Tangledeep Build Guide

A behemoth of a guide that gives an overview and explanation of each individual character choice, class, weapon type, armor type, and offhand type in Tangledeep and then delves into specific builds designed by the author.

Foreword

There are many things to consider when designing your build in Tangledeep. Class, abilities, passives, equipment, feats, flask infusions... All of those are just the tip of the iceberg. It can feel overwhelming to try and create the perfect build through all these factors.

The Tangledeep Build Guide was written to help alleviate some of that stress and help you find the path toward a build you'll enjoy. This guide will cover the feats at character creation, the various flask infusion choices you'll need to make upon level up, grant an overview of each class, detail weapon and armor type masteries, and then delve into the details of specific build templates I've personally designed. For the purpose of this guide, I've split up decisions that builds are composed of into five parts: Character, Class, Weapon, Armor, and Offhand. But before we delve into those glorified information dumps, there will be a brief section on how to design a build from the ground up so you can make the most out of what this guide offers.

Keep in mind that it's not strictly necessary to read through every section. If you feel you have a solid grasp on the various classes and equipment types in Tangledeep and you just want some cool builds to try out, then feel free to skip right to the Build section of the guide using the Guide Index to the right.

This guide only applies to Mirai's Story. The random nature of Shara's Story from the Legend of Shara DLC makes any build guide practically useless.

How To Design A Build

I'm sure most of you probably think of designing a build as a painstaking process that requires a high level of game expertise and experience where each aspect of the build is meticulously put together into a cohesive whole. And you'd be right.

If that was right, I mean. Which it isn't. Lucky for us! Designing a build is less a meticulous, careful process and more a haphazard, cobbled-together mess that you throw into a pile to see what sticks!

Designing a build is actually fairly simple, and it doesn't require all too much overthinking. In fact, if you do think about a build too hard, you'll probably just end up burning yourself out. So, how exactly do you design a build? Well, let me tell you how I personally go about doing that.

The process can be summed up in a few simple yet wordy steps:

1. Find a gimmick you like. Like crit? That's your gimmick. Like dodge? That can also be your gimmick. Maybe you like AoE effects? Gimmick choice complete. Any one thing that you find enjoyable, whether it be a stat or a mechanic, can be your gimmick. That's what your build will be focused on.
   
   
2. Throw as much of that gimmick into the build as you can with reckless abandon. In other words, don't worry about other things, yet. Focus only on building whatever your gimmick is to as high a prevalence as possible. If your gimmick is a stat, stack it as high as you can. If your gimmick is a mechanic, slot as many abilities that use that gimmick as possible.
   
   
3. Throw in what your build lacks. Some form of defense would be nice to ensure you can survive while taking advantage of your offensive gimmick. Or if your gimmick is a defensive one like, say, dodge chance, then throwing in some offense instead could help you actually defeat monsters. The point of this step is to round out your build a little. You've already maximized the gimmick in the last step, so now it's time to make sure the rest of the build around it actually functions. This is where your build goes from a mess to a legitimate, workable build. Your end goal for this step is to include three things in your overall build: offense, defense, and utility (status effects, movement abilities, etc.).
   
   
4. Test the build to find what doesn't feel right by smacking around some monsters. Constantly almost dying and killing enemies noticeably slowly are both telltale signs that your build isn't quite right.
   
   
5. Change what doesn't feel right.
   
   
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the build feels good to use and doesn't get you killed.

As you can see, in order to be able to even follow most of those steps, it's important to know what sort of options you have available. That's where this guide comes in, as it details just about every option in the game that could be used to create a build.

I can't promise that this method of build designing will work for everyone, but surely some of you will make good use of it.

Character

The Character sections will cover decisions made at character creation or while leveling up which will affect your builds and how they play. This will include Feats and Flask Infusions.

Character: Feats

Introduction

Feats are bonuses chosen during character creation that you start the game with. There are currently twelve feats to choose from, and you may only choose two. Of these twelve, three of the feats are unlocked by playing the game and cannot be used on your first character. I highly recommend you make a character specifically to unlock these three feats, so that you have a full selection of feats to choose from for your playthrough.

You may find a list of feats on the Tangledeep wiki. Keep this open as a reference while reading this section of the guide.[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Feats persist through New Game+. You do not get to choose new feats unless your character dies on Heroic mode or is deleted.

Breaking It Down

There are no "best feats". It's not possible for me to tell you "just choose these two feats and you'll be perfect". Each one of the feats has a purpose, so it's up to you which two to choose. To help you do that, let's try to break down this list of feats into something more manageable.

Feats can be broken up into three categories: power, wealth, and circumstance.

Power

Power feats are feats that directly affect combat in some way. This includes increasing your damage dealt or healing received, increasing your stats, and increasing your mobility.

Feat	Description	Note
Quick Step	Start with the Quick Step ability.	Quick Step allows you to move one space in any direction without using a turn. It costs 12 Stamina and has a cooldown of 7 turns.
Toughness	Start with 30 extra HP, and gain +9 more each level.	This amounts to anywhere from a 14% to a 17.5% increase to Max HP depending on your level, decreasing slightly as you gain levels. Food and flasks heal based on Max HP, so this also increases the amount healed by both.
Thirst Quencher	Increases the amount healed by your Flask by 11%.	Flasks scale as you level. At level 1, flasks heal a total of 64% of your Max HP. At level 20, they heal a total of 14.5% of your Max HP. This means Thirst Quencher's usefulness also decreases as you level.
Food Lover	Increases the effectiveness of healing food by 18%.	Food heals based on Max HP, Stamina, and Energy. This increases all three types of resource recovery from food.
Rager	Deal 20% more damage when at <50% health.	This may sound situational, but you'll be spending a lot of time under 50% health in tougher fights.

Wealth

Wealth feats are feats that increase the rate of gain of something. This includes increasing JP gain, gold gain, drop rates, and drop rarity.

Feat	Description	Note
Fast Learner	Gain an extra 3-5 JP per monster kill.	Very useful until you've learned every class skill, but becomes practically useless afterward.
Entrepreneur	Get 25% more money from monsters. Sell items for 20% more.	Money is a big factor in Tangledeep. You will never have enough until the end of the game. But once you do have enough, it becomes a useless feat.
Scavenger	+2% magic item chance, +3.2% loot drop rate.	Increases drop chance and chance of finding an item already enchanted with a magic mod. Very modest. Honestly not that useful.

Circumstance

Circumstance feats are feats that are only useful in very particular circumstance. They are useful if you have a specific goal, but are otherwise useless at best.

Feat	Description	Note
Keen Eyes	Examining a monster will reveal exact level rather than relative descriptor (e.g. Tricky, Worthless)	Adds exact numbers to enemy level, health, and resistances when inspecting an enemy.
Intimidating	While at >50% health, monsters are 40% less likely to attack you.	Monsters have a chance of starting to chase you every turn that they can see you; this reduces that chance. Useful if you're aiming at making a Stealth build, but otherwise pretty pointless.
Notorious	Upon the 80th turn in an area, there is a 2.5% chance per turn of spawning a champion monster nearby (this resets the step count).	Actively makes the game harder. Useful for farming drops from champions. Otherwise useless.
Lucid Dreamer	Increases the chance of special floor events and special monster spawns in Item Dreams.	Useful if you run a lot of item dreams just for fun. Otherwise, only useful while upgrading equipment through Item Dreams and completely useless once done.

Choosing Feats

In order to choose your two feats, you need to decide what you want to do. Do you want to focus on power feats that are always useful in combat? Would you prefer wealth feats that help you amass gold and items more quickly, but are of limited use after you get the perfect set? Or maybe you have a very specific playstyle in mind and would like one of the circumstance feats?

Remember, your choice will carry over even to your New Game+. You can't ever change your mind unless your character is deleted. If you choose something like Fast Learner, you might regret it once you no longer need any JP. You should think of not only the short term, but also the long term usefulness of these traits when you choose them.

My Personal Recommendations

DO TAKE:

• Rager. 20% damage is nothing to sneeze at. You will be under 50% HP quite often, and some unique class builds work very, VERY well with this feat.
  
  
• Toughness over Thirst Quencher and Food Lover. Toughness increases your Max HP and increases healing done by both food and flasks by only slightly less amounts than the other two feats. If you want to take either Thirst Quencher or Food Lover in addition to Toughness, then go right ahead. But if you're only taking one of the three, then take Toughness.
  
  
• Entrepreneur. It's the only feat that might become useless later in the game that I still recommend taking. Gold is of utmost importance in Tangledeep. Almost everything requires gold: food, potions, equipment, improving equipment, healing to full at camp, the gil toss gold toss ability...

DON'T TAKE:

• Quick Step. There are plenty of movement abilities in the game. You likely won't even have room on your hotbar for this ability in a complete multiclass build.
  
  
• Fast Learner if you plan to ever play New Game+. It feels really bad once you have all the abilities you want.
  
  
• Keen Eyes. There's a legendary off-hand book equipment that grants the Keen Eyes effect while equipped. No other feat can be gained that way. Besides, the general descriptors for enemy level, health, and resistances are plenty.
  
  
• Scavenger. Not only does it become entirely useless once you've gotten your ideal set of gear, but it hardly changes a thing even when it is useful. You won't notice the difference even when you want more and better loot.

Character: Flask Infusions

Introduction

Flask infusions are passive bonuses to the effect of your flask which unlock at levels 5, 10, and 15, for a total of three infusions. When you achieve each of those levels, the game will immediately prompt you to choose between two options for that level. You may only choose one infusion from each choice.

Flask Infusions persist through New Game+. You do not get to choose new infusions unless your character dies on Heroic mode or is deleted.

Choices

Level 5 Infusion

• Tea Leaf - Restores 3 Stamina and Energy per turn while flask is active.
  
• Citrus - Boosts attack and defense by 10% while Flask is active.

Both Tea Leaf and Citrus are very, very good. You can't go wrong with either option, and they will both almost always be useful. I personally prefer Tea Leaf, since it lowers my reliance on resource recovery food mid-battle, allowing me to use more healing or buff foods instead.

Level 10 Infusion

• Basil - Heals an additional 1.2% of Max HP per turn while Flask is active.
  
• Vanilla - Heals 3% of Max HP instantly.

This choice is very simple. Do not take Vanilla. Choose Basil.

There is never a single point in time where the immediate 3% Max HP heal from Vanilla will be useful. You're either too high health to need it, or you're too close to death for it to matter. Basil is the strictly superior option. No contest.

Level 15 Infusion

• Caramel - Gain +4 CT per turn while Flask is active.
  
• Green Apple - Increases dodge chance by 15% while Flask is active.

Both Caramel and Green Apple are strong, but they're also both situational. Caramel won't do you much good if you're not playing a CT-based build, and Green Apple only really shines if you're playing a build that focuses on dodge.

Between the two, I personally always choose Green Apple. Most of my builds rely on dodge for their defensive needs, and 15% goes a long way toward making that defense reliable. But Caramel isn't a bad choice, either, so it's ultimately up to, well...taste. Ironically.

Class

The Class sections will delve into the mechanics of each class in Tangledeep, examining their strengths and individual playstyles based on their passive bonuses, abilities, and job emblems. You could consider them loose build guides for if you wanted to completely restrict yourself to a single class.

Each Class section will be further cut into smaller subsections: Overview, Passive Bonuses, Abilities, Job Emblem Bonuses, Skill Orbs, and Summary.

Overview and Summary are self explanatory. Passive Bonuses, Abilities, Job Emblem Bonuses, and Skill Orbs each require a little extra explanation to be understood. I'll explain these subsections here, so that I don't need to repeat them in each Class section.

Passive Bonuses Explanation

Each class in Tangledeep comes with three tiers of built-in passive perks that are active so long as you play as that class. These passive bonuses cannot be mixed and matched or transferred between classes. They are only available when you are playing that specific class they come from.

• Tier 1 is unlocked by default.
  
• Tier 2 is unlocked when you spend a total of at least 1,000 JP on abilities from the class.
  
• Tier 3 is unlocked when you have purchased every single ability for the class.

More Information On Class Bonuses[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Abilities Explanation

The Tangledeep wiki has a really nice, compact way to display information on abilities. Due to how much better the display on the wiki will be to anything I can create on Steam Guides, I will not be listing the abilities and their effects in this subsection. I will only list the ability names and any notes I feel should be mentioned regarding each ability if applicable. Each Abilities subsection will have a link to that class' abilities on the wiki.

Just go here and mouse over one of the ability icons. Ain't that just beautiful?[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Job Emblem Bonuses Explanation

Job Emblems are special, customizable accessories that have three tiers of passive bonuses, similar to a class' Passive Bonuses, as well as increase all of your Core Stats by a specific amount. The Job Emblem passives are active no matter your current class so long as the Emblem is equipped, but the Core Stat increase is only active if your current class corresponds to the Job Emblem. Job Emblems have their own equipment slot, below Accessory 2.

To earn a class' Job Emblem, you must complete a Job Trial which can be started for a cost in JP by talking to Jorito in Riverstone Camp. There are three Job Trials of progressive cost and difficulty for each class. Each time you complete a Job Trial, you are given a choice of two unique passive effects to add to your Job Emblem, up to a total of three choices.

Job Trials are only available if:

• You have beaten the first boss of the game.
  
• You have learned every ability for the class.

Once you've chosen a tier for a Job Emblem, you may not freely change your mind. The only way to change which passive you chose is to delete the Job Emblem from your inventory and earn a new one by going through the Job Trials once more.

More Information On Job Emblems[tangledeep.fandom.com]
More Information On Job Trials[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Skill Orbs

Skill Orbs are special Lucid Orbs that grant a magic mod to a piece of equipment that augment a specific ability. There are three types of Skill Orbs for each class (except Wild Child, which doesn't have any Skill Orbs). Most Skill Orbs are not straight improvements over the default ability; it grants something to the ability but takes away something else.

Equipment is limited in the number of magic mods (more commonly referred to as affixes) that can be on the item at one time. You can use one Skill Orb per equipment piece without it counting toward this limit. Any further Skill Orbs beyond the first to a piece of equipment will count towards the magic mod limit.

More Information On Skill Orbs[tangledeep.fandom.com]
More Information On Upgrading Equipment (Item Dreams)[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Class: Brigand

Overview

Brigand's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Damage
Range	Melee
Recommended Weapon Types	Any physical melee weapon
Elements	Physical, Fire, Poison, Shadow

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	Chance to inflict bleed with melee attacks.
2	Your bleed effects last 2 extra turns. Learn Envenom Weapon.	Envenom Weapon is an active ability that acts as a toggle for a permanent buff. More information in the Abilities subsection.
3	Learn Stealth Bomber.	Stealth Bomber is a free passive that drops a Fire Bomb whenever you use Cloak and Dagger or Shadowstep. More information in the Abilities subsection.

Abilities

Brigand Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Smoke Cloud	Mainly used for the damage increase it grants to Cloak and Dagger/Shadowstep.
Escape Artist
Cloak and Dagger	Deals up-front damage, bleed damage, and drops a Fire Bomb due to the tier 3 Brigand passive bonus... That's a LOT of damage from one ability. Its position switching effect is also very useful for taking advantage of Brigand's Detect Weakness passive ability should the weak point appear on the other side of the enemy.
Fire Bomb	One of the highest Weapon Damage coefficients in the entire game.
Fan of Knives
Shadowstep	Can cause a bleed effect on any target next to where you land. An AoE bleed combined with a mobility ability. Its bleed deals Shadow damage even if the Envenom Weapon ability is toggled.
Sleep Traps
Detect Weakness	Causes a little red arrow to appear from the direction you need to attack the enemy from for the bonus damage. The arrow is consumed upon the first attack against it.
Sneak Attack	Only applies to the primary hit of the mainhand weapon.
Envenom Weapon	Can be turned on or off in case an enemy is resistant to physical/poison attacks.
Stealth Bomber	Unlike the Fire Bomb ability, the bombs summoned by this passive only deal 100% Weapon Damage as fire.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	+12% Bleed damage	+60% Stealth	More Information On How Stealth Works [tangledeep.fandom.com]
2	Causing Bleeding lowers target's defense by 12%	Smoke Cloud costs 50% less Energy and has a shorter cooldown
3	4% chance to instantly kill regular monsters on main hand attacks	Basic attacks stun non-hostile enemies	"Non-hostile" enemies are ones that haven't started chasing you yet.

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Cloak and Dagger	Brigand's Cloak and Dagger now moves through and strikes two different targets	Cloak and Dagger will no longer be able to be used against only a single target.
Skill Orb: Escape Artist	Brigand's Escape Artist attacks and bleeds the target instead of stunning them
Skill Orb: Fire Bomb	Brigand's Fire Bomb has a shorter fuse and cooldown	The bomb will explode one turn after being summoned instead of two turns.

Summary

Out of any class in Tangledeep, Brigand feels the most self-contained. Its toolkit of abilities feels complete, as though it's not really missing anything in particular. It has three movement abilities, two of which deal damage and one of which stuns. Its support ability, Smoke Bomb, increases the damage of its primary damage abilities, which in turn apply bleed, which increases the damage of Fan of Knives.

Between its physical direct damage, bombs of fire, and bleeds of three different elements, Brigand has quite an array of elements at its disposal, allowing it to hit an enemy where they are least resistant.

Class: Floramancer

Overview

Floramancer's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Spirit Power
Range	Ranged
Recommended Weapon Types	Staff + Book
Elements	Physical, Poison, Fire

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	When your summoned Floraconda dies you recover HP.
2	Your summoned Floraconda gains more HP and a constrict attack.
3	Your summoned Floraconda gets even stronger, and can summon thorn tiles around itself.

