Cyclone

CycloneAttack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee
Cost: 2 Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Attack Speed: 300% of Base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (44%-54%)Requires Level 28Channel this skill to move towards a targeted location while spinning, building up stages while constantly attacking enemies in an area around you. While channelling this skill, you cannot be knocked back.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal0.5% increased Area of Effect1% chance to Knock Enemies Back on hit0.25% more Movement Speed1% Chance to Avoid Interruption from Stuns While Using this SkillDeals (44-54)% of Base Attack Damage
30% less Movement Speed
First Hit deals 50% less Damage
Gains 1 Stage every (0.33-0.17) seconds while Channelling
+1 to radius per Stage
Lose 1 Stage every 0.33 seconds while not Channelling
(5-28) to (8-42) Added Attack Physical Damage
Maximum (3-6) Stages
8% increased Area of Effect per 1 additional Melee Strike RangePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 28Purchase Costs

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1x Orb of Chance

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemCyclone

For the Vaal-themed counterpart, see Vaal Cyclone.

Cyclone is a channeling melee attack skill that rapidly hits all enemies in a circular area around the player. Cyclone gains stages during channeling that increase its base radius. The player can move while channeling Cyclone.

Cyclone can be used with any melee weapon, or while unarmed.

Skill functions and interactions

• Attack speed: Cyclone spins at the player's attack speed and deals damage once per spin.

• Area of Effect and Melee Strike Range: The base radius of Cyclone is 11 (not dependent on weapon range) plus 1 radius per channeling stage. Sources of Melee Strike Range (such as Warlord's ReachWarlord's Reach
  Crimson JewelLimited to: 18% increased Attack Damage
  +1 to Melee Strike RangeA steady hand can hold back an army.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.) will increase Cyclone's area of effect by 8% per 1 melee range. The total area is also affected by general area of effect modifiers.

• Movement modifiers: While channeling, the player is immune to all sources of knockback and has 30% less movement speed. Bear TrapsBear TrapTrap, Spell, Duration, Physical
  Cost: (6-23) Mana
  Can Store 3 Use(s)
  Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
  Cast Time: 1.00 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 260%Requires Level 4Throws a trap that damages and immobilises a single enemy for a duration based on how much damage was dealt. After the immobilise expires, a debuff remains on the enemy for a duration, lowering their movement speed by an amount which lessens over time. The affected enemy will take increased damage from traps and mines until the debuff expires. Modifiers to spell damage do not affect this skill's damage.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3Divergent4Phantasmal1% increased Physical Damage2% increased Skill Effect Duration0.5% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate1% chance to Impale Enemies on HitTrap lasts 4 seconds
  Deals (16-1447) to (22-2026) Physical Damage
  Enemies take 25% increased Damage from Trap or Mine Hits
  Enemies have 80% less Movement Speed when the Debuff starts
  Base duration is 3 seconds
  Locks enemy in place
  Traps do not Trigger at the end of their DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. will still stop movement. Characters can pass through enemies for the duration of the attack (this is not considered phasing).
• Dual wielding: Cyclone will alternate weapons while dual wielding.

• Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
  Icon: 3
  Cost and Reservation Multiplier: 160%Requires Level 38Supports melee attack skills, making them repeat twice when used, targeting a random enemy each time. Cannot support Vaal skills, totem skills, channelling skills, or triggered skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed
  Supported Skills have 1% increased Area of Effect per RepeatSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
  Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
  First Repeat of Supported Skills deals 22% more Damage
  Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals 44% more Damage
  Supported Skills deal (20-10)% less Attack DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: Cyclone (and all channelled skills) cannot be supported by Multistrike.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Physical Damage	Stages	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	44%	44%	5 to 8	3	0	0
2	31	46	32	45%	44.5%	6 to 9	3	199,345	199,345
3	34	50	35	45%	45.1%	7 to 10	3	285,815	485,160
4	37	54	37	46%	45.6%	8 to 12	3	401,344	886,504
5	40	58	40	46%	46.1%	9 to 13	3	554,379	1,440,883
6	42	60	42	47%	46.6%	10 to 14	4	477,437	1,918,320
7	44	63	44	47%	47.2%	10 to 16	4	583,786	2,502,106
8	46	66	46	48%	47.7%	11 to 17	4	710,359	3,212,465
9	48	68	48	48%	48.2%	12 to 18	4	1,355,511	4,567,976
10	50	71	49	49%	48.7%	13 to 20	4	1,138,877	5,706,853
11	52	74	51	49%	49.3%	14 to 22	5	1,368,233	7,075,086
12	54	76	53	50%	49.8%	16 to 23	5	1,638,338	8,713,424
13	56	79	55	50%	50.3%	17 to 25	5	1,956,648	10,670,072
14	58	82	57	51%	50.8%	18 to 27	5	3,655,184	14,325,256
15	60	84	59	51%	51.4%	20 to 29	5	3,017,327	17,342,583
16	62	87	60	52%	51.9%	21 to 32	6	7,759,995	25,102,578
17	64	90	62	52%	52.4%	23 to 34	6	15,138,193	40,240,771
18	66	92	64	53%	52.9%	24 to 37	6	26,083,825	66,324,596
19	68	95	66	53%	53.5%	26 to 39	6	62,620,247	128,944,843
20	70	98	68	54%	54%	28 to 42	6	211,708,088	340,652,931
21	72	100	70	55%	54.5%	30 to 45	7	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	55%	55.1%	32 to 49	7	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	56%	55.6%	35 to 52	7	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	56%	56.1%	37 to 56	7	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	57%	56.6%	40 to 60	7	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	57%	57.2%	43 to 64	8	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	58%	57.7%	46 to 69	8	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	58%	58.2%	49 to 73	8	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	59%	58.7%	52 to 78	8	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	59%	59.3%	56 to 84	8	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	60%	59.5%	58 to 87	8	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	60%	59.8%	60 to 89	9	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	60%	60.1%	62 to 92	9	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	60%	60.3%	64 to 96	9	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	61%	60.6%	66 to 99	9	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	61%	60.8%	68 to 102	9	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	61%	61.1%	70 to 105	9	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	61%	61.4%	73 to 109	9	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	62%	61.6%	75 to 112	9	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	62%	61.9%	77 to 116	9	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Upgrade paths

This item can be acquired through the following upgrade paths or vendor recipes:

Amount	Ingredient	General Notes	Type
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	random level 20 gem	Automatic
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Superior Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	random superior gem (Q20)	Automatic

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Cyclone.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cyclone Attack Speed 1	66	10% increased Cyclone Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cyclone Attack Speed 2	75	15% increased Cyclone Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cyclone Damage 1	66	25% increased Cyclone Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Cyclone Damage 2	75	40% increased Cyclone Damage	helmet 100 default 0

