(3.2) [Lighty] 2H RT Cyclone: Dope for Beast League & Lab™

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Lighty wrote:

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A question about choosing the chest piece.
Those are my current stat:

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And this is my current chest:

So I was considering switching that chest for a Kaom's Heart, since I don't need the links in my chest.
But Belly of the beast looks attractive to me aswell.
I'm tempted to save up for a Heart, but I'm not so sure yet, opinions?
Should I keep my current chest, go for a Heart or a Belly?

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Eza0o07 wrote:

Decoy totem isnt working with CwDT. I checked the levels of each gem. Whats up with that? Works on temp chains fine

EDIT: Never mind, using Vengeance, Endurance charge on melee stun, curse on hit + temporal chains instead.

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Atsuta wrote:

I've only really played crit builds, so it took a lot of wandering/lurking to get a grasp on the needs and wants of a non-crit build. Eventually I found myself constantly coming back to your guide for your personal insight or just to gauge and see how close/far my thought process fell in line with yours. All in all I feel that I have a decent understanding of it all, at least in comparison to what I started out with.

So yeah, great work! You've got some great info here, and the upcoming updates seem to include a lot of things I felt needed to be touched up on a bit. I'm pretty excited to read up on it all!

Gratitude aside, I have a question about Maces vs Axes. I'm not too sure which route to go as I have two weapons that have very similar pdps (440ish). The major differences are that the Axe has a prefix open and a chunk of Fire Res while the Mace is bloated with a high Strength roll and has extra stun utility.

Weapons in Question

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I might be stating the obvious, but the Axe has a prefix open while the Mace has no room for an extra mod. Axes have +1 melee range in comparison, but Maces gain an extra 4% area of effect radius from the Bone Breaker node so (I don't think) it comes too far behind Axes in that respect.

My trees are pretty much the same as yours, except I opted to not go for Champion of the Cause and Sovereignty so I pathed a bit differently into the Templar area. The Aura nodes feel like something I'd respec into once I reach more endgame gear.

Axe vs Mace Passive Tree Differences

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http://poedb.tw/us/skilltree.php?url=AAAAAwQBBLMFLQU8B3UJlg3NDjwTTBPJFCAUcRXsF-EYkRzOIVUm-CcgJy8rUCz7MHc5DjpSOtg8BT0PQKBGt0d-SHhOMlBHV1RZ_l4TXz9hIWFSZFJlTWWnZlRoZWjycql07Xasd-V4enrve3R8u3zZggeCm4TZhO-FUoV7hmCHaooiirOMz5BVkc6TqJd5mSuaO5_fogCpJ6mUrY2uUK-nuR277byfvTa9gb6nwGbApsGjxFjE9sVTypDPftNv2WHZfNrB3DLcPeJh5FHqGOsJ7DjvDu9O73zwH_Pd9kj3Mvjr_lT-aw%3D%3D&url2=http%3A%2F%2Fcb.poedb.tw%2Fus%2Fpassive-skill-tree%2FAAAAAwQABLMFLQU8B3UJlg3NDjwUIBRxFPYV7BiRGekcziFVJyAnLytQLPs5DjpSOtg7OzwFPQ9AoEE_RrdHfkh4UEdR5ldUXhNfP2CRYMRhUmVNZlRnWGhlaPJyqXTtdqx3U3fleHp673y7fNmCB4KbhNmE74VShXuGO4Zgh2qKIoqzjM-QVZHOk6iUh5d5mSuaO57Fn9-iAKknqZStja-ntC-5HbvtvJ-9Nr2BvqfAZsCmxFjE9sVTypDPftNv2WHZfNrB3DLcPd-y5FHkreoY6wnsOO8O707vfPAf8932SPcy-Ov-VA%3D%3D

Weapons in question aside, Maces feel superior as far as passive tree goes. Axes having a chance to gain Onslaught on kill is pretty significant, but that can always be augmented by a Death Rush if desired (albeit dedicating a ring slot).

So yeah, I'm at a bit of a crossroads on which weapon to use and on which weapon to sell to fuel the rest of the build. Kind of feel like a deer in headlights as the only experience I have with Cyclone is a Crit Ele Prolif based one. I would greatly appreciate your insight on what route I should choose, because right now I feel like any decision I'd make would be a "wrong" one.