Abilities

Floramancer Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Summon Floraconda	Floramancer's big ability. Summons a powerful pet that lasts until it dies.
Conjure Vine Wall	Vines are used with the Vine Swing ability, the Thornsplosion ability, and as a wall to slow down enemies.
Vine Swing
Bed of Thorns
Grow Spitting Plant	Another important Floramancer ability.
Photosynthesis
Thornsplosion	Has one of the highest Spirit Power coefficients in the game. In an AoE. Very strong.
Thorned Skin	The only source of physical damage for a Floramancer, unless you're using a physical weapon.
Aura of Growth	Very useful for Vine Swing usage. Useful for using Thornsplosion as well, if you're lucky.
Creeping Death	Extremely powerful ground AoE DoT effect.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	+20% hp to summoned pets	+15% Poison damage
2	20% chance for summoned pets to heal to full when at 0 health	Thorned Skin affects ranged attacks
3	Summoned pets receive 50% of your healing	Summoned Conjure Vine Wall and Aura of Growth vines explode when destroyed

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Summon Floraconda	Floramancer's Floraconda becomes a Bull Floraconda, losing its pull ability but gaining a Bull Rush	Bull Rush brings the Floraconda to the enemy, as opposed to Pull bringing the enemy to the Floraconda
Skill Orb: Thornsplosion	Floramancer's Thornsplosion deals less explosion damage, but adds a lingering poison
Skill Orb: Vine Swing	Floramancer's Vine Swing no longer gives +50 CT, but now summons vines on landing

Summary

Floramancer is one of two premier summoning classes in Tangledeep. And it excels at it. Between the mobile tank that is the floraconda and the stationary turrets that are the spitting plants, it can create a veritable army in the middle of combat. To make things even better, it can use a corral pet alongside your summons.

Floramancer's abilities focus on crowd control and AoE damage. If you like the idea of sending out your flowery minion to distract the enemy while growing an army of sharpshooters and wearing down your enemy with poisonous fields, all the while blocking their retreat with a sudden overgrowth of vines, then you'll really like Floramancer.

Class: Sword Dancer

Overview

Sword Dancer's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Melee
Recommended Weapon Types	2H Sword, 1H Sword + Shield
Elements	Physical, Fire, Water, Lightning

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	Each step may extend the duration of Flame Serpent and Ice Tortoise.
2	Gain Flaming Riposte.	Flaming Riposte is a free passive ability. More information in the Abilities subsection.
3	Your parries reduce all cooldowns by 1 turn.

Abilities

Sword Dancer Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Flame Serpent	Useful if followed up with a few basic attacks.
Wild Horse
Hold the Moon	Movement, root, and damage-lowering all rolled into one button.
Dust in the Wind	Sword Dancer's strongest ability.
Ice Tortoise
Unconscious Riposte	Swords are still the best parry weapons, but this opens up the ability to use other weapon types without completely losing out on riposte.
Thundering Lion	Drains Energy very, very quickly.
Phoenix Wing
Relentless Current	Has one of highest combined Weapon Power and Spirit Power coefficients in the game, sitting at a combined 260%.
Qi Mastery
Flaming Riposte	The effect is the same as the Flame Serpent ability, but occurs when you parry an attack.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	Gain a Thundering Lion charge after using Wild Horse	Your next basic melee attack after moving is 20% stronger
2	Fire damage pierces 50% of enemy resistance	Instantly attack enemies when you're pushed or pulled
3	Relentless Current and Ice Tortoise freeze enemies	Chance to parry some monster skills (33% of normal parry chance)	By default, skills cannot be parried. The second option adds the ability to do so.

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Hold the Moon	Sword Dancer's Hold the Moon no longer takes a turn to use	One of the few Skill Orbs with no drawback.
Skill Orb: Ice Tortoise	Sword Dancer's Ice Tortoise deals slightly less damage, but buffs defense by 10% per active shard
Skill Orb: Wild Horse	Sword Dancer's Wild Horse no longer deals instant damage, and instead summons a crashing wave 1 turn after landing	Causes Wild Horse to deal Water damage the next turn instead of immediately dealing damage of your weapon's element.

Summary

Sword Dancer is the premier parry class. Being surrounded by enemies and parrying them all to death is a normal afternoon to a Sword Dancer. With numerous abilities and passives improving the riposte caused by parrying, there's no one better at what this class does.

It's worth noting that Parry only blocks 66% of the damage you take on Savage World (New Game++), making it defensively inferior to dodge, so Sword Dancer's efficacy takes a real blow there.

Class: Paladin

Overview

Paladin's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Melee, Mid-Range
Recommended Weapon Types	Any physical 1H melee weapon + Shield
Elements	Physical, Lightning

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	Block more damage with a shield.	Grants +5% damage blocked.
2	Blocking an attack empowers your next Smite Evil or Divine Fury.	Grants +25% damage.
3	Learn Sanctuary.	Sanctuary is an active ability that reduces all damage you take to 1 for a handful of turns. More information in the Abilities subsection.

Abilities

Paladin Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Smite Evil
Divine Fury	A lot more powerful than it seems. At 5 Wrath charges, it deals a total combined 300% Weapon Power + Spirit Power. The first bolt lowers enemy defenses, so the remaining bolts do even greater damage.
Righteous Charge
Radiant Aura	Paladins block a lot, so this drains Energy very, very quickly. One of the only healing abilities in the game.
Heavy Guard	Paladins block a lot, especially with this enabled, so this drains Stamina very, very quickly.
Blessed Hammer	If used with a wall in front of it (so the hammer can't travel), it will hit the same spot multiple times. This causes it to do immense damage to a target over multiple turns.
Shield Slam
Armor Training
Shield Mastery	Contrary to the name, it is not an Armor Mastery and learning it will NOT lock you out of the other Armor Mastery passives. Will not stack with the stun chance of a mace and the Mace Mastery Sunder passive ability, since the chance to stun on hit is capped at 30%.
Sanctuary	The single greatest defensive ability in the game. Healing and buffing items can be used without breaking the effect.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	+15% damage to Smite Evil, Blessed Hammer, and Divine Fury	Damaging Paladin skills grant +25% block chance (consumed on block)
2	+3% Elemental damage per Wrath Charge	+2% Elemental resistance per Wrath Charge
3	On basic attack crit: Gain one Wrath Charge (3 turn cooldown)	When at 33% Health or lower, blocking avoids ALL damage

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Radiant Aura	Radiant Aura now doesn't affect Blessed Hammer but it buffs your pets	Heals you for 3% Max HP and pets for 2% Max HP when you block at the cost of 14 Energy. Adds 15% Parry to pets.
Skill Orb: Righteous Charge	Paladin's Righteous Charge travels further and generates a Wrath charge	One of the few Skill Orbs with no drawback.
Skill Orb: Smite Evil	Paladin's Smite Evil is weaker, but has a shorter cooldown and using it reduces the cooldown of the Blessed Hammer	Used for generating Wrath Charges more quickly and throwing out more Blessed Hammers to make up for the damage loss to Smite Evil. Also useful for having a higher uptime on Smite Evil's damage-reducing debuff due to the lower cooldown.

Summary

Paladin is the premier tank class. It has an array of shield and heavy armor focused abilities and passives, its primary damage ability also lowers enemy damage dealt, it has one of the only healing abilities in the game (when you block) in the form of Radiant Aura, and it has the ultimate defensive ability. No class on its own even comes close to the defensive prowess of the Paladin.

Paladin's abilities have a lot of depth, as can be seen by the fact that almost all of them required that I add a note to them in the Abilities subsection above. Using them well, there's nothing a Paladin can't handle!

Class: Budoka

Overview

Budoka's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Melee
Recommended Weapon Types	Unarmed
Elements	Physical, Lightning

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	When unarmed, attack with left and right fists and deal extra damage.	This dramatically increases your unarmed "weapon", causes your offhand slot to also be an unarmed "weapon", and has both of them scale in power with your level.
2	Transforms your offhand punch into a more powerful kick attack.	This dramatically increases the power of your offhand unarmed "weapon".
3	Your chance to hit Vital Points is doubled.	"Vital Points" are the various Budoka's passive abilities that have that phrase in their name.

Abilities

Budoka Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Hundred Fists
Palm Thrust
Tornado Stance	If you use this while the enemy is against a wall, they can't exactly be knocked back. Free damage!
Vital Point: Pain
Iron Breathing	One of the only healing abilities in the game.
Vital Point: Bleed
Qi Wave	The most powerful ability that you'll never use. it can only target a single square that is exactly three spaces in a straight line away from you.
Vital Point: Explode
Two-Finger Catch
Steel Resolve	The absolute strongest defensive passive in the entire game. Critical immunity is incredibly helpful toward staying alive, especially on New Game+ and Savage World (NG++). Stun immunity also helps avoid you being caught at low health while being unable to do anything before you die.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	3% of Spirit Power is added to parry when using fists (max +12%)	Defeating or critically hitting an enemy may cause fear in nearby monsters
2	Basic Fist attacks deal +15% damage split between all elements	+6% All Elemental resists
3	33% chance to fire a qi wave at a nearby enemy when using Budoka techniques	18% chance to riposte a melee attack before you are hit

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Hundred Fists	Budoka's Hundred Fists hits a single target, but may strike any and all Vital Points
Skill Orb: Iron Breathing	Budoka's Iron Breathing greatly increases defense after bleeds/poisons are removed	Removes the healing effect.
Skill Orb: Palm Thrust	Budoka's Palm Thrust strikes only one target, but sends them further back for more impact damage

Summary

Budoka is the premier martial arts class. Its abilities are largely support-based, and it has a lot of passive abilities. As such, Budoka focuses mainly on doing powerful basic attacks with its empowered punches and kicks, which in turn activate some of the powerful Vital Point passives. Even though the number of damaging abilities Budoka has is limited, the ones it does have are powerful.

Class: Hunter

Overview

Hunter's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Ranged
Recommended Weapon Types	Bow + Quiver, Crossbow + Quiver
Elements	Physical, Water, Lightning

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	No penalty for using a bow in melee.
2	Gain +10 CT when you land a shot with a ranged projectile weapon.
3	Gain Summon Spirit Wolf.	Summon Spirit Wolf is an active ability that summons a spirit wolf pet. More information in the Abilities subsection.

Abilities

Hunter Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Hail of Arrows
Grappling Hook	Has an immense range, which makes it a very useful movement ability.
Shadow Stalk	Enemies will attack the shadow summons before you if they are within range.
Bear Traps
Eagle Eye	Can be used to see behind walls.
Ice Missile
Blood Tracking	One of the strongest offensive passives.
Triple Bolt
Deadly Aim
Summon Spirit Wolf	Summoned Spirit Wolf lasts until death.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	+5% crit chance with Bows and Crossbows	Grappling Hook leaves a shadow image behind
2	Spirit Wolf gains +25% Health and +8% defense	Passing 2 turns increases your stealth and evasion briefly	The second bonus grants +35% dodge for 5 turns. Stealth bonus amount unknown.
3	Hail of Arrows and Triple Bolt deal +18% damage	Enemies tracked by Blood Tracking lose 2% of their current Health each time they are attacked

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Bear Traps	Hunter's Bear Traps have a shorter range, but inflict bleeding
Skill Orb: Hail of Arrows	Hunter's Hail of Arrows takes one extra turn to fire, but gains range and area of effect
Skill Orb: Shadow Strike	Hunter's Shadow Stalk can no longer be used for free, but the shadow clones gain a ranged attack	Given that Shadow Stalk already has a resource cost, I believe this causes it to consume a turn, which it does not normally do.

Summary

Hunter is the premier Weapon Power ranged class. It has a solid balance between offensive and crowd control abilities, allowing it to do meaningful damage while maintaining safety at range. Furthermore, its permanently summoned Spirit Wolf distracts and damages foes that get too close. Even once an enemy reaches it, there are tools the Hunter can use to maintain control of the situation by distracting enemies with shadows or rooting them in traps.

Class: Spellshaper

Overview

Spellshaper's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Spirit Power
Range	Ranged
Recommended Weapon Types	Staff + Book
Elements	Fire, Poison, Water, Shadow

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	Stamina powerups also restore Energy.
2	Decreases the cooldown of all Evocations by 1 turn.
3	Learn Unstable Magic, which blasts enemies with random elemental effects.	More information in the Abilities subsection.

Abilities

Spellshaper Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Fire Evocation
Shadow Evocation
Ice Evocation
Acid Evocation
Delayed Teleport
Spellshaping	Automatically learned when learning one of the Spellshape or Spellshift passive abilities. Controls which Spellshape and Spellshift are active. Only one Spellshape and one Spellshift may be active at a time. Does not consume a turn. Spellshape passives determine the shape of your evocation spells, whereas Spellshift change the effect in some way. You can remove Spellshaping from your hotbars and your chosen Spellshape and Spellshift will remain on.
Spellshape: Line
Spellshape: Ray
Spellshape: Square
Spellshift: Penetrate
Spellshift: Materialize
Spellshape: Aura
Kinetic Magic
Unstable Magic	Casts one of the four Evocation spells at random when used. Can never deal Physical or Lightning damage, as there is no Evocation for either.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	+6% Fire, Water, Poison, and Shadow damage	Elemental Auras briefly grant +12% resistance to their element
2	Non-Materialized evocations deal +12% damage	25% chance to summon a random materialized element when attacked	"Materialized" means evocations cast while Spellshift: Materialize is active. "non-Materialized" means the opposite.
3	Delayed Teleport generates a powerful non-Elemental explosion at both points	Gain +15% resistance to an Element after taking damage from it	The Delayed Teleport explosion deals roughly 125% Spirit Power in physical damage.

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Burst Spellshape	Spellshaper's "Spellshape: Ray" becomes "Spellshape: Burst", a point-blank AOE shape
Skill Orb: Materialize	Spellshape Spellshift: Materialize summons moving objects
Skill Orb: Poison Evocation	Spellshaper's Acid Evocation turns into Poison Evocation, inflicting damage over time	If you're not doing physical damage, then there's no point to Acid Evocation lowering enemy physical resistance. Poison Evocation makes much more sense in that case.

Summary

Spellshaper is the premier caster class. An elementalist, it has one powerful damaging evocation for each of four elements, allowing it to work around enemy resistances with ease. Each of those four evocations can be altered from a single target ability to an AoE ability of various shapes or even a aura that can be cast on the self. If an enemy arises that is immune to each element, the Spellshaper can spellshift its evocation to penetrate the enemy defenses entirely at the cost of silencing itself for one turn after every cast. Alternatively, should a single burst of power not suffice, the Spellshaper can shift its evocation to summon fields of elemental power that persist for some time.

Spellshaper has few abilities, but the sheer number of spellshape and spellshift combinations is staggering. Due to this, it has the most offensive flexibility in the entire game.

Class: Edge Thane

Overview

Edge Thane's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power
Range	Melee
Recommended Weapon Types	Any 2H melee weapon
Elements	Matches Weapon Element

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	When below 60% Health, gain +10% All Damage Mod and +20% All Defense Mod.
2	Your Songs last a maximum of 10 Turns instead of 7, and gain intensity faster.
3	If your Health drops to 33% or lower, your cooldowns are instantly reset. Can occur every 20 Turns.

Abilities

Edge Thane Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Song of Endurance	Duration constantly refreshes in combat; essentially making the song last until combat is over.
Song of Might	Duration constantly refreshes in combat; essentially making the song last until combat is over.
Verse of Suppression
Highland Charge
Song of Spirit	Duration constantly refreshes in combat; essentially making the song last until combat is over.
Verse of Challenges
Verse of the Elements
Furious Crescendo
Glorious Battler
Two-Handed Specialist

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	Recover 8% max Stamina and Energy when your Song increases in level	Take 33% less damage from ground effects when at 50% or lower Health
2	Gain +15% crit chance briefly when your Song increases in level	+5 CT gain when at 50% or lower Health
3	Emit a powerful stunning shout when reaching max Song level	+18% defense when at 50% or lower Health

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Highland Charge	Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level
Skill Orb: Verse of Suppression	Edge Thane's Verse of Suppression no longer debuffs enemies, instead making your movement quieter and harder to detect
Skill Orb: Verse of the Elements	Edge Thane's Verse of the Elements now strikes with random elemental damage, instead of debuffing all resistances

Summary

Edge Thane is the premier bard class. Except instead of the physically fragile, charming bard you'll find in most RPGs, Edge Thane is a hulking behemoth of a singing warrior. Edge Thane focuses on singing one of three songs to dramatically buff its stats, switching freely between them during battle and occasionally adding a verse to the song in order to strengthen itself and weaken its enemies.

With only one damaging ability, Edge Thane relies almost entirely on basic attacks with the buffs from its songs to make them more impactful and to survive the enemy assault.

Class: Soulkeeper

Overview

Soulkeeper's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Ranged
Recommended Weapon Types	Bow, Crossbow, Staff + Book
Elements	Fire, Shadow

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	Chance to find extra Echoes when damaging monsters.
2	Echoes dropped by monsters last twice as long before disappearing.
3	You can hold up to 8 Echoes, instead of just 5.

Abilities

Soulkeeper Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Aether Barrage
Reverberate Monster
Summon Soulshade
Spiritwalk	Actually makes you invisible to monsters. They no longer notice you while active. Passives that activate when attacking non-hostile monsters or monsters that have not noticed you will be activated if you attack while Spiritwalk is active.
Echo Bolts
Call Elemental Spirit
Baleful Echoes
Parting Gifts
Immunology	Especially useful on Savage Word (NG++).
Echo Collector

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	+15% Shadow damage dealt	Your summoned pets gain +15% Health and +100 Health
2	20% chance to reflect debuffs to attackers	Summoned pets last 20% longer
3	Basic monster Echoes move towards you each turn	On basic attack crit: Summon a Soulshade (3 turn cooldown)	The choice that summons soulshades when you crit is incredible in crit-based builds, since it distracts nearby enemies while it's alive.

