rage Cast when Damage Taken Steelskin Pick up Pride from Act 8 (Sin's reward after the Solaris fight) — run it alongside Hatred for a massive physical damage boost now that you have mana reservation headroom. Pulverise Support from Petarus and Vanja (Act 6) adds area of effect — huge for clear on a tight-area Cyclone. Vaal Ancestral Warchief replaces the regular totem for bossing. Lab 2 in Act 6: Endless Hunger.
Cyclone Fortify Support Melee Physical Damage Support Infused Channelling Support Pulverise Support Brutality Support Leap Slam Hatred Pride Herald of Ash Vaal Ancestral Warchief Blood Rage Cast when Damage Taken Steelskin If you're going pure-physical (no elemental conversion), swap Infused Channelling Support out for Brutality Support once you hit a 5-link — massive more physical damage at the cost of all elemental damage. Keep Infused Channelling Support if you want the stacking buff and defensive layer instead. Lab 3 in Act 9: Headsman — this gives you culling strike, one of the build's signature clear-speed levers. Push to Act 10 and aim for 75% resist on all three elements before entering maps.
Cyclone Fortify Support Melee Physical Damage Support Infused Channelling Support Pulverise Support Brutality Support Leap Slam Hatred Pride Herald of Ash Vaal Ancestral Warchief Blood Rage Cast when Damage Taken Steelskin Run Uber Lab as soon as you hit L68 to grab Brutal Fervour — this is the single biggest quality-of-life spike for the build. Until you have it, you'll feel squishy in red maps; after you take it, the build clicks into the smooth-leech mapper it's known for. Pair Brutal Fervour's ailment immunity with a 6-link chest to hit the endgame feel. Long-term weapon target: Starforge or Atziri's Disfavour, but any rare 2H with high pDPS carries you deep into yellow maps.
How leveling works
Cyclone is the OG melee mapper — a channeled attack that spins you in a continuous rotation, hitting everything in a tight area while you move. It scales with weapon DPS, attack speed, and area of effect, and leans on the Slayer ascendancy's Overleech, ailment immunity from Brutal Fervour, culling strike from Headsman, and innate area + leech to make a smooth, chunky mapper.
Critical distinction: vanilla Cyclone has a faster rotation and tighter area than Cyclone of Tumult — better single-target, worse clear. For this guide we're on vanilla, which is why the endgame pathway leans hard into Headsman's culling strike and Brutal Fervour's sustain rather than pure clear-speed nodes. Cyclone's gem is L24 when you can buy it from Lady Dialla in Act 4, so for Acts 1–4 you swap between Frost Blades and Sunder — both excellent on cheap weapons — and transition into Cyclone around Act 4–5.
The Slayer ascendancy points you'll grab in the Labs are: Bane of Legends → Endless Hunger → Headsman → Brutal Fervour. Brutal Fervour is the build-defining pick: it makes you immune to bleed, ailments, and stun under Overleech, and is what unlocks the smooth mapping experience the endgame guide is built around. Important gem note: Cyclone is a channeled skill, so Multistrike Support does NOT work with it — don't slot it. Use Infused Channelling Support, Fortify Support, Melee Physical Damage Support, Pulverise Support, and Brutality Support (for pure-phys builds) instead.
Rare jewellery with life and resists, a 5-link as soon as you can craft one, and a Tabula Rasa if you find one will carry you through the campaign without any specific gear targets. Save your currency for the endgame transition — don't sink it into leveling uniques.
Gear while leveling
- · Weapon: any 2H axe/sword/mace with the highest physical DPS you can find. Vendor recipes (rare weapon + Blacksmith's Whetstone + Rustic Sash) keep you topped up cheaply through the acts. Cyclone loves high base damage because the attack rate is already high.
- · Body armour: rush a Tabula Rasa if you can find/buy one — a guaranteed 6-link is worth more than any leveling rare. If not, a 4-link armour chest with life and resists. armour bases scale with the Slayer's defensive layers.
