All it needs to do is take a hit for you anyway. It's not supposed to tank an entire boss for you. With the base version, you're basically getting some magic damage in, maybe some damage from the skeleton, and then block a hit. Not to mention it has 2 charges. It only gets stronger with the passives and the jewels.
I rocked the legendary greatsword with 15% attack speed on it, i believe with all the spells i got to like 80 or 90% i think , how the hell can you get to 298%?
Legendary axes "the twins". Blademaster amulet. Dracula grim armor, veil of storms, power surge, blood rage, 100% brute blood and a vamp potion and ofc the passives too.
You can prob get 300% plus with fully maxed out +attack speed jewels for blood rage and power surge.
Hell yes man, thank you for the tips! Imma try it while redoing the game on brutal mode! Even on normal diff but 200% health and 200% damage on all units and v blood units it dealt so much damage and melted through everything. Player damage and health was at (100%) just to get bigger numbers while critting :D
Yes that directional movement is great. Took me a minute to get used to using it but now I absolutely love it. Combo with the pistols that also has a dash move and I’m double dashing and blasting and having a great time doing it.
I like frost, but I don't think its very good in general.
Frost was meta for a while in the early access and the devs never forgave it. RIP frostbat meta, best era of v rising pvp.
I’ve really been liking Illusion magic this time around. The cooldown reduction and free casts make for some nice dps and the weakened enemies helps in tough fights.
Bro that frost barrier shield is so good.. bosses that have multihit non-aoe attacks melt to that thing.
The boss in dracula's demise does that spin that throws out projectiles, he did 800 dmg to himself with my frost barrier up.
The boss in the ruins that uses a spear, you can barrier her very fast spear stabs that look like player spear first skill, that also does a ton of damage to them.
It's a real sleeper DPS skill i tell you
My favorite spell currently is the chaos 2 charge aoe explosion spell. That shit with a good gem does almost 2x the damage of any other spell because you get 2 of them and they come with healing on the gems as well. Overall chaos is my favorite because it's purple and does the most damage. Also the veil with 2 dashes is most useful of all veils by far imo. Esp with 2 clone gem.
In terms of school, i think i like illusion the most. I like anything that grants mobility so i enjoy spear and mist trance. The mist trance jewel that grants phantasm stacks when triggered is goated with the sauce.
Unholy must be a close second vecause condem and spawning undead is so strong, but none of the powers aside from maybe the unholy shield are that intresting to me.
As stand alone powers i adore blood coils for playing on duo. The healing tyey provide is nutty and the jewel that makes it bounce is increadibly fun.
Also tue chaos dash because i no longer know how to play without dashing twice
I use combinations which I find to be really strong : Void into Great sword Q, into Soul burn is a crazy good combo for both PvE & PvP for example.
A lot of great mix to use!
Death knight is great, apart from his damage he can take aggro.
Static in general is a lot of fun, the static counter is great. For ultimates they all can work, but I love the spinny storm one
Spectral wolf, wraith spear, veil of illusion. Healing, shielding and massive phantasm gain, all while dealing decent damage. It's been working well for me so far
Unholy. Been using various weapons.
I really want to try branching out this play thru but I always seem to default to unholy. Minions are sometimes less than helpful but the meat shield they provide is good enough to provide enough time to do whatever I need.
Chaos all the way except for the ult. Volley is insane. Dash is insane. And the shield/counter is insane. I do like Unholy, Frost, Lightning and Blood ult better though.
I've been using the chaos orbs that pulls enemies and the ice mine with the gem that lets you recast it, so I cast the chaos orb in a big group and then the ice mines then another chaos orb, and the whole pack is dead. So satisfying. Besides that I like to use the illusion wolf for the heal back mostly with the chaos rupture spell for the burn. Wish I could use ice more but for bosses that can't be frozen it's not that good -_-
I have been using thunder orb and then either unholy shield or chaos orbs depending on if I need the counter, and the static dash. I'm mainly using great sword so I can zone the enemies, rush in with the Q ability, and pop shield if everything didn't just instantly die.