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Aether Barrage	Soulkeeper's Aether Barrage deals +20% damage per Elemental or Soulshade you have summoned	One of the few Skill Orbs with no drawback.
Skill Orb: Elemental Spirits	Soulkeeper's Call Elemental Spirits takes more resources, but summons up to three spirits at once. The skill will now cost 5 Echoes, 15 STAMINA, 15 ENERGY instead of the normal cost of 3 Echoes, 10 STAMINA, 10 ENERGY.	Quite useful. Up to 3x the summons for only 33% higher cost.
Skill Orb: Summon Soulshade	Soulkeeper's Summon Soulshade requires only 1 Echo, but now also uses 7% of max Health

Summary

Soulkeeper is one of two premier summoning classes in Tangledeep. It takes up the role of a necromancer, using the power of the souls of its enemies to create monstrous living shadows, summon raging elementals to protect it, temporarily resurrecting the fallen to do its bidding, debilitate groups of enemies, and empower its ranged basic attacks. While the Soulkeepers enemies are distracted by its many minions, it can attack them from afar using its weapon and overpower them on all fronts.

Class: Gambler

Overview

Gambler's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spell Power
Range	Melee
Recommended Weapon Types	Any physical weapon
Elements	Physical, Fire

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	+10% chance to crit with abilities.
2	Wild Cards has an increased chance to draw the same suit and face as your first card, resulting in better and more powerful hands.
3	Wild Cards only draws 7 or higher, resulting in better and more powerful hands.

Abilities

Gambler Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Wild Cards	Some (messy) info on potential effects. [tangledeep.fandom.com]
Roll the Bones	Info on potential effects. [tangledeep.fandom.com]
Double Down	Has one of highest combined Weapon Power and Spirit Power coefficients in the game, sitting at a combined 300%. AND it doesn't cost a turn!
Hot Streak
Sleight of Hand
Blood Debts	Increases Max HP by 50% of your current Max HP for its duration in addition to the healing it does. This means healing from food and flask is increased for the duration as well.
Gil Toss Gold Toss	Max damage possible is 800 physical before modifiers, if used at level 20 against a single target, for a cost of 800 gold.
Fat Chance
Cheat Death	Truly the epitome of the Gambler mindset. Will you die or will you live? Might save your life, might...do nothing.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	15% chance to deal double damage with items	15% chance to double healing effects
2	+25% temporary crit chance after losing 15% max Health from a single attack	18% chance for ranged attacks to hit your coin purse instead
3	25% chance to throw a Wild Card from your hand when attacking	If your Wild Cards hand is bad, redraw it and get a free turn	The first choice essentially turns Wild Card into a passive, as you'll likely never achieve a full hand required to actually use the ability.

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Double Down	Gambler's Double Down, if successful, restores 10% of max HP	One of the few Skill Orbs with no drawback.
Skill Orb: Hot Streak	Gambler's Hot Streak range reduced by 1, but cooldown is reduced by 6 turns
Skill Orb: Roll the Bones	Gambler's Roll the Bones tosses two dice, dealing bonus damage based on the numbers	Causes Roll the Bones to simply deal damage based on the dice roll instead of causing unique effects depending on the roll.

Summary

Gambler is...well...certainly quite something. Ever wished an RPG had more RNG to screw you over? Ever want to be entirely at the mercy of random numbers as you realize they could crush your hopes and dreams at any moment? No?

Good. Then you'll love Gambler, because it's nothing like that. I swear.

For real, though. Gambler is a class that requires a mix of luck and strategy to play well. Its two most iconic and powerful abilities rely on drawing a poker hand by killing enemies and rolling virtual dice, respectively. Luckily for you, the odds are stacked in your favor. None of the possible effects are negative for you - at worst, they're just less useful than other effects at the moment - and the various passives available to Gambler grant you a greater chance at obtaining better hands and rolls.

If it's not random chance, then a Gambler ability grants both a benefit and a detriment. Double Down costs precious HP, Blood Debts heals dramatically but takes that HP back with interest later, and Hot Streak moves you in a random direction which could be out of an enemy attack...or directly into it.

Class: HuSyn

Overview

HuSyn's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Melee, Ranged
Recommended Weapon Types	Any 1H weapon + Shield
Elements	Physical, Fire, Lightning

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	Regenerates Energy when Energy is low, if Runic Crystal is summoned.	Alternates between +1 and +2 Energy/turn when below 25 Energy.
2	Runic Crystal gains significantly improved health.	+50% Health, multiplicative.
3	At 33% health or less, chance to trigger a point-blank explosion when blocking.	Grants Explosive Block Support Ability (doesn't require a slot). 50% chance to activate explosion. Deals roughly 150% Weapon Power as Fire damage.

Abilities

HuSyn Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Runic Crystal	HuSyn's primary ability. Required for most other HuSyn abilities to function. As enemies will target your crystal over you if its in range, it makes a very useful distraction.
Static Field	The shock from the HuSyn and the Runic Crystal can strike the targets at the same time if both are in range.
Crystal Shift
Rocket Charge	WOOSH!
Gravity Surge
Photon Cannon	Having both laser beams hit the same target does NOT cause two hits.
Fortify
Autobarrier	Only actually blocks if you have a shield equipped.
Hazard Sweep

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	+12% Lightning damage	+20% Runic Crystal Health
2	+15% damage with Spears	Runic Crystal receives 30% of your healing
3	Detonate Runic Crystal for massive damage	Runic Crystal takes reduced ground damage and can pick up powerups	"Massive damage" on the first choice actually means 150% Weapon Power as physical damage. Not really that massive, and most certainly not worth it.

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Crystal Shift	HuSyn's Crystal Shift deals more damage and boosts the Runic Crystal's defense briefly	One of the few Skill Orbs with no drawback. Increases Crystal Shift damage to 140% Weapon Damage. Adds a flat +30% to all Defenses for 5 turns.
Skill Orb: Gravity Surge	HuSyn's Gravity Surge no longer roots targets, but gains range and debuffs Lightning resistance
Skill Orb: Runic Crystal	HuSyn's Runic Crystal no longer has a passive buff. Instead, it builds Runic Charges when damaged or moved, unleashing a burst of energy at 5 charges	Grants +25% Damage/Defenses for 5 turns after explosion, making this deceptively powerful. Having trouble tracking down actual damage formula, but the explosion seems to do 150%+ of Weapon Damage and does not scale with Spirit Power.

Summary

HuSyn is a unique class that has almost all of its abilities tied to a summoned floating crystal. The crystal allows the HuSyn to mow over its enemies, shock its enemies, pull its enemies with a gravitational field, and, most importantly, shoot lasers at its enemies! While the crystal is summoned and at your side, it reduces your damage taken and, if the Fortify ability is toggled on, takes some of the HuSyn's damage to protect it.

Class: Wild Child

Overview

Wild Child's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Melee, Range
Recommended Weapon Types	Anything
Elements	Physical, Fire, Poison, Water, Lightning

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	Chance to learn skills from monsters; 20% reduced damage from those skills.	You learn monster skills by seeing monsters use them. Only some skills are able to be learned. You may need to see the skill more than once to learn it. Refer to Wild Child's wiki page for a list of which skills can be learned.
2	Monsters are 50% less likely to become hostile toward you.	Every turn you take while in a monster's vision gives it a chance of starting to chase you. This lowers that chance.
3	Buffs from using monster powers last 33% longer. Viewing monsters reveals their rarity.

Abilities

Wild Child Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Straddle Monster
Feral Fighting	Causes a second attack at 50% Weapon Power whenever you hit an enemy with a melee attack. Works for offhand attacks when dualwielding as well.
Panthox Skin
Foraging
Salamander's Breath
Thunderstorm
Frog Hop
Flurry of Bites	Deals an average of 180% Weapon Power per use.
Vine Pull
Revenge Claw	Very rewarding to use at low HP. Also very risky.
Mighty Roar
Web Shot
Ice Traps
Rock Toss
Mortar Fire	Potentially very useful if you're using a ranged weapon.
Ice Spit	Extremely powerful if you're using a Spirit Power build.
Spin Blade
Glitter Skin	Also effects your pets if in range, both summoned and corral.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	Powerups and Foraged Herbs grant +4% defense (5 stacks)	+15% basic attack damage with Claws
2	Foraged Herbs last 6 turns and heal for 25% more	+10% damage and +5% crit vs Champions and Bosses
3	All Wild Child monster powers deal +15% damage	Straddle Monster temporarily drains 10% damage and defense from target to you

Skill Orbs

There are no Skill Orbs for Wild Child abilities.

Summary

Wild Child lives up to its name. With only a few abilities that can be learned for it by using JP, the rest of its abilities come from watching specific enemies use them. As you progress through Tangledeep, you'll find yourself learning a few new abilities every couple of floors. In total, Wild Child has access to 19 abilities. That's more abilities than you can fit on both of your hotbars! That makes Wild Child the only class in the game to be able to fill your hotbars with abilities all on its own.

Nearly every ability at Wild Child's disposal has a secondary effect as well as a primary, and there's no particular theme to the abilities overall. Melee, ranged, weapon power, spirit power, damaging, healing, crowd control, self-buffs, movement... It really has an ability for everything.

Class: Calligrapher

Overview

Calligrapher's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

The Calligrapher class requires the Legend of Shara DLC to be played.

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Melee, Mid-Range
Recommended Weapon Types	Any dual-wielded 1H weapons
Elements	Water, Lightning, Shadow

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	Reduced penalties for dual-wielding with any weapon types.
2	Duration of your Scroll summons is doubled.
3	Scrolls and Inkstorm deal +25% damage to adjacent enemies.

Abilities

Calligrapher Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Water Scroll
Lightning Scroll
Retort
Glide
Shadow Scroll
Forbiddance	One rune is drawn without any Brushstroke. Each Brushstroke consumed draws an additional rune.
Inkstorm	If all strikes hit the same target when used with 6 Brushstrokes, this is the most damaging single-target ability in the game for a total of 360% Weapon Power in damage. This can be further increased by Combat Biography's effect for a total damage of 540% Weapon Power. You can go even further and increase the damage with Skill Orb: Inkstorm for a total damage of 765% Weapon Power. That's...just, wow!
Combat Biography
Vanishing Ink
Muse of Melee

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1	Picking up your Combat Biography grants +33% dodge chance for 10 turns	Basic attacks deal +15% damage when dual wielding
2	Shadow damage pierces +75% of enemy resistance	Gain a Brushstroke when using Glide
3	Dodging reduces all cooldowns by 1 turn(s)	10% chance to gain a Brushstroke while taking a step

Skill Orbs

Name	Effect	Note
Skill Orb: Inkstorm	Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range
Skill Orb: Water Scroll	Water Scroll's range is increased by 1, but damage is reduced by 20%
Skill Orb: Glide	Glide's cooldown is reduced by 2, with greater control over landing tile but no instant cooldown refresh

Summary

Calligrapher is a very interesting class. It excels in dual-wielding and has an array of weak physical+magical elemental AoE abilities that all leave objects or fields on the floor which you can pick up or stand in to receive temporary buffs of various kinds. Its unique Brushstroke resource can be generated not only by killing enemies, but also by dealing critical strikes or dodging enemy attacks, allowing for a max of six Brushstrokes total. These Brushstrokes can then be consumed all at once to deal massive damage or draw powerful crowd controlling runes on an area of the ground.

Imagine Calligrapher as a sort of artistic ninja, and you have a solid idea of what it feels like. It's actually a lot of fun and feels fairly complete all on its own, without any multiclassing.

Class: Sorceress

Overview

Sorceress's Page On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

The Sorceress class requires the Legend of Shara DLC to be played. You must beat Shara's Story to unlock it.

Damage Types	Weapon Power, Spirit Power
Range	Melee, Mid-Range, Range
Recommended Weapon Types	Any
Elements	Fire, Lightning

Passive Bonuses

Tier	Description	Note
1	20% chance for Bandits to be confused when they see you.	Lol, they might mistake you for Shara because you're playing as her class.
2	Gain 5 Energy and Stamina when defeating a non-Trivial enemy with an ability.
3	Using any ability that costs Energy or Stamina reduces a random cooldown by 1.	Cannot apply to the ability being used.

Abilities

Calligrapher Ability List On Tangledeep Wiki[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Name	Note
Shockwave	Doesn't strike at all the first turn, spreads to all adjacent tiles and then strikes on second turn, spreads and strikes yet again on third turn, then dissipates.
Lightning Dash	The paralysis applies after the enemy gets their turn if you land right next to them. Land one space away, instead.
Void Bolt
Conjure Void Crystal
Essence Storm
Banish
Phasma Ring
Juxtapose
True Hover	Fairly sure this lowers damage from things like poison clouds and thorns as well as environmental damage like lava.

Job Emblem Bonuses

Tier	Choice 1	Choice 2	Note
1			You get a choice of one of four random Bronze perks from other jobs' emblems.
2			You get a choice of one of four random Silver perks from other jobs' emblems.
3			You get a choice of one of four random Gold perks from other jobs' emblems.

Skill Orbs

No Skill Orbs found so far for Sorceress. Please let me know if you find any.

Summary

Sorceress is definitely one of the most unique of the classes. It has abilities for short, medium, and long range combat; two movement abilities, both of which apply status effects on enemies; two point-blank AoE abilities; and a summon that shoots lasers and distracts enemies for a few turns. It doesn't have a theme so much as it has raw power. Then again, I suppose that is its theme. You end up feeling like, well, a Sorceress.

Like a few other classes in Tangledeep, Sorceress actually feels fairly complete all on its own, without any multiclassing. That said, its unique melting pot of a Job Emblem also means it's a class that does best when you do multiclass.

Weapon

There are numerous types of weapons in Tangledeep, and which type of weapon you use can have a significant impact on your build. All weapons of a type share specific traits and each weapon type has a Weapon Mastery ability line. In the Weapon section of this guide, I'll be covering those two factors for each weapon type, trait and Mastery, and then writing a short summary on the weapon type. There's more information on weapon type traits and Mastery lines below.

Weapon Type Trait Explanation

Each weapon of any specific weapon type comes with a unique, passive trait. Such traits are things like unique effects on crit, hitting in an AoE effect on basic attacks, increasing certain stats, or having damage scale off of Core Stats other than Strength.

In this subsection for each weapon type, I will give an overview of each trait that weapon type has.

More Information On Weapon Types[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Weapon Mastery Line Explanation

Each weapon type has a what are called Weapon Masteries. Weapon Masteries are a line of abilities that consist of two passive abilities, one active ability, and one Ultimate ability, all of which can only be used if you have that weapon type equipped.

The Ultimate ability of a Weapon Mastery line is a powerful active ability with a long cooldown and no cost. You can learn the two passive abilities and one active ability for every weapon type if you wish, but you are limited to learning only one Ultimate ability. That makes the choice of Ultimate ability extremely important.

To progress through the Weapon Mastery line, you must talk to Jorito after unlocking the second Passive to any one class by spending at least 1000 JP on its abilities. At this point, next time you enter Riverstone Camp, Jorito will prompt you to come talk to him. From there, you can ask him about Weapon Masteries and begin progressing through any Weapon Mastery line by purchasing the skills with JP.

Learning an Ultimate ability for a Weapon Mastery line requires that you have defeated 20 Champion Monsters with that weapon type.

Take note!

• Once you learn an Ultimate ability for a single weapon type, the other weapon types' Ultimate abilities become unavailable to you.
  
• You will never be able to change your Ultimate ability.
  
• New Game+ will not give you the ability to learn a second Ultimate ability.
  
• You may learn an Ultimate ability for a second Weapon Mastery line only on Savage World (NG++), which is unlocked by beating Tangledeep's New Game+ and starting another new game on that save.

I will not be listing the Mastery Line abilities and their effects in this subsection. I will only list the ability names and any notes I feel should be mentioned regarding each ability if applicable. Each weapon type's Weapon Mastery Line subsection will have a link to that line's abilities on the wiki.

More Information On Weapon Masteries[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Weapon: Unarmed/Wraps

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Strength	None	None

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Flying Kick	The only Weapon Mastery ability that can be used regardless of which weapon type you have equipped. May or may not be a bug.
Assassin Fists
Fighting Spirit	+3% Damage and Defense per stack. Max stack of 4, for a total of 12%.
Suplex	Ultimate ability. Does +1000% damage to Doom Trains.

More Information On Unarmed Mastery, referred to as Fist Mastery[tangledeep.fandom.com]

Summary

Unarmed "weapons" are primarily used by the Budoka class which take up both your weapon and offhand equipment slots and scale in Weapon Power with your level. If used by any other class, unarmed "weapons" are incredibly weak. Other classes can improve their unarmed "weapon's" power to the level of a Budoka by equipping a Judo Belt accessory. Wraps are an actual unarmed weapon (which require the Dawn of Dragons DLC) that you can equip without losing your unarmed attacks, essentially allowing you to apply magic mods to your unarmed weapons by running the wraps through their Item Dreams at the Dreamcaster.

The Fist Mastery line makes up for unarmed's complete lack of passive traits by being incredibly powerful. Assassin Fists are wonderful for unarmed crit builds, and Fighting Spirit is a wonderful buff to both offense and defense. The Ultimate, Suplex, is a gap closer with an extremely high Weapon Power coefficient of 340%.

Weapon: Daggers

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Strength, Guile	Deals extra damage with consecutive hits on the same target	Gain 35 CT

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Lightning Jab	Useful mainly because it doesn't take a turn.
Dual-Wield Expert
Critical Weakness
Godspeed Strike	You can choose a target for each of the strikes.

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Summary

Daggers are ideal dual-wield weapons focused on speed (CT) and tunneling a single enemy at a time. They are a great weapon to use on a crit build due to the CT gain, and are a solid choice for stealth builds which allow the player to focus on one enemy at a time more often.

Weapon: Swords

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Strength	Parry chance up (a flat +3% for 1H, +8% for 2H); riposte (counterattack) after parrying	Parry next attack

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Cross Slash	The cross-shaped affected area can be rotated to hit each corner around the player.
Blinding Parry	This is actually very good for dodge builds with decent parry chance. An enemy's miss chance and your dodge chance stack additively, as being missed and dodging are the same thing.
Deadly Riposte
Soaring Heaven Slash	Hits any enemies adjacent to the path you move in. That's a huge area of effect. Increases parry by 100% rather than bringing your parry up to 100%, which is an important distinction since you'll need more than 100% parry chance in order to parry ranged attacks.