- · Helmet/gloves/boots: prioritise life and resists over everything. You want to enter maps capped on all three elemental resists at 75% resist.
- · Rings/amulet: life + resists, with attribute fix-ups as needed. Cheap leveling uniques like Goldrim (helmet) cover the hardest resist gap for a few alchs, and Wanderlust boots give movement speed + freeze immunity early.
- · Belt: Heavy Belt or Leather Belt with life and resists. No need for unique belts during leveling.
- · Flasks: a life flask with bleed-removal, a quicksilver, a granite + iron skin or stibnite, a Lion's Roar once you can afford it, and a diamond flask. Keep a quicksilver up at all times — Cyclone's movement is channel-tied, so flask movespeed stacks well.
Weapon progression
Use vendor-recipe 2H weapons (rare 2H + Whetstone + Rustic Sash → guaranteed physical damage rolls) through Acts 1–6. Around the Cyclone swap in Act 4–5 you want the highest pDPS 2H axe or sword you can craft, ideally with attack speed as a suffix. Any 2H with a physical damage prefix and either attack speed or local crit takes you to maps cleanly. Long-term endgame targets are Starforge (pure-phys endgame 2H sword), Atziri's Disfavour (high-tier axe with life/mana leech and AoE baked in), or a well-rolled rare 2H with "added phys" and "% increased phys" mods. Oro's Sacrifice is the alternative weapon for ignite-Cyclone builds — totally different scaling tree, so only go that route if you've committed to it. None of these uniques are leveling priorities; get to maps first, then farm the upgrade.
Tree to aim for (by level 90)
Watch out for
- ! Multistrike Support does NOT work with Cyclone — Cyclone is a channeled skill, and Multistrike Support only affects non-channelled melee attacks. If you slot it, you'll lose damage with no benefit. Use Infused Channelling Support, Fortify Support, Melee Physical Damage Support, Pulverise Support, and Brutality Support instead.
- ! Brutal Fervour requires you to be Leeching to give bleed/ailment/stun immunity. If you stop channelling Cyclone in a tough fight, leech runs out and your immunities drop. Always keep the spin flowing — this is why channelled-uptime uniques and nodes matter.
- ! Blood Rage's life degen is real — don't cast it until you have meaningful life leech from the tree (pick up Blood Drinker early). In Act 3 you can toggle it for bosses only; by Act 6+ you should be able to keep it up permanently.
- ! Do NOT take Resolute Technique on a crit-scaling Cyclone build — it removes your ability to crit. It's a reasonable pick only for pure-physical no-crit variants where you'd rather invest in accuracy-agnostic damage.
- ! Acrobatics on a Slayer is a trap for this build — you're stacking armour + leech for defense, and Acrobatics's armour/ES penalty kills your primary mitigation. Evasion-based Cyclone is a different build entirely.
- ! Don't run Pride until Act 8+ when you have the mana reservation headroom — it's a 50% aura and will starve your mana if you try to force it earlier alongside Hatred + Herald of Ash.