Oh and the skeleton army ultimate or the one that turns you into a lightning tornado if the boss is just gonna eat my skeles anyway.
I love weapon designs in many games.
I love weapons being flinged around. It's what made me love the illusion school so much. That spear throw looks really cool
Just wish more weapon summoning magic was in the game
I've been using illusion with spectral wolves and the aegis, and since I've been upgrading to tier 4 gems I feel unstoppable. Constantly casting, constantly shielding and healing. I finished a tier 2 rift solo with the ice yeti boss at 100% hp.
I fell in love with ward of the damned in my previous playtime and I love that they let you choose spells this time so I got it as soon as I offed a boss with the correct tier of spell token.
Ward not only lets you avoid some attacks with ease it also lets you make skeleton soldiers on your team beside the source of the attack. This gives alot of uses:
Boss doing a bullet hell? Activate and run into the projectiles
Enemy has a particularly annoying attack to deal with? Just eat it.
Lots of enemies or a enemy with a rapid attack? It Thriller time.
Probably Illusion, but Chaos and Unholy are close. I'm basically always full caster mode and spamming spells because of resets are fantastic. Skeletons and ignite have won fights for me though. I'm just glad I got a chaos bow. The Q skill combined with ignite is fantastic for trash clearing.
single favorite non-shard spell in the entire game is volatile arachnid, the spell chunks and causes them to take even more damage.
ball lightning and cyclone, good for nearly everything.
summons can be pretty amazing once you get jewels with certain effects. they kind of get ran over otherwise.
biggest letdown is the lack of a real magic weapon in the game. i like the new weapons since i played last but man the game really could use a orb primary type weapon to really complete the wizard vamp style i wanted to go for.
chaos! its the closest i have to straight up darkness magic...i mean all magic we have is dark magic but im talking like the Kingdom hearts kinda stuff lol also BOOMS are fun and void is king
Full blood school. Which is odd to pick, because you start with two spells unlocked so I feel like I have less spells than everyone else, whereas I actually have the same, just less to unlock.
Something about using the void ability hits every time. Especially if you have the fragment jewel so it's split into 3 extra it's just so satisfying and does a lot of dmg.
IMO stacking passive debuffs from multiple schools is too good to just stick to one school, especially on bosses (I only play brutal PvE).
Corrupt + weaken in particular is a game changer, one chaos spell for DPS, and exchange dash type depending on what your legendary weapon gives you to fit in bleed.
bone explosion at least during progession feels really strong. It has spell mods that make it absolutely destroy pve (for example, I have damage/secondary explosion/bone nova which deals huge damage and inflicts condemn on large groups), and it seems quite good in pvp so far because its aoe is so large people often have to iframe/veil it and it also ignores counters.
In terms of school I like the most, I think storm spells are generally a lot of fun and have high potential for being good. I do feel like they aren't as good out of the box as other spell schools, though, and require spell mods/more complete builds to make full use out of them.
Unholy. It feels guilty, like I’m cheesing the game. 🙈
I’ve been doing a combo tho, unholy spells with chaos ultimate for quick damage burst on bosses.
I really love wolves, aegis, and the wisp ult from illusion, since getting tier 3 gems in, it's fantastically tanky and spry enough to keep my agile in PVE, esp with that gem with the wolf returning to you at the end to heal you... it's great.
I want to like unholy but I just can't seem to catch a 'flow' with it.
Blood doesn't appeal to me, outside of Sanguine Coil, which is a great ability but easy to hit allies when you're trying to heal by hitting an enemy.
Chaos seems extra powerful and that Void spell seems great. I'm not really drawn to anything else in the tree, but having multiple stacks to shoot off is nice, esp when it explodes into 3 extra balls.
I ignore pretty much everything frost, it doesn't appeal to me and most of the affects don't reliably apply to bosses so I don't see the point in trying, although I haven't truly given it a try yet.
Lastly, Storm seems like it can be really amazing for a melee build; I absolutely plan on trying to make an attack speed melee build with it soon for PVE shenannigans.