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Summary

Swords are the absolute best weapon for parry builds by far, and are a solid defensive weapon option for crit builds due to their On Crit effect. They increase your parry chance, cause a riposte on parry, increase the damage parrying does, causes parrying to blind the enemy, causes your crits to make you parry the next attack, and grants up to two active abilities that increase parry in addition to dealing damage. Literally everything about swords improves parry in some form or another.

Weapon: Axes

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Strength	Hits all adjacent enemies	Break defense (enemy gains -25% defense debuff; consumed upon next hit)

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Cleave
Ferocity
Overpower
Whirlwind

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Summary

Axes are an AoE-focused melee weapon that works best if you're surrounded by enemies. This makes axes a terrible weapon choice for Stealth builds, since you'll rarely become surrounded, but axes are amazing for crit builds. Everything about axe focuses on its AoE damage capabilities. Both of its active mastery abilities, including the Ultimate, are AoE effects. Even both of its passive mastery abilities increase damage done while more enemies are within AoE range.

Weapon: Maces

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Strength	Chance to stun your target (Stun chance is 15% on hit)	Crush %HP damage (additional attack that deals 10% of enemy's current HP)

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Berserk
Cruel Crusher
Sunder	Only really useful against non-boss enemies. The max passive chance to crit on hit is 30%, so this does not stack with Paladin's Shield Mastery ability.
Home Run	If you knock the enemy into something, this ability deals a total of 340% Weapon Power in damage.

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Summary

Maces are an interesting weapon that focuses on stuns, with a sprinkle of improving crit damage based on enemy health. The stronger the enemy you crit, the better the mace will perform. The more often you stun an enemy, the more damage you'll deal. It all works together rather well in an interesting mix of offense and crowd control. The active mastery ability also has its own stun chance to play into the stun motif. The ultimate mastery ability fits in perfectly as a sort of finisher. Imagine Home Run critting to cause that extra 10% current mob HP in damage, getting a boost of 20% because the enemy was recently stunned, and possibly stunning the enemy on its own as well. That's nice.

Weapon: Spears

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Strength	Range of 2; Ranged basic attack deals 66% damage; Basic attacks pierce 25% of target's resistance	Root the target

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Skewer	A movement effect where your enemy moves instead of you? Hah! That's cool.
Dragon Fang
Scorpion Tail	Possible to attack enemies merely by moving away from them. Tactical retreat, indeed.
Valkyrie

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Summary

Spears are a unique weapon type that can deal damage from two-squares away and, if there are two enemies lined up, can hit both at once. It focuses on landing blows on enemies just outside of their reach while rooting them there for further blows, making it the ideal weapon against melee-focused monsters.

Weapon: Staves

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Spirit, Discipline	Adds 1 base Spirit Power per level; range of 3	None

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Force Blast	Not sure why it'd also scale off of Weapon Power at all if you have to use a staff for it, but so it is. One of the few sources of Physical damage that scales off of Spirit Power.
Force Resonance	This is one of the greatest Spirit Power buffs in the game. Lasts 10 turns and stacks up to 5 times for a total of 40% increased Spirit Power.
Flow Absorber	There's enough Elemental damage later in the game to where this can really help keep your Energy resource fueled.
Manabombs	Defense reduction debuff lasts for 1 turn. One of the few sources of Physical damage that scales off of Spirit Power.

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Summary

Staves are the only Spirit Power weapon, and they're ranged to boot. They focus almost entirely on buffing your Spirit Power, but grant very, very little Weapon Power. Both of its passive mastery abilities plays into this role, and they're both quite strong. The active mastery abilities, however, instead focus on granting some very rare Physical type damage that scales of Spirit Power, which helps elemental builds work around enemies with high elemental resistances.

2H Staves sacrifice the ability to wield an offhand for higher Weapon Power. The lack of offhand, however, means much lower Spirit Power than a 1H Staff w/ a Book offhand, and a complete lack of any elemental damage bonuses that the magic mods unique to a Book offhand can offer.

Weapon: Claws

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Strength	Deals extra damage based on HP lost recently; dual-wield bonus (reduced loss of damage and hit chance when dual wielding)	Gain 5% max HP (vs non-Trivial enemies)

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Frenzy	Switching to another weapon will remove this effect.
Iron Grip
Razor Step
Devastation

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Summary

Claws are ideal dual-wield weapons that focus on steadily relentless damage through basic attacks and passively sustaining you during your endless assault. They deal great damage and deal even more damage when you're taking a lot of damage yourself. If you crit while dealing that damage, you'll get some of that precious HP back, too. The active mastery ability increases both your offense and your defense but forces you to only use basic attacks, which further plays into this role. One of the passive mastery abilities even makes moving an offensive action! Of course, if you see a large amount of damage coming in within a turn or two, the ultimate mastery ability both deals damage and causes you to heal for half of that incoming damage. As if that's not enough, the second passive mastery ability makes it so you can't be paralyzed and your damage can never be lowered, ensuring that your strikes bring a consistent amount of hurt.

Weapon: Bows

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Swiftness	Range of around 4; less damage when at melee range; cannot parry; allows Quivers in Offhand	None

Weapon Mastery Line

Name	Note
Jumping Shot
Predator	With high Stealth, you could aggro and pick off one enemy at a time with some bonus damage due to this.
Skirmisher
Arrowstorm

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Summary

Bows are the only Weapon Power ranged weapons. They focus on dealing damage and controlling the enemy from afar while maintaining distance. With a range of 4 and the potential to cancel any abilities an enemy attempts to use, you won't find a safer weapon to master. Due to scaling off of Swiftness and the passive effect of Quiver's increasing CT on ranged attacks, bows are also great weapons for CT builds.

Weapon: Crossbows

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Swiftness	Range of 3; cannot parry; allows quivers in offhand; are considered bows for all effects	None

Weapon Mastery Line

Crossbows share their Mastery Line with bows. Refer to the Weapon: Bows page of this guide to learn more.

Summary

Crossbows are actually part of the bow weapon type, even using the same Weapon Mastery line, but are just different enough to have their own page. Compared to bows, they have 1 less range, have greater Weapon Power, and do not lose damage when used in melee range. I'll reiterate a point I made in a note above: if an ability refers to "bows", crossbows also work with it.

Weapon: Whips

Weapon Trait(s)

Damage Scaling Effect	Passive Effect	On Crit Effect
Strength, Swiftness	Hits enemies adjacent to target	Target takes 25% weapon dmg per turn for 2 turns

Weapon Mastery Line

Since there are currently no Whip entries on the Tangledeep Wiki, the below table will contain all of the ability information. It's...not a pretty table. Sorry.

Name	Rattlesnake	Entangle	Finesse	Sonic Boom
Type	Active	Passive	Passive	Active; Ultimate
Cost	20 Stamina	N/A	N/A	Free
Cooldown	8 Turns	N/A	N/A	25 Turns
Bounds	Line (Size 2)	N/A	N/A	Rectangle (Size 3)
Target Shape	N/A	N/A	N/A	Point (Size 1)
Effect	Attacks enemies in a line for 100% Weapon Damage as Physical. Enemies within two tiles are Constricted for 3 turns.	Whip attacks have a 20% chance to Paralyze enemies for 3 turns.	Whip attacks gain +3% crit chance per target attacked.	Strikes an enemy for 150% Weapon Damage as Physical, creating a shockwave at that point. The shockwave expands each turn for 3 turns.
Effect Details	Constricted enemies take 25% Weapon Damage as Physical per turn. (Can Crit)	Does not require a Support skill slot	Does not require a Support skill slot	Shockwave deals 150% Weapon Damage as Physical at the end of each turn. Cooldown only ticks when actively using a weapon type Whip. (Can Crit)
Note				The shockwave will hit the enemy you targeted at the end of the turn, hitting that enemy a second time for a total of 300% Weapon Power in damage.

Whip Mastery not added to the Tangledeep wiki. No link available.

Summary

Whips are 1H weapons that require the Dawn of Dragons expansion. They focus on damaging clusters of enemies, being more likely to crit when there are more enemies in the cluster, and applying a brief DoT effect to any enemy unlucky enough to be crit by the attack. Its ultimate mastery ability also works into this role, first hitting a single target twice and then hitting every nearby target once with a spreading shockwave. The active mastery ability allows you to hit a line of enemies instead of a cluster, and acts as a different way to apply that brief DoT to enemies that are close enough.

Possibly the most unique trait of whips are that they scale off of Swiftness in addition to Strength. This makes them the ideal melee weapon for Weapon Power ranged builds, which will already be focusing on the Swiftness stat in order to use bows.

Armor

There are three types of armor in Tangledeep: Light, Medium, and Heavy. Which armor type you use can have a significant impact on your build. All armor of a type share specific traits and each armor type has a single passive Armor Mastery ability. In the Armor section of this guide, I'll be covering those two factors - trait and Mastery - and then writing a short summary for each armor type. There's more information on armor type traits and Mastery lines below.

Armor Type Trait Explanation

Each armor of any specific armor type comes with a few unique, passive traits. Such traits are things like increased Stealth, a minimum dodge chance against skills, and increasing your dodge or physical defense stats. Some are even negative, such as reduced Stealth.

In this subsection, for each armor type, I will give an brief description of the traits that armor type has.

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Armor Mastery Passive Explanation

Each armor type has its own, singular Armor Mastery passive ability which grants you a unique bonus to wearing that armor type, which do not cost a slot to activate. You may only learn the Armor Mastery passive for one armor type.

To learn an Armor Mastery, you must find the Elemental Lair dungeon hidden somewhere in Tangledeep and speak to Jorito there. Once you speak to him, if you clear out the three floors of the Elemental Lair and return to him, he will offer to teach you an Armor Mastery.

Take note!

• Once you learn an Armor Mastery passive for a single armor type, the other armor types' Mastery passives become unavailable to you.
  
• You will never be able to change your Armor Mastery passive.
  
• New Game+ will not give you the ability to learn a second Armor Mastery passive.

I will not be listing the Armor Mastery passive's effects in this subsection. I will only list the passive's name and any notes I feel should be mentioned regarding its use. Each armor type's Armor Mastery Passive subsection will have a link to that armor's passive on the wiki.

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Armor: Light

Armor Trait(s)

First Passive	Second Passive	Third Passive
+5 CT gain	Move more quietly (+15% Stealth)	An increase to a stat - usually Dodge, but sometimes Parry or Spirit Power

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Armor Mastery Passive

Name	Note
Light Armor Mastery	Well, the name's fitting. Just...just go read the link. It's self explanatory.

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Summary

Light armor focuses on speed (CT), mobility (the mastery), and Stealth, but grants little if any defense.

Armor: Medium

Armor Trait(s)

First Passive	Second Passive	Third Passive
Minimum 10% chance to dodge skills	Slightly increases physical resistance	Increases dodge chance

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Armor Mastery Passive

Name	Note
Medium Armor Mastery	Grants +10% dodge chance total when you have at least 80 Swiftness.

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Summary

Medium armor focuses heavily on dodge, with a sprinkle of physical resistance in case you fail to dodge. It also ensures you have at least a 10% chance to dodge enemy abilities, but that's only useful if you have less than 20% dodge since your chance to dodge enemy abilities is half of your normal dodge chance.

Armor: Heavy

Armor Trait(s)

First Passive	Second Passive	Third Passive
Louder movement that may attract monsters. (-10% Stealth and increases monster aggro range by 1)	Greatly increases physical resistance.	None

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Armor Mastery Passive

Name	Note
Heavy Armor Mastery	Grants a flat damage reduction equal to your level to all elemental damage you sustain. At level 20, that -20 Fire, Poison, Water, Lightning, and Shadow damage taken.

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Summary

Heavy armor has one goal, and only one goal: increase your physical resistance. And it does so very well, but at a cost. Monsters will notice you from further away and are more likely to be aggressive while you're in their range.

Offhand

There are three types of offhand equipment in Tangledeep aside from 1H weapons: Quivers, Books, and Shields. Which offhand type you use, if you even use any, can have a significant impact on your build. All offhands of a type share specific traits. In the Offhand section of this guide, I'll briefly detail the traits of and write a short summary for each offhand type. There's more information on offhand type traits below.

Offhand Type Trait Explanation

Each piece of any specific offhand type comes with a few unique, passive traits. Such traits are things like the ability to block, increased CT gain, and increased damage.

In this subsection, for each offhand type, I will give an brief description of the traits that offhand type has.

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Offhand: Quivers

Offhand Trait(s)

First Passive	Second Passive	Third Passive
+x CT when attacking with bows	+x% ranged basic attack damage	None

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Summary

Quivers are a unique offhand in that they can be used when bows, a 2H weapon type, are equipped. They can be used with any 1H weapon type, but cannot be used with any other 2H weapon type. No other offhand can be used when wielding a bow. If you're using a bow, you have no reason to not use a quiver; they're a package deal.

Offhand: Books

Offhand Trait(s)

First Passive	Second Passive	Third Passive
Reduces ENERGY costs by x%	+xx% Spirit Power	None

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Summary

Books are primarily offensive offhands for Spirit Power. Some magic mods unique to books grant elemental damage multiplier or resistances, making books great sources for all your elemental needs.

Offhand: Shields

Offhand Trait(s)

First Passive	Second Passive	Third Passive
x% Block Chance	x% Dmg Blocked	Slightly increased physical resistance

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Summary

Shields are the defensive offhand. They add block chance and determine the amount of damage reduced by blocking, as well as grant a slight bonus to physical resistance. The default damage blocking reduces is 0, so if you don't have a shield but have an effect that causes you to block, you get nothing out of it.

Builds

The Builds section will include builds that I designed that I felt good enough to share in this guide. Most of them are not min-maxed to the extreme. My builds are sometimes thematic, and will make mildly subpar choices for the sake of furthering that theme. Even so, most, if not all, of them are usable and enjoyable even on Savage World (NG++).

Each build page will explain the following parts of the build where applicable: suggested feats, suggested infusions, suggested ultimate weapon mastery, core class, stat priority, core equipment, core active abilities, and core passive abilities. Note that "core" means that they are a necessary part of the build. In other words, "core active abilities" will be abilities that the build wouldn't work anywhere near as well without, but won't include abilities that are nice but not quite necessary. The idea is that I'll explain only what's strictly necessary for the build, and you will have the flexibility to tweak the build to your liking by deciding what else you want to fill in the rest of the build with.

But before any of that list of suggested and core parts of the build, I will write about the build and explain what its gimmick is and how it plays at the top of each build page.

Build: Juggernaut

Description

The Juggernaut is unstoppable. Though they throw at her all they have, none of it makes her so much as flinch away from her onslaught. She is the last thing they will fear.



The Juggernaut attempts to reach the 75% resistance cap without even remotely sacrificing offense. It is through her astounding offensive strength that she gains unbreakable defense, all the while having the expertise to all but ignore her enemies' futile attempts at defending themselves. The Juggernaut excels at standing her ground, and doing so only further increases her damage capabiltiies. As the unstoppable force she is, she is immune to bleed, posion, stun, paralysis, freeze, and chill effects, and foes will find it is impossible to strike her critically. To make matters worse for those who cross her, she only grows in power as she loses the upper hand.

Build

Suggested Feats	Rager
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Spear
Suggested Armor Mastery	Heavy
Core Class	Edge Thane
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Discipline > Swiftness > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	2H Spear | (Legendary) Narrev's Glaive OR best 2H available
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Robust Uses 20 CT per attack, but increases attack damage by 30% (Skill Orb) Bear Traps Hunter's Bear Traps have a shorter range, but inflict bleeding

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Heavy | (Legendary) Emerald Plate
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Nightmare Orb) Liberating You cannot be paralyzed (Skill Orb) Highland Charge Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Emerald Choker
Accessory 2	Juggernaut Helm OR Any
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline Warmth; Only on one accessory You cannot be Frozen or Chilled (U) (Skill Orb) Inkstorm; Only on one accessory Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range

Job Emblem

Name	Edge Thane Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Take 33% less damage from ground effects when at 50% or lower Health
Effect 2	Gain +15% crit chance briefly when your Song increases in level
Effect 3	+18% defense when at 50% or lower Health

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Valkyrie	Spear Mastery
Skewer	Spear Mastery	Use to place enemies on bear traps.
Highland Charge	Edge Thane	Due to skill orb, it becomes a powerful mid-combat movement ability with high damage and range when you have a level 3 song active, which is very easy to achieve.
Furious Crescendo	Edge Thane
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Bear Traps	Hunter	Use to bleed enemies.
Flurry of Bites	Wild Child	Use to gain the damage bonus due to nearby bleeding enemies.
Inkstorm	Calligrapher	Use only when at 5 or 6 brushstrokes after building damage buffs for massive damage.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Two-Handed Specialist	Edge Thane	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Spellblade

Description

The Spellblade is a master of sword and magic, using both in tandem to overwhelm her foes. She wields her enchanted weapon in one hand and her magical tome of spells in the other.



The Spellblade attempts to keep roughly equal Weapon Power and Spirit Power while stacking key elemental damage multipliers as high as possible. The weapons used are all given an elemental damage magic mod and each of her abilities deal elemental damage or match the weapon's element in order to make use of the high element multipliers. Most of her abilities scale with both Weapon and Spirit power. Defense comes in the form of dodge stacking with a reasonable amount of parry.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Tea Leaf | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery	Sword
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Paladin
Stat Priority	All level up bonuses in Strength | Strength > Spirit > Guile > Discipline > Swiftness

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Sword | (Legendary) Antipode Blade OR best available
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Flames Attack element is FIRE, +45 power Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U) (Skill Orb) Double Down Gambler's Double Down, if successful, restores 10% of max HP
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome OR best generic book
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lightning-Attuned 30% Lightning damage Fire-Attuned 30% Fire damage Water-Attuned 30% Water damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance (Skill Orb) Hold the Moon Sword Dancer's Hold the Moon no longer takes a turn to use

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when you use the Sanctuary ability so you can sit still for five turns to build this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +50% damage until next time you move!

