[1.3 VIDEO GUIDE] Les Bo The Kitchen Blender 2-Handed Double Strike/Vaal Cyclone Build[HC/SC Viable]

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Stat Breakdown

Bandits: Oak, Krait, Oak (or kill)

Start: Marauder, Duellist, Ranger, it doesn't matter! I started as Ranger, so this build's skill order is based on that. The skill gems are easier to come by as a Duelist, though.
Additionally, if you want to use a 5l, you NEED Revelry.

Prioritize tank over gank.
1) Grab your ranger stuff, then the closest melee physical damage cluster, and revelry. Grab the ranger ele resist cluster as well, if need be. Then grab Iron Reflexes.
2) Make your way over to master of the arena and its nearby health nodes.
3) Head over Unwavering Stance, then Bloodless, then Diamond Skin.
5) Get all those marauder life nodes.
4) Start getting all those melee/2h physical damage nodes you didn't already get.
5) Did you find a totally rad endgame axe that has a ridiculously huge physical damage% mod and least four linked slots? Great. At this point, you can focus on those axe-specialized nodes. Get splitting strikes first for more glorious HP.

Exalts. Not even one.

Your Armor
4L BUDGET MODE
Molten Strike - Life On Hit - Faster Attacks - Multistrike
Don't bother with 4L doublestrike. You're better off with Molten strike for hitting multiple enemies while keeping your damage up. That said, your life gain isn't as reliable. Upgrade to a 5L armor as soon as you can afford one. I was lucky and had a level 35 5L I could wear.

5L Doublestrike - Faster Attacks - Melee Splash - Multistrike - Life On Hit
Now we're talking. Facetank EVERYTHING (that isn't a mob of colossals)

6L same as above, but with Added Fire Damage / Melee On Full Life
Added fire damage for consistency, MoFL for being balls to the wall.

Your Weapon
Vaal Cyclone - Life On Hit - Increased Duration - Melee On Full Life - Added Fire Damage - Increased Area of Effect
Skill gems in that order. Don't ever leave home without Life On Hit on your Vaal Cylcone. Melee on Full because when you're using Vaal Cyclone, you're either:
Full HP (99% of the time)
Extremely Briefly Not Full HP
One Second From Death
Dead


Your Helmet
Grace - Herald of Ash - Reduced Mana - Leap Slam
No blood magic means we don't get hatred, but lucky for us, Herald of Ashe is a great second choice, and you get to have obscene damage when you party with summoners that do have hatred.
GET GRACE FIRST. This will keep you alive.

Your Gloves
Cast On Damage Taken - Immortal Call - Enduring Cry - Molten Shell
Level these up as high as you can. Focus on getting this CoDT set up first. This will save your ass from Tornado Shot beyonders and pretty much any nasty uniques that rely on physical damage. Feel free to swap out Immortal Call with a levelled Decoy Totem.

Your Boots
Cast On Damage Taken (lvl1) - Immortal Call - Decoy Totem - Warlord's Mark/Enfeeble
Leave CoDT at level 1, level the rest to no higher than a minimum required level of 31. The point is for this gem to go off more often, immortal calling endurance stacks that your other CoDT didn't, and auto-cursing everything around you with Warlord's Mark/Enfeeble. Also, a low level decoy totem still screws with enemy AI. It doesn't need to live long.

Sidenote: If you can squeeze Blood Rage in somewhere, fantastic. Feel free to stick it on your level 1 cast when damage taken instead of Decoy Totem or something. You might want to make sure you've got all your regen passives (heart of oak, golem's blood, warrior's blood) before doing this in Merciless, however.

Sidenote 2: Every 8 levels or so, grab yourself a new weapon. Keep your eye out for rare
Footman Sword / Etched Greatsword / woodsplitter / double axe / shadow axe / variants. Also, remember that you can craft great physical attack weapons with the following formula:
Rustic Sash + Blacksmith's Whetstone + Weapon

Sidenote 3: Until you're CoDTing Warlord's Mark/Enfeeble, feel free to use Leap Slam + Curse on Hit + Enfeeble / Warlord's Mark

Sidenote 4: I levelled just fine starting with molten strike and building up to the 4l attack set.

Sidenote 5: Don't run Herald of Ash until you can run Herald of Ash, Grace, Reduced Mana, and still have enough MP to do two successive casts of Double Strike without any mana on hit/leech.

Sidenote 6: I suspect that a second vaal cyclone set might be better than a second CWDT.