Builds and guides

[Vurtne]

Hello, there is a good place to find some builds? im new at the game, a website would be nice instead of videos, but both are ok. tyvm.

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

There are some good guides here on Steam (not sure on websites anymore, someone else can give those) but I guess titanquestfans [titanquestfans.net], Reddit (maybe), and ofc The Line of Epic Heroes YT is probably the best for videos that I know of that is actively playing still.

[sarcastic_godot]

Also, there are several builds & guides on the Steam Guides section (look at the tabs above. I admittedly never tried them, though.

Re. gane mechanics, you eventually might like this cheat sheet, also on Steam. It's not entirely up to date, esp. re. the figures, but the basic mechanics are still valid.

[JewelryStar]

/trxhuy
You can refer builds idea from this:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsLYsGLgG7ijfJ66R6xtjIA/videos

[B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t]

Always good to have another YT'er, thanks for that, never seen this person and will check out the videos.

[Necanthrope]

I'm not a fan of IceFrzzy simply because he doesn't make build guides. He makes builds then just shows himself playing them for 20 minutes. There's no commentary so the videos are missing the most important part i.e. why he's using X gear, skills, stat's etc. Also he states himself "Gears build using gears with what i have from farming, edited by Hex Editor tool". So his gear has been edited presumably to achieve the best affixes with perfect rolls. This is something a regular player may never see on even 1 green / monster infrequent item after hundreds or even a couple of thousand hours.

I totally recommend the already mentioned The Line of Epic Heroes. He's still active on YT and Twitch and perhaps is the only one who is still doing actual guides.

I have one other name to suggest Matthew Ashworth:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlpmhqJE5XfqT6DeXjPXPhxha5alktVT3

He hasn't been active on TQ for 2 years. But he has posted 46 build guides over 9 years. He at least goes in depth on why he is using certain skills and often gives alternative options.

The problem your going to have finding information is that its really all over the place. Most of it was on an old now defunct forum. However that information is out of date since the Anniversary Edition added 2 expansions worth of new gear, a new mastery and new skills. It also changed some of the game systems.

Here are a few links that a new player might find useful:

https://www.tqcalc.com/ (build planner)

https://tq-db.net/en (item database)

https://www.gamebanshee.com/titanquest/searchequipment.php (item database with better search function but doesn't include the 2 new expansions)

https://titanquestfans.net/index.php?action=forum (the off steam forum that replaced the defunct one)

https://www.kirmiziperfect.com/category/titan-quest-immortal-throne/guides-titan-quest-immortal-throne/ (has some guides and explanations of how mechanics work taken from defunct forum)

https://github.com/EtienneLamoureux/TQVaultAE (third party program providing unlimited item storage)

[ninakoru]

Originally posted by Necanthrope:

I'm not a fan of IceFrzzy simply because he doesn't make build guides. He makes builds then just shows himself playing them for 20 minutes. There's no commentary so the videos are missing the most important part i.e. why he's using X gear, skills, stat's etc. Also he states himself "Gears build using gears with what i have from farming, edited by Hex Editor tool". So his gear has been edited presumably to achieve the best affixes with perfect rolls. This is something a regular player may never see on even 1 green / monster infrequent item after hundreds or even a couple of thousand hours.

Holding a grudge I guess?? Resentment? Whatever.

Those are tried and tested, in fact shown in video endgame builds. Those are something you could aim for, I would take quite some time for some items, but you could build towards it.

The fact is, we don't have good guides for beginners, the thing I think it could help beginners to get a grasp on how to get though are Clex Plays old act X guide videos on Youtube.

[karakat]

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

there is no right way to make builds

Again, the build MUST BE LOGIC, otherwise it is not a build. Each of your decisions in it must be conditioned by something.
I can explain with the example of one of the "theme build". Sabertooth build, i don’t remember in detail, but it’s not necessary.
Ok we have a theme. What we could do with it? We have fast attack weapon with low flat damage and low pierce ratio. Best way to use it will be flat from items/masteries scaling. What is the best way to do it? Runes for elemental damage. Warfare for phys damage. Nonweapon pierce has worst scaling in the game, we can't find it on skills, there are very few items with it.
What damage prefer our master of the builds? Ofc pierce.
Ok, it was awfull choise, but what we can do with masteries? Hunting will be must have! Tones of % pierce and RR, other is not really a big point.
What masteries do we choose? Ofc rogue and warfare, what, why? Because.
Ok, ok, this is bag of ♥♥♥♥, but we can somehow impove our dps, yes? Ofc, we need maximum number of items that increase flat pierce and %pierce. We need 3 or 4 Set's Betrayal with flat pierce bonuses etc.
What items do we wear? Philip's set! We have no damage, no ratio weapon, and we're wearing philip's set, lol.
In conclusion, in this "build" all decisions were the worst possible, it was either an absolute randomness without a single idea, or a goal-oriented decision to make the trash build.

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t:

I built a harbinger differently than the boring cookie-cutter dual wield build

Blasphemy!

Okay, joking aside, Line of Epic Heroes seems to be very passionate about the game and provides a lot of commentary. His builds are much more theme focused and not min/maxed through. Nothing wrong with making 'unique' builds, it does help keep the game fresh after a while but for beginner's you might want to go with more optimized approaches.

[Vurtne]

Wow, tyvm guys. its good that an old game have a pasionate playerbase

sorry for my english, not my main lang.

[darth.crevette]

Originally posted by Video Girl Len:

Hello, there is a good place to find some builds? im new at the game, a website would be nice instead of videos, but both are ok. tyvm.

Don't follow a single source. As you can see, everyone has their own idea on what a "good" build is, and if you're just starting you won't have access to any of the "top gear" for any build you'll see on the internet anyway.

If you have an idea of what you want to do, start by googling the class, read recent-ish (at least post AE) posts about it; you'll have good info and discussions on pretty much everything either here, on reddit, or on titanquestfans. Watch a few videos, if only to give you an idea of how the class can actually play.
Then come back here and ask questions. There are a lot of very helpful and very knowledgeable people here, so the more you'll ask, the more you'll learn.

[Home]

Lets keep this nice, civil and on topic ladies and gents

[Dizzil]

https://www.almarsguides.com try here

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Since the OP has some sources to investigate to find builds and guides and the rest of you can't seem to stay civil this thread is done.