[2.3.0] Tanky axe cyclone (2H) High dps/AoE - Hardcore / Atziri viable

Added a few videos

Bump, just did Atziri and it's definitely viable (even with my lousy play!)

Added a partial Poorjoy's Asylum run, it went far better than i expected on a 2 handed spec.
http://youtu.be/KNR2MuZjwZs

Added 2 options for endgame trees.

Looks like a solid build. Great thoughts.

I happen to possess a 6L axe and a 5L chest.

What do you recommend I put in the 5L chest piece? Att skill or buffs or curse?



Thanks for your help.

Should I put in infernal blow? Double Strike? Heavy Strike?

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Amaranthen wrote:

Looks like a solid build. Great thoughts.

I happen to possess a 6L axe and a 5L chest.

What do you recommend I put in the 5L chest piece? Att skill or buffs or curse?

Thanks for your help.

Should I put in infernal blow? Double Strike? Heavy Strike?

I'd put vaal haste + increased duration and leap slam + faster attacks in there, unless you have those in other sockets.

New stats with leveled/quality gems:

Only auras



Auras +3 frenzy charges from blood rage


Auras +3 frenzy charges + atziri flask + vaal haste

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sherkhan wrote:

Why not the cyclone attack in the chest. Put added lightning in the mix, get static blows.

Then use a quad curse herald of Thunder in the axe.

Templar would be best for this. Grab all the aoe nodes.

Curses with enhance in disfavour are very strong but with the DPS and AoE it currently has you'd only slow down if you cursed.

If you went for static blows and hex master you'd also lose a LOT and i mean a LOT of life or damage, though Temporal Chains with Enhance will be a very strong defense, i feel it's already tanky enough.

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sherkhan wrote:

Why not the cyclone attack in the chest. Put added lightning in the mix, get static blows.

Then use a quad curse herald of Thunder in the axe.

Templar would be best for this. Grab all the aoe nodes.

Curses with enhance in disfavour are very strong but with the DPS and AoE it currently has you'd only slow down if you cursed.

If you went for static blows and hex master you'd also lose a LOT and i mean a LOT of life or damage, though Temporal Chains with Enhance will be a very strong defense, i feel it's already tanky enough.

Accidentally 6linked
so i swapped my gems around, put leap slam curse on hit 2 curses in Will eventually swap faster attacks for enhance once mine levels up.

Another thing you could do is put your auras in Disfavour which will boost Reduced Mana by 2 levels and allow you to run 2 60% auras and a herald 25% without spending passives. and just move the leap slam setup to wherever the auras used to be.