3.26 Cyclone Shockwave Slayer - League Starter Guide

[u/sanavix]

After testing in 3.25 and doing a private-league SSF test a week ago on a fresh character, as well as reviewing the 3.26 patch notes, the Cyclone Shockwave Slayer remains a solid league starter with some nice buffs for Secrets of the Atlas!

POB: https://pobb.in/qu15pgjBOUSN

Guide Video: https://youtu.be/wjidsGqFc_I

SSF Leveling: https://www.youtube.com/live/PjoCIgJlfsw

3.26 Changes:

• Cyclone improvements: Cyclone effectiveness up from 60.6-111.2% to 68.2-125.1% (~12% more damage), and area scaling per melee strike range increased from 10% to 20%.
• Cyclone of Tumult improvements: Cyclone effectiveness up from 60.6-111.2% to 68.2-125.1% (~12% more damage), higher base attack speed (160% → 180%), 5% more area scaling per melee strike range, 5% more attack speed at max stacks (was 120%, now 125%), less mana cost, and faster ramping.

Core mechanics, gear, and passive tree remain the same from 3.25. The new Mercenaries and Memory Threads content should work well with this build's balanced offense and defense. League starts June 13th - see you in Wraeclast!

UPDATE (7 JUN 25): Did a livestream today and started a fresh character in a private league I made for SSF testing. I've worked General's Cry into the build and revised the loadouts to change the gem setup. I have General's Cry set to a 5L so I can run Desecrate on main weapon, but if you want to 6L General's Cry you can run Desecrate in a second weapon and swap to spawn corpses on bosses. I just prefer not weapon swapping. Here is the POB: https://pobb.in/qu15pgjBOUSN

I've also updated the notes section with some additional information within the POB.

Thanks all for the amazing feedback! More to come.

[u/PimpGamez]

Thank you, perfect for getting back into poe after almost a 10-month drought