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pluto_nash

Replacement for a few gems in a cyclone setup

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I am running the Nevandis Shockwave cyclone build and found a great 6-link, except it is an axe and it does a bunch of elemental damage, which means I am now looking for the best options to replace shockwave support & brutality since shockwave won't work with an axe and brutality prevents elemental damage.

I am currently trying out a chance to bleed gem and a maim gem, but it feels like there are probably better options.

the current 6-link is

Cyclone

Chance to bleed

melee physical damage support

maim

infused channeling

pulverize

I have quite a few other items to upgrade before I will want to afford to upgrade the weapon to be more in line with endgame stuff, we are only on like late white / early yellow tier maps currently and I need to upgrade several other slots before I focus back on the weapon, so ideally what do you think would be the best stop-gap gem combo to replace Shockwave & Brutality?

Posted Jun 1, 2022, 10:46 PM UTC

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VinceOnYou•

No point of running Ele weapon when you're scaling phys. You'd have to redo your tree and items to scale ele.

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pmmestuff1•

I agree with the other commenter that running an elemental axe probably isn’t worth it, but if you’re set on it these are some to consider:

Close Combat Support - basically the sword/axe counterpart to Shockwave Support, will give you the highest dps increase but might feel gimmicky Increased Critical Damage - assuming you’re scaling off Crit still, an extra 150 crit multi is almost a BiS damage boost Elemental Damage with Attacks is also always an option if you decide to go hard scaling eDPS. Also keep any penetration supports or even Trinity Support in mind depending on which elemental damage you’re dealing.

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