Cyclone Slayer Build Guide Gear, Jewels and Flasks Cyclone Slayer Build Guide (PoE Keepers of the Flame)

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Early Game

Foreword to Itemisation in PoE

Why is the guide using so many rares and can I use these Uniques?

Whilst a general consensus in ARPG Video Games is that the higher the rarity of an item, the better it becomes, Path of Exile is not necessarily constructed like that. Unique Items can generally be divided into two segments. Those who enable a build because they have a specific effect on them which are then combined with Rare Gear items which completement the build-enabling item and those who are placeholders that fix certain things until you can upgrade it with better rolls on Rare Gear pieces. Outside of specific Mechanics, replacing items with random Uniques is not great. However, whenever you feel like they fill your gaps correctly, feel free to use them as placeholders.

Resistances and Attributes

One can never emphasise enough how important Elemental Resistances are on gear. The game is constructed around playing with at least 75 Elemental Resistances and ideally a bit of Chaos Resistances too. Therefore, you should always be looking to cap your Resistances. They should be capped starting from Act V until the end of your progression and you should try to upgrade with Chaos Resistance where you can as you progress through maps. Additionally, people generally have issues finding enough Attributes on builds. Do note that almost every class paths through a passage where they can pick a +30 to Intelligence, Strength or Dexterity, and there is no shame in doing so whilst you are still preparing your better gear.

Flasks

Another thing heavily overseen by newer and veteran players alike is the strength which lies in your Flasks. As soon as you hit maps, you should have a bunch of Orb of Alteration Orb of Alterations and you should try to get some lower tiers of the affixes you want on your Flasks according to the guide you’re following. You should aim to have at least some form of usable Flasks when you’re starting maps and you should aim to have the right Magic Flasks right around when you enter Yellow maps. Obviously, expensive Unique Flasks, can be added later.

Understanding Gear and Character Progression

Whereas all guides generally suggest some kind of specific modifiers on Gear, these things must be “ideal cases”. Generally, when you start your journey through maps, you wanna aim for mostly Life and Resistances on all of your gear (outside of weapons) just to make sure you’re capped Resistances and have a decent health pool. This will, generally, do you just fine for a while. At this point, you’re still mostly carried by your Skill Gems and Passive Skill Tree. Therefore, make sure that you have all suggested gems when you start doing maps and have fixed your links and sockets when you’re able to. Lastly, do not forget to quality your gear using Armourer's Scrap Armourer's Scrap‘s. This is a multiplicative bonus to all the defences found on your item.

Choosing your Gear

Generally, we try to give you an order of importance on every affix which you could be obtaining by putting them in order of priority.

Sometimes, the list will have a mentioned mod that is mandatory, which means that (in later stages of progress) this modifier is build-enabling. Other than that, if you follow the priority list and try to obtain as many of the modifiers on the mentioned items as possible, you should be doing fine. Obviously, the more modifiers that are relevant, the merrier.

Additionally, we have applied a colour code to showcase which part of your character gets enhanced.
(🗡️ Damage,🛡️ Defenses,💎 Quality of Life)

Armour Pieces

Helmet

Unique Abyssus Abyssus
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Explicits
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  1. 🗡️ +#% Melee Critical Strike Multiplier – Ideally > 120
  2. 🛡️ #% increased Physical Damage taken – Ideally at most 41
  3. 💎 +# to all Attributes – Ideally 25

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Body Armour

Armour Chest Piece
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Explicits
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  1. 🗡️ Socketed Attacks have -# to Total Mana Cost – 15
  2. 🗡️ Attacks have +# to Critical Strike Chance – Ideally > 1.8%
  3. 🗡️ You can apply an Additional Curse
  4. 🛡️ {Benchcraft} #% chance to Block Attack Damage – 7

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Crafting Guide: You buy two items, one with -# to Total Mana Cost, one with Attacks have +# to Critical Strike. You then use an Awakener's Orb Awakener's Orb which will combine both of them. You now craft “Suffixes Cannot be Changed” and go to the Harvest bench and use “Reforge Caster”. Finish off with crafting the Block Chance.