Early Mapping L70–84
- Retire General's Cry once the staff rolls real triple-damage — commit the 6L entirely to Cyclone
- Target a Watcher's Eye with Pride phys-taken-as-fire + Precision attack speed
- Roll a Lethal Pride seed tuned for crit multi to scale the staff's two-hand multi nodes
Cyclone of Tumult
ShockwavePulveriseMelee Physical Damage
MaimBrutalityFull gear (21 items)
Sol Blast Weapon 1 Swap
- 18% reduced Attribute Requirements
- +39 to Dexterity
- Adds 115 to 178 Fire Damage
- Adds 126 to 277 Cold Damage
- Adds 15 to 315 Lightning Damage
- Gain 12 Mana per Enemy Killed
Maloney's Mechanism Weapon 2 Swap
- Has 1 Socket
- Has 2 Sockets
- Trigger a Socketed Bow Skill when you Attack with a Bow, with a 1 second Cooldown
- 11% increased Attack Speed
- +62 to maximum Life
- 5% chance to Blind Enemies on Hit with Attacks
Abyssus Helmet
- +25 to all Attributes
- Adds 40 to 60 Physical Damage to Attacks
- +118% to Melee Critical Strike Multiplier
- 118% increased Armour
- 46% increased Physical Damage taken
Foe Salvation Body Armour
- +11% to all Elemental Resistances
- Socketed Attacks have -15 to Total Mana Cost
- 130% increased Armour
- +42% to Fire Resistance
- +42% to Cold Resistance
- 17% increased Stun and Block Recovery
- +85 to maximum Life (crafted)
Dread Hold Gloves
- +32 to Strength
- 104% increased Armour
- +68 to maximum Life
- +25% to Chaos Resistance
- 15% increased Stun and Block Recovery
- 11% increased Attack Speed (crafted)
The Stampede Boots
- 114% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
- 38% increased Stun and Block Recovery
- 58% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate of Travel Skills
- 36% increased Mana Regeneration Rate while moving
- Your Movement Speed is 150% of its base value
Carnage Heart Amulet
- Allocates Enigmatic Defence
- +19 to all Attributes
- +44 to all Attributes
- +20% to all Elemental Resistances
- 2% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
- 50% increased total Recovery per second from Life Leech
- 30% increased Damage while Leeching
- Extra gore
Apocalypse Hold Ring 1
- +15% to Fire and Cold Resistances
- Adds 11 to 20 Cold Damage to Attacks
- +3 to maximum Life
- +35% to Cold Resistance
- +39% to Lightning Resistance
- 15% increased Damage (crafted)
Circle of Ambition Ring 2
- 14% increased Global Physical Damage
- 4% increased maximum Life
- 16% chance to Avoid being Ignited
- +17 to all Attributes
- +13% to all Elemental Resistances
- +59% to Cold Resistance while affected by Herald of Ice
- 10% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Herald Skills
- +1% to maximum Lightning Resistance while affected by Herald of Thunder
- 60% increased Physical Damage while affected by Herald of Purity
The Magnate Belt
- 22% increased Stun Duration on Enemies
- +48 to Strength
- +24% to all Elemental Resistances
- 50% increased Flask Charges gained
- 10% chance to deal Double Damage while you have at least 200 Strength
- 5% chance to deal Triple Damage while you have at least 400 Strength
Luminous Song Jewel
- 15% increased Global Physical Damage
- 10% increased Melee Damage
- 8% increased Attack Speed with Staves
Hypnotic Spark Jewel
- 9% increased Global Accuracy Rating
- 6% increased Global Critical Strike Chance
- 5% increased maximum Life
- 31% reduced Effect of Chill on you
- Damaging Ailments deal damage 6% faster
Empyrean Branch Jewel
- +2% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
- 5% increased Attack Speed with Two Handed Melee Weapons
- 4% increased Attack and Cast Speed
- +12% to Fire and Lightning Resistances
Lethal Pride Jewel
- Commanded leadership over 10497 warriors under Kaom
- Passives in radius are Conquered by the Karui
- Historic
Dragon Joy Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: Staff Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments Added Small Passive Skills grant: Mace or Sceptre Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +3% to all Elemental Resistances
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Feed the Fury
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Weight Advantage
- 54% reduced Amount Recovered
- 135% increased Recovery rate
- 50% of Recovery applied Instantly
- Grants Immunity to Bleeding for 9 seconds if used while Bleeding
