[2.3] CoC Cyclone Discharge Trickster! HC/Level 100 Viable!

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Bonka wrote:

Is this really viable for a new league under the assumption I'll probably never get a Voll's Devotion? I want to play a build such as this, but not if it's going to be too gimpy without the insanely expensive ideal gear.

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Bonka wrote:

Is this really viable for a new league under the assumption I'll probably never get a Voll's Devotion? I want to play a build such as this, but not if it's going to be too gimpy without the insanely expensive ideal gear.

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Marxone wrote:

It is viable even with 4L and blue Vagan Dagger. Lack on defense without the "ideal setup" so viability depends on the decision between HC and SC.

HC is probably better early 60/70 with Bladefall instead of discharge.

Patchnotes for 2.3 did not nerf anything except agains lower Whirling Blades, build itself is still powerful (maybe more with 2 more ascendancy points where you can get auto frenzy generator

can be played without Volls, rest of the gear can be garbage (shield like 350ES for 5-10c / helmet with 280ES for 10-20c , boots and gloves also easy to afford, most expensive stuff to start are jewels and rings

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lordaleksander wrote:

What to do with additional ascendancy points?
Nothing seems to benefit this build greatly, is 8% attack speed the way to go?

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Bonka wrote:

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Marxone wrote:

It is viable even with 4L and blue Vagan Dagger. Lack on defense without the "ideal setup" so viability depends on the decision between HC and SC.

HC is probably better early 60/70 with Bladefall instead of discharge.

Patchnotes for 2.3 did not nerf anything except agains lower Whirling Blades, build itself is still powerful (maybe more with 2 more ascendancy points where you can get auto frenzy generator

can be played without Volls, rest of the gear can be garbage (shield like 350ES for 5-10c / helmet with 280ES for 10-20c , boots and gloves also easy to afford, most expensive stuff to start are jewels and rings

Thanks for the responses. I've been skimming over some posts in this thread and haven't come across any recommendations for leveling and when to switch in to this build. Any information would be much appreciated.

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Marxone wrote:

Guys like Bakedchicken who usually go CoC Discharge till lvl 100 are leveling with blade vortex, then swapping to blade fall and cycling through these two while leveling 6 discharge gems in weapon offset :)

I find selfcast blade vortex to be fun to level with , 4L just Spell echo (faster cast at 18-38) , Inc Duration (added fire 8-31) and Controlled Destruction. By going through the phys dmg nodes first, then going north for witch AoE (lvl 35ish) , with inc duration and echo you should be able to keep up 8-10 stacks which is enough to oneshot whites and some blue packs. Swapping to CoC probably late 50' after you accumulate enough crit (and most likely if you are gonna play since day 1, i recommend to steal as many free Vagan's as humanly possible at /820 so you can reach lvl 4 vagan usually on day 1 and then hope for dagger so you won't have to buy one.

It's no budget leveling, you don't need anything, Blade vortex or Blade fall does insane dmg if you take those total +90% phys dmg starting nods. You can ditch them later after swapping to Discharge, which you can do usually at merci A2 after getting 6th Power Charge.