Alternate skill effects

Cyclone has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Automaton Cyclone EffectAutomaton Cyclone EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cyclone gains an Automaton effect.	Your Cyclone gains an Automaton effect.
Blue Cyclone EffectBlue Cyclone EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cyclone becomes blue.	Your Cyclone becomes blue.
Celestial Cyclone EffectCelestial Cyclone EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cyclone gains a Celestial effect.	Your Cyclone gains a Celestial effect.
Dark Cyclone EffectDark Cyclone EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cyclone gains a dark effect.	Your Cyclone gains a dark effect.
Ghostflame Cyclone EffectGhostflame Cyclone EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cyclone becomes a Ghostflame Effect.	Your Cyclone becomes a Ghostflame Effect.
Illusionist Cyclone EffectIllusionist Cyclone EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cyclone gains an Illusionist effect.	Your Cyclone gains an Illusionist effect.
Sawblade Cyclone EffectSawblade Cyclone EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cyclone becomes augmented with spinning sawblades.	Your Cyclone becomes augmented with spinning sawblades.
White Cyclone EffectWhite Cyclone EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cyclone becomes white.	Your Cyclone becomes white.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.11.0	No longer makes you immune to Stun while channelling.
3.8.0	Now has a base range of 11, rather than a range based on your weapon type. No longer gains additional radius based on Melee Range. Now gets 8% increased Area of Effect per 1 additional Melee Range. Now deals 5 to 8 added Attack Physical Damage at gem level 1 (from 10 to 15), up to 28 to 42 at gem level 20 (from 56 to 85). Now adds +1 to radius per stage (rather than +1 to melee range). You now gain 1 stage every 0.2 seconds while channelling, rather than based on your attack time. You now lose 1 stage every 0.3 seconds while not channeling (from 0.2 seconds).
3.7.0	Now a channelling skill. Now costs 2 mana at all gem levels (from 12). Now deals base damage equal to, and has an added damage effectiveness of, 44% at gem level 1 (from 45%), up to 54% at gem level 20 (from 56%). Now adds 10 to 15 physical damage to attacks at gem level 1, up to 56 to 85 at gem level 20. Now gains stages as it is channelled, up to a maximum 3 at gem level 1 and 6 at gem level 20, and loses stages every 0.2 seconds while not channelling. Now gains +1 to melee range per stage. Now has an attack speed multiplier of 300% (previously had 50% more attack speed). Modifiers to melee attack range now also apply to this skill's area radius.
3.4.0	Cyclone's additional attack range per level has been lowered, and now matches the same progression as the other attack skills, gaining additional melee weapon range every 7 levels, up to +2 at level 20 (and +3 at level 21).
3.1.0	Can no longer be supported by Ruthless SupportRuthless SupportSupport, Melee, Attack Icon: u Cost and Reservation Multiplier: 110%Supports melee attack skills. Every third time you use a supported attack, that use of the skill will be more powerful. Cannot support channelling skills.Per 1% Quality:1Superior2Anomalous3DivergentSupported Skills deal 0.5% increased Attack DamageSupported Skills have 0.5% increased Attack SpeedSupported Skills have 1% reduced Attack Speed Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal 1% more Melee DamageEvery third Attack with Supported Melee Attacks deals a Ruthless Blow Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal (75-132)% more Melee Damage Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills have a base Stun Duration of 0.8 seconds Ruthless Blows with Supported Skills deal (75-132)% more Damage with Bleeding caused by Melee HitsThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..
3.0.0	Cyclone's additional melee range now applies to unarmed attacks. Cyclone now also uses pathfinding to determine where the skill will take the player (as opposed to moving in a direct line). Cyclone's description has been updated. Fixed a bug where stats with the "while stationary" condition would erroneously stay active in certain cases while using Cyclone.
2.1.0	Attack skills that have their damage based on the wielded weapon have their mana costs fixed in place from level 1 onwards. There was a display bug that caused Cyclone to show the wrong DPS value and attack speed. We have fixed this bug, so you'll now notice the visual DPS almost double and the attack speed on the gem shoot up a lot. In addition, we have reduced the damage of Cyclone by around 10% and have reduced the damage of its initial hit.
2.0.0	Reduced the mana cost at all levels. It now grants 0.5% increased area of effect radius per 1% of quality (was 1% per 1% quality).
1.3.0h	Fixed a bug related to Cyclone where its stats could apply for a while after it ended.
1.3.0	Cyclone now attacks slightly slower and has an equivalent increase to damage. It now deals damage immediately when it is used, in addition to periodic damage. Cyclone no longer targets enemies, only locations.
1.2.1	We no longer treat Cyclone as a movement skill for the cases of Karui Spirits or flags in Capture the Flag.
1.2.0	This skill can no longer be supported by the Multistrike support gem.
1.0.2b	Fixed the skill tooltip damage per second display for Cyclone.
0.11.1	Melee skills with Damage Effectiveness have been changed to having a "Deals % of Base Damage" stat.
0.10.4	The damage effectiveness of Cyclone has been increased from 35% to 40%. We have also reduced the minimum distance it travels, so that you have more control. This distance is now about a third of what it was previously.
0.10.3	Cyclone has been added to the game.