- Grants Immunity to Corrupted Blood for 9 seconds if used while affected by Corrupted Blood
- Melee Weapon Hits Inflict 2 Withered Debuffs for 2 seconds
- 23% chance to inflict a Grasping Vine on Melee Weapon Hit
- +21 to Maximum Charges
- 50% increased Critical Strike Chance during Effect
- +24 to Maximum Charges
- 60% increased Armour during Effect
- Knocks Back Enemies in an Area when you use a Flask
- 75% chance to cause Enemies to Flee on use
- Adds Knockback to Melee Attacks during Effect
- 9% more Melee Physical Damage during effect
All gem links (8 groups)
- Shockwave L20
- Cyclone of Tumult 20/20
- Pulverise L20
- Melee Physical Damage L20
- Maim L20
- Brutality L20
- Cyclone L19
- Cyclone L19
- Cyclone L19
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Assassin's Mark L20 -
Mark On Hit L20 - Blood Rage L17
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Lifetap L20
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General's Cry L20 - Pulverise L20
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Ground Slam of Earthshaking 20/20 - Brutality L20
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Autoexertion L20 - Melee Physical Damage L20
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Enlighten 3/22 - Pride L20
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Blood and Sand L6 -
Herald of Purity L20
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Desecrate L20 -
Precision L5
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Faster Attacks L20 - Leap Slam L20
- Cyclone L19
- Cyclone L19
How this stage plays (mechanics, defences)
Cyclone Slayer at L83 is still in transitional leveling shape — vanilla Cyclone lives in the body armour 6-link while a General's Cry warcry layer on the staff does the heavy lifting for single target. The Loath Guardian Conquest Lamellar carries Cyclone + Infused Channelling Support + Pulverise Support + Brutality Support + Melee Physical Damage Support + Void Shockwave Support — Brutality Support locks in pure physical for a flat 59% more multiplier, and Void Shockwave Support (one of the 3.28 Exceptional Supports) adds a slam-wave follow-up on every channel tick.
The Spirit Pole Judgement Staff rolls 204% increased Physical Damage, 25% attack speed, and a crit-multi-while-blocked line that pairs with Versatile Combatant. A Phoenix Circle unset ring applies Vulnerability on hit via its corruption. Pride + Flesh and Stone reserve through a Level 3 Enlighten in the helmet, Precision sits in the ring unset, and Blood and Sand toggles into blood stance for damage. The tree runs Versatile Combatant into Bloodless, Hematophagy, Battle Trance, Master of the Arena, Steelwood Stance, and a Lethal Pride seed under Kaom. Ascendancy is already fully allocated — Headsman, Brutal Fervour, Impact, Bane of Legends — which is why this reference reads 4M DPS against a 318k tier median.
Textbook armour-stack Slayer sandwich: 70% physical damage reduction, 21.4k armour, and 65% block on both attacks and spells thanks to Versatile Combatant + the staff's base block roll. Brutal Fervour delivers the signature Overleech — leech continues for 4 seconds after you stop attacking, so one hit on a white pack refills life through the whole fight. The Loath Guardian chest adds 5% additional physical damage reduction and "Ignore Stuns while using Socketed Attack Skills" so Cyclone never stutters. Bleed + corrupted-blood immunity from the Divine Life Flask of Sealing, resistances at 76/75/75 with 68% chaos, and Headsman's culling strike trims low-HP rares before retaliation.
Pre-pivot Slayer groove — walk forward, channel, let Overleech cover mistakes. Cyclone handles pack clear, General's Cry mirages burst tanky rares, Frostblink covers map gaps, and Blood Rage layers on extra attack speed. Bane of Legends already provides permanent Onslaught and the kill-explosion chain, so white-pack maps evaporate in one sweep. Lion's Roar adds a 10% more melee physical burst and knockback panic button.
Passive tree (126 points)
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Endgame L85–94
- The key shift at endgame is that vanilla Cyclone moves into the staff 6-link as the dedicated main-damage slot, and Unwavering Stance replaces Versatile Combatant — block drops to 30% but stun immunity plus freed suffix rolls unlock dramatically more offensive scaling.