Armor

Armor	Medium | Best generic
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusion +7% dodge

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Athyes' Scarlet Headband
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Pretty Pretty Ribbon OR best generic accessory
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Harmonious +20 Spirit Cunning +20 Guile

Job Emblem

Name	Paladin's Gold Emblem
Effect 1	+15% damage to Smite Evil, Blessed Hammer, and Divine Fury
Effect 2	+3% Elemental damage per Wrath Charge
Effect 3	Critical hits build one Wrath Charge (3 turn cooldown)

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Soaring Heaven Slash	Sword Mastery
Cross Slash	Sword Mastery
Smite Evil	Paladin
Divine Fury	Paladin
Blessed Hammer	Paladin
Sanctuary	Paladin
Radiant Aura	Paladin	Always enabled. Buffs Blessed Hammer.
Hold the Moon	Sword Dancer
Dust in the Wind	Sword Dancer
Wild Horse	Sword Dancer
Relentless Current	Sword Dancer
Double Down	Gambler
Photon Cannon	HuSyn
Ice Spit	Wild Child
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Assassin

Description

The Assassin is a true master in the art of killing. Few are more adept than she at swiftly eliminating key targets. It matters not if they see her coming; her daggers will meet their hearts.



The Assassin attempts to achieve 100% crit chance basic attacks while dual wielding daggers and relies on those basic attacks for her damage. The weapons are left dealing physical damage in order to penetrate enemy physical resistance, and poisons are employed to both lower enemy defenses and health. All of the Assassin's offensive abilities aid in her basic attacks by increasing their damage in some way. Defense comes in the form of dodge stacking alongside a great amount of parry.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Citrus | Basil | Any
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Dagger
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Brigand
Stat Priority	Guile until 70% crit chance > Swiftness > Guile > Strength > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Dagger | (Legendary) Vezak's Cunning
Offhand Equipment	Dagger | (Legendary) Rujasu's Marked Cards
Required Both Hands Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lightweight Reduces damage/accuracy penalties for dual wielding Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor

Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Blizzard Tiara
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Quickness +20 Swiftness Cunning +20 Guile

Job Emblem

Name	Brigand's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+12% Bleed damage
Effect 2	Causing Bleeding lowers target's defense by 12%
Effect 3	4% chance to instantly kill regular monsters on main hand attacks

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Godspeed Strike	Dagger Mastery
Lightning Jab	Dagger Mastery
Cloak and Dagger	Brigand
Shadowstep	Brigand
Envenom Weapon	Brigand	Keep on hotbar. Toggle off only if enemy is highly resistant to poison.
Feral Fighting	Wild Child
Flurry of Bites	Wild Child
Neutralize	Wild Child
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required on Savage World.

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Whisper

Description

The Whisper is the very essence of stealth. Shhh! Do you hear that? Is it just a leaf blowing in the wind, or could it be the Whisper brushing right passed you? It's impossible to tell.



The Whisper focuses on increasing passive stealth rating as high as possible. With such skill in stealth, she has a mere 7.5% (4.5% w/ suggested feat) chance of being noticed when within enemy vision, and is all but invisible at distances greater than arm's length. Making the first strike is not only easy for the Whisper, but essential. If successful, she will stun, seal, and paralyze her enemy, with the potential to reapply these effects with abilities and further attacks. Even should the enemy break free, the Whisper has numerous methods of escape up her sleeves that cause her enemies to completely lose track of her. Should all else fail, she can rely on her fair parry and dodge rates.

Note: Damage is too low for Dawn of Dragons DLC content on Savage World (NG++). Extremely difficult to complete Tyrant and Jelly Dragon dungeons and survive any dragon bosses. Works fine for all other content.

Build

Suggested Feats	Intimidating
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Any
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Dagger
Suggested Armor Mastery	Light
Core Class	Wild Child
Stat Priority	Guile > Strength >= Swiftness > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Dagger | (Legendary) Ramirel's Dismantler
Offhand Equipment	Dagger | (Legendary) Ramirel's Breathstealer
Required Both Hands Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lightweight Reduces damage/accuracy penalties for dual wielding Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Stealth Monsters less likely to notice you (+15% Stealth)

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Light | (Legendary) Froggy Suit
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusion +7% dodge Stealth Monsters less likely to notice you (+15% Stealth)

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Ramirel's Mask
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Quickness +20 Swiftness Cunning +20 Guile Stealth Monsters less likely to notice you (+15% Stealth)
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Cat Ear Hairband
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Stealth Monsters less likely to notice you (+15% Stealth)

Job Emblem

Name	Brigand's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+60% Stealth
Effect 2	Smoke Cloud costs 50% less Energy and has a shorter cooldown
Effect 3	Basic attacks stun non-hostile enemies

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Godspeed Strike	Dagger Mastery	For this build, you can use on three targets at once before being noticed in order to apply stun, seal, and paralysis on all three of them! When in single combat, use all three times on one target to make applying paralysis and seal very likely.
Lightning Jab	Dagger Mastery
Straddle Monster	Wild Child	Since non-champion enemy aggro range is set to 4 at the highest due to Ramirel's mask and set bonus, use to drag an enemy away from a group to safely engage it.
Flurry of Bites	Wild Child
Cloak and Dagger	Brigand
Smoke Cloud	Brigand	Often makes enemies non-hostile due to the full Ramirel's set bonus.
Wild Horse	Sword Dancer	Does apply stun, seal, and paralysis if used on non-hostile enemy.
Forbiddance	Calligrapher	Mainly used during the very rare moment where you've attracted the attention of too many enemies at once. To run away.
Spiritwalk	Soulkeeper	Often makes enemies non-hostile for duration.
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes	Only required on Savage World.
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required on Savage World.
Detect Weakness	Brigand	Yes	Its capability to move around an enemy's sides and its high stealth make this build a lot of fun with this passive. Not technically necessary, I suppose, but it's core to the fun factor of the build.
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Alchemist

Description

The Alchemist is a mysterious guru of potions and scrolls. Her concoctions are said to set entire battlefields alight in flames, call down storms large enough to take down monster nests, and call floods the likes Tangledeep has never seen.



The Alchemist focuses on increased consumable damage and reusability, with Spellshaper evocations as backup. With consumable and elemental damage so great, she can do thousands of damage per potion. Potions are rare in Tangledeep, unfortunately, and must be used with care to their numbers. To alleviate this concern just a little, the Alchemist carries a special bag that sometimes multiplies the consumables within. Her defenses are thin, though what few abilities she does use allows her to build up a respectable dodge, and she can form four crystals of ice to temporary aid in her defense.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Citrus | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	None
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Spellshaper OR Brigand
Stat Priority	Spirit > Strength > Swiftness > Discipline > Guile

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Whip | (Legendary) Monster Slayer
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Flames Converts damage type to Fire, +45 power Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U) Chemist +25% consumable damage
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome OR best generic book
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Fire-Attuned 30% Fire damage Water-Attuned 30% Water damage Lightning-Attuned 30% Lightning damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance Chemist +25% consumable damage (Skill Orb) Poison Evocation Spellshaper's Acid Evocation turns into Poison Evocation, inflicting damage over time

Armor

Armor	Medium | Samurai Armor
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Chemist +25% consumable damage (Skill Orb) Ice Tortoise Sword Dancer's Ice Tortoise deals slightly less damage, but buffs defense by 10% per active shard

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Athyes' Scarlet Headband
Accessory 2	Bountiful Bag
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Harmonious +20 Spirit Quickness +20 Swiftness Chemist +25% consumable damage (Skill Orb) Burst Spellshape; Only on one accessory Spellshaper's "Spellshape: Ray" becomes "Spellshape: Burst", a point-blank AOE shape

Job Emblem

Name	Gambler's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	15% chance to deal double damage with items
Effect 2	+25% temporary crit chance after losing 15% max Health from a single attack
Effect 3	Any

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Spellshaping	Spellshaper	Leave on bar. You'll be changing a lot.
Fire Evocation	Spellshaper
Ice Evocation	Spellshaper	Used strategically for that lowered hit chance debuff.
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Mainly used for Shadow Aura.
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Ice Tortoise	Sword Dancer	Due to skill orb, is used defensively when against ranged enemies.
All Damaging Consumables	Items	Consider downloading the official Elemental Scrolls mod for some additional variety. Be careful not to run out; don't spam them recklessly unless it's an emergency.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.
Kinetic Magic	Spellshaper	Yes

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Sentinel

Description

The Sentinel is the venerable shield. There is no known force of Tangledeep that can pierce her adamant defenses. It is said that even the dragons of legend would be incapable of causing her the slightest harm.



The Sentinel focuses on maximizing block capability, with secondary focuses in parry chance and resistances. Blocking her enemy's attacks causes her to stun or paralyze them, while parrying them allows her to blind them. Nearly every ability she uses aids in her defensive capabilities, either directly or by debuffing her enemies, often while simultaneously dealing damage.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Any
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Sword
Suggested Armor Mastery	Heavy
Core Class	Paladin
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Discipline > Swiftness > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Sword | Best generic
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Duelist's +7% Parry Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist (Skill Orb) Smite Evil Paladin's Smite Evil is weaker, but has a shorter cooldown and using it reduces the cooldown of the Blessed Hammer
Offhand Equipment	Shield | (Legendary) Crystal Bulwark
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elemental Shielding +20% Elemental resists Massive +10% block chance, -2% parry chance Brilliant Blocking an attack also blinds your attacker Balance Not blocking adds 20% block chance until next block (Skill Orb) Righteous Charge Paladin's Righteous Charge travels further and generates a Wrath charge

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when you use the Sanctuary ability so you can sit still for five turns to build this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +50% damage until next time you move!

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Heavy | (Legendary) Vortex Epaulets
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Heavy +10% physical resist, -3 CT gain (U)

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Crystal Ring
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Big Giant Circlet
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline

Job Emblem

Name	Paladin's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Damaging Paladin skills grant +25% block chance (consumed on block)
Effect 2	+2% Elemental resistance per Wrath Charge
Effect 3	When at 33% Health or lower, blocking avoids ALL damage

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Soaring Heaven Slash	Sword Mastery
Cross Slash	Sword Mastery
Smite Evil	Paladin
Blessed Hammer	Paladin
Shield Slam	Paladin
Divine Fury	Paladin
Righteous Charge	Paladin
Sactuary	Paladin
Heavy Guard	Paladin
Radiant Aura	Paladin
Dust in the Wind	Sword Dancer
Song of Endurance	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Acid Aura causes melee attackers to gain -15% to All damage and -20% to Physical resist.
Vortex	(Legendary) Vortex Epaulets	"Pulls all nearby enemies right next to you, while simultaneously boosting your defense!" Grants +35% to all resistances for 5 turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Unconscious Riposte	Sword Dancer	Yes
Autobarrier	HuSyn	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Sword Saint

Description

The Sword Saint is the undisputed master of the ways of the sword. Like a flash of lightning, the blade intercepts all incoming blows and fluidly delivers a devestating strike in retribution.



The Sword Saint focuses on achieving and sustaining 100% parry chance against basic attacks in order to deal great damage through ripostes, all the while blinding wounded enemies as well. In this way, the Sword Saint's defense and offense are one in the same. She even has the tools needed to bring foes to her side and root them there, in order to overcome her greatest weakness: ranged attackers.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Sword
Suggested Armor Mastery	Light
Core Class	Sword Dancer
Stat Priority	Guile until 70% Parry > Strength > Guile > Discipline > Swiftness > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Sword | Buster Sword OR (Legendary) Kadino's Remorse OR best 2H available
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Duelist's +7% Parry Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Robust On hit, lose 20 CT but deal +30% damage

2'nd Mainhand Weapon

(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive

Note

Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when you either use the Spiritwalk ability or while you can afford the 10% loss to Parry Chance so that you can sit still for five turns to build this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +50% damage until next time you move!

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Required 3'rd Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Duelist's +7% Parry
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Light | Ivory Cloak
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Skill Orb) Ice Tortoise Sword Dancer's Ice Tortoise deals slightly less damage, but buffs defense by 10% per active shard

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Big Giant Circlet
Accessory 2	Juggernaut Helm
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline

Job Emblem

Name	Sword Dancer's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Your next basic melee attack after moving is 20% stronger
Effect 2	Fire damage pierces 50% of enemy resistance
Effect 3	Chance to parry some monster skills (33% of normal parry chance)

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Soaring Heaven Slash	Sword Mastery
Cross Slash	Sword Mastery
Dust in the Wind	Sword Dancer	Use alongside Song of Endurance to maintain 100% parry. Since parrying lowers cooldown by 1, you'll almost always be able to keep this up constantly.
Ice Tortoise	Sword Dancer	Due to skill orb, is used defensively when against ranged enemies.
Song of Endurance	Edge Thane	Use alongside Dust in the Wind to maintain 100% parry. All but maintains itself once used until the end of combat.
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Spin Blade	Wild Child	Use while at 100% parry to boost to 110% parry so that you can maintain that 100% parry when you switch to Narrev's Glaive to build its damage buff for five turns or to Chef's Knife to eat food. Alternatively, use Spiritwalk.
Feral Fighting	Wild Child	Does activate on riposte.
Web Shot	Wild Child	Use before Vine Pull to root a ranged enemy.
Vine Pull	Wild Child	Use after Web Shot to pull the rooted ranged enemy toward you.
Spiritwalk	Soulkeeper	Use when you switch to Narrev's Glaive to build its damage buff for five turns. For alternative, use Spin Blade while at 100% Parry.
Gravity Surge	HuSyn	Bring multiple pesky ranged units into melee range and root them.
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Acid Aura causes melee attackers to gain -15% to All damage and -20% to Physical resist.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Unconscious Riposte	Sword Dancer	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.
Two-Handed Specialist	Edge Thane	Yes
Flaming Riposte	Sword Dancer	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Invoker

Description

The Invoker is a conjurer of both natural and supernatural forces. It is not often that Tangledeep itself is outnumbered and overwhelmed when an adventurer enters its sanctum, yet this is the role of the Invoker.



The Invoker focuses on summoning as many creatures as possible to outnumber and overwhelm her foes. Its offense and defense are one in the same: the sheer number of allies it can call to battle will both deal great damage to and distract nearby enemies. As for the Invoker herself, she can call upon the elemental Evocations to deal damage and debuff enemies, and even set the field with materialized elemental effects to allow her to summon powerful fire, poison, water, or shadow elementals.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Any
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	None
Suggested Armor Mastery	Light
Core Class	Hunter
Stat Priority	Spirit > Guile > Discipline > Swiftness > Strength

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Staff | (Legendary) Rod of Wild Nature
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Familiars Summoned pets Health increased by 10% and defense by 5% Conjuration Summons last 20% more turns (minumum of 1) (Skill Orb) Poison Evocation Spellshaper's Acid Evocation turns into Poison Evocation, inflicting damage over time
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Herge's Chronicle
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Familiars Summoned pets Health increased by 10% and defense by 5% Poison-Attuned +30% Poison damage Shadow-Attuned +30% Shadow damage Fire-Attuned +30% Fire damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance (Skill Orb) Aether Barrage Soulkeeper's Aether Barrage deals +20% damage per Elemental or Soulshade you have summoned

Armor

Armor

Light | (Legendary) Herge's Drapery

Armor Magic Mods

Orb Name Effect Familiars Summoned pets Health increased by 10% and defense by 5% Zookeeper Take -1% dmg per summoned creature you control (U) Bonecrabs Chance to summon a bonecrab when hit (Skill Orb) Elemental Spirits Soulkeeper's Call Elemental Spirits takes more resources, but summons up to three spirits at once. The skill will now cost 5 Echoes, 15 STAMINA, 15 ENERGY instead of the normal cost of 3 Echoes, 10 STAMINA, 10 ENERGY

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Herge's Tricorn
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Band of Wild Nature
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Familiars Summoned pets Health increased by 10% and defense by 5% (Skill Orb) Summon Soulshade; Only on one accessory Soulkeeper's Summon Soulshade requires only 1 Echo, but now also uses 7% of max Health (Skill Orb) Radiant Aura; Only on one accessory Radiant Aura now doesn't affect Blessed Hammer but it buffs your pets

Job Emblem

Name	Soulkeeper's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Your summoned pets gain +15% Health and +100 Health
Effect 2	Summoned pets last 20% longer
Effect 3	On basic attack crit: Summon a Soulshade (3 turn cooldown)

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Shadow Stalk	Hunter
Summon Spirit Wolf	Hunter	The sole reason this build uses the Hunter class.
Summon Floraconda	Floramancer
Grow Spitting Plant	Floramancer	You'll use this at the start of every fight, and on cooldown.
Summon Soulshade	Soulkeeper	You'll basically be spamming this.
Call Elemental Spirit	Soulkeeper
Reverberate Monster	Soulkeeper
Aether Barrage	Soulkeeper	Due to skill orb, does immense damage when used with a lot of Soulshades summoned.
Runic Crystal	HuSyn
Fortify	HuSyn
Radiant Aura	Paladin	Due to skill orb, grants your nearby summons +15% parry chance.
Fire Evocation	Spellshaper	Use with Spellshift: Materialize and a Spellshape for use with Call Elemental Spirits for Fire Elementals. And for damage.
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper	Use with Spellshift: Materialize and a Spellshape for use with Call Elemental Spirits for Poison Elementals. And for damage.
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use with Spellshift: Materialize and a Spellshape for use with Call Elemental Spirits for Soulshade Elementals. And for damage.
Ice Evocation	Spellshaper	Use with Spellshift: Materialize and a Spellshape for use with Call Elemental Spirits for Water Elementals. And for damage.
Spellshaping	Spellshaper	Leave on bar. You'll be changing a lot.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Vital Point: Pain	Budoka	Yes	Effect also increases summon damage to target.
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes	Effect also increases summon damage to target.
Echo Collector	Soulkeeper	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Archmage

Description

The Archmage has reached the pinnacle of mastery over Flow, standing as the epitome of all casters. The elements and the plants of Tangledeep both bend knee to her manipulation.



