Dual Claw Wild Strike / Cyclone Phys Crit [~180k DPS]
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Hello Exile,
Welcome to my description of a Wild Strike / Cyclone Dual Claw Phys Crit build I used in Warbands.
Playstyle
Try to be on the move, which means don't stay to long in one place(Cyclone or Whirl in and out from monsters) as the extra damage from Abyssus really hurts. Apart from that just run around and click away. When you get in trouble use cyclone to heal along with Quicksilver flask to get out. Also use cyclone to cull rare monsters, exiles and map bosses.  
Pros & Cons
Pros - a bit of damage - fun to play - decent clear speed - Atziri viable - does not require exuberant investments in terms of orbs Cons - fragile - from time to time you are going to die (so not recommended for hardcore) - Ele reflect hurts (but is manageable)
Gems
With 4 power charge along with Hatred, Herald of Ice and Ice Golem at present it give around 180k damage Main Skill is as follows: Wild Strike - Melee Physical Damage <33%> - Multi Strike <27%> - Faster Attack <18%> - Added Fire Damage <25%> - Blood Magic In brackets we have the reduction in damage obtained by removing a support gem. If you would like to get more damage you could swap Blood Magic with Fortify or Melee Elemental Damage. The former will increase your DPS by around 6% and the latter by 28%, but now you are quite mana hungry and you might be running short of mana more often than not. For a 5-link I dropped Blood Magic but it meant I had to pop my mana flask every couple of seconds. Also I was running PCOC/Increased Crit Damage instead of Added Fire Damage as my corrupted chest had one blue socket. For a 4-link I would go with Wild Strike - Melee Physical Damage - Multi Strike - Faster Attack Additional skills: Cyclone - Culling Strike - Increased Rarity - Life Leech As mentioned above this is to move, heal and cull special monsters. DPS on it is 32k. Spectral Throw - PCOC - GMP Spectral Throw is great to hit monsters(mostly hard-hitting bosses) you don't want to get too close to. Also PCOC is for curse immune maps, where you can't generate power charges with Assassin's Mark. Auras: Hatred <20%> Herald of Cold <2%> - Mana Leech - Curse on Hit - Assassin's Mark Although it doesn't provide a lot of damage (HoA would give me 4x the HoI extra damage), but free power changes make up for it and mana leech help to keep the 25% of your mana pool more easily replenished. CWDT - Immortal Call - Increased Duration - Molten Shell For additional mobility I use Whirling Blade and I also use Ice Golem <5%> for increased Crit and Accuracy.
Gear
Claws - aim for high phys along with high crit chance as when you crit the build really shines My current chance to crit is 38% and 44% with Ice Golem they increase to 42% and 46% respectively. With four power charges the chance to crit goes to 56% and 62% so it's ok, but could be higher. If you are not running Blood Magic you could try Gemini Claws as they should allow to get mana as you hit enemies, which should make mana-run specs much more user friendly. I didn't managed to obtain a pair of good Gemini's, so can't say how much better it is. Helmet - Abyssus After the recent changes with respect to physical damage Abyssus makes you much more fragile, but in softcore I find it still managable. Removing it decreases your damage by roughly 46%. Armour 6l Armour/Life/Resist Gloves Attack Speed/Added Physical Damage/Leech Boots Movement Speed/Resist/Life Phys Damage/Crit Multi/Resist/Life Resists/Phys Damage/Crit Chance/Life Flasks Jewels They are quite similar with regard to added damage.
Passive Tree
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAAAYAXgEJA4cEsQUtBbUHHgqbDY0OSBGWEdUV9hX9Fr8brSLqI_Yk_SaVKgsqOC5TMHw2PTfUQzFF9Ed-SVFKfUscTGBM_02STipRR1VLV5dbr13yYEFh4mJ5YqxjcGSvZU1noGqMapVsjG1sb1dwUnDVdO14GXjreu99dYTFhNmHdonTijiMNo19jYGNv4_BkoCVLpVmmhebtZ2qotmjiqZ_sNixs7TFtUi42b02vqfBoMLswzrIFNNv037WB9rB3Ujjn-dU6NbtP-1B7g7v4_DV8-r1b_zF_rr_3g==?accountName=tb63678&characterName=Rozrobor The current tree allows you much maneuver as you can add/respect into more life/damage/armour/evasion/life leech/mana leech just as you see fit.