- Hunt a Watcher's Eye with Pride phys-taken-as-fire + Determination armour
- Roll a Lethal Pride seed targeting multi or life on Kaom's conquered nodes
- Pick up Forbidden Flame + Forbidden Flesh for a second-ascendancy notable
CycloneInfused ChannellingMelee Physical DamagePulveriseShockwaveBrutalityFull gear (19 items)
Gloom Mast Weapon 1
- +25% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
- 30% increased Attack Speed
- 180% increased Physical Damage
- +37% to Fire Damage over Time Multiplier
- Adds 31 to 74 Physical Damage
- +84 to Accuracy Rating
- 25% chance to Blind Enemies on hit
- 27% increased Critical Strike Chance (crafted)
Abyssus Helmet
- +25 to all Attributes
- Adds 40 to 60 Physical Damage to Attacks
- +124% to Melee Critical Strike Multiplier
- 114% increased Armour
- 41% increased Physical Damage taken
Woe Skin Body Armour
- +12% to all Elemental Resistances
- Ignore Stuns while using Socketed Attack Skills
- Socketed Attacks have -20 to Total Mana Cost
- 35% increased Armour
- Recover 5% of Life on Kill
- 15% increased Stun and Block Recovery
- You can apply an additional Curse
- Attacks have +1.75% to Critical Strike Chance
- +83 to maximum Life (crafted)
Asenath's Gentle Touch Gloves
- +27 to Intelligence
- +79 to maximum Life
- +66 to maximum Mana
- Curse Enemies with Temporal Chains on Hit
- Non-Aura Curses you inflict are not removed from Dying Enemies
- Enemies near corpses affected by your Curses are Blinded
- Enemies Killed near corpses affected by your Curses explode, dealing 3% of their Life as Physical Damage
Skull Span Boots
- +17% to Chaos Resistance
- +63 to maximum Life
- +27% to Lightning Resistance
- 30% increased Movement Speed
- 5% chance to gain Elusive on Critical Strike
- You have Tailwind if you have dealt a Critical Strike Recently
- +20% to Fire and Cold Resistances (crafted)
Damnation Idol Amulet
- Allocates Serpent Stance
- +18 to Strength and Dexterity
- Adds 13 to 22 Physical Damage to Attacks
- +30% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
- +29 to maximum Energy Shield
- +58 to maximum Life
- +52% to Lightning Resistance
- 27% increased Global Critical Strike Chance (crafted)
Rune Gyre Ring 1
- +30% to Cold Resistance
- +54 to Dexterity
- Adds 8 to 15 Physical Damage to Attacks
- +96 to maximum Life
- +45% to Fire Resistance
- +35% to Cold Resistance
- +64 to maximum Mana (crafted)
Brimstone Nail Ring 2
- 10% increased Cold Damage
- Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit
- +57 to Dexterity
- +98 to maximum Life
- +51 to maximum Mana
- +44% to Cold Resistance
- +11% to all Elemental Resistances (crafted)
Mageblood Belt
- +31 to Strength
- +35 to Dexterity
- +21% to Fire Resistance
- +19% to Cold Resistance
- Magic Utility Flasks cannot be Used
- Leftmost 4 Magic Utility Flasks constantly apply their Flask Effects to you
- Magic Utility Flask Effects cannot be removed
Blight Glisten Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: Staff Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments Added Small Passive Skills grant: Mace or Sceptre Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +5 to Strength
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Feed the Fury
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Heavy Hitter
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Overlord
Forbidden Flame Jewel
- Allocates More Than Skill if you have the matching modifier on Forbidden Flesh
The Light of Meaning Jewel
- Passive Skills in Radius also grant 6% increased Physical Damage
Watcher's Eye Jewel
- 6% increased maximum Energy Shield
- 5% increased maximum Life
- 4% increased maximum Mana
- Impales you inflict last 2 additional Hits while using Pride
- Gain a Flask Charge when you deal a Critical Strike while affected by Precision
- Unaffected by Flammability while affected by Purity of Fire
Bramble Shine Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: 12% increased Damage with Two Handed Weapons
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +3 to All Attributes
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Feed the Fury
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Surefooted Striker
- 27% reduced Amount Recovered