The Archmage focuses on raising Spirit Power as absolutely high as possible, accompanied by a respectable amount of elemental damage multipliers for Fire, Water, Poison, and Shadow. Though her defenses are paper-thin, the Archmage's sheer damage throughput is astounding, as every spell she slings empowers her further. Though should an enemy manage to land a hit on her, rare an act as that is, she is likely in deep trouble.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	None
Suggested Armor Mastery	Light
Core Class	Spellshaper
Stat Priority	Spirit > Discipline > Strength > Swiftness = Guile

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Staff | (Legendary) Rod of Wild Nature
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Flames Attack element is FIRE, +45 power Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U) (Skill Orb) Poison Evocation Spellshaper's Acid Evocation turns into Poison Evocation, inflicting damage over time
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Poison-Attuned +30% Poison damage Shadow-Attuned +30% Shadow damage Fire-Attuned +30% Fire damage Water-Attuned +30% Water damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance (Skill Orb) Thornsplosion Floramancer's Thornsplosion deals less explosion damage, but adds a lingering poison

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon before you use any non-damaging, non-movement ability so you can build a single stack of this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That free damage builds up nicely, and lasts until you move!

Armor

Armor	Light | Runic Garb
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Skill Orb) Ice Tortoise Sword Dancer's Ice Tortoise deals slightly less damage, but buffs defense by 10% per active shard

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Ring of Wild Nature
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Harmonious +20 Spirit Concentration +20 Discipline Luminous +20 Energy
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Pretty Pretty Ribbon
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Harmonious +20 Spirit Luminous +20 Energy

Job Emblem

Name	Spellshaper's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+6% Fire, Water, Poison, and Shadow damage
Effect 2	Non-Materialized evocations deal +12% damage
Effect 3	Any

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Spellshaping	Spellshaper	Leave on bar. You'll be changing a lot.
Fire Evocation	Spellshaper
Ice Evocation	Spellshaper	Used strategically for that lowered hit chance debuff.
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Mainly used for Shadow Aura.
Bed of Thorns	Floramancer
Creeping Death	Floramancer
Thornsplosion	Floramancer
Conjure Vine Wall	Floramancer
Ice Spit	Wild Child	Using this at max range turns it into a serious nuke. Try it!
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Ice Tortoise	Sword Dancer	Due to skill orb, is used defensively when against ranged enemies.
Song of Spirit	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane	Primarily used against bosses.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Kinetic Magic	Spellshaper	Yes
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Nightblade

Description

The Nightblade is the controller of shadows. All fear her power, though none more than those who hide in the dark, for darkness itself is her servant.



The Nightblade focuses on stacking critical chance as high as possible in order to activate various crit and hit effects. By striking critically, she passively summons a soulshade every five turns, lowers all of her cooldowns, and dramatically boosts her CT bar. By hitting with basic attacks, she inflicts her enemies with shadow vulnerability, increasing their weakness to her strengths. After she builds up a large enough army of shades and enough weakness to shadow upon her enemies, she switches to her staff and book to cast a vastly empowered barrage of darkness.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Caramel
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Dagger
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Calligrapher
Stat Priority	Guile > Swiftness > Spirit > Discipline > Strength

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Dagger | Best generic
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Darkness Attack element is SHADOW, +35 power, chance to add Shadow Vulnerable Conjuration Summons last 20% more turns (minumum of 1) (Skill Orb) Summon Soulshade Soulkeeper's Summon Soulshade requires only 1 Echo, but now also uses 7% of max Health
Offhand Equipment	Dagger | (Legendary) Rujasu's Marked Cards
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lightweight Reduces damage/accuracy penalties for dual wielding Lethal +35% crit damage Darkness Attack element is SHADOW, +35 power, chance to add Shadow Vulnerable Conjuration Summons last 20% more turns (minumum of 1)

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Staff | Rod of Wild Nature
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Flames Attack element is FIRE, +45 power Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U) Lethal +35% crit damage (Skill Orb) Aether Barrage Soulkeeper's Aether Barrage deals +20% damage per Elemental or Soulshade you have summoned
2'nd Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Shadow-Attuned +30% Shadow damage Fire-Attuned +30% Fire damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Zookeeper Take -1% dmg per summoned creature you control (U)

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Blizzard Tiara
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Quickness +20 Swiftness Concentration +20 Discipline
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Harmonious +20 Spirit Concentration +20 Discipline Cunning +20 Guile

Job Emblem

Name	Soulkeeper's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+15% Shadow damage dealt
Effect 2	Summoned pets last 20% longer
Effect 3	On basic attack crit: Summon a Soulshade (3 turn cooldown)

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Godspeed Strike	Dagger Mastery
Lightning Jab	Dagger Mastery
Summon Soulshade	Soulkeeper	You should pretty much be using this whenever you can.
Aether Barrage	Soulkeeper	The very core of this build. Does great damage when you have a lot of soulshades due to the Skill Orb, and even more damage if you've stacked a lot of shadow vulnerability debuffs on the enemy. And if it crits on top of that, well...prepare to cackle maniacally!
Parting Gifts	Soulkeeper	Useful against enemies very resistant/immune to shadow damage, or if your shades are dying to a swarm of enemies.
Shadow Stalk	Hunter	Used as emergency distractions in case you're the only one in range of an enemy.
Triple Bolt	Hunter	Used in case an enemy is very resistant or completely immune to shadow damage. Otherwise ignored.
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Song of Spirit	Edge Thane
Verse of the Elements	Edge Thane	Used to weaken enemies to shadow even further.
Runic Crystal	HuSyn
Fortify	HuSyn

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Qi Mastery	Sword Dancer	Yes	You will simply never run out of energy ever again.
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Muse of Melee	Calligrapher	Yes	Not really "required", but thematic. That strong 30% shadow vulnerability can be nice.
Echo Collector	Soulkeeper	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Divine Fist

Description

The Divine Fist is more than just a master of the ways of a Budoka. She is the pinnacle of their form which all should aspire to be, as her hands are the most lethal weapons in all of Tangledeep.



The Divine Fist focuses on raw, up-front damage by stacking Weapon Power as high as possible. While her focus is on offense, her natural defenses are strong and become even stronger still when she strikes her opponents. By striking her opponents' vital points, she applies bleeding and weakening effects, which she can then turn to mass hemorrhaging and confusion using her various Budoka abilities. Each ability she uses will cause immense damage to her foes, but her basic attacks are not far behind.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Any
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Unarmed
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Budoka
Stat Priority	Strength > Discipline > Guile > Spirit > Swiftness

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Wrap | Best generic
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist
Offhand Equipment	Shield | (Legendary) Ascetic's Handwrap
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Massive +10% block chance, -2% parry chance Balance Not blocking adds 20% block chance until next block Elemental Shielding +20% Elemental resists

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when waiting for a melee enemy to approach you. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free (up to) +50% damage until next time you move!

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Medium | Samurai Armor
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusion +7% dodge

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Aescetic's Orbs
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Cunning +20 Guile Enduring +20 Stamina Luminous +20 Energy
Accessory 2	Titan's Gauntlet
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline Enduring +20 Stamina (Skill Orb) Inkstorm Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range

Job Emblem

Name	Budoka's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	3% of Spirit Power is added to parry when using fists (max +12%)
Effect 2	+15% damage with fists as Elemental damage (split between all Elements)
Effect 3	Any

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Suplex	Unarmed Mastery	The true core of this build. This does absolutely IMMENSE damage. Plus, the animation is hilarious. I wonder if it works on dragons and other large bosses. Maybe there's a haunted train somewhere around Tangledeep...
Flying Kick	Unarmed Mastery
Hundred Fists	Budoka
Qi Wave	Budoka	The Aescetic gear set bonus makes this actually useable! It even becomes a cross-shaped AoE effect. Surprisingly, it procs Feral Fighting you have it active.
Palm Thrust	Budoka
Tornado Stance	Budoka	Use when an enemy is cornered against a wall for free damage.
Feral Fighting	Wild Child
Flurry of Bites	Wild Child	Enemies that don't die in one hit will often be bleeding due to Vital Point: Bleed passive. Use this for the damage boost due to that.
Shield Slam	Paladin	Used primarily for consuming Wrath built up by blocking to further increase defenses, but also acts as a useful stun and does meaningful damage. Since your shield is just a handwrap, that must mean you're backhanding the enemy, which amuses me greatly.
Heavy Guard	Paladin	Used primarily to build Wrath charges for Shield Slam, but the perk to block chance is also nice. The loss in crit is pretty minor for this build, but you still may want to keep it turned off unless you find you need more defense at the moment.
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Vital Point: Bleed	Budoka	Yes
Vital Point: Pain	Budoka	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Sniper

Description

The Sniper is a masterful archer capable of targeting the weakpoints in her prey from afar with startling accuracy. Few will know they're being hunted before they take an arrow to the knee head.



The Sniper focuses on stacking attack range and crit chance/damage as high as possible, with the goal of slaying enemies before they reach you. Should that fail, and should the Sniper end up surrounded, she has to her avail a trusty whip, with which she can strike entire groups of nearby enemies at once. Her plethora of dodge-boosting abilities allow her to use this whip safely while dodging most attacks, while her ability to surround herself with daggers of ice allow her to increase her defense against those who would dare attack her from range.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Any
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Bow
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Hunter
Stat Priority	Swiftness > Strength > Guile > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Bow | Celestial Shot OR Best available
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP Lethal +35% crit damage
Offhand Equipment	Quiver | (Legendary) Phasma Quiver
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Nightmare Orb) Overdrawing Bow range increased by 1 (reduces CT to 0 at max range) (Nightmare Orb) Sniping Damage increased by 25% of CT Savage +35% Crit damage Deadeye +30% basic attack damage with bows at max range

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Bow | (Legendary) Blight of the Shadow Wolf
2'nd Offhand Equipment	Quiver | (Legendary) Corrupting Piercers OR (Legendary) Phasma Quiver

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	Whip | (Legendary) Monster Slayer OR Best generic
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Lethal +35% crit damage
3'rd Offhand Equipment	Shield | (Legendary) Althwyn's Luteshield
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Massive +10% block chance, -2% parry chance Balance Not blocking adds 20% block chance until next block

4'th Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!
4'th Offhand Equipment	Shield | (Legendary) Althwyn's Luteshield

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Skill Orb) Ice Tortoise Sword Dancer's Ice Tortoise deals slightly less damage, but buffs defense by 10% per active shard

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Ramirel's Mask
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Quickness +20 Swiftness Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline

Job Emblem

Name	Hunter's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+5% crit chance with Bows and Crossbows
Effect 2	Passing 2 turns increases your stealth and evasion briefly
Effect 3	Any

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Arrowstorm	Bow Mastery
Jumping Shot	Bow Mastery	Can be used for movement even if no enemy is around.
Ice Missile	Hunter	Used mainly to slow an enemy's approach.
Triple Bolt	Hunter
Hail of Arrows	Hunter
Shadow Stalk	Hunter	Used for emergencies. Especially useful when surrounded and AoEing using your whip, as each enemy you hit with it will spawn a shadow image.
Spiritwalk	Soulkeeper
Echo Bolts	Soulkeeper	Just leave this enabled. Free damage.
Neutralize	Wild Child
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Ice Tortoise	Sword Dancer	Due to skill orb, is used defensively when against ranged enemies.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.
Echo Collector	Soulkeeper	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Reaper

Description

The Reaper is a terror that defies all expectation. There is power in numbers in Tangledeep, yet it is the Reaper's power that grows as she is surrounded by foes. It is said that her assaults become an unstoppable blur should she become surrounded.



The Reaper focuses on dealing AoE damage to surrounding foes using the basic attack of her axe, building that damage as high as possible while paralyzing and rooting her opponents, as well as dismantling their defenses. Her defenses are middling all around, having low to moderate resistances, moderate parry, and a low dodge chance but with a multitude of ways to raise it. While the Reaper thrives when surrounded by enemies, she must always be cautious. But should too many foes surround her at once, her enemies will all die with naught the chance to retaliate.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Axe
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Brigand
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Swiftness > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Axe | (Legendary) Aetherscythe OR Best 2H available
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Robust On hit, lose 20 CT but deal +30% damage Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP Sundering On hit, reduce enemy dmg/def by 5% (max -20%) (U) Echoing 20% chance to perform two basic attacks (U)

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Axe | (Legendary) Kalzarius' Headhunter
Note	Kalzarius' Headhunter's mod, "+20 CT per melee attack", activates on every hit of the basic attack. Switch to this when you're surrounded by at least 5 mobs, or at least 3 mobs if Whirlwind is active, and you'll gain 100 CT per turn by using basic attacks, meaning multiple free turns in a row! Do not use Weighted or Robust magic mod on this weapon!
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP Sundering On hit, reduce enemy dmg/def by 5% (max -20%) (U) Echoing 20% chance to perform two basic attacks (U) Immobilizing Basic attacks have 25% chance to Root for two turns

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Skill Orb) Highland Charge Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline Enduring +20 Stamina
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Ascetic's Orbs
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Cunning +20 Guile Quickness +20 Swiftness Enduring +20 Stamina

Job Emblem

Name	Brigand's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+12% Bleed damage
Effect 2	Causing Bleeding lowers target's defense by 12%
Effect 3	4% chance to instantly kill regular monsters on main hand attacks

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Cleave	Axe Mastery
Whirlwind	Axe Mastery	Does strike on turn it is used.
Cloak and Dagger	Brigand	Used to reliably bleed a single target.
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Suppression	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Highland Charge	Edge Thane	Due to skill orb, it becomes a powerful mid-combat movement ability with high damage and range when you have a level 3 song active, which is very easy to achieve.
Flurry of Bites	Wild Child	Used primarily when against only one enemy.
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Acid Aura causes melee attackers to gain -15% to All damage and -20% to Physical resist.
Gravity Surge	HuSyn	Many nearby enemies, all spread out? Not anymore! Go axe them a question!

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Two-Handed Specialist	Edge Thane	Yes

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Shadowbreaker

Description

The Shadowbreaker excels at group combat, cutting swaths of enemies all at once with her dual wielded axes. Many confuse the Shadowbreaker for the Reaper, as reaping is what they both do.



The Shadowbreaker is a sister build to the Reaper which duel wields shadow-infused axes instead of using a larger, 2-handed axe. She focuses on dealing AoE damage to surrounding foes using the basic attack of her two axes, building that damage as high as possible while paralyzing her opponents and weakening them to further shadow damage. Her defenses are middling all around, having low to moderate resistances, low-moderate parry, and a low dodge chance but with a multitude of ways to raise it. While the Shadowbreaker thrives when surrounded by enemies, she must always be cautious. But should too many foes surround her at once, her enemies will all die with naught the chance to retaliate.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Axe
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Calligrapher
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Swiftness > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Axe | Best generic
Offhand Equipment	Axe | Best generic
Required Both Hands Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lightweight Reduces damage/accuracy penalties for dual wielding Lethal +35% crit damage Darkness Attack element is SHADOW, +35 power, chance to add Shadow Vulnerable Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Axe | (Legendary) Kalzarius' Headhunter
Note	Kalzarius' Headhunter's mod, "+20 CT per melee attack", activates on every hit of the basic attack. Switch to this when you're surrounded by at least 5 mobs, or at least 3 mobs if Whirlwind is active, and you'll gain 100 CT per turn by using basic attacks, meaning multiple free turns in a row! Do not use Weighted or Robust magic mod on this weapon! Keep this weapon's element Physical and use it against Shadow-immune enemies!
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP Sundering On hit, reduce enemy dmg/def by 5% (max -20%) (U) Echoing 20% chance to perform two basic attacks (U) Immobilizing Basic attacks have 25% chance to Root for two turns

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when you use the Spiritwalk ability to build this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +50% damage until next time you move!

4'th Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Hit character limit for section. Refer to this entry in Juggernaut build.

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Skill Orb) Highland Charge Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline Enduring +20 Stamina
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Ascetic's Orbs
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Cunning +20 Guile Quickness +20 Swiftness Enduring +20 Stamina

Job Emblem

Name	Calligrapher's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Basic attacks deal +15% damage when dual wielding
Effect 2	Shadow damage pierces +75% of enemy resistance
Effect 3	Any

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Cleave	Axe Mastery
Whirlwind	Axe Mastery	Does strike on turn it is used.
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Elements	Edge Thane
Verse of Suppression	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Highland Charge	Edge Thane	Due to skill orb, it becomes a powerful mid-combat movement ability with high damage and range when you have a level 3 song active, which is very easy to achieve.
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Acid Aura causes melee attackers to gain -15% to All damage and -20% to Physical resist.
Gravity Surge	HuSyn
Spiritwalk	Soulkeeper	Use when you switch to Narrev's Glaive to build its damage buff for five turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Freneticist

Description

Leave it to the Freneticist to find a way to coldly and calculatedly harness the power of sheer rage and frenzy. She's practically a walking oxymoron, and yet none that see her tear Tangledeep's most fearsome monsters to shreds in seconds can doubt her power.



The Freneticist (what a name, right?) focuses on dealing as much damage as possible with duel-wielded claw basic attacks, empowered by the claw's Frenzy ability. While she does have a selection of abilities at her disposal, most of them support her Frenzy state or increase mobility when not in a Frenzy. Her basic attacks often immobilize her enemies. Further, her critical strikes heal her from damage sustained and damage sustained increases her damage dealt. In all, combat with the Freneticist becomes an artistic, flowing dance of rage and blood.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Claw
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Calligrapher
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Swiftness > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Claw | Best generic
Offhand Equipment	Claw | Best generic
Required Both Hands Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Darkness Attack element is SHADOW, +35 power, chance to add Shadow Vulnerable Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP Immobilizing Basic attacks have 25% chance to Root for 2 turns

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Skill Orb) Highland Charge Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline Enduring +20 Stamina
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Ascetic's Orbs
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Cunning +20 Guile Quickness +20 Swiftness Enduring +20 Stamina

Job Emblem

Name	Calligrapher's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Basic attacks deal +15% damage when dual wielding
Effect 2	Any
Effect 3	10% chance to gain a Brushstroke while taking a step

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Frenzy	Claw Mastery
Devastation	Claw Mastery
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Highland Charge	Edge Thane	Due to skill orb, it becomes a powerful mid-combat movement ability with high damage and range when you have a level 3 song active, which is very easy to achieve.
Feral Fighting	Wild Child
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Shadowstep	Brigand	You need an Energy costing movement ability since the build runs out of stamina easily.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Pulverizer

Description

The Pulverizer... A fitting name for someone carrying around a maul bigger than she is. They say a swing of her hammer can cause the earth of Tangledeep itself to tremble and split, swallowing all that oppose her. Perhaps...just perhaps...there is a grain of truth to that.