Progression
For levelling in 2.0 I first went through Shadow part of the tree(with the exception of Vaal Pact which was picked up later on somewhere around level 75-85), with wheel of claws as a early goal. Next progress to Ranger and Duelist parts.
37 Skill Points
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAFf0WvyaVKgs2PUX0SxxVS13yYeJirGSvaoxsjG1sb1dwUnDVeBmJ04o4jDaNgY_Bnaqi2aZ_sNixs7TFtUjBoMgU1gftQfPq9W8=?accountName=tb63678&characterName=Rozrobor
76 Skill Points
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAAQkDhwSxBbUHHgqbDkgRlhX9Fr8brSP2JP0mlSoLMHw2PTfURfRJUUscTGBNklFHVUtd8mHiYqxkr2qMbIxtbG9XcFJw1XgZeOt9dYnTijiMNo19jYGNv4_BlS6VZp2qotmjiqZ_sNixs7TFtUi42cFJwaDC7MgUyNzTftYH3UjnVO0_7UHuDu_j8NXz6vVv_MX-Hf66_94=?accountName=tb63678&characterName=Rozrobor Depending on your gear you might need to pick up some additional Strength/Intelligence from the tree somewhere around here from which you can respect later on. I recommend taking Spirit Void unless you get mana leech on gear and don't have mana deficiency. I respect from it later on.
100 Skill Points
https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAwYAAAYBCQOHBLEFLQW1Bx4Kmw2NDkgRlhHVFfYV_Ra_G60j9iT9JpUqCy5TMHw2PTfUQzFF9Ed-SVFKfUscTGBM_02STipRR1VLV5dbr13yYEFh4mJ5YqxjcGSvZU1noGqMbIxtbG9XcFJw1XTteBl463rvfXWE2Yd2idOKOIw2jX2NgY2_j8GVLpVmnaqi2aOKpn-w2LGztMW1SLjZvTa-p8GgwuzIFNNv037WB9rB3Ujjn-dU7T_tQe4O7-Pw1fPq9W_8xf66_94=?accountName=tb63678&characterName=Rozrobor
Bandits
Normal - Oak [+40 Life] Cruel - Kraityn [8% Attack Speed] Merciless - Alira [+1 Power Charge]
Gems - alternatives
Cyclone: As the idea for the build comes from a previous experience with pre 2.0 Claw Phys Crit Cyclone, you could use as your main skill cyclone. For a 6l I would go with: Cyclone - Blood Magic - Added Fire Damage - Melee Physical Damage - Faster Attacks - Weapon Elemental Damage. With four power charge this generates around 120k DPS, but cycloner is much harder to hit also as more of your damage is physical leech from gear is much higher. Maxed Damage: If you go with Wild Strike - Faster Attack - Multi Strike - Melee Physical Damage - Added Fire Damage - Melee Elemental Damage along with Hatred, HoA and Ice Golem with the current gear my DPS increases to 229k. (Of course in that case I am often short on mana). Any ideas on how to make it work? More defensive stance: At present I have Phys reduction from Armour at 26% and a 14% chance to evade attacks. With a Granite Flask(with a 89% incread armour mod) up the Phys reduction increases to 55% with armour over 12k. If you feel this is not enough for use (and it well might be) you could drop Hatred and Herald of Ice reducing your dps by around 22% and instead run Determination and Artic Armour which would increase your ability to absorb damage. Also swapping one of the supports (i.e. Added Fire Damage) for Fortify and changing the Golem from Ice to Chaos can further improve your survivability. Of course you can also put Endurance charges up via Enduring Cry further increasing physical damage taken.
Videos
Standard setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-gl5UJaRzU Standard setup - Enfeebled (sry for no audio - I forgot to switch off my radio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewOJuPVIxVQ vs Elemental reflect (Life Leech) (sry for no audio - I forgot to switch off my radio)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8DWY80PZc Life Leech added https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nk9kxc5hRI Cyclone as base attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZx6U-i9fUw
FAQ
Is is Atziri viable? Yes Is Vaal Pact required? Not necessarily, but I feel it make the build smoother to play.
ScreenShots
Wild Strike without power charges  Wild Strike with 4 power charges  Wild Strike max damage  Defensive Stats  Last edited by tb63678 on Oct 17, 2015, 2:38:22 AM
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Is it Atziri Viable?
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Just now starting this build, looks like a ton of fun to play.
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Is Vaal pact really worth it in this? Seems like you'd get a lot more out of dropping it for the 3.6% life regen and running Blood Rage to boost your overall damage(and adding a bit of extra leech).