- Instant Recovery when on Low Life
- Grants Immunity to Bleeding for 7 seconds if used while Bleeding
- Grants Immunity to Corrupted Blood for 7 seconds if used while affected by Corrupted Blood
- 33% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 12% increased Movement Speed during Effect
- 37% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 57% increased Armour during Effect
- 29% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 56% increased Armour during Effect
- 23% reduced Duration
- 25% increased effect
- 57% increased Armour during Effect
All gem links (8 groups)
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Cast when Damage Taken 10/20 -
Vaal Molten Shell L13 - Lifetap L1
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War Banner 20/20
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Flesh and Stone L20 - Precision L9
- Pride 20/20
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Determination L20 - Enlighten 2/6
- Blood and Sand L6
- Lifetap L1
- Assassin's Mark 19/20
- Mark On Hit L20
- Blood Rage 4/20
- Infused Channelling 20/20
- Melee Physical Damage 20/20
- Cyclone 20/20
- Pulverise 20/20
- Shockwave 20/20
- Brutality 20/20
- Leap Slam L20
- Faster Attacks 20/20
- Lifetap L1
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Frostblink 1/20
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Temporal Chains L1
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Vulnerability L1
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Unknown Gem L1
How this stage plays (mechanics, defences)
The Sorrow Pillar Ezomyte Staff carries the endgame 6-link: Cyclone + Pulverise Support + Brutality Support + Melee Physical Damage Support + Increased Critical Damage Support + Void Shockwave Support. Brutality Support's 59% more physical damage dominates the staff's 32% + 129% increased physical rolls and 28% attack speed.
Mageblood is the budget break — four utility flasks (Amethyst of the Rainbow, Diamond of the Armadillo, Granite of Incision, Quicksilver of the Cheetah) apply permanently, meaning +19% all-ele resist, crit chance, 60% increased armour, and movement speed are always on. Carnage Heart supplies 1.86% of physical attack damage leeched as life, 50% increased leech recovery rate, and 38% increased damage while leeching, stacking directly with Brutal Fervour's Overleech. Dual Amethyst rings each roll -4 channelling mana cost + 7-10 flat physical, making sustained channel mana-free. Pride + Determination + Flesh and Stone reserve with Level 3 Enlighten; Precision goes into an Arrogance Support life-reservation socket; Mark On Hit Support + Assassin's Mark in the boots auto-curses every swing. Tree adds Harpooner and Champion of the Cause.
60.5k armour with 85% physical damage reduction is the wall — Determination runs alongside Pride, and the Havoc Ward Royal Plate's 105% armour + 10% non-curse aura effect compounds Determination itself. Unwavering Stance means zero stun interruption on channel. Brutal Fervour Overleech is still the primary sustain; 4.1k life refills instantly during any pack fight.
The Glyph Crest helmet layers 6% physical from hits taken as cold (rolled into a capped element) + 8% physical damage taken recouped as life. Mind Grasp gloves carry the critical 32% chance to ignore enemy physical damage reduction — huge against armour-heavy bosses. Chaos resist caps at 75% with +87% overcap. Pantheon is Brine King + Abberath.
Forward-pressure Slayer. Cyclone channels at 6.5 attacks per second with a wide footprint from Impact + Pulverise + Void Shockwave's slam follow-up. Bane of Legends's kill-explosion chain clears whole screens; Leap Slam covers gap-closing. Berserk is the pinnacle-boss burst, Molten Shell auto-casts through Automation, and the triple -4 channelling ring/amulet stack makes mana a non-issue.
Passive tree (127 points)
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Aspirational L95–100
- Aspirational moves the 6-link into the body armour with Cyclone of Tumult, frees the staff for a dedicated Ground Slam of Earthshaking + General's Cry burst payload, and returns block to 65%/47% via dual-keystone Versatile Combatant + Unwavering Stance.
