[POE 3.6 Duelist] Best Synthesis Ngamahu Cyclone Slayer Build (PC,PS4,Xbox) - Fast, Immune, High life Regen

 

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• Pros&Cons

• Skill Tree 

• Gems

• Gear Setup & Stat Priorities

• Leveling

 

Pros&Cons

Pros

• + Endless Hunger from Slayer tree provide leech effect similar to Atziri's Acuity Gloves
• + You will be able to clear Uber Lab by level 75
• + You are immune to bleed and stun during fights
• + You have 20% culling strike, effectively lowering boss health by 20%
• + Very fast clearing speed due to high AOE radius
• + High life regen making it easy to handle traps in Uber lab

Cons

• - Leveling to level 55 could be a chore but from there onward it is a breeze
• - Elemental reflect can still be an issue (use ruby flask when you run into elemental reflect and you should be fine)
• - Can't do no life no mana leech map

 

Skill Tree 

Ascendancy

Endless Hunger -> Brutal Fervour -> Headsman -> Bane of Legends

NOTE: You will use Culling Strike Gem with Warchief Totem before clearing Uber Lab.

Bandits

This quest is given to you by Eramir in the Forest Encampment after you complete Through Sacred Ground or talk with any of the bandit leaders. There are three different bandit leaders. You can either side with one of them (and kill the other two) to get the respective reward or you can kill all of them to get the reward from Erami - from Gamepedia

Skill points or Oak/Kraityn. Oak is a bit more defensive, Krait is faster clear.

Pantheon

The powers provided by the major and minor gods are situation based. You can switch them in your hideout before engaging boss of certain map.

For general mapping:

• Soul of Lunaris (Major God) - Up to 8% physical damage reduction when there are 8 enemies around you
• Soul of Ryslatha (Minor God) - Life flask gain 3 charges every 3 seconds

For Uber Lab

• Soul of Solaris (Major God) - 20% chance to take 50% less area damage
• Soul of Garukhan (Minor God) - 5% chance to evade attack and more movement speed / Soul of Ryslatha (Minor God) - Life flask gain 3 charges every 3 seconds

For Shaper:

• Soul of Brine King (Major God) - 50% reduced chill effect. Also great for maps with chilling ground effect
• Soul of Yugul (Minor God) - 5% reduced cold damage taken if you have been hit recently

For Uber Atziri

• Soul of Solaris (Major God) - 20% chance to take 50% less area damage, 8% reduced Elemental Damage taken if you haven't been Hit Recently
• Soul of Abberath (Minor God) - 5% reduced fire damage taken while moving

For Minotaur Guardian

• Soul of Solaris (Major God) - 20% chance to take 50% less area damage
• Soul of Gruthkul (Minor God) - Up to 5% physical damage reduction / Soul of Ryslatha (Minor God) - Life flask gain 3 charges every 3 seconds

For Phoenix Guardian

• Soul of Solaris (Major God) - 20% chance to take 50% less area damage, 8% reduced Elemental Damage taken if you haven't been Hit Recently
• Soul of Abberath (Minor God) - 5% reduced fire damage taken while moving

For Hydra Guardian

• Soul of Brine King (Major God) - 50% reduced chill effect. Also great for maps with chilling ground effect
• Soul of Garukhan (Minor God) - 5% chance to evade attack and more movement speed

For Chimera Guardian

• Soul of Arakaali (Major God) - 5% reduction to damage over time taken and more chaos resistance
• Soul of Ralakesh (Minor God) - 25% reduced physical damage over time taken while moving / Soul of Ryslatha (Minor God) - Life flask gain 3 charges every 3 seconds

Passive Tree

Skill Tree - Level 25

Skill Tree - Level 55

With Xoph's Blood

• Skill Tree - Level 75
• Skill Tree - Level 95 (More Life)
• Skill Tree - Level 95 (More Damage Primeval Force) 

Running Without Xoph's Blood - Picking Avatar of Fire from Skill Tree

If you do not own Xoph's Blood amulet, you can consider running the following skill tree:

• Skill Tree Level 64
• Skill Tree Level 90
• Skill Tree Level 95

 

 

Gems Setup

Move the mouse on the bold poe equipment to see needed mod

Ngamahu's Flame (Do NOT require 6L)

Concentrated Effect Support, Elemental Damage with Attacks Support, Vicious Projectiles Support, Greater Multiple Projectiles Support, Fire Penetration Support, Elemental Focus Support

4/5/6L Chest: Pure Cyclone (For Everything)

3R 2B 1G - Highest Damage, Very Hard to Obtain on Bronn's Lithe

Cyclone - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Fortify Support - Elemental Focus Support 

- Increased Area of Effect Support

- Melee Physical Damage Support

2R 3B 1G - 2nd Highest Damage on Bronn's Lithe

NOTE: For players who are aiming for 3R2B1G but gotten this color instead, you can definitely stick to it as it does more damage than 2R2B2G.

