Ultimate Cyclone Slayer Passive Skill Tree and Gem Links (PoE lake of Kalandra 3.19)

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Path of Building

Find our recommended Passive Skill Tree from the comfort of Path of Building, available here

Included in the Path of Building are skill trees, all gem links and possible variations, and an example set of mid-level gear with room for upgrades and an endgame staff setup. For simplicity’s sake, Elemental Resistances are not included on gear, and you can fill them in as you like depending on available gear.

We use the Path of Building Community Fork for all of our builds, which is highly recommended. If you are encountering errors importing the build, please ensure you are using the Community Fork.

Passive Skill Trees

  • Refer to the Ascendancy Recommendations for pathing — this tree shows end-game Ascendancy choices and not the keystones you should take if you are league starting or leveling up.
  • Save Impale and Jewel Sockets for some of the latter upgrades.
  • Cluster Jewel is optional until the End game Tree
  • Adjust nodes as necessary to meet Dexterity and Accuracy limitations. Eagle Eye can be very strong if you aren’t running Precision Precision, however, check Path of Building to tailor your Accuracy to your own character and don’t overcap unnecessarily.

Early Game: Vaal Pact and Mana Leech

Early on it is unlikely you will have access to -Mana Cost rings. In order to circumvent this, path manually from Titanic Impacts to the right and take the first point in the Vitality Void wheel (5 point investment). This will solve Mana issues and also allow you to take full advantage of your overleech potential. Optionally, you can invest another 2 points into Vitality Void itself to further improve your leech and maximum.

Gems

Cyclone Cyclone is our main skill for both bossing and clear, and as such is the only 6-Link in our build. The links are somewhat flexible, and can be adjusted to suit your preferences and the situation.

Blood Rage Blood Rage provides additional leech as well as Frenzy Charges during clear. For auras we use the typical choices for most Physical melee builds; Pride Pride, Blood and Sand Blood and Sand, and Determination Determination. This grants a good combination of damage and defense, and we can also incorporate the active component of a Vaal aura for even more in one of these departments.

Cyclone Cyclone 6-Link

If you do not have the intelligence requirement for Infused Channelling Support Infused Channelling Support yet, we recommend using Damage on Full Life Support Damage on Full Life Support or Close Combat Support Close Combat Support instead.

  1. Cyclone Cyclone
  2. Awakened Brutality Support Awakened Brutality Support
  3. Infused Channelling Support Infused Channelling Support
  4. Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support Awakened Melee Physical Damage Support
  5. Pulverise Support Pulverise Support or Impale Support Impale Support (if not 100% chance to impale)
  6. Shockwave Support Shockwave Support
  7. Damage on Full Life Support Damage on Full Life Support (optional)

Damage on Full Life can be extremely powerful but for obvious reasons is only advised if you feel stable at full life with your overleech. If you’re undergeared or attempting extremely dangerous content where you will regularly be playing catch-up it may be prudent to swap it out with another gem. Other options for a final link:

If you color your weapon with white sockets using Vorici on the Research division of the Syndicate, it opens the option to use Concentrated Effect Support Concentrated Effect Support for bossing, and Pulverise Support Pulverise Support for clearing.

Leap Slam Leap Slam 4-Link

Our recommendations for Vaal skills are Vaal Haste Vaal Haste (damage and clear speed) or Vaal Grace Vaal Grace (on demand defense for monoliths, syndicate, etc.).

Auras 4-Link

  1. Pride Pride
  2. Purity of Elements Purity of Elements
  3. Dread Banner Dread Banner
  4. Precision Precision

Cast when Damage Taken Support Cast when Damage Taken Support 4-Link

Since we have a large amount of Armour, Molten Shell Molten Shell is actually quite a potent choice.

  1. Cast when Damage Taken Support Cast when Damage Taken Support (Level 2)
  2. Molten Shell Molten Shell (Level 11)
  3. Blood Rage Blood Rage (Level 20) (unless you have it on your weapon)
Mark on hit/Mobility
  1. Flame Dash Flame Dash
  2. Lifetap Support Lifetap Support
  3. Assassin's Mark Assassin's Mark
  4. Mark On Hit Support Mark On Hit Support

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Changelog

  • Updated for League of Kalandra 3.19

  •  Updated Passive Skill Tree & Gearing section to better fit the current meta.

  • Minor gear/tree changes, ready for 3.18 release.

  • Updated Path of Building and Flask Recommendations.

  • Initial updates for 3.17 Archnemesis. Still waiting on Path of Building to get updated to finalize. 

  • Updated Ascendancy choices to ensure they matched the provided Path of Building and Skill Tree.

  • Revised tree to include stun immunity and additional Life.

  • Updated Path of Building and Skill Trees.

  • 3.16 Scourge; early updates for this mainstay build. New tree, pruned old alternate build variants, removed all mentions of Glorious Vanity for now, links altered, simplified the setup and ease of play.

  • 3.14 Ultimatum updates to the tree and gear recommendations for the early game (swords all the way through). 

  • Herald of Purity replaces Flesh and Stone.

  • 3.13 Ritual updates; Ascendancy pathing changed, Soul Tether and Glorious Vanity no longer default, gear updates, passive tree slightly changed, cluster jewel added, and more.

  • Updated Gear advice; Assassin's Mark ring affix was changed this patch, recommendation now correctly reflects this.

  • Ready for Heist 3.12; Path of Building updates, new skill trees, gear recommendations revised, and text body updates.

  • Updated for 3.11 Harvest; new tree(s), updated Ascendancy, Pantheon, Weapon advice (Disfavour, Rare Sword), and more.

  • New video of Wave 20 Simulacrum with Kosis, the Revelation added.

  • Path of Building updated.

  • 100% Delirious Forge of the Phoenix Map video added! Uber Awakener kill video added!

  • Path of Building link added!

  • Simulacrum Wave 20 video added, Uber Awakener kill GIF added.

  • 3.10 Delirium; Updated with new trees and some love for the gems and assessment. More to come!

  • Updated summaries.

  • Initial updates for Metamorph 3.9: Passive Skill Trees, Leveling, Gear, Annointment Advice, and Build Assessment.

  • Guide format updated in preparation for Patch 3.9.

  • Added a Vaal Pact tree to help players who can't activate Blood Rage.

  • Updated gem links and gearing recommendations to make sustaining Cyclone more clear. Added Annointment advice to the FAQ.

  • Updated for Patch 3.8.0 Blight League: Skill Trees, Leveling, Gems Links, and more!

  • Updated weapons section!

  • Guide added.

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