CycloneInfused ChannellingMelee Physical DamagePulveriseBrutalityShockwaveFortifyFull gear (19 items)
Grim Pile Weapon 1
- 8% increased Explicit Physical Modifier magnitudes
- +25% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
- +5% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
- +25 to Strength and Intelligence
- 271% increased Physical Damage
- Adds 50 to 78 Physical Damage
- 29% increased Critical Strike Chance
- +199 to Accuracy Rating
- +40% to Critical Strike Multiplier if you have Blocked Recently
- 20% increased Attack Speed (crafted)
Cataclysm Visage Helmet
- 9% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills
- 24% reduced Mana Cost of Attacks
- +55 to Intelligence
- +62 to Armour
- 40% increased Armour and Evasion
- +111 to maximum Life
- +48% to Fire Resistance
- +48% to Lightning Resistance
- 17% increased Stun and Block Recovery
Rift Hide Body Armour
- Ignore Stuns while using Socketed Attack Skills
- Socketed Attacks have -20 to Total Mana Cost
- +49 to Dexterity
- +59 to maximum Life
- You can apply an additional Curse
- Attacks have +1.65% to Critical Strike Chance
- 8% increased maximum Life (crafted)
- 8% increased maximum Mana (crafted)
Tempest Mitts Gloves
- 5% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit with Attacks
- 8% increased Attack Speed
- Adds 6 to 10 Physical Damage to Attacks
- +431 to Accuracy Rating
- 70% increased Armour and Evasion
- +100 to maximum Life
- +48% to Fire Resistance
- +34% to Chaos Resistance
Chimeric Sole Boots
- +17% to Chaos Resistance
- +46% to Cold Resistance
- 35% increased Movement Speed
- 10% chance to gain Onslaught for 4 seconds on Kill
- 8% chance to gain Elusive on Critical Strike
- 8% increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed while you have Onslaught
- 12% increased Effect of Tailwind on you
- You have Tailwind if you have dealt a Critical Strike Recently
- +70 to maximum Life (crafted)
Stranglegasp Amulet
- Allocates Safeguard
- Allocates Steelwood Stance
- Allocates Enigmatic Defence
- Allocates Serpent Stance
- +19 to all Attributes
- Can have 3 additional Enchantment Modifiers
Honour Coil Ring 1
- +23% to Chaos Resistance
- +45 to Dexterity
- Adds 1 to 2 Physical Damage to Attacks
- +160 to Evasion Rating
- +91 to maximum Life
- +31% to Chaos Resistance
- Curse Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit
Loath Coil Ring 2
- +27% to Chaos Resistance
- Adds 6 to 13 Physical Damage to Attacks
- +101 to maximum Life
- +52 to maximum Mana
- +19% to all Elemental Resistances
- +57% to Cold Resistance
- +57% to Lightning Resistance
Screams of the Desiccated Belt
- +40 to maximum Life
- You have Acceleration Shrine Buff while affected by no Flasks
- +30 to Intelligence
- +31% to Chaos Resistance
Loath Spark Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: Staff Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments Added Small Passive Skills grant: Mace or Sceptre Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +2% to all Elemental Resistances
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Devastator
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Feed the Fury
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess
Fulgent Stone Jewel
- Corrupted Blood cannot be inflicted on you
- 25% reduced Effect of Shock on you
- +16 to Strength
- 12% increased Melee Damage
- +15% to Critical Strike Multiplier with Two Handed Melee Weapons
- 16% increased Critical Strike Chance with Fire Skills
The Light of Meaning Jewel
- Passive Skills in Radius also grant 6% increased Physical Damage
Forbidden Flame Jewel
- Allocates More Than Skill if you have the matching modifier on Forbidden Flesh
Watcher's Eye Jewel
- 6% increased maximum Energy Shield
- 4% increased maximum Life
- 6% increased maximum Mana
- +1% to all maximum Elemental Resistances while affected by Purity of Elements
- 12% chance to deal Double Damage while using Pride
- Impales you inflict last 2 additional Hits while using Pride
Forbidden Flesh Jewel
- Allocates More Than Skill if you have the matching modifier on Forbidden Flame
Lethal Pride Jewel
- Commanded leadership over 13279 warriors under Kaom