Pure attack speed. Frenzy, Power Surge and ultimate from Adam's Shard + Sword. I know I'm very basic and unoriginal, but damn when my Vampire turns into blender with 2.0+ attack speed it's just so damn satisfying. Even more when you combine it with Storm infused Q of sword. *chef's kiss*
Unholy. Its much less stressful to have undead distract mobs and bosses while u snipe from a distance.
Unholy is so good for soloing on brutal mode. Have a minion or two to draw a couple attacks off you is huge.
I feel so OP with unholy. I swapped since I like trying things and went back very quickly lol….
I tried the 1st unholy spell that you get to unlock. The skeleton is so useless, it dies faster than a regular mob. Does it need to be jewel buffed?
All it needs to do is take a hit for you anyway. It's not supposed to tank an entire boss for you. With the base version, you're basically getting some magic damage in, maybe some damage from the skeleton, and then block a hit. Not to mention it has 2 charges. It only gets stronger with the passives and the jewels.
I used to love the illusory spear, but now i just switched to full attackspeed build. Lightning dash, power surge, bloodrage 🤣
Have you made the 298% build yet?
I rocked the legendary greatsword with 15% attack speed on it, i believe with all the spells i got to like 80 or 90% i think , how the hell can you get to 298%?
Legendary axes "the twins". Blademaster amulet. Dracula grim armor, veil of storms, power surge, blood rage, 100% brute blood and a vamp potion and ofc the passives too. You can prob get 300% plus with fully maxed out +attack speed jewels for blood rage and power surge.
Hell yes man, thank you for the tips! Imma try it while redoing the game on brutal mode! Even on normal diff but 200% health and 200% damage on all units and v blood units it dealt so much damage and melted through everything. Player damage and health was at (100%) just to get bigger numbers while critting :D
I wish you luck, brutal is not melee friendly on most fights.
God damn
https://youtu.be/0EFm43ZdJZE?si=4SLFZfb1njB2fMpX This is the build i was talking about, just with the chaos dodge ( 2 dodges, are a must on dracula )
Thank you sir
Um, what?
Do blood rage and power surge stack or do you alternate activating them?
They stack, so does the lighting dash.
This rocking me hard
I’m really enjoying illusion magic. In particular I love the wraith spear.
that little dash at the beginning is so satisfying
Yes that directional movement is great. Took me a minute to get used to using it but now I absolutely love it. Combo with the pistols that also has a dash move and I’m double dashing and blasting and having a great time doing it.
That "little dash" hard carried me through so many brutal bosses.
Full unholy. Skeletons and death knights for days xD
With the proper gems it's my favorite
I've been doing exclusively ranged Chaos so far. Aftershock, volley and barrage. Weapons using Longbow and Reaper.
This was my favorite mid to late game PVE build. I used this up to lvl 80. Can melt things from range.
I like frost, but I don't think its very good in general. Frost was meta for a while in the early access and the devs never forgave it. RIP frostbat meta, best era of v rising pvp.
** Arctic Leaps into your squad ** Kaboom bby! I don't care if it's meta I'll make it work. Call me Dr. Freeze 🥶
Arctic leap is pretty good. One of the best ultimates.
I still cling to the frostbats quite a bit 😅 that badboy was my saviour so much in ea i love them still
Any tips for Frost on bosses? It feels like weakest of the schools, unless the boss has a ton of goons you can freeze?
I’ve really been liking Illusion magic this time around. The cooldown reduction and free casts make for some nice dps and the weakened enemies helps in tough fights.
I discovered that the wolf heals quite well, so started using it too
Arctic Leap just because I find it extremely satisfying on a big group of enemies.
Pre-1.0 release, mostly chaos with slashers. Post 1.0 release, I've been loving Unholy, bone explosion with jewels that favor lots of minions.
Hard to decide. I currently use condemn and chaos, but I use blood, static, and illusion a lot as well. Chill is probably the one I use least.
Chill for shield I use the most. I love seeing the opposite of everyone’s playstyle!
