[3.28] VOID Shockwave Cyclone Slayer League Starter to Endgame Guide - Beginner Friendly

Remember to utilize the CRAFTING BENCH to fill one empty Affix slot on an item!

Weapon:

You're going to need a G-R-R-R-R-B 6L for Cyclone and a R-R-R-R-R-R 6L for General's Cry + Autoexertion + Sunder.

You're going to want an Ezomyte Staff, Maelstrom Staff, or Judgement Staff for the Base 25% Block Chance! 22% Bases are fine for early on but want to swap eventually!

Increased Physical Damage, Added Physical Damage, Attack Speed, Accuracy, and Critical Hit Chance are going to be the most important stats to look for. Remember that we use Brutality Support so we deal 0 Elemental Damage! There are a few special crafts that can go on a Warstaff but it's too complicated/intricate to explain here. See the crafting video.

Crafting a Warstaff -> Here or Here

Body Armor:

You're going to need a G-R-R-R-R-B 6L for Cyclone and a R-R-R-R-R-R 6L for General's Cry + Autoexertion + Sunder.

Prioritize Resistances, Attributes, and Armor as these are the most important for this build. If you can afford it, Additional Physical Damage Reduction is another great line to have.

Influence your Body Armor with Searing Exarch and Eater of Worlds, watch Here if you don't know what that means.

• For Eater of Worlds Influence, go for Melee Hits have a chance to Fortify so we don't have to take Steadfast and the Fortify Mastery Node to save us some skill points.
• For Searing Exarch Influence, go for Increased Effect of Non-Curse Aura's to make Pride, Flesh and Stone, Precision, and Blood and Sand stronger.

Gloves:

Prioritize Life, Resistances, Attributes, Attack Speed, Accuracy, and Armor for Gloves. Don't bother with Added Damage to Attacks.

Influence your Gloves with Searing Exarch and Eater of Worlds, watch Here if you don't know what that means.

• For Eater of Worlds Influence, go for Increased Chance to Impale
• For Searing Exarch Influence, go for Increased Critical Strike Chance

Helmet:

Prioritize Life, Resistances, Attributes, Accuracy, and Armor for Helmet.

Influence your Helmet with Searing Exarch and Eater of Worlds, watch Here if you don't know what that means.

• For Eater of Worlds Influence, go for Increased Mana Reservation Efficiency. This is needed if you want to run all of our Aura's!!!!
• For Searing Exarch Influence, go for Reduced Mana Cost of Attacks

Boots:

We'll be using The Stampede as these Boots are the only way to Increase our Movement Speed in Cyclone of Tumult. You can Anoint these Boots and I go with Enigmatic Defence for the Block Chance.

Belt:

The Rustic Sash is still a solid Belt but I will swap to an Stygian Vise for the Abyssal Socket. Prioritize Life, Resistances, Armor, Mana, and Flask Mods.

Amulet:

Carnage Heart is a great Amulet up until this point but your Attributes may become a little tight so it may be time to swap off of it.

Go for an Amulet Base with whatever Attribute/Res needs and Prioritize Resistances, Attributes, Life, Mana, Global Critical Strike Chance, and Level of All Skill Gems.

Anoint with Serpent Stance for the Crit and Block Chance.

Rings:

Use your Ring Slots to fill out whatever needs to you may have. The only Required Affix is Channeling Skills have -3 to Total Mana Cost which can be crafted on from the Crafting Bench.

Prioritize Resistances, Attributes, Life, and Mana. Added Physical Damage to Attacks is not worth it as its such a small amount on Jewelry.

Jewels:

The most important thing for the Jewels at this stage is getting a solid Lethal Pride (Kaom Strength of Blood) and Large Cluster Jewel! There's tons of variations of Lethal Pride (Kaom Strength of Blood) that are good, just use the Find Timeless Jewel Tool provided in my PoB file or come by my stream and ask.

For the Large Cluster Jewel, get one with Adds 8 Passive Skills and good Notables like Martial Prowess, Feed the Fury, Fuel the Fight, Devastator, Brutal Infamy, Surefooted Striker, etc....

If you happen to have decent Rare Jewels or one of the other Unique Jewels used in the build feel free to drop them in!

Flasks:

At this point you shouldn't need a Eternal Mana Flask since our Mana Sustain is so high and only 1 Eternal Life Flask since we have so much Life Leech. We also DO NOT use a Quicksilver Flask since it doesn't affect our Movement Speed since we use The Stampede.

• I'll use 1 Eternal Life Flask with Immunity to Bleeding and Corrupted Blood. If you get hit with a nasty bleed or corrupted blood then use this flask.
• I'll use 1 Diamond Flask for Critical Hit Chance with Increased Critical Strike Chance during Effect and Increased Duration. This will help us reach that Critical Hit Chance Cap. Make sure to Craft on with an Instilling Orb "Used when Charges reach full". This will automate the flask when mapping! See Here if you don't know what I'm talking about.
• I'll use 1 Basalt Flask or Granite Flask for Armor with Increased Duration and Increased Armor during Effect.
• I'll use 1 Amethyst Flask to help raise my Chaos Resistance for now until I get better gear. For the Affixes, go for Increased Duration and Additional Elemental Resistances during Effect.
• I'll use 1 Rumi's Concoction to help us Cap our Attack/Spell Block Chance. Make sure to buy one with as High Attack and Spell Block as possible!