- Passives in radius are Conquered by the Karui
- Historic
Sol Heart Jewel
- Adds 8 Passive Skills
- 2 Added Passive Skills are Jewel Sockets
- Added Small Passive Skills grant: Staff Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments Added Small Passive Skills grant: Mace or Sceptre Attacks deal 12% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments
- Hits have 15% chance to ignore Enemy Physical Damage Reduction
- Added Small Passive Skills also grant: +4 to Dexterity
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Feed the Fury
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Martial Prowess
- 1 Added Passive Skill is Weight Advantage
- 16% reduced Amount Recovered
- Instant Recovery when on Low Life
- Recover an additional 36% of Flask's Life Recovery Amount over 10 seconds if used while not on Full Life
- 120% more Recovery if used while on Low Life
- Grants Immunity to Bleeding for 11 seconds if used while Bleeding
- Grants Immunity to Corrupted Blood for 11 seconds if used while affected by Corrupted Blood
All gem links (8 groups)
- Precision L2
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Automation 20/20 - Lifetap L20
- Flesh and Stone L20
- Pride L20
- Blood and Sand L6
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Purity of Elements 21/20 - Herald of Purity L20
- Frostblink 1/20
- Leap Slam L20
- Lifetap L20
- Faster Attacks 20/20
- Lifetap L20
- Assassin's Mark 20/20
- Mark On Hit 20/20
- Blood Rage 20/20
- Infused Channelling 20/20
- Melee Physical Damage 20/20
- Pulverise 20/20
- Cyclone 20/20
- Brutality 20/20
- Shockwave 20/20
- Fortify L1
- Vulnerability L1
- Unknown Gem L1
How this stage plays (mechanics, defences)
The Victory Skin Royal Plate holds the primary 6-link: Cyclone of Tumult + Brutality Support + Infused Channelling Support + Pulverise Support + Increased Critical Damage Support + Void Shockwave Support. The chest itself rolls 14% increased effect of non-curse auras, 8% additional physical damage reduction, 109% increased armour, and Melee Hits have 9% chance to Fortify (fortify uptime from the channel itself). The Entropy Mast staff runs Ground Slam of Earthshaking + General's Cry + Melee Physical Damage Support + Autoexertion Support + Increased Critical Damage Support + Pulverise Support as a pinnacle-boss warcry burst layer.
Three rings (Skull Finger, Apocalypse Grasp, Two-Stone) and the Fate Choker amulet each carry -3 channelling mana cost — net -12, making sustained Cyclone entirely mana-free and freeing Arrogance Support-reserved Precision to scale. Rumi's Concoction on the flask bar stacks with the Entropy Mast's +25% staff block. Replica Witchfire Brew runs a permanent Vulnerability aura during flask effect. Tree picks up Harpooner, Titanic Impacts, Forceful Skewering, Champion of the Cause — every two-hand melee notable the Duelist corner offers — re-coloured by a Lethal Pride seed under Kaom.
Comfort block-stack: 65% attack block / 47% spell block from Versatile Combatant + staff + Rumi's, 60% physical damage reduction, 4.5k life, and Brutal Fervour Overleech. Purity of Elements delivers full elemental ailment avoidance without flask coverage, freeing the flask bar for pure offence. Flesh and Stone's sand-stance blind layered with +541 accuracy rings and +459 accuracy gloves pins enemy hit chance low while yours sits at 100%. Chaos resist lands at 65%. Pantheon swaps to Solaris + Gruthkul — Solaris's alternating crit-taken mitigation is a direct pinnacle upgrade, and Gruthkul stacks with the armour wall.
Peak Slayer comfort. Cyclone of Tumult channels at 5.6 attacks per second with a 5.4m AoE radius — the screen-wide sweep the archetype is famous for. Bane of Legends detonates whole screens, culling strike from Headsman finishes anything that survives, Leap Slam + Stampede boots' 150% base move speed make traversal negligible. Stibnite's Vulnerability aura compresses boss kills to the Diamond flask window. The build feels less like piloting a character and more like walking around with a permanent weather event.
Passive tree (134 points)
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