Best way to play? Builds?

[madocs]

Do all pure builds work?

Can you specialize in any one of the 3 arms and make it work well?

Or do you need a little of them all?

Do pure even mixed builds work?

Just wondering.. I am pushing for a magic build on one character, and another char I have pushing a melee defence build, and both are working at this very very early stage of the game!

[Tola]

I prefer combat to magic, but there's no reason you can't do it however you like. You should have no problem maxing out one tree before you even hit the necromancer.

[madocs]

Combat is probably easier I would think... Although Magic looks to have some good points! Once you get good mana regen happening!

[Mageblood]

Well I can certainly confirm that pure defense, a tank build, works wonders; managed to kill the final boss with a single run (no wings until he was defeated). Going with anything else will make a run more difficult, but it can be easier in other ways. As for "one of the 3 arms" I assume you mean skill trees? Personally I would focus on the alchemist tree (bottom left) for all the potion efficiency because that improves your enchants on gear too, but if you go with pure warrior or mage trees it should work just as well for killing enemies or surviving (heal). I have not gone magic because the extra elemental damage is useless (in my opinion) because it applies to only a single hit at the cost of a decent portion of mana, I could get a heal rather than 2 hits of relatively low damage that may or may not actually do anything to the enemy. If you were to go with a perfect balance between the trees and stats, you may cause more issues in the long run because leveling becomes much more difficult later on and with lower defense you won't survive many hits without wasting a ton of potions or mana to heal. Overall, any build should work, just that the difficulty varries.

[madocs]

Magic build I found difficult! I went with that, and had to focus on mana regen, and you can only really do that later on!
The time spells work is for creatures with sensitivities, and then it works well. You have to calculate how much damage you will avoid by ending the fight early. I suspect that Magic build is the hardest of the trees to focus on. Potion tree is great! But annoying with creating potions all the time if you are going to focus on it!