The Exiled Monk (an ancient guide) - cyclone insane AoE/damage

This build was developed by ancient monks who roamed the Mongolian desert. It has survived for thousands of years in the form of an old archaeological dig site found near an array of carvings in the rock-face of a desert mountain. Above it, the words "Power Overwhelming" were painted with the blood of mere mortals who made a mockery of the monks.






Proof (videos)



And so it was said: should you possess a Soul Taker, an Alpha's Howl, and a Prismatic eclipse, then you shall have the makings of a true god.

Through years of training, stacking movement speed, and increasing area effect of skills, the monks honed their martial arts and mastered their cyclone.

Sang Gwoa Long, one of the most prominent monks, carved the famous quote:

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"With enough talents, we gain roughly 20+ crit chance, which is more than enough to recharge a surgeons flask of adrenalin"

His teachings went on to say:

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The whole idea is to achieve a massive increased area on cyclone, then stack elemental damage from auras. Attack speed and movement speed dramatically increase the damage.

A small artifact was found buried in the sand. It was a scale. Each metal plate of the scale housed several words:





Key Talents




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Skill Tree (Scion only)



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It should be noted, that the monks seemed to revere an entity called "dimenrush". A metalic chain was nailed into the mountain. On the last link of the chain were the words:http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1100854/)

It was almost like they wanted to give some kind of credit to the entity.

Atziri has been slain with ease. Will Submit a video sometime soon


Edit - ran atziri 9 times, 5 deaths total so far

Bandits ?

If that build could hit 50k dps, damn would be good. Need some videos of 78's and atziri man.

I'd have to test it myself, but I feel like using hatred over wrath and using added fire over increased elemental damage would be better.

And I know the huge aoe is nice and all, but a lot of the time it is wasted (like in doors or when mobs jump towards you). I think you'd benefit a lot from concentrated effect. Cool idea though, I'd be interested to try it out if I ever get a 2-3 white socket eclispe

all i can say is that my witch does 50k dps with lightning tendrils, and this cyclone build seems to come close to that. This build is probably one of the fastest map clearing characters in path of exile without using mirrored gear, and even then it probably competes.

Ill upload an atziri or high level map tonight

Edit: Added atziri fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVvx_ZU_i30&feature=youtu.be

Thats not 10k dps, its way more. Must be hidden in some way.

Would there be a way to play mana and play with a dagger instead of that axe? For more rought dps.

if you remove soultaker, then you need to use a blood magic gem. But yes, i suppose its still possible

Blood magic would either replace WED or Crit chance gem.

Blood magic or use a thief's torment ring & change the auras/buff

Might be interesting to try, however I dont think it's enough mana to sustain cyclone while using the movement speed method (clicking as close to your character as possible) unless on large packs.