Body Armour

Armour Gloves
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Implicits
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  1. 🗡️ +#% Increased Attack Speed
  2. 🗡️ Attacks have a #% chance to Maim on hit

Explicits
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  1. 🛡️ +# to Maximum Life
  2. 🛡️ +#% to Elemental / Chaos Resistances – As much as you can find!
  3. 🗡️ +#% Increased Attack Speed
  4. 🗡️ {Benchcraft} #% increased Damage While Leeching

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Boots

The Stampede The Stampede or Replica Stampede Replica Stampede
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Implicits
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  1. 🗡️ {Anoint} Allocates Disciple of the Unyielding

Explicits
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No Relevant Modifiers

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Belt

*Ryslatha's Coil Ryslatha's Coil
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Explicits
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  1. 🗡️ #% less Minimum Physical Attack Damage – As low as possible
  2. 🗡️ #% less Maximum Physical Attack Damage – As high as possible
  3. 🛡️ +# to Maximum Life – Ideally > 90

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Ryslatha’s is your last upgrade because you can use this slot to fill out resistances. Just wear a nice 170 Life + High Resistances belt until in the VERY lategame where you can maximimze all of your Resistances / Attributes on other gear and don’t need this slot anymore

Accessories

Amulet

Rare Dex/Int Amulet
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Implicits
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  1. 💎 +# to Attributes – As needed
  2. 🛡️ {Anoint} – Allocates Enigmatic Defense

Explicits
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  1. 🛡️ +#% to Elemental Resistance – Until Capped
  2. 💎 +# to All Attributes – As needed#
  3. 🛡️ +# to Maximum Life – Ideally > 120
  4. 🗡️ +#% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier – Ideally > 35
  5. 🗡️ +#% to Global Critical Strike Chance – Ideally > 35
  6. 🗡️ {Benchcraft} #% increased Damage While Leeching

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Ideally you want to avoid needing more than 1 All Attributes roll on your necklace. This way you can get Crit / Crit Multi / High Life and an open prefix to craft Damage while leeching and then catalyse Criticals. However, resistance capping is prioritised always.

Early on Carnage Heart Carnage Heart is an incredible amulet for Slayer, and should fix all attribute-related problems. It is massively outscaled by rares, though.

Rings

Rare Rings
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Implicits
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  1. 🛡️ +#% Chaos Resistance
  2. 🛡️ +#% Elemental Resistances

Explicits
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  1. 🗡️ Curses Enemies with Vulnerability on Hit – On one of the rings
  2. 🛡️ +#% to Chaos Resistance
  3. 🛡️ +#% to Elemental Resistances
  4. 🛡️ +# to Maximum Life – Ideally > 95
  5. 🗡️ {Benchcrafts} #% Increased Damage

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Weapon

Rare Staff – This needs to be an Ezomyte Staff Ezomyte Staff
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Explicits
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  1. 🗡️ #% Increased Attack Speed
  2. 🗡️ #% Increased Physical Damage
  3. 🗡️ Adds # to # Physical Damage
  4. 🗡️ #% Increased Critical Strike Chance

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Crafting Guide: Buy an Ezomyte Staff Ezomyte Staff with T1 or T2 Fractured Attack Speed and spam Essences of Contempt (as high as you can afford) until you hit Hybrid Phys and clean up the item. You can remove suffixes with prefixes can’t be changed, scour or use Annulment Orbs for prefixes. You want to end up with 3 modifiers: Hybrid Increased Phys/Accuracy, Attack Speed, and Flat Physical Damage. Then you craft “Can have up to 3 Crafted Modifiers” and craft Increased Physical Damage and Critical Strike Chance (ideally the betrayal mod which grants Strength and Intelligence as well to ease up attribute Requirements).

Flasks

Be sure to check out our Flask Crafting Guide to learn everything you need to know about how to set up your non-Unique Flasks.


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Quicksilver Flask Quicksilver Flask, Diamond Flask Diamond Flask, Granite Flask Granite Flask, Rumi's Concoction Rumi's Concoction, Divine Life Flask Divine Life Flask

All Prefixes
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  1. 💎 Gain # Charges when you are Hit by an Enemy (Utility Flasks)
  2. 💎 Instant Recovery when on Low Life (Life Flasks)

Explicits
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  1. 🛡️#% Increased Armour Rating during Effect (Utility Flasks)
  2. 🛡️#% reduced Effect of Curses on you during Effect (Utility Flasks)
  3. 🛡️#% Increased Attack Speed during Effect (Utility Flasks)
  4. 🛡️Grants Immunity to Bleeding for # seconds if used while Bleeding (Life Flask)

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Jewels

Regular Jewels

Regular Jewels can have a multitude of relevant damage modifiers. The modifiers above state a priority list. Obtaining jewels with 3 stats should generally not be hard.

Regular Jewels
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Explicits
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  1. #% Increased Maximum Life
  2. +#% to All Elemental Resistances – Easy way to get Resistances
  3. +#% to Melee Critical Strike Multiplier
  4. #% Increased Attack Speed

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