Warlock Leveling Guide

Gameplay

As we level the power of skills evolve, with some becoming stronger while others get weaker. To account for this, we transition from a setup that is optimized for early game to one that is more suited to tackling endgame content.

Early Setup

Use this setup until you unlock your Mastery.

• For single target, use Rip Blood.
• For clear, use Wandering Spirits on cooldown.
• Summon your Summon Bone Golem to take the aggro away from you.
• On bosses, use Bone Curse for extra damage.
• Use Transplant to move quickly through the chapters.

Final Setup

• For single target and clear, use Chthonic Fissure first, then Spirit Plague and spam Chaos Bolts.
• Limit your Spirit Plague cast, it applies stacks of Bleeds on yourself.
• If you are low on Mana, stop casting Chaos Bolts. If you are still struggling you can respec some of the points in Chaotic Rupture in Chthonic Fissure skill tree.
• You don't need to use Bone Curse or Rip Blood manually, it procs from Chaos Bolts.
• Use Transplant to move quickly through the chapters.
• Summon your Summon Bone Golem to pull aggro away from you. If he dies too often, replace him with Profane Veil and use it to avoid damage.

Key Leveling Notes

• Keep your character at the area level by killing monsters.
  • To use this guide, you need to maintain at most a 5 level difference with the area.
  • Press C to open the character sheet to find your level and TAB to find the area level.
• Only collect loot that serves as an upgrade.
  • The loot filter reveals many items that might not be an upgrade for your character.
• If your inventory is full, stick gear with high value affixes in your stash and sell the rest.
  • Don't sell gear that has high value affixes to a vendor.
  • Instead, keep it to use later or destroy it with a Rune of Shattering or Rune of Removal.
• Always get the best weapon you can.
  • Weapons are a core part of your power and getting a higher level base boosts your damage significantly.
  • Early on, you can buy them at the Gambler NPC in the Council Chamber town and in the End of Time town.
  • After level 40, they don't sell you higher item bases.
• If you want to enter the Monolith of Fate early, unlock all the passive points and idol slots from quests first.
  • By the time you complete chapter 7, you will be ready to tackle the Monolith of Fate content.
• Crafting is powerful and important for enhancing your gear.
  • Press F and place your item in the crafting interface to level up its affixes and craft new ones!
  • Adding health or vitality on a few empty affix slots can increase your HP by a significant amount!

Skills and Passives

Passives and Skills provide powerful effects that dictate the playstyle of a Class and its Masteries. Remember that you can allocate Passives in the first half of any Mastery regardless of the one you chose.

Click on the Arrows at the top and on the Bar at the bottom to see Passive and Skill Trees Progression

Gearing and Side Quests Step by Step

Itemization is a vital aspect of your journey in Last Epoch. While prefixes and suffixes matter, what sets Last Epoch apart is the power of item bases. Many items have potent implicit attributes that can rival or even surpass modifiers.

Level progression includes 1-10, 11-25, 26-40, 41-58 and Early Monolith, scroll to find the correct tab.

Warlock Uniques

If you are lucky you might get a Rune of Ascendance while leveling. Use this first on boots to get Unique boots such as Advent of the Erased, Eterra's Path, Blood of the Exile or Transient Rest.

Keep an eye out for useful Uniques such as Arboreal Circuit, Legacy of the Quiet Forest, Isadora's Tomb Binding, Woven Flesh, Transient Rest, Eterra's Path, Boneclamor Barbute, Salt the Wound, Thorn Slinger, Blood of the Exile, Flayer's Pride or Valdyr's Chalice.

Gear Stats Priorities

Best Prefixes

Best Suffixes

Idols

Loot Filter

Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Highlighting all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is crucial to your character's progression. As your gear gets better, remember to hide the rules that are no longer useful to avoid screen clutter.

Link : Download Lootfilter

Summary

This Warlock leveling build shines in its offensive capabilities. It melts everything in its way, making it a very solid mastery to play during the campaign.

• Use Rip Blood as your single target and Wandering Spirits on cooldown for clear until you unlock your Mastery.
• After that, use Chthonic Fissure first, then Spirit Plague and spam Chaos Bolts.
• If you are low on Mana, stop casting Chaos Bolts.
• Use Transplant to move quickly through the chapters.
• Summon your Summon Bone Golem to pull aggro away from you. If he dies too often, replace him with Profane Veil and use it to avoid damage.
• Always change your staff to the best base possible.
• Cap your Physical Resistance early to make the campaign look easy.

What's Next?

Congratulations, you completed the campaign and your first 3 Monoliths Timelines! What awaits you is unlocking Empowered Monolith after pushing through The Reign of Dragons, Spirits of Fire, The Age of Winter and The Last Ruin Timelines and activating the beacon in the middle of them. Then you can dive into dungeons, empower your character further and test your limits at the Arena leaderboard.

Credits

Written by Terek.
Reviewed by Tenkiei, Volca