The Pulverizer focuses on using a gigantic golden 2-handed mace to stack weapon power as high as possible while stacking critical chance to take advantage of the mace weapon type's unique critical effect. While her weapon is devastating, it also protects the Pulverizer from lethal harm. As such, she has no need to worry over defenses, and can focus on obliterating her foes with powerful swings so long as she is not overwhelmed.

Build

Suggested Feats	Rager
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Mace
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Edge Thane
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Swiftness > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Mace | (Legendary) Monster Mashing Maul
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Robust On hit, lose 20 CT but deal +30% damage Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP Echoing 20% chance to perform two basic attacks (U)

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when waiting for a melee enemy to approach you. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free (up to) +50% damage until next time you move!

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect (Skill Orb) Highland Charge Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Concentration +20 Discipline Enduring +20 Stamina
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Ascetic's Orbs
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Cunning +20 Guile Quickness +20 Swiftness Enduring +20 Stamina

Job Emblem

Name	Edge Thane's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Recover 8% max Stamina and Energy when your Song increases in level
Effect 2	Gain +15% crit chance briefly when your Song increases in level
Effect 3	Emit a powerful stunning shout when reaching max Song level

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Berserk	Mace Mastery
Home Run	Mace Mastery
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Highland Charge	Edge Thane	Due to skill orb, it becomes a powerful mid-combat movement ability with high damage and range when you have a level 3 song active, which is very easy to achieve.
Furious Crescendo	Edge Thane
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Cloak and Dagger	Brigand
Righteous Charge	Paladin	For when you need a reliable stun.
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Acid Aura causes melee attackers to gain -15% to All damage and -20% to Physical resist.
Spiritwalk	Soulkeeper	Use when you switch to Narrev's Glaive to build its damage buff for five turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Unconscious Riposte	Sword Dancer	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Two-Handed Specialist	Edge Thane	Yes

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Tempest

Description

The Tempest is as the unstoppable storm. To strike her is to strike at wind, and her attacks strike as ruthlessly as a vicious gale.



The Tempest's overwhelming focus is stacking as much dodge chance as possible with the goal of maintaining at least 100% dodge chance. Doing so allows her to rapidly build up brushstrokes for use in rapid attacks against surrounding foes using her fist and dagger or, in emergencies, drawing trap runes beneath the feet of her enemies. If an enemy happens to land a hit, the Tempest is always ready to parry and immediately counterattack, potentially applying status effects to the offender.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Unarmed
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Calligrapher
Stat Priority	Strength > Discipline > Guile > Swiftness > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Wrap | Best generic
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Duelist's +7% Parry
Offhand Equipment	Dagger | (Legendary) Ramirel's Dismantler

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor

Medium | Best generic

Accessories

Accessory 1	Titan's Gauntlet
Accessory 2	Judo Sash
Both Accessories Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Concentration +20 Discipline Cunning +20 Guile Enduring +20 Stamina (Skill Orb) Inkstorm; Only on one accessory Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range (Skill Orb) Highland Charge; Only on one accessory Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level

Job Emblem

Name	Calligrapher's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Picking up your Combat Biography grants +33% dodge chance for 10 turns
Effect 2	Gain a Brushstroke when using Glide
Effect 3	Dodging reduces all cooldowns by 1 turn(s)

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Suplex	Unarmed Mastery	Used primarily as an offensive gap closer.
Inkstorm	Calligrapher	The very core of this build. With a default cooldown of 2 turns and the potential for dodging lowering that cooldown to 1 and granting Brushstrokes, this outright replaces basic attacks. You should never be using basic attacks unless you're out of Stamina and can't recover any.
Water Scroll	Calligrapher	The mist field grants +15% Dodge.
Combat Biography	Calligrapher	Spawns near you. Either walk or use a movement ability to reach it quickly for a Brushstroke, +33% Dodge, and +50% Inkstorm damage.
Forbiddance	Calligrapher	Used in emergencies to buy time or run away.
Glide	Calligrapher
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Dust in the Wind	Sword Dancer	Only used when Dodge falls below 100% for some reason.
Song of Endurance	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Highland Charge	Edge Thane	Due to skill orb, it becomes a powerful mid-combat movement ability with high damage and range when you have a level 3 song active, which is very easy to achieve. Used mainly to immediately reach your Combat Biography.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Unconscious Riposte	Sword Dancer	Yes
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Vanishing Ink	Calligrapher	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Burning Finger

Description

The Burning Finger blasts through her enemies, leaving trail of flames in her wake. She is as a living wildfire, burning all she touches to ash.



The Burning Finger is a vague reference to that quirky classic G Gundam anime excels at short and mid ranged combat through both fists and flame. She attempts to reach high combined Weapon and Spirit Power while stacking as much Fire damage as possible. Though focused on channeling the power of fire through her fists, the Burning Finger can forego her blazing power when faced with fire-resistant foes, dealing significant Physical damage instead.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Tea Leaf | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Unarmed
Suggested Armor Mastery	Light
Core Class	Budoka
Stat Priority	Strength > Spirit > Discipline > Guile > Swiftness

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Wrap | Grandmaster's Wrap
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Flames Attack element is FIRE, +45 power Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U) (Skill Orb) Fire Bomb Brigand's Fire Bomb has a shorter fuse and cooldown
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome OR best generic book
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Fire-Attuned 30% Fire damage (Nightmare Orb) Magus When attacking, gain 20% of your Spirit Power in bonus damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Wrap | Grandmaster's Wrap
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when waiting for a melee enemy to approach you. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free (up to) +50% damage until next time you move!

4'th Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again! Useful when fighting Fire-immune enemies.

Armor

Armor	Light | Runic Garb
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusive +7% Dodge (Skill Orb) Highland Charge Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Athyes' Scarlet Headband
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Pretty Pretty Ribbon
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Harmonious +20 Spirit Concentration +20 Discipline (Skill Orb) Inkstorm; Only on one accessory Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range (Skill Orb) Double Down; Only on one accessory Gambler's Double Down, if successful, restores 10% of max HP

Job Emblem

Name	Budoka's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Any
Effect 2	Any
Effect 3	18% chance to riposte a melee attack before you are hit

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Suplex	Unarmed Mastery	Does Physical damage, so it doesn't get the fire multiplier boost. Still strong.
Song of Might	Edge Thane	You can switch songs while one is already active without using a turn.
Song of Spirit	Edge Thane	You can switch songs while one is already active without using a turn.
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Highland Charge	Edge Thane	Due to skill orb, it becomes a powerful mid-combat movement ability with high damage and range when you have a level 3 song active, which is very easy to achieve.
Fire Bomb	Brigand
Salamander's Breath	Wild Child
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Photon Cannon	HuSyn
Double Down	Gambler
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Vital Point: Pain	Budoka	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Radiant Hero

Description

The Radiant Hero is blessed by the gods with power over lightning. Powerful arcs of electricity and a constant static aura assault all foes who dare to approach her.



The Radiant Hero is a master of whip and lightning that focuses on achieving a fair amount of both Weapon and Spirit Power while stacking the Lightning elemental damage multiplier as high as possible. In addition to her array of lightning-based melee abilities, she is also able to conjure a thunderstorm and static field and draw foes into them while attacking with her whip to deal AoE damage. The Divine Hero's defenses are lacking - even her dodge chance - so it's lucky that her favorite drink in a pinch is Coffee.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Tea Leaf | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	None
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Paladin
Stat Priority	Strength > Swiftness > Spirit > Discipline > Guile

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Whip | (Legendary) Monster Slayer
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Thunder Attack element is LIGHTNING, +35 power Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U)
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lightning-Attuned 30% Lightning damage Fire-Attuned 30% Fire damage (Nightmare Orb) Magus When attacking, gain 20% of your Spirit Power in bonus damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Bow | Any
Note	The sole purpose of this bow is to cast Triple Bolt. You can give it a full set of Magic Mods and the like and get a quiver offhand for it so you can use it to attack from range, but it's not necessary.

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when you use the Sanctuary ability so you can sit still for five turns to build this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +50% damage until next time you move!

Armor

Armor	Medium | Samurai Armor
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusive +7% Dodge

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Pretty Pretty Ribbon
Accessory 2	Shock Ring
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Quickness +20 Swiftness Might +20 Strength Harmonious +20 Spirit Concentration +20 Discipline {Skill Orb) Gravity Surge; Only on one accessory HuSyn's Gravity Surge no longer roots targets, but gains range and debuffs Lightning resistance

Job Emblem

Name	Paladin's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+15% damage to Smite Evil, Blessed Hammer, and Divine Fury
Effect 2	+3% Elemental damage per Wrath Charge
Effect 3	Critical hits build one Wrath Charge (3 turn cooldown)

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Smite Evil	Paladin
Divine Fury	Paladin
Blessed Hammer	Paladin
Sanctuary	Paladin
Radiant Aura	Paladin	Always enabled. Buffs Blessed Hammer.
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Gravity Surge	HuSyn
Static Field	HuSyn
Thunderstorm	Wild Child
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Triple Bolt	Hunter
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Kinetic Magic	Spellshaper	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Toxicist

Description

The Toxicist is an expert on the lethal poisons found throughout Tangledeep. Utilizing them, she destroys her opponents from both within and without.



The Toxicist focuses on having strong Weapon and Spirit Power while stacking the Poison elemental damage multiplier as high as possible. Every wound she deals is smothered in poison, as she uses both her weapons and nearby plants to eliminate her opposition.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Tea Leaf | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Mace
Suggested Armor Mastery	Light
Core Class	Brigand
Stat Priority	Strength > Spirit > Discipline > Guile > Swiftness

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Mace | Flanged Crusher OR Best available
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Acid Attack element is POISON, +35 power Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U) (Skill Orb) Inkstorm Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Poison-Attuned 30% Poison damage (Nightmare Orb) Magus When attacking, gain 20% of your Spirit Power in bonus damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance (Skill Orb) Poison Evocation Spellshaper's Acid Evocation turns into Poison Evocation, inflicting damage over time

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Spear | (Legendary) Toxin's Ancient Oakpike
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Acid Attack element is POISON, +35 power Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist
2'nd Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	Sword | (Legendary) Kadino's Remorse
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Acid Attack element is POISON, +35 power Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist

4'th Mainhand Weapon	Mace | Any
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist
Note	Use this when enemies are poison immune.

Armor

Armor	Light | (Legendary) Ilgorthmon's Cloak
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusive +7% Dodge (Skill Orb) Escape Artist Brigand's Escape Artist attacks and bleeds the target instead of stunning them

Accessories

Both Accessory	Venom Ring
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Harmonious +20 Spirit Concentration +20 Discipline Enduring +20 Stamina (Skill Orb) Bear Traps; Only on one accessory Hunter's Bear Traps have a shorter range, but inflict bleeding (Skill Orb) Burst Spellshape; Only on one accessory Spellshaper's "Spellshape: Ray" becomes "Spellshape: Burst", a point-blank AOE shape

Job Emblem

Name	Brigand's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+12% Bleed damage
Effect 2	Causing Bleeding lowers target's defense by 12%
Effect 3	4% chance to instantly kill regular monsters on main hand attacks

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Home Run	Weapon Mastery
Berserk	Weapon Mastery
Cloak and Dagger	Brigand
Escape Artist	Brigand
Fan of Knives	Brigand	Use to apply AoE bleed.
Envenom Weapon	Brigand	Disable only if enemy is poison immune.
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper	Does not need to be used as aura.
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use as aura. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Spellshaping	Spellshaper	Keep on bar to change to and from Spellshape: Aura for Shadow Evocation.
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Creeping Death	Floramancer
Bear Traps	Hunter
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Glitterskin	Wild Child

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Sneak Attack	Brigand	Yes	Use this to open with a basic attack using Kadino's Remorse to proc its bleed.
Stealth Bomber	Brigand	No
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Rimeguard

Description

The Rimeguard surrounds herself with powerful frost magic. It is said that the land around her changes to a frozen wasteland merely due to her presence. Many an adventurer has claimed to find the frozen remains of monsters and machine deep within Tangledeep.



The Rimeguard focuses on achieving strong Weapon and Spirit Power while stacking a very high water damage multiplier. Her axe and array of abilities with area of effect ensure that she is a powerful foe to swarms of enemies at a time. Those that assault the Rimeguard may find themselves frozen in the attempt, or assaulted by shards of ice formed by her mystical armor (and then still frozen). She can even summon a wave of chilling water, freezing all those it touches.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Tea Leaf | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Axe
Suggested Armor Mastery	Heavy
Core Class	Sword Dancer
Stat Priority	Strength > Spirit > Discipline > Guile > Swiftness

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Axe | Aurelian Axe OR Best available
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Ice Attack element is WATER, +35 power Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U) (Skill Orb) Inkstorm Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Water-Attuned 30% Water damage (Nightmare Orb) Magus When attacking, gain 20% of your Spirit Power in bonus damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when waiting for a melee enemy to approach you. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free (up to) +50% damage until next time you move!

Armor

Armor	Heavy | (Legendary) Hergon's Frostplate
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusive +7% Dodge Frostscale 33% chance to freeze melee attackers

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Deep Lake's Gem
Accessory 2	Frost Ring
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Harmonious +20 Spirit Concentration +20 Discipline Enduring; Only on one accessory +20 Stamina Warmth; Only on one accessory You cannot be frozen or chilled (Skill Orb) Burst Spellshape; Only on one accessory Spellshaper's "Spellshape: Ray" becomes "Spellshape: Burst", a point-blank AOE shape

Job Emblem

Name	Sword Dancer's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Your next basic melee attack after moving is 20% stronger
Effect 2	Instantly attack enemies when you're pushed or pulled
Effect 3	Relentless Current and Ice Tortoise freeze enemies

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Whirlwind	Weapon Mastery
Cleave	Weapon Mastery
Wild Horse	Sword Dancer
Relentless Current	Sword Dancer
Ice Tortoise	Sword Dancer
Ice Evocation	Spellshaper	Can be used as aura or as anything else for damage + accuracy debuff. Ice Aura causes melee attackers to freeze.
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use as aura. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Spellshaping	Spellshaper	Keep on bar. You'll be changing a lot.
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Ice Spit	Wild Child
Song of Might	Edge Thane	You can switch songs while one is already active without using a turn.
Song of Spirit	Edge Thane	You can switch songs while one is already active without using a turn.
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Gravity Surge	HuSyn

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Abyssal Lancer

Description

The Abyssal Lancer's power over darkness comes from an evil artifact housing an ancient demon. Though she does not harness it often, the bracer is said to level all in her sight for the price of her own life force...



The Abyssal Lancer focuses on having a respectable amount of both Weapon and Spirit Power all the while stacking a high Dark damage multiplier. With the power over darkness that she wields, the Abyssal Lancer is able to unleash waves of the abyss from her weapon, as is her namesake. In times of great peril, she bears an ancient artifact of great evil, offering a fraction of her life force in return for obliterating her foes.

Build

Suggested Feats	Rager
Suggested Flask Infusions	Tea Leaf | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Spear
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Calligrapher
Stat Priority	Strength > Spirit > Discipline > Swiftness > Guile

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Spear | Naginata OR Best available
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Darkness Attack element is SHADOW, +35 power Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U) Elemental Fury When using a damaging elemental skill: 33% chance to hit random enemy for 125% of Spirit Power as your last used element. (U) (Skill Orb) Inkstorm Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Shadow-Attuned 30% Shadow damage (Nightmare Orb) Magus When attacking, gain 20% of your Spirit Power in bonus damage

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Special | (Legendary) Demon Bracer
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Same as above mainhand weapon.
Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome
Note	This weapon is used only for its unique Soulfire ability.

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	Bow | (Legendary) Blight of the Shadow Wolf
Offhand Equipment	Quiver | (Legendary) Corrupting Piercers
Note	This bow is used only to apply Shadow Blight by using its basic attack.

4'th Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when you use the Spiritwalk ability to build this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +50% damage until next time you move!

Armor

Armor	Medium | Samurai Armor
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusive +7% Dodge

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Ruby Crescent
Accessory 2	Night Ring
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Harmonious +20 Spirit Concentration +20 Discipline Enduring; Only on one accessory +20 Stamina Luminious; Only on one accessory +20 Energy (Skill Orb) Burst Spellshape; Only on one accessory Spellshaper's "Spellshape: Ray" becomes "Spellshape: Burst", a point-blank AOE shape

Job Emblem

Name	Calligrapher's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Any
Effect 2	Shadow damage pierces +75% of enemy resistance
Effect 3	10% chance to gain a Brushstroke while taking a step

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Valkyrie	Weapon Mastery
Skewer	Weapon Mastery
Soulfire	Demon Bracer	Leave an open slot on bars for this. Automatically equips when Demon Bracer is equipped. Cooldown only counts down when Demon Bracers are equipped, so keep Demon Bracers on while between fights.
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Shadow Scroll	Calligrapher
Aether Barrage	Soulkeeper
Spiritwalk	Soulkeeper
Shadowstep	Brigand
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Can be either used defensively as an aura or offensively as anything else. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Spellshaping	Spellshaper	Keep on bar. You'll be changing a lot.
Song of Spirit	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Glitterskin	Wild Child

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Deathly Fist

Description

The Deathly Fist is is the most vicious of all Budoka. She puts her very soul into mercilessly striking down her foes as quickly as possible using naught but her bare hands.