Also a bit curious on Wild Strike with phys leech? Especially since MPD only affects the melee portion of WS? Build looks really fun, I like the use of multiple attacks, makes it feel more active. Last edited by kuraku94 on Oct 10, 2015, 9:27:00 AM
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Don't forget to add to your list of "Pros" that the gear requirements are *extremely* modest.
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Hey, currently leveling with this build and I've just hit cruel difficulty. Its much more dynamic than other builds which is something I miss with a lot of builds so A+ to that. As for leveling issues with mana, I've found there are two ways to deal with it:
1. Run poacher's mark as your curse till you can sustain BM. This isnt perfect since you'll need to flask every now and then to curse a pack. 2. Use Mana on Hit on gear or use the new claw base. This is possibly the best way to sustain this build on mana. I can't speak for it when playing with 75% mana reserved but I've been running just hatred as my aura and my mana is near-perfect with the double claw. Just felt the need to share this, really enjoy Wild Strike, I think its the coolest skill added in 2.0. Happy Grinding! |
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Melee Phys support doesnt work for the Wildstrike projectiles/Aoes/chains, since they are not tagged as melee.
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1158669
Cyclone MARA Beginners and Advanced Guide. | |
" Why not? There is physical converted into elemental dmg, so each physical dmg increas increases ele dmg also?! Great build in my opinion. I am at level 62, have 5l without bloodmagic and there is a lot of fun. I really like glascannons, so i tried this Maligaro's_Restraint belt. The tooltip doesnt change, but i guess the 60% additive damage works. | |
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Hello,
Thanks for your feedback. I will try to reply as best as I can: 1) Atziri The build is very much Atziri viable (did not try Uber). However, during the split phase I would recommend not using Wild Strike, as chaining is not your friend there and the reflect is deadly. 2) Vaal Pact I got into Vaal pact late in the progression and it was quite possible to run maps without it. I just found it much easier to go along with it, especially in situations where you get hit hard and have to recuperate from low life as the next hit is coming. I don't have much experience with Blood Rage so I can't really tell how it would fare. Getting more leech should not be much of a problem as you can get it either via tree(Vitality Void is just 3 passives away) or on gear. 3) Phys leech I agree that phys leech with WS is suboptimal as a lot of damage gets converted to elemental so we are lossing leech potential. But even with the conversion you still deal a ton of phys damage and the amount of life leech is not that bad. (I really enjoy playing with phys claws as they allow me to skip the life leech gem on my main skill. This build is to some extent a modification of a cyclone build (I used in the previous temp league) in which you can reap the full potential of the phys life leech on claws). 4) Gear requirement Thanks for the tip, I did indeed forget to add this to my list of Pros. In Warbands I was quite lucky with getting my gear and with the exception of the 6l chest none of the items cost more than 1Ex. Usually a decent 300+ pdps claws are purchasable at around 3EX (in a temp league), however my impression is that there is some price inflation in recent months with respect to claws. 5) Mana issues Poacher's Mark seems like a nice idea for levelling. :) (Have you tried to curse using HoI / HoT and Curse-on-Hit?) Mana on Hit on new claws should indeed be the best option. You may also try getting Spirit Void passive for Phys Mana Leech (it helped me considerably while levelling, but I stil had to pop mana flask from time to time). 5) Melee Physical Damage Yes, it doesn't scale your after-effects(not directly at least), only the base phys damage Cheers, tb Last edited by tb63678 on Oct 17, 2015, 2:15:47 PM
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" I was on the same way, but poe-wiki tells us: " and(!) " So the meele phys gem for sure increases the tooltip vry high. but it has no effect to the elemental dmg at all. Im not sure how the melee hit of this attack is scaled. Is it 40%? Is it 110-138% (leveled base damage)? Whatever, i guess its important to consider that the tooltipp damage is a bit decaptive. the 60% converted phys to ele dmg are not included. So what now? I will try to play this char without iPMD (same thing to the fortify dmg boost i guess). Instead we could use some more Crit DMG, or Innervate. The highest DMG will do Crit DMG. It increases the dmg of the Melee hit AND of the ELE-effect. As long as you crit.. Innervate is for funny mapclearing It would be really usefull to know the exactly dmg of the ele-effects for Leech things. For example a lightning leech could give us a lot if the arc works like "arc". But im with the builder. The leech is most important to facetank bosses. So the 30k(?) Tooltip Phys dmg will be fine to survive. And now im sry for that shitty english... |