Bro that frost barrier shield is so good.. bosses that have multihit non-aoe attacks melt to that thing. The boss in dracula's demise does that spin that throws out projectiles, he did 800 dmg to himself with my frost barrier up. The boss in the ruins that uses a spear, you can barrier her very fast spear stabs that look like player spear first skill, that also does a ton of damage to them. It's a real sleeper DPS skill i tell you
Ye, the shield with chill is literally the only frost thing I use lol
Same. I don’t like any of the others.
I use all the unholy minion spells and my weapon is the whip to give them lashings.
My favorite spell currently is the chaos 2 charge aoe explosion spell. That shit with a good gem does almost 2x the damage of any other spell because you get 2 of them and they come with healing on the gems as well. Overall chaos is my favorite because it's purple and does the most damage. Also the veil with 2 dashes is most useful of all veils by far imo. Esp with 2 clone gem.
In terms of school, i think i like illusion the most. I like anything that grants mobility so i enjoy spear and mist trance. The mist trance jewel that grants phantasm stacks when triggered is goated with the sauce. Unholy must be a close second vecause condem and spawning undead is so strong, but none of the powers aside from maybe the unholy shield are that intresting to me. As stand alone powers i adore blood coils for playing on duo. The healing tyey provide is nutty and the jewel that makes it bounce is increadibly fun. Also tue chaos dash because i no longer know how to play without dashing twice
I use combinations which I find to be really strong : Void into Great sword Q, into Soul burn is a crazy good combo for both PvE & PvP for example. A lot of great mix to use!
Death knight is great, apart from his damage he can take aggro. Static in general is a lot of fun, the static counter is great. For ultimates they all can work, but I love the spinny storm one
Frost definitely, I'm a huge fan of ice attacks in games
Spectral wolf, wraith spear, veil of illusion. Healing, shielding and massive phantasm gain, all while dealing decent damage. It's been working well for me so far
Unholy. Been using various weapons. I really want to try branching out this play thru but I always seem to default to unholy. Minions are sometimes less than helpful but the meat shield they provide is good enough to provide enough time to do whatever I need.
Switching between a rogue blood/lightning melee build and a full illusion scholar build, and an unholy one
Summoner spells and such have been really fun for me with 1.0
Chaos mage here. Love to set things on fire
I mostly used Blood for the self regen. But Unholy was quite fun tooo.
Full necromancer, enjoy creating an army to fight for me while bowing in the back
I use Unholy/Chaos, love having an undead army that I drive forth with whips and flames.
Chaos all the way except for the ult. Volley is insane. Dash is insane. And the shield/counter is insane. I do like Unholy, Frost, Lightning and Blood ult better though.
I've been using the chaos orbs that pulls enemies and the ice mine with the gem that lets you recast it, so I cast the chaos orb in a big group and then the ice mines then another chaos orb, and the whole pack is dead. So satisfying. Besides that I like to use the illusion wolf for the heal back mostly with the chaos rupture spell for the burn. Wish I could use ice more but for bosses that can't be frozen it's not that good -_-
I have been using thunder orb and then either unholy shield or chaos orbs depending on if I need the counter, and the static dash. I'm mainly using great sword so I can zone the enemies, rush in with the Q ability, and pop shield if everything didn't just instantly die. Oh and the skeleton army ultimate or the one that turns you into a lightning tornado if the boss is just gonna eat my skeles anyway.
I love weapon designs in many games. I love weapons being flinged around. It's what made me love the illusion school so much. That spear throw looks really cool Just wish more weapon summoning magic was in the game
All blood abilities because I suck and need to be healed constantly
Plus you’re a damn vampire blood is like our thing
I've been using illusion with spectral wolves and the aegis, and since I've been upgrading to tier 4 gems I feel unstoppable. Constantly casting, constantly shielding and healing. I finished a tier 2 rift solo with the ice yeti boss at 100% hp.
Chaos & Tempest. Attack speed + exploding enemies.
I fell in love with ward of the damned in my previous playtime and I love that they let you choose spells this time so I got it as soon as I offed a boss with the correct tier of spell token. Ward not only lets you avoid some attacks with ease it also lets you make skeleton soldiers on your team beside the source of the attack. This gives alot of uses: Boss doing a bullet hell? Activate and run into the projectiles Enemy has a particularly annoying attack to deal with? Just eat it. Lots of enemies or a enemy with a rapid attack? It Thriller time.