The Deathly Fist focuses on raw, up-front damage by stacking critical chance alongside the already awesome power of unarmed strikes. Her focus on offense is so narrow minded that she becomes even stronger still as she strikes her opponents. By striking her opponents' vital points, she applies bleeding and weakening effects, which she can then turn to mass hemorrhaging and confusion using her various Budoka abilities. Each ability she uses will cause immense damage to her foes, but her basic attacks are not far behind.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Citrus | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Unarmed
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Budoka
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Swiftness > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Wrap | Best generic
Offhand Equipment	Wrap | Best generic
Required Both Hands Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when waiting for a melee enemy to approach you. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free (up to) +50% damage until next time you move!

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusion +7% dodge

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Enduring +20 Energy (Skill Orb) Inkstorm Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Blizzard Tiara
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Quickness +20 Swiftness Enduring +20 Stamina

Job Emblem

Name	Edge Thane's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	Recover 8% max Stamina and Energy when your Song increases in level
Effect 2	Gain +15% crit chance briefly when your Song increases in level
Effect 3	Any

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Suplex	Weapon Mastery	9999 damage crits? 60% of the time? Yes, please!
Flying Kick	Weapon Mastery
Hundred Fists	Budoka
Palm Thrust	Budoka
Tornado Stance	Budoka	Use when an enemy is cornered against a wall for free damage.
Feral Fighting	Wild Child
Flurry of Bites	Wild Child	Enemies that don't die in one hit will often be bleeding due to Vital Point: Bleed passive. Use this for the damage boost due to that.
Furious Crescendo	Edge Thane	Use whenever you can restart Song of Might and the fight isn't over yet.
Song of Might	Edge Thane	Use this to build your crit chance due to the 2'nd Emblem effect. When the song comes off cooldown, use Furious Crescendo to remove it and cast it again to keep that crit chance bonus coming!
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Inkstorm	Calligrapher

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Vital Point: Bleed	Budoka	Yes
Vital Point: Pain	Budoka	Yes
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Zweigambler

Description

Some gamblers love playing high cards for high stakes. Other gamblers like playing with big swords to bet against their enemies' fates. The Zweigambler is most definitely the latter.



The Zweigambler focuses on achieving as high a critical strike damage multiplier as possible while maintaining reasonable Weapon Power while wielding a gigantic two-handed sword. Though the Zweigambler has more in common with Sword Dancers than they do traditional Gamblers, the Zweigambler is a gambler indeed, betting their victory on a middling crit chance for offense and middling parry. If luck favors her, then so will the day; yet if her luck runs out, then so will she run away.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Sword
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Gambler
Stat Priority	Strength > Swifness > Guile > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Sword | (Legendary) Dechlan's Zweihander
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Grandmaster Crit dmg increased by 50% of Strength Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Robust On hit, lose 20 CT but deal +30% damage

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Narrev's Glaive
Note	Narrev's Glaive has the effect: "Increase all damage output by 10% per turn you haven't moved (max of 50%) (U)". Switch to this weapon when you use the Spiritwalk ability to build this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +50% damage until next time you move!

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusion +7% dodge

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Enduring +20 Energy (Skill Orb) Inkstorm Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Blizzard Tiara
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Quickness +20 Swiftness Enduring +20 Energy

Job Emblem

Name	Gambler's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	15% chance to double healing effects
Effect 2	+25% temporary crit chance after losing 15% max Health from a single attack
Effect 3	Any

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Soaring Heaven Slash	Weapon Mastery
Cross Slash	Weapon Mastery
Wild Horse	Sword Dancer
Dust in the Wind	Sword Dancer
Spin Blade	Wild Child
Frog Hop	Wild Child
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Spiritwalk	Soulkeeper	Use when you switch to Narrev's Glaive to build its damage buff for five turns.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Unconscious Riposte	Sword Dancer	Yes
Two-Handed Specialist	Edge Thane	Yes
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No
Wild Cards	Gambler	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Highroller

Description

The Highroller is a legendary gambler who was lucky enough to win martial arts lessons from a slightly less legendary Budoka. And his gloves. And his belt. Now, if the Highroller should ever lose out, she can always rely on her mighty fists.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Unarmed
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	Gambler
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Swiftness > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Wrap | Best generic
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP
Offhand Equipment	Dagger | (Legendary) Rujasu's Marked Cards
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Lethal +35% crit damage Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Brave +30% basic attack dmg if you have >= 65% HP (Skill Orb) Double Down Gambler's Double Down, if successful, restores 10% of max HP

Armor

Armor	Medium | (Legendary) Slick Vic's Vest
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusion +7% dodge

Accessories

Accessory 1	(Legendary) Denalind's Amulet
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Enduring +20 Energy (Skill Orb) Inkstorm Inkstorm deals an additional +25% damage per hit, at the cost of 1 range
Accessory 2	Judo Sash
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Quickness +20 Swiftness Enduring +20 Stamina

Job Emblem

Name	Gambler's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	15% chance to double healing effects
Effect 2	+25% temporary crit chance after losing 15% max Health from a single attack
Effect 3	If your Wild Cards hand is bad, redraw it and get a free turn

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Suplex	Weapon Mastery
Flying Kick	Weapon Mastery
Wild Cards	Gambler
Roll the Bones	Gambler
Double Down	Gambler
Gold Toss	Gambler	Not really "required", but thematic.
Hot Streak	Gambler	Not really "required", but thematic.
Sleight of Hand	Gambler
Blood Debts	Gambler
Inkstorm	Calligrapher
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Challenges	Edge Thane
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper	Use Spellshaping to activate Spellshape: Aura and then remove Spellshaping from the hotbar. Shadow Aura grants +35% dodge for 15 turns.
Glitterskin	Wild Child

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes	Only required for Savage World.
Deadly Aim	Hunter	Yes
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No
Wild Cards	Gambler	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Debilitater

Description

The Debilitater is weak, and yet she is always victorious. For it is her foe's strength that becomes weakness, and their weakness becomes her strength.



The Debilitater is overwhelmingly focused on one, singular goal: weaken enemies in every way conceivable. Her every strike can inflict a huge number of ailments upon her target. With every weakening status effect available to her, she is able to turn fearsome foes into harmless prey. And as she weakens her foes, her own power grows; the candleskull she carries ensures that.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Green Apple
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Sword
Suggested Armor Mastery	Heavy
Core Class	Brigand
Stat Priority	Strength > Guile > Swiftness > Discipline > Spirit

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon

Sword | Buster Sword

Required Mainhand Magic Mods

Orb Name Effect Robust On hit, lose 20 CT but deal +30% damage Sealing On hit: 15% chance to cause Seal Immobilizing Basic attacks have a 25% chance to Root for 2 turns Sundering On hit, reduce enemy dmg/def by 5% (max -20%) (Nightmare Orb) Shocking On hit: 25% chance to shock and paralyze (Nightmare Orb) Igniting On hit: 25% chance for damaging burns (Nightmare Orb) Terror On hit: 15% chance to cause Fear (Nightmare Orb) Wounds On hit: Inflict Wounds, reducing healing effects by 75% (Skill Orb) Highland Charge Edge Thane's Highland Charge become a leaping attack instead of a dash, with damage based on Song level

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Sword | (Legendary) Kadino's Remorse
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Same as above mainhand weapon.

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	Bow | (Legendary) Blight of the Shadow Wolf
Offhand Equipment	Quiver | (Legendary) Corrupting Piercers

4'th Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!

Armor

Armor	Heavy | (Legendary) Hergon's Frostplate
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Elusive +7% Dodge Frostscale 33% chance to freeze melee attackers

Accessories

Accessory 1	Charm Circlet
Accessory 2	Candleskull
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Cunning +20 Guile Quickness +20 Swiftness Concentration +20 Discipline

Job Emblem

Name	Brigand's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+12% Bleed damage
Effect 2	Causing Bleeding lowers target's defense by 12%
Effect 3	4% chance to instantly kill regular monsters on main hand attacks

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Please Note!	N/A	All Weapon Power abilities in this build can proc the mainhand weapon's magic mods to apply status effects. I had to put this note here to avoid the maximum character limit for Steam Guide sections.
Soaring Heaven Slash	Weapon Mastery
Cloak and Dagger	Brigand
Highland Charge	Edge Thane
Song of Might	Edge Thane
Verse of Suppression	Edge Thane
Ice Evocation	Spellshaper
Acid Evocation	Spellshaper
Shadow Evocation	Spellshaper
Spellshaping	Spellshaper
Flurry of Bites	Wild Child
Glitterskin	Wild Child
Wild Horse	Sword Dancer
Smite Evil	Paladin
Baleful Echoes	Soulkeeper
Forbiddance	Calligrapher

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Immunology	Soulkeeper	Yes
Blood Tracking	Hunter	Yes
Sneak Attack	Brigand	Yes	Use this to open with a basic attack using Kadino's Remorse to proc its bleed.
Echo Collector	Soulkeeper	No
Ink Collector	Calligrapher	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: Runic Engineer

Description

One so naturally adept at manipulating flow that their inventive nature borders on genius and the utilization of flow come to her as easy as breath; that is the Runic Engineer. The combat applications of her knowledge are marvelously elegant and incredibly destructive.


The Runic Engineer focuses on deploying, maintaining, and utilizing the Runic Crystal, as it is the linchpin of her combat prowess. Everything the Runic Engineer is capable of works toward the ends of either defending the Runic Crystal or complimenting its uses. Capable of firing fiery lasers, emitting dangerous electrical and phasmatic fields, and deploying bombs and even a vicious Floraconda, she excels at combating large groups of enemies. While her main defenses are her Runic Crystal and Floraconda, the Runic Engineer herself is no pushover, capable of brawling while deflecting powerful blows with her shield.

Build

Suggested Feats	Any
Suggested Flask Infusions	Any | Basil | Any
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate	Unarmed
Suggested Armor Mastery	Medium
Core Class	HuSyn
Stat Priority	Strength > Discipline > Spirit > Guile > Swiftness

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	Wrap | Best generic
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Penetrating 50% chance to ignore block/parry, bypasses 50% Physical resist Battlemage 15% of this weapon's power is added to Spirit Power (U)
Offhand Equipment	Shield | (Legendary) Seraph's Tear OR best available
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Massive +10% block chance, -2% parry chance Balance Not blocking adds 20% block chance until next block Elemental Shielding +20% Elemental resists Steadfast 50% reduced damage from the direction of the shield, 10% increased damage from other directions

2'nd Mainhand Weapon	Wrap | Best generic
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Same as above mainhand weapon.
2'nd Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Fire-Attuned 30% Fire damage Lightning-Attuned 30% Lightning damage Familiars Summoned pets Health increased by 10% and defense by 5% (Nightmare Orb) Magus When attacking, gain 20% of your Spirit Power in bonus damage (Nightmare Orb) Blasting Abilities ignore 50% of monster's elemental resistance

3'rd Mainhand Weapon	Staff | (Legendary) Rod of Wild Nature
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Familiars Summoned pets Health increased by 10% and defense by 5%
3'rd Offhand Equipment	Book | (Legendary) Leathel's Forbidden Tome

4'th Mainhand Weapon	(Legendary) Chef's Knife
Note	Chef's Knife has the effect: "40% Physical dmg dealt while you are Full (U)". Switch to this weapon and eat any food to gain this buff. When you switch back to your main weapon, you keep the buff! That's a free +40% physical damage until you can eat again!
4'th Offhand Equipment	Shield | (Legendary) Seraph's Tear OR best available

Armor

Armor	Medium | Samurai Armor
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Familiars Summoned pets Health increased by 10% and defense by 5% (Skill Orb) Fire Bomb Brigand's Fire Bomb has a shorter fuse and cooldown

Accessories

Accessory 1	Judo Sash
Accessory 2	(Legendary) Band of Wild Nature
Both Accessory Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect Might +20 Strength Concentration; Only on Judo Sash +20 Discipline Harmonious +20 Spirit Luminous +20 Energy Familiars Summoned pets Health increased by 10% and defense by 5% (Skill Orb) Crystal Shift; Only on one accessory HuSyn's Crystal Shift deals more damage and boosts the Runic Crystal's defense briefly (Skill Orb) Runic Crystal; Only on one accessory HuSyn's Runic Crystal no longer has a passive buff. Instead, it builds Runic Charges when damaged or moved, unleashing a burst of energy at 5 charges

Job Emblem

Name	Floramancer's Gold Job Emblem
Effect 1	+20% hp to summoned pets
Effect 2	20% chance for summoned pets to heal to full when at 0 health
Effect 3	Summoned pets receive 50% of your healing

Core Abilities

Active

Name	Source	Note
Suplex	Unarmed Mastery
Flying Kick	Unarmed Mastery
Runic Crystal	HuSyn	Switch to 3'rd weapon set before summoning.
Fortify	HuSyn
Crystal Shift	HuSyn
Photon Cannon	HuSyn
Static Field	HuSyn
Gravity Surge	HuSyn
Phasma Ring	Sorceress
Shockwave	Sorceress
Fire Bomb	Brigand
Summon Floriconda	Floramancer	Switch to 3'rd weapon set before summoning.
Glitterskin	Wild Child	Applies to pets as well.

Passive

Name	Source	Requires Support Slot?	Note
Steel Resolve	Budoka	Yes
Explosive Block	HuSyn	No

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Build: [Template]

Description

Ignore this section. It's a template for any future Build pages.

Build

Suggested Feats	X | X
Suggested Flask Infusions	X | X | X
Suggested Weapon Mastery Ultimate
Suggested Armor Mastery
Core Class
Stat Priority

Core Equipment

Weapons/Offhands

Mainhand Weapon	X | X
Required Mainhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect
Offhand Equipment	X | X
Required Offhand Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect

Armor

Armor	X | X
Armor Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect

Accessories

Accessory 1
Accessory 1 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect
Accessory 2
Accessory 2 Magic Mods	Orb Name Effect

Job Emblem

Name
Effect 1
Effect 2
Effect 3

Core Abilities

Active

Name

Source

Note

Passive

Name

Source

Requires Support Slot?

Note

+ Any Weapon and Armor Mastery passives.

Conclusion

If you're reading this, that means you got to the end of my guide. Well, heck. Good on you. Even I barely got through my guide! You must be a paragon of patience with a thirst for knowledge equal to Mirai's thirst for water fountains. Or maybe you just like tables. Mmm...tables...

I hope this guide was useful for you in your pursuit of an enjoyable and effective build.

Have any thoughts or comments? Know something I missed? Did I get something horribly, horribly wrong? Or worst yet, did I make...a TYPO? Feel free to post below to let me know!

[Doom_Cookies]

Oh! Hah, no, that's useless without being Soulkeeper. I goofed. The build was originally supposed to be a Soulkeeper build, and I forgot to change that part. Feel free to take that one anyway if you think you'll want to use Soulkeeper in the future, or just take the other one for the minor chance of summoning a Soulshade with the build.

Thanks for noticing. I'll edit that out.

[O'Malley]

Hello I am trying to use the Invoker build and I do not understand why you say to use the "Effect 3 Basic monster Echoes move towards you each turn" The echoes only spawn when I am using the soulkeeper class. Is there another way to make them spawn when not playing that class?

[Doom_Cookies]

Slight update: the Conjuration magic mod can now be used at the same time as the elemental damage magic mods such as Darkness. This was changed just recently on patch 1.4.1.

[Master Luc]

My man, you are incredibly helpful and detailed in your guide. I never would have imagined the potential with Floramancer + HuSyn. I ended up doing a HuSyn + Paladin with sword and staff mastery which I thought was an interesting combination, but I'm definitely going to try out your build. Sounds like a lot of fun!

[Doom_Cookies]

I sure hope you took my advice and didn't hold your breath for 20 hours; we wouldn't want that!

So, turns out, I did come up with an enjoyable HuSyn build after all. The guide has been updated with a new build: Runic Engineer! The Runic Engineer focuses on the presence of the Runic Crystal and makes the most of it, while its other skills act to either defend the Runic Crystal or compliment the elemental damage types of the other abilities that make use of it. Its three elements are physical, fire, and lightning, and the build has a ton of point-blank AoE capability. Runic Engineer is very heavy on Energy consumption, so be sure to pack a lot of Cookies!

Furthermore, the guide has been updated with some additional numbers and details involving many of HuSyn's passives and Skill Orb effects. Also a typo was fixed, those nasty little things.

[Doom_Cookies]

I'm glad you enjoyed using it. :)

There's actually a reason for the lack of HuSyn builds in the guide. Most of the guide's builds are designed for Savage World (NG++). Enemy AI prioritizes targeting pets and Savage World's incoming damage is very high.

HuSyn is reliant on its Runic Crystal for most of its abilities and passives. Enemies prioritize the crystal and, in Savage World, the crystal will be shattered in only a few attacks.

Without the crystal being reliably available, HuSyn doesn't have a lot going for it as a Job. Most of its Job and Job Emblem passives won't be active without the Runic Crystal.

The only way I can see to solve this would be to stack the Familiars magic mod. I can't recall if I ever tested with Runic Crystal. Hm...

I think I might take another look at HuSyn, so you might get what you wanted after all. I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you, though.

[Master Luc]

This is a fantastic guide. Seriously, kudos. Would love to see a HuSyn focused build, tho...

[JamesC]

Awesome! Thanks so much for your time and the advice!

[Doom_Cookies]

Yep. Can confirm that Conjuration and elemental damage magic mods conflict. How strange.

[Doom_Cookies]

Happy you found some use in it!

How very strange. I can't see why elemental damage magic mods and Conjuration would conflict. o.O I'll reinstall Tangledeep to take a look real quick. Once I confirm this I'll edit the build.

I save edited my way to this build guide to save time, which allows conflicting magic mod combinations. While I was careful not to implement conflicting magic mods, it's possible a few obscure conflicts like this one slipped through the cracks.

For reference, if it turns out you can't use both, I suggest you stick with the Shadow damage and forsake Conjuration for that build. It shouldn't be too big a loss, as Conjuration was mainly for the novelty of having a larger army of shadow elementals in protracted fights.