Best starting builds in Wolcen Wolcen guide, walktrough
Last update: 21 February 2020
This page of our guide to Wolcen Lords of Mayhem has information about the best starting builds. This way you will know what to invest in to be better.
Plague master
This build is for mages who like to blow up opponents.
Your abilities are based on poisoning and the power of aether.
Attributes
Ferocity is the most important, wisdom is second. Develop other attributes only every few character levels.
Ferocity will affect health recovery, critical attack chances, and critical hit with spells.
Wisdom, on the other hand, will increase resistance to negative effects.
Active skills
Light Bringer is your most important ability. With it, you can teleport your character - this very helpful in dodging.
With Anomaly and Plagueburst, you can fill an area with poison that will make enemies explode. Thanks to them, you can eliminate large groups of opponents.
Infinity Blades are a good choice for any build. They will help you fight huge groups of opponents.
Skill tree
Start developing your character with getting skills from the Soldier and Scholar categories.
In the Scholar tree, get skills such as Increased Awareness, Unwavering Dedication, and Thirst for Knowledge.
In the Soldier tree, the most important skill is The Wild Card.
Other important groups are Warlock and Cabalist.
In the Warlock category, pay attention to Hyper Self-Awareness, Duty to Exterminate, Twisted Obligation, Self-Preservation Instinct, and Sharp Insight.
As for the Cabalist, focus on Power of the First Men, Strong-willed, and Artefact Analysis.
Gear and upgrades
To play this character well, focus mainly on your health and strength of the shield.
Choose items that enhance negative effects. This way you will quickly eliminate your opponents.
Remember that gems can enhance your weapons. Thanks to them, you can increase your resistance to various effects or your strength.
Mage
This build is for players who like to destroy opponents with their magic skills.
Your abilities are mostly based on stopping opponents and attacking them while they are defenseless.
Attributes
Ferocity is the most important, toughness is second. Wisdom is the last attribute worth developing.
Ferocity will affect health recovery, critical attack chances, and critical hit with spells.
Toughness affects the amount of health and resistance to the elements.
Active skills
Your most important skills are Aether Jump and Evasion. With them, you can teleport your character - this very helpful in dodging. In addition, Evasion allows you to lay a trap that damages opponents.
With the help of Havoc Orb, you can injure your opponents with fiery explosions. This way you can easily get rid of hordes of enemies.
Bulwark of Dawn will save you multiple times. It creates a glow that regenerates your health points. Thanks to it, you can heal yourself constantly.
Skill tree
Start developing your character with skills from the Scholar category.
Get Chemically Empowered Brain, Heroic Resolve, Propaganda Fueled Zeal, Purifier's Wall, Hardy and Unyielding.
Other important groups are Warlock, Time Weaver, and Cabalist.
In the Warlock category, get Witchcraft adept and Resilience to Corruption.
As for the Cabalist, focus on Power of the First Men, Strong-willed, and Artefact Analysis. Lastly, get Which Time Cannot Heal from the Time Weaver category. If you deal damage to immobilized enemies, they will receive extra damage.
Gear and upgrades
This character is based on catalysts and pistols. Focus on upgrades that increase critical damage and negative effects.
Marksman
This build is for players who dream of destroying enemies with two guns in their hands.
Your abilities are mostly based on area of effect attacks, which will allow you to quickly eliminate opponents.
Attributes
Develop toughness and ferocity equally. Wisdom is the least important attribute.
Ferocity will affect health recovery, critical attack chances, and critical hit with spells.
Affects the amount of health and resistance to the elements.
Active skills
Let's start with Phantom Blades. With this skill, you will get rid of opponents who are coming right at you.
Phantom Blades damage everything in their path, which makes it easy to eliminate opponents.
With Wailing Arrow, you can protect yourself from multiple opponents at the same time. This ability summons a huge number of arrows to form a "wall". They damage everything standing in that area.
Havoc Orbs will allow you to destroy enemies from a greater distance. They cause a huge explosion and set opponents on fire.
Using Autoturret is a good idea. It can deal significant amount of damage.
Skill tree
Start developing your character with skills from the Soldier category.
Get skills such as The Wild Card, The Heat of Battle, and Second Wind.
The other important groups are the Assassin and the Guardian.
For the Guardian, acquire any skills that increase endurance. You will eventually unlock Pinch Runner. This is one of the best skills - it will help you evade.
For the Assassin, focus on Clandestine Execution, Slipping Shadow, Merciless Lethality, and Phantom Strike. These skills will increase the chance of critical damage.
Gear and upgrades
For this build, choose two of the best pistols you have and increase their power with gems. Bleed and shock damage are the best.
Automatic turret
This is a build for players who don't want to get their hands dirty. If you select all the skills correctly, the turret will kill most of your opponents for you.
Your abilities are mostly based on speed and restoring the hero's health.
Attributes
Toughness is your most important attribute. It affects the amount of health and the shield's strength.
Agility is next. Thanks to it, you will have easier time running away from opponents.
Active skills
Let's start with the obvious - Autoturret. This is the basis of your build. Increase its level whenever you can, and get Flak Launcher, Cyclone Lightning-Cannon, and Sleepless Sentry.
With the Blood for Blood skill, you will cast an area of effect attack that causes rend damage. If you don't have full health, some of it will be restored.
Aether Jump will allow you to quickly escape from enemies. Bulwark of Dawn is also a good idea. With it, you will heal your hero.
Skill tree
Start developing your character with skills from the Scholar category.
Acquire skills such as Heightened Concentration, Heightened Concentration, and Steadfast.
Guardian is also important.
In this case, get Clarity of Mind, Master of Curses, Immortal Offering, Strong-willed, Enfeebling Energy, and Primordial Insights.
As for the other categories, you only need a few skills from them.
From the Warmonger, get Maniac Slaughter.
From the Ranger, get Persistence Hunting and Physical Conditioning.
In the Warlock's tree, get Duty to Exterminate, and Retaliator from the Praetorian.
Gear and upgrades
Pistols or daggers are best suited for this character. Use them to eliminate those opponents who have dodged the wrath of your turret.
You should also invest in the speed of your moves and attacks. This way you will be able to avoid opponents without any problems.