Cyclone

CycloneAttack, AoE, Movement, Channelling, Physical, Melee
Mana Cost: 2
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.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Area of EffectDeals (44-54)% of Base Damage
30% less Movement Speed
First Hit deals 50% less Damage
+1 to Melee range per Stage
Lose 1 Stage every 0.2 seconds while not Channelling
(10-56) to (15-85) Added Attack Physical Damage
Maximum (3-6) Stages
Modifiers to Melee Attack Range also apply to this Skill's Area radiusPlace 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 attack skill that initiates a spinning attacks that rapidly hits nearby enemies. The player can move while channeling Cyclone.

Skill functions and interactions

Cyclone spins at the player's attack speed and deals area of effect damage twice per spin. When dual wielding, each weapon hits once per spin.

While Cycloning, the player is immune to stun and knockback. Death, being frozen, and Bear TrapsBear TrapTrap, Spell, Duration, Physical
Mana Cost: (6-23)
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Cooldown Time: 4.00 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 200%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:
1% increased Physical DamageThrows a Trap which uses this Skill when Triggered
Trap lasts 4 seconds
Deals (16-1447) to (22-2026) Physical Damage
Enemies take 15% 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. Movement will also stop upon hitting an object. Characters can pass through enemies for the duration of the attack. Note that this is not considered Phasing.

Multistrike: Cyclone cannot be supported by Multistrike SupportMultistrike SupportAttack, Melee, Support
Icon: 3
Mana Multiplier: 180%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:
Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Melee Physical DamageSupported Skills Repeat 2 additional times
Supported Skills have (35-44)% more Melee Attack Speed
First Repeat of Supported Skills deals (40-50)% more Damage
Second Repeat of Supported Skills deals (80-99)% more Damage
Supported Skills deal 30% 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..

Area of Effect: The base radius of Cyclone is determined from the edge of the character's hitbox (which has a radius of 2) to the edge of the melee weapon or unarmed range, i.e:

$\pagecolor[RGB]{15,15,15} \color[RGB]{163,141,109} \text{Cyclone radius} = \text{Weapon range} + 2$

Levelling the Cyclone gem will grant increased melee range. The range can be further improved by the Master of the Arena and Razor's Edge passive skills, Daresso's SaluteDaresso's Salute
Citrine AmuletRequires Level 16+(16-24) to Strength and Dexterity50% reduced maximum Energy Shield
+(30-40)% to Fire Resistance
+(30-40)% to Cold Resistance
10% increased Movement Speed when on Full Life
+2 to Melee Weapon and Unarmed Attack range
60% increased Melee Damage when on Full Life"A bit short in the arm, are you?
Then you'll be short of a head soon enough."
- Daresso the Daring, Warlord's ReachWarlord's Reach
Crimson JewelLimited to: 18% increased Attack Damage
+1 to Melee Weapon and Unarmed Attack 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., a unique item mod on certain weapons, or a lucky weapon corruption (up to +2). This base radius is then further augmented by increased Area of Effect Radius and increased Radius of Area Skills.

Note that, since the base radius is so small to begin with, quality on the gem will never provide more than 1 extra unit of range, and thus isn't necessary to get to 20% in order to get full potential out of it in the vast majority of cases. Consult the available area of effect calculators to determine the exact Cyclone gem quality necessary to reach the next radius threshold.

Theoretical maximum Area of Effect

The absolute maximum self-sustained range possible for Cyclone as of version 3.0.0 is 66. It can be achieved by a Deadeye dual wielding triple-white-socket Prismatic EclipsePrismatic Eclipse
Twilight BladeOne Handed Sword
Quality: +20%
Physical Damage: (108-120)–(188.4-199.2)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 11Requires Level 53, 91 Str, 91 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy Rating+8% Chance to Block Attack Damage while Dual Wielding
Adds (60-70) to (71-80) Physical Damage
25% increased Global Physical Damage with Weapons per Red Socket
12% increased Global Attack Speed per Green Socket
0.4% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Mana per Blue Socket
+2 to Melee Weapon Range per White Socket"A raging Solaris seared and contorted the orb's surface.
A despairing Lunaris filled the scars with her tears.
Yet Viridi remained, trapped within, forever more."
- Azmerian Creation Myths, wearing all the gear and jewels that increase area, weapon range, or flask effects (including the relevant corruptions), speccing into the relevant passive skills, linking lv21 q20% Cyclone, lv4 Empower, lv4 Enhance, lv21 IAoE together in an Item with a +1 to Level of Socketed Gems modifier and having Dying SunDying Sun
Ruby FlaskLasts 4.00 Seconds
Consumes (27-33) of 60 Charges on use
+50% to Fire Resistance
20% less Fire Damage takenRequires Level 68(-10-10)% increased Charges used
Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles during Flask Effect
(15-25)% increased Area of Effect during Flask EffectAll things must die.
Whether you burn out or explode is up to you.Right click to drink. Can only hold charges while in belt. Refills as you kill monsters. active. The maximum range without using flasks is 80.

