PoE Cyclone of Tumult Build 3.25 – Path of Exile: Settlers of Kalguur

Cyclone of Tumult is an exciting variant of the classic Cyclone skill, designed to bring chaos and high-speed attacks to your Path of Exile experience. This build focuses on maximizing attack speed, area of effect, and consistent damage output while maintaining exceptional mobility. Here’s everything you need to know to master the Cyclone of Tumult in PoE 3.25.

Cyclone of Tumult Skill Mechanics

Cyclone of Tumult (Level 20):

  • Type: Attack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Melee
  • Mana Cost: 6
  • Attack Speed: 160% of base
  • Attack Damage: 111.2% of base
  • Effectiveness of Added Damage: 111%
  • Quality: +20%
  • Requires: Level 70, 68 Strength, 98 Dexterity
  • Skill Mechanics:
    • Area of Effect: 10% increased area of effect per 0.1 metre additional melee strike range.
    • Attack Speed: 25% more attack speed per stage.
    • Stages: Gains 1 stage every 0.5 seconds while channelling, up to a maximum of 6 stages.
    • Radius: +0.1 metres to radius per stage.
    • Movement Speed: 10% less movement speed per stage.
    • Stage Loss: Lose 1 stage every 0.5 seconds while not channelling.
    • Knockback Immunity: Cannot be knocked back while channelling.

PoE Cyclone of Tumult Build 3.25

Building a Cyclone of Tumult Character

Weapon Choice

  • Two-Handed Weapons: Ideal for maximizing damage output, with a focus on high physical damage, attack speed, and critical strike chance.
  • Dual Wielding: Provides additional attack speed and critical strike bonuses, enhancing overall DPS.

Passive Skill Tree

Focus on Nodes that Enhance:

  • Physical Damage: Increase the base damage of your attacks.
  • Attack Speed: Improve the frequency of your hits, maximizing DPS.
  • Critical Strike Chance and Multiplier: Enhance the likelihood and impact of critical hits.
  • Life and Armour: Ensure survivability and damage mitigation.
  • Area of Effect: Expand the reach of your Cyclone, hitting more enemies per spin.

Ascendancy Choices

1. Slayer (Duelist):

  • Impact: Increases area of effect and damage.
  • Headsman: Provides increased damage against rare and unique enemies.
  • Bane of Legends: Grants onslaught and culling strike.
  • Overwhelm: Enhances critical strike chance and multiplier.

2. Champion (Duelist):

  • First to Strike, Last to Fall: Provides adrenaline and increased damage.
  • Master of Metal: Grants impale effects and increases physical damage.
  • Inspirational: Enhances auras and increases area of effect.
  • Conqueror: Provides fortify and increased survivability.

Support Gems

Main Skill Setup:

  • Cyclone of Tumult: Primary attack skill.
  • Support Gems: Infused Channelling, Melee Physical Damage, Fortify, Increased Area of Effect, Brutality.

Utility Skills:

  • Blood and Sand: Switch between Blood Stance for increased damage and Sand Stance for increased area of effect.
  • Pride: Aura that increases physical damage taken by enemies.
  • Flesh and Stone: Aura that grants defensive and offensive bonuses depending on the stance.
  • Precision: Aura that increases accuracy and critical strike chance.

Gear and Accessories

1. Armor:

  • Body Armor: Look for high life, resistances, armour, and possibly increased area of effect or physical damage.
  • Helmet, Gloves, and Boots: Prioritize life, resistances, attack speed, and armour.

2. Accessories:

  • Amulet and Rings: Focus on increased physical damage, life, resistances, critical strike chance, and critical strike multiplier.
  • Belt: A Stygian Vise with high life, resistances, and increased physical damage is ideal.

Flask Setup

1. Life Flask:

  • Instant Recovery: For emergency healing.

2. Utility Flasks:

  • Quicksilver Flask: Increases movement speed for repositioning.
  • Diamond Flask: Provides increased critical strike chance.
  • Basalt Flask: Provides physical damage reduction.
  • Lion’s Roar: Grants increased melee damage and knockback.

Combat Strategy

1. Engaging Enemies:

  • Use Cyclone of Tumult to move through packs of enemies, dealing consistent damage and maintaining mobility.

2. Maximizing Damage:

  • Activate Blood and Sand to switch between Blood Stance for increased damage and Sand Stance for increased area of effect.
  • Use Pride, Flesh and Stone, and Precision to enhance your damage output.

3. Positioning:

  • Utilize Quicksilver Flask and Cyclone’s inherent mobility to dodge enemy attacks and position yourself optimally during fights.

Example Build

Slayer Cyclone of Tumult Build:

  • Focus: Increased physical damage, attack speed, critical strike chance, and critical strike multiplier.
  • Key Passives: Impact, Headsman, Bane of Legends, Overwhelm.
  • Support Gems: Infused Channelling, Melee Physical Damage, Fortify, Increased Area of Effect, Brutality.

Conclusion

Cyclone of Tumult offers a dynamic and high-speed playstyle, making it a thrilling choice for Path of Exile players. By focusing on enhancing physical damage, attack speed, critical strike chance, and survivability, you can create a formidable character capable of clearing both maps and endgame bosses with ease. Equip your weapon, activate your auras, and spin your way to victory with Cyclone of Tumult in Path of Exile 3.25.

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