[2.5] Ngamahu's Flame Cyclone | ~7k HP, ~170% Fire Pen, ~175% AS | Vaal Pact Version

114 Points

If reflect starts to hurt take Vaal Pact

Bandits: Oak, Kraityn, Kill

Can get War Bringer instead of Cloaked in Savagery but you need to fit self cast Immortal Call + Enduring Cry into the build to benefit from it.

Helmet: Devoto's Devotion (if you can handle resists from other gear & jewels)

Gotta go fast. In my opinion movement speed and attack speed is worth the loss of 10% phys dmg.

Or a rare with life, resists and open prefix to craft WED. If you go Elemental Overload, make sure it has 250+ accuracy roll.

Amulet: Xoph's Blood

10% life, 10% fire pen, Avatar of Fire, 10% str that will boost our life and dmg via Iron Grip. A very well rounded amulet.

Body Armour: Belly of the Beast

40% life, 15% all resist, flask life recovery rate.
Not much to say about this beast.

Belt: Rustic Sash with WED, life and resists. Heavy Belt & Leather Belt are also solid options.

A rustic sash will wield a lot of damage as we convert 100% of our physical damage to fire via Avatar of Fire(50%convert) + Ngamahu's Flame(50%convert).
Try to get 30%+ wed, 80+ life and resists.

Ring: Opal ring with WED, life and resists.

Opal Ring is superior to a Steel Ring for this build. Spam Essence of Anger on these till you get a life and resists. If you hit 30%+ WED, fill the missing stuff from Elreon if necessary. Try to get at least ~60-70% combined damage (implicit, fire, wed).

Ring: Doedre's Damning

We need that second curse. Elemental Weakness + Flammability to penetrate resistance. Projectile Weakness boots Molten Burst damage and also it's like having Lion's Roar all the time, knocback is really helpful, especially when clearing trash mobs in Atziri. Another option is Poacher's Mark, it allows us to gain Frenzy Charges easily, enhances our flask uptime and lastly helps with chance to hit if you opt to go Elemental Overload.

Gloves: Spiked or Gripped Gloves with life, attack speed and resists.

Bank on that sweet melee/proj dmg.

Boots: Rare with 30% ms, life and resists.

We need resists everywhere we can get.

Flasks: Lion's Roar, Instant or Half Instant Life Flask, Increased Effect Ruby Flask, Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline, Silver Flask

Must have suffixes: Remove Bleeding, Remove Freeze

From my own experiences you don't need remove freeze after getting Taste of Hate.

Lion's Roar + Projectile Weakness: Great survivability.

Jewels:
4 rare jewels with these mods:
Prefixes: maximum life*, as with axes/2h, fire dmg, phys dmg with axes/2h
Suffixes: area damage*, dmg, str, melee dmg, proj dmg,
*: must haves.

Can swap Warlord's Reach for +1 weapon range for less AoE map mod). Or swap Inc AoE with Ele focus on layouts with small rooms.

7L: Molten Burst, WED, Phys Proh Dmg, Concentrated Effect, Fire Pen, Added Fire, GMP

Alternatives: LGOH/Slower Projectiles/Elemental Focus

Phys Proj Dmg and Ele Focus is the same multiplier but Ele Focus has a downside, it can not cause status ailments. The downside of Phys Proj Dmg does not apply to Molten Burst.

6L: Cyclone, WED, Added Fire, MPD, Inc. AoE, Faster Attacks

Alternatives: Fortify/Vaal Cyclone/Elemental Focus

4L: Vaal Haste, Blood Rage, Increased Duration, Ancestral Warchief/Protector

If you picked War Bringer instead of Cloaked in Savagery, if not put CWDT instead of Enduring Cry.

4L: Leap Slam + Fortify + Blood Magic + Faster Attacks

4L: Golem, Blasphemy, Projectile Weakness, Flammability

Chaos/Flame/Lightning/Stone Golem, they are all good even Ice if you go Elemental Overload.
Ele Weakness, Poacher's Mark are other options. Punishment looks good on paper but it isn't reliable.

Double Curse Blasphemy

I know, we take Elemental Overload but don't use anything to proc it. Instead of Increased Duration + Golem, you can proc it more reliably with Orb of Storms + Increased Critical Strikes. Golem is great to have but you probably won't stop to recast it while Cycloning. If you really can't do without it, use the 6th socket of Cyclone or an Unset Ring till you get a good Opal Ring.

~6.5k Life
~5k unbuffed armour
~100% Projectile Damage from Iron Grip
+3 Weapon Range= 14 Weapon Range
~170% fire penetration

71% as + 25% if you've been hit + 25% if you've taken a savage hit + ~30% from jewels + 12-16% from frenzy charges, +15 cyclone attack speed helmet enchant= ~175% attack speed.

This is insane since Cyclone has 50% more attack speed. Pairing that with a faster attacks gem you'll have a Molten Burst shower.

More Multipliers other than gems and flasks: Aspect of Carnage(40%), Ash(20%), Projectile Weakness(44%), Point Blank(50%), Frenzy Charges(12-16%), Elemental Overload(40%)