Range: 2 (base character range) + 11 (base Prismatic Eclipse range 9 + 2 to Weapon Range corruption) + 4 (lv28 Cyclone) + 2×6 (white socket bonus from the two swords) + 2 (Daresso's Salute) + 1 (Warlord's Reach) + 3 (tree notables) + 1 (elder mod on gloves) = 36 total base radius.
Area of Effect: 100% (base area) + 108% (general tree nodes) + 30% (Ascendant's Saboteur) +  20% (Ascendant's Slayer) + 53% (lv24 IAoE Support) + 26% (q52% Cyclone) + 10% (corrupted belt implicit) + 20% (Carcass Jack) + 15% (shaper helmet mod) + 15% (pure talent) + 80% (16x 5% jewel corruption) + 20% (weapon corruption) = 497%.
legacy Dying Sun bonus: 30% × (26% (Alchemist cluster) + 8% (Conqueror's Potency) + 10% (elder belt mod) = 30 × 1.44 = 43,2% (rounded down to 43%)
Total range: 36 × √497 = 36 × 2.23 = 80.28 (rounded down to 80).
Total range with the flask: 36 × √5.40 = 36 × 2.32 = 83.52 (rounded down to 83).

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Physical Damage	Stages	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	28	42	29	44%	44%	10 to 15	3	0	0
2	31	46	32	45%	44.5%	12 to 18	3	199,345	199,345
3	34	50	35	45%	45.1%	13 to 20	3	285,815	485,160
4	37	54	37	46%	45.6%	15 to 23	3	401,344	886,504
5	40	58	40	46%	46.1%	18 to 26	3	554,379	1,440,883
6	42	60	42	47%	46.6%	19 to 29	4	477,437	1,918,320
7	44	63	44	47%	47.2%	21 to 31	4	583,786	2,502,106
8	46	66	46	48%	47.7%	23 to 34	4	710,359	3,212,465
9	48	68	48	48%	48.2%	25 to 37	4	1,355,511	4,567,976
10	50	71	49	49%	48.7%	27 to 40	4	1,138,877	5,706,853
11	52	74	51	49%	49.3%	29 to 43	5	1,368,233	7,075,086
12	54	76	53	50%	49.8%	31 to 47	5	1,638,338	8,713,424
13	56	79	55	50%	50.3%	34 to 50	5	1,956,648	10,670,072
14	58	82	57	51%	50.8%	36 to 54	5	3,655,184	14,325,256
15	60	84	59	51%	51.4%	39 to 59	5	3,017,327	17,342,583
16	62	87	60	52%	51.9%	42 to 63	6	7,759,995	25,102,578
17	64	90	62	52%	52.4%	45 to 68	6	15,138,193	40,240,771
18	66	92	64	53%	52.9%	49 to 73	6	26,083,825	66,324,596
19	68	95	66	53%	53.5%	52 to 79	6	62,620,247	128,944,843
20	70	98	68	54%	54%	56 to 85	6	211,708,088	340,652,931
21	72	100	70	55%	54.5%	60 to 91	7	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	55%	55.1%	65 to 97	7	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	56%	55.6%	70 to 104	7	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	56%	56.1%	75 to 112	7	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	57%	56.6%	80 to 120	7	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	57%	57.2%	85 to 128	8	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	58%	57.7%	91 to 137	8	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	58%	58.2%	98 to 147	8	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	59%	58.7%	105 to 157	8	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	59%	59.3%	112 to 168	8	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	60%	59.5%	115 to 173	8	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	60%	59.8%	119 to 179	9	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	60%	60.1%	123 to 185	9	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	60%	60.3%	127 to 191	9	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	61%	60.6%	132 to 197	9	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	61%	60.8%	136 to 204	9	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	61%	61.1%	140 to 211	9	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	61%	61.4%	145 to 218	9	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	62%	61.6%	150 to 225	9	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	62%	61.9%	155 to 232	9	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Quest reward

This item is given as 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 ↓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
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

Microtransactions

The list below shows microtransactions for Cyclone.

Item	Effect(s)
Blue CycloneBlue CycloneCyclone Skin Stack Size: 20Your Cyclone becomes blue.	Your Cyclone becomes blue.
Dark Cyclone EffectDark Cyclone EffectCyclone SkinYour Cyclone gains a dark effect.	Your Cyclone gains a dark effect.
Ghostflame CycloneGhostflame CycloneCyclone SkinYour Cyclone becomes a Ghostflame Effect.	Your Cyclone becomes a Ghostflame Effect.
Sawblade CycloneSawblade CycloneCyclone Skin Stack Size: 20Your Cyclone becomes augmented with spinning sawblades.	Your Cyclone becomes augmented with spinning sawblades.
White CycloneWhite CycloneCyclone Skin Stack Size: 20Your Cyclone becomes white.	Your Cyclone becomes white.

Version history

Version	Changes
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 Mana 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: Supported Skills deal 0.5% increased Attack 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.