Cyclone - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Fortify Support - Elemental Focus Support 

- Increased Area of Effect Support 

- Combustion Support

2R 2B 2G - Easier to Obtain on Bronn's Lithe

Cyclone - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Fortify Support - Elemental Focus Support 

- Increased Area of Effect Support 

- Faster Attacks Support

4/5/6L Chest: Consecrated Path (For Everything)

Consecrated Path - Faster Attacks Support - Elemental Damage with Attacks Support - Elemental Focus Support 

 - Concentrated Effect Support 

 - Melee Physical Damage Support

4/5/6L Chest: Cyclone + Cast On Melee Kill + Cremation (For Variety)

Cyclone - Cremation - Fortify Support - Cast on Melee Kill Support

Swap Cremation with Volatile Dead for Boss fight and use Vaal Breach or Desecrate:

Volatile Dead, Portal, Desecrate 

Swap Fortify with Fire Penetration for more damage (requires linking of Fortify to Leap Slam):

Fire Penetration Support

- Concentrated Effect Support 

- Elemental Focus Support

Helm / Gloves / Boots

Immortal Call, Cast when Damage Taken Support, Ancestral Warchief, Increased Duration Support

Optional Gem: Increased Duration Gem

Recommended Gem Level For:

Cast When Damage Taken: 1

Immortal Call: 3

 

Flammability, Blood Rage, Summon Lightning Golem, Blasphemy Support

You can replace Lightning Golem with Fire Golem.

OR

Enhance Support, Elemental Weakness, Blood Rage, Blasphemy Support

Optional Gems: Blood Rage and Lightning Golem

 

Herald of Ash, Leap Slam, Enduring Cry, Lightning Trap

Optional Gems: Enduring Cry and Vaal Lightning Trap

 

 

Gear Setup & Stat Priorities

Required Gears

Free Molten Burst that does impressive damage with huge AOE granting high clear speed. Requires 0 link. You just want to pop support gems into this weapon to buff Molten Burst.

Recommended Gears

Setup 1: Xoph's Blood + Watcher's Eye (Most Damage Output)

Xoph's Blood 20% increased fire damage taken, mob slowed by 20%, health, more strength = more life. End game amulet for this build.

Watcher's Eye provides very good damage boost to the build when you run Anger aura.

Tombfist with Curse Enemies with Level 10 - 12 Elemental Weakness On Hit allows you to drop Flammability curse.

Setup 2: Impresence + Watcher's Eye

Impresence 0% mana reservation enabling you to use another aura (i.e. Anger) and pick Without Xoph's Blood skill tree listed in Leveling Skill Trees section.

Watcher's Eye provides very good damage boost to the build when you run Anger aura.

NOTE:
- You can kill Shaper even without Xoph's Blood!
- Watcher's Eye is optional.

Recommended Rares

Gloves - Titan Gauntlets Preferred

• At least 75 life (can roll over 100 life in patch 3.0)
• At least 10% Attack Speed
• At least 30% Fire / Cold / Lightning Resist (or any number that can get resistance capped)
• Intelligence (optional. if you need it to equip gears)

Belt - Stygian (preferred), Rustic or Vanguard Belt

• At least 75 life
• At least 30% Fire / Cold / Lightning Resist
• At least 20% Elemental Damage With Attacks
• At least 300 armor (optional but highly recommended)

Rings - Opal or Steel Rings Preferred

• At least 40 life (60+ preferred)
• At least 30% Fire / Cold / Lightning Resist (or any number that can get resistance capped)
• At least 20% Fire damage (optional, can be crafted using Essence of Anger)
• At least 20% Elemental Damage With Attacks (optional but highly recommended)
• Flat physical damage roll (optional but recommended)

Boots - Titan Greaves Preferred

• At least 75 life (can roll over 100 life in patch 3.0)
• At least 30% Fire / Cold / Lightning Resist (or any number that can get resistance capped)
• At least 15% movement

Jewels Setup

Stats to look out for

• Increased attack speed %
• Physical damage %
• Fire damage %
• Area damage %
• Increased projectile damage %
• Max life %
• Damage over time % (ignite skill tree only)
• Chance to ignite % (ignite skill tree only)
• Critical strike chance % (Acuity version only)
• Resistance (if you are missing)
• Intelligence (if you are missing)

 

 

Flasks Setup (IMPORTANT)

Recommended Flask Setup

Bubbling Divine Life Flask of Heat, The Writhing Jar, The Wise Oak, Taste of Hate, Lion's Roar,

• Anti-freeze for life flask.

IMPORTANT: To run this setup, ensure your overcapped fire resistance is at least 50% higher than overcapped cold resistance and highest among all resistances.

E.g. Fire Resist: 159, Cold Resist: 109, Lightning Resist: 109

Bubbling Divine Life Flask of Heat, The Writhing Jar, Experimenter's Quicksilver Flask of Heat, Taste of Hate, Lion's Roar,

• Anti-shock for life flask.
• Anti-freeze for Quick Silver flask.

Budget Flask Setup (Great For Uber Lab Too)

The Writhing Jar, The Wise Oak, Perpetual Granite Flask of Warding, Experimenter's Basalt Flask of Fending, Experimenter's Quicksilver Flask of Heat

• Anti-curse for Granite flask.
• Add Knockback for Basalt flask (to fight Argus in Uber lab).
• Anti-freeze for Quick Silver flask.

For Uber Lab, you can replace Writhing Jar or Wise Oak with Anti-bleed life flask as shown below.

 

 

Leveling

Weapons that you can use to get to level 55:

From Level 1 to Level 12

Molten Strike, Onslaught Support, Lesser Poison Support

At Level 12

You can switch Molten Strike to Sunder

From Level 18 to 38

Sunder, Faster Attacks Support, Melee Physical Damage Support

From Level 38 to 55

Sunder, Multistrike Support, Melee Physical Damage Support

At level 28, you can start using Ancestral Warchief:

Faster Attacks Support, Ancestral Warchief, Melee Physical Damage Support

Remember to socket Cyclone gem into alternate weapon and level it at the same time when you reach level 28.

Jewelries you can use to manage your mana:

Skills you can use to manage your mana: Blasphemy Support, Warlord's Mark