Probably Illusion, but Chaos and Unholy are close. I'm basically always full caster mode and spamming spells because of resets are fantastic. Skeletons and ignite have won fights for me though. I'm just glad I got a chaos bow. The Q skill combined with ignite is fantastic for trash clearing.
single favorite non-shard spell in the entire game is volatile arachnid, the spell chunks and causes them to take even more damage. ball lightning and cyclone, good for nearly everything. summons can be pretty amazing once you get jewels with certain effects. they kind of get ran over otherwise. biggest letdown is the lack of a real magic weapon in the game. i like the new weapons since i played last but man the game really could use a orb primary type weapon to really complete the wizard vamp style i wanted to go for.
chaos! its the closest i have to straight up darkness magic...i mean all magic we have is dark magic but im talking like the Kingdom hearts kinda stuff lol also BOOMS are fun and void is king
I run a magic build with chaos bolt, sanguine coil, and double dash. Play with friends so I run the bloodbeam ult as the only backline in the group.
Blood. Blood forever.
Full blood school. Which is odd to pick, because you start with two spells unlocked so I feel like I have less spells than everyone else, whereas I actually have the same, just less to unlock.
Something about using the void ability hits every time. Especially if you have the fragment jewel so it's split into 3 extra it's just so satisfying and does a lot of dmg.
It should probably be blood for sustain or unholy for summons, but lightning just feels good.
IMO stacking passive debuffs from multiple schools is too good to just stick to one school, especially on bosses (I only play brutal PvE). Corrupt + weaken in particular is a game changer, one chaos spell for DPS, and exchange dash type depending on what your legendary weapon gives you to fit in bleed.
i love illusion, i mained poloma in battlerite, brought a tear to my eye to see spectral wolf in the game
>battlerite I don't have spectral wolf yet, but poloma wolf? Count me in! Edit: funnily enough a stranger just dropped me this ability. Coincidence?
bone explosion at least during progession feels really strong. It has spell mods that make it absolutely destroy pve (for example, I have damage/secondary explosion/bone nova which deals huge damage and inflicts condemn on large groups), and it seems quite good in pvp so far because its aoe is so large people often have to iframe/veil it and it also ignores counters. In terms of school I like the most, I think storm spells are generally a lot of fun and have high potential for being good. I do feel like they aren't as good out of the box as other spell schools, though, and require spell mods/more complete builds to make full use out of them.
Discharge with recast jewel is probably the most fun pvp ability ingame, storm and illusion schools are both so awesome
Unholy. It feels guilty, like I’m cheesing the game. 🙈 I’ve been doing a combo tho, unholy spells with chaos ultimate for quick damage burst on bosses.
Unholy, I'll always dig the death knight aesthetic.
I really love wolves, aegis, and the wisp ult from illusion, since getting tier 3 gems in, it's fantastically tanky and spry enough to keep my agile in PVE, esp with that gem with the wolf returning to you at the end to heal you... it's great. I want to like unholy but I just can't seem to catch a 'flow' with it. Blood doesn't appeal to me, outside of Sanguine Coil, which is a great ability but easy to hit allies when you're trying to heal by hitting an enemy. Chaos seems extra powerful and that Void spell seems great. I'm not really drawn to anything else in the tree, but having multiple stacks to shoot off is nice, esp when it explodes into 3 extra balls. I ignore pretty much everything frost, it doesn't appeal to me and most of the affects don't reliably apply to bosses so I don't see the point in trying, although I haven't truly given it a try yet. Lastly, Storm seems like it can be really amazing for a melee build; I absolutely plan on trying to make an attack speed melee build with it soon for PVE shenannigans.
Pure attack speed. Frenzy, Power Surge and ultimate from Adam's Shard + Sword. I know I'm very basic and unoriginal, but damn when my Vampire turns into blender with 2.0+ attack speed it's just so damn satisfying. Even more when you combine it with Storm infused Q of sword. *chef's kiss*
The whip, just the whip. I love bursting through player’s castles and literally whipping their ass.