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[3.28] NickZiri's Starcaller Cyclone Trickster

3.28 Mirage
End Game
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Updated on Mar 20, 2026
Mar 20, 2026

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Build Overview

This is my Starcaller Cylone Trickster build for 3.28. It is an extremely fun build that has screen wide AOE, lots of explosions and is just overall very fun to play.


This build effectively functions the same as any normal cast on crit build, however, we make use of a very underutilised weapon: Starcaller which allows us to rain down screenwide stars in addition to doing serious damage with Cyclone

We play this on Trickster as Trickster offers a meaningful balance of both offensive and defensive ascendency nodes, while also allowing us to go Chaos Inoculation. Being a trickster means we are able to borrow Like Clockwork from Saboteur allowing us to reach the 52% CDR breakpoint needed for cast on crit.

Offensive Layers:

We are frenzy charge stacking in this build. Making use of Charge mastery and Replica Badge of the Brotherhood to maintain a high number of both in maps. This along with a foulborn Darkray Vectors gives us insane move speed and helps solve accuracy issues. The end game version of the build leverages Headhunter, stealing sometimes up to 50 buffs per map. This along with the Phys damage conversion from Starcaller allows us to melt screens of enemies, with Starfall hitting multple times per second. We also make use of a Unspeakable Gifts cluster jewel for a source of explode.

Defensive Layers:

We utilise Replica Badge of the Brotherhood to boost our endurance charges to 11. We gain Endurance charges on kill, so as long as you are killing, you should maintain around 8 endurance charges at all time. We also have a source of Fortify thanks to the implicit on our chest, meaning you are almost always at 32 foritication. We also benefit from ES leech and overleech thanks to Soul Drinker, as well as being immune to Chaos damage through Chaos Inoculation

Strengths and Weaknesses

  • One-Button
  • Incredible Clear + Explosions
  • Fast
  • Can get started on a budget
  • Not a bosser
  • Have to keep killing to keep up endurance charges
  • GPU intensive

Build Variants

Can also be played with Screams of the Desiccated. Unspec Polymath and use The Gull

Equipment

Starcaller
Circle of Anguish (Skill Reservation)
Soul Ascension
Torturer's Mask
Necrotic Armour
Headhunter
Replica Badge of the Brotherhood
Two-Stone Ring
Darkray Vectors
Silver Flask
Quicksilver Flask
Diamond Flask
Jade Flask
Taste of Hate
Behemoth Glisten
Forbidden Flame
Forbidden Flesh
Lethal Pride
The Light of Meaning
Watcher's Eye
Morbid Leer

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ OR THE BUILD WILL FEEL BAD:

You need to take Brine King Pantheon for freeze immunity.

You need to make sure you have 100% stun avoidance. You get 60% from the tree, and can use tattoo's or an abyss jewel to make up the rest.

Make sure you get a source of immunity to corrupted blood.

You need an abyss jewel with at least 2% increased cooldown recovery in order to hit the 52% breakpoint for cast on crit.

You do want some amount of flat accuracy on your helment. I would say T2 is fine.

Make sure you weapon has 6 unlinked sockets for increase damage via runegraft of the jeweller

Get a decently rolled Necrotic Armour and it is the bulk of your ES pool.

Passive Tree

main:
123
123
ascendancy:
8
8
Keystones
Ghost Dance
Cannot Recover Energy Shield to above Evasion Rating Every 2 seconds, gain a Ghost Shroud, up to a maximum of 3 When Hit, lose a Ghost Shroud to Recover Energy Shield equal to 3% of your Evasion Rating
Chaos Inoculation
Maximum Life becomes 1, Immune to Chaos Damage
Masteries
Spell Suppression Mastery (2)
Chance to Suppress Spell Damage is Lucky
Inflict Fire, Cold and Lightning Exposure on Enemies when you Suppress their Spell Damage
Mana Mastery (1)
12% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency of Skills
Bleeding Mastery (1)
80% increased Critical Strike Chance against Bleeding Enemies
Charge Mastery (1)
3% increased Damage per Endurance, Frenzy or Power Charge
Accuracy Mastery (1)
+500 to Accuracy Rating
-2 to Accuracy Rating per Level
Elemental Mastery (1)
Hits have 15% chance to treat Enemy Monster Elemental Resistance values as inverted
Axe Mastery (1)
Gain 2 Rage on Hit with Axes
Mark Mastery (1)
Marked Enemy cannot Regenerate Life
Evasion Mastery (1)
+15% chance to Suppress Spell Damage if Equipped Helmet, Body Armour, Gloves, and Boots all have Evasion Rating
Energy Shield Mastery (1)
100% increased Energy Shield from Equipped Helmet

Use Runegraft of the fortress on Mark mastery.

Use Runegraft of the jeweler on one spell suppression mastery.

Skills

Brimstone Shroud
Necrotic Armour
Cyclone
Increased Critical Damage
Void Shockwave
Infused Channelling
Increased Critical Strikes
Invert the Rules
Brimstone Horn
Torturer's Mask
Discipline
Enlighten
Hatred
Herald of Ash
Foulborn Darkray Vectors
Dragonscale Boots
Precision
Enlighten
Blood and Sand
Soul Ascension
Carnal Mitts
Immortal Call
Cast when Damage Taken
Soul Ascension
Carnal Mitts
Assassin's Mark
Mark On Hit
Starcaller
Abyssal Axe
Elemental Damage with Attacks
Starcaller
Abyssal Axe
Increased Critical Damage
Starcaller
Abyssal Axe
Ice Bite
Starcaller
Abyssal Axe
Damage on Full Life
Starcaller
Abyssal Axe
Culling Strike
Starcaller
Abyssal Axe
Concentrated Effect

These are the supports I have been running, I may experiement and update the guide if anything changes.

How it Plays

Hold down Cyclone, explode the whole screen.

Map Regex: "!er,|k at|f ph|ss ac|eche|% of e"

Video Guide

Stats

Character
Attributes
154 / 
302 / 
192
Movement Speed
257%
Bandits
Eramir
Pantheon Major
TheBrineKing
Pantheon Minor
Abberath
Charges
Endurance Charges
11
Frenzy Charges
11
Power Charges
4
Defensive
Life
1
Energy Shield
4,903
Mana
947
Armour
480
Evasion Rating
42,772
Block
0%
Resistances
76% / 
81% / 
75% / 
-39%
Simulated
Effective Health Pool
72K
Max Hit
13K / 
49K / 
58K / 
47K / 
∞
Skill DPS Estimation
Cyclone
3.3M

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