Very informative! Appreciate it! Thanks!

My build is a summoner/ranger build. Corrupted Skull with the twin projectiles for up to 4 skeletons, Death Knight with the skeleton mage, Chaos Dash for mobility or lightning dash for attack speed, and Skeleton Army or Spectral Guardian for the ultimate (eventually gunning for Fallen Angel). Armor focuses on attack speed, and for weapons, I go Longbow and Pistols. I use Rogue Blood for the high mobility and crit. Skeletons can scale to become glass cannons. At the very least, they keep the bosses (mostly) distracted while you shoot them from afar. Longbow is best (especially with the speed buffs making charge time a lot better), while pistols are more for critical health. Lightning dash is better for normal units or if you are better at dodging than I am, since the speed buff is really noticeable. Skeleton Army is very risky, since 9/10 times bosses will just nuke them with a big AoE that you have to avoid, but Spectral Guardian isn't always that great since you are more focused on weapon damage than spell power. For the weapons, I'd suggest going for an epic longbow as opposed to the Legendary. If you have the T1 blood passive, I'd highly recommend a blood roll longbow to turn any adds into quick heals. Pistols would be best with the legendary, but if you only have an epic, cold is a great panic button for the Fan the Hammer ability.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Blood longbow vs legendary is some spice!

Chaos Volley has always been a solid pick, even going back to the start of early access.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

One of my fav spells

I've been quite happy with my static build but i had my eyes on the chaos/ignite type of build for a while. This one seems genuinely interesting. Thanks for sharing it.

What did you do for the gap between armor and act 4? Struggling hard on brutal

Brilliant video

@UnknownDarkness47

Ай бұрын

Appreciate the praise!

My build for non-boss pve is illusion magic: I take espectral wolfs and mosquito, illusion dash and golem. For gems i take the ones those spawn a healing wisp, shield me or increases the bounces/damage. For weapons i usually play with crossbow, guns, slashers and swords. You want to spawn to non-stop all skills as you can thanks to phantasm perk plus schoolar blood and malice gear. For bosses i usually switch to storm or blood magic since illusion school has a hard time vs big targets

@Username-cs1bi

2 ай бұрын

i combined both, taking wolf with jewel that made it come back to me to heal, and void for AoEs, altho I took void dash since it's the only double dash and I took Void's ult which shoot 4 spheres for massive nuke after the boss blinked. I think I could replace it to phantasm dash so I got more proc on reset, but I kept void dash in case of sudden ambush in pvp server.

favorite incursion combo is bone explosion with void. Ult can be anything you prefer that puts out a good amount of damage, i run the winged horror soul shard, but if i wasnt playing on a friendly server id probably run raging tempest for more AoE. ive cleared the bosses for those in seconds just firing my voids, into bone explosion then ulting in. Cherry on top is you get skeletons

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Skeletons are op!

good build

I got Apocalypse after playing through the game with greatsword but didn't really like how it worked with my goto spells (Blood Rage and Corrupted Skull). This was just the change I was looking for. Works great. Thanks.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Perfect! Glad its working out

Solid guide. I've been playing some chaos spell combos during 1.0 and the tree feels really nice on scholar. Aftershock is surprisingly alright now and also a very fun pair with either of these spells

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

At least with the legendary greatsword I still have access to a mini aftershock!

Chaos Volley Veil of Chaos Void (Ice Nova while leveling) Chaos Barrage . Note: There is a lot more useful information in this video. I highly recommend watching it all. This is just a footnote for myself, for when I review this build.

Quick question, are you hosting your own server? If so, how did you change the vendor cost of the traders? I noticed that you have yours set to 375 purchase cost and the default I think is 1500 for the purple weapons.

@UnknownDarkness47

Ай бұрын

Theres a server setting you can select for cheaper vendor prices

The Castle looks dope. Can you make a video about it? Mine looks like a home shelter for hobos!

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Hehe, I'm still working on the 3rd floor but maybe once it's completed!

How to deal with dracula if you need some defense spells during 2nd and 3rd phases. What your recommendation will be if you want to build a mage build and want to deal with dracula.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

The unholy and frost shields are really good if you want some extra defense!

Personally I'm using mix of illusion and chaos magic. For the main dmg spell I'm using Chaos Volley. It got nice single target dmg, so I relly like using it in boss fights. Second spell I'm using is Spectral Wolf with last bounce coming back to you and healing you. The heal is nice, increasing survability and overall it is nice spell vs group of enemy, but also nice healing source in boss fights. I'm also using Veil Of Illusion to stack phantasm faster along side the Spectral Wolf. As an ultimate I'm using Raging Tempest. The dmg of that skill is crazy and also you're untargetable during it, so timing it properly gives you nice dodge posibility. For EQ, I'm uisng Reaper and blue verison of that talisman, both with increased spell critical hit chance and overall I have 46% for that, so basically every second spell is a crit. I'm also wondering how exactly Chaos Barrage work? Overall dmg of 4 shots is 200% magic dmg or is this 200% magic dmg for each shot, that sums up to 800% dmg of 4 shots?

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

My friend is trying real hard to make illusion work. I'll have to share this!

@simonwahlen7150

2 ай бұрын

@@UnknownDarkness47 In my fairly novice opinion for pve atleast there isn't much benefit for stacking more than 2 spells from the same school in many cases. Most combos only really need 2 spells from the same school Ignite -> Agonising flames, Leech -> Vampiric curse, Chill -> Freeze. So if you mix a few elements you can get several more debuffs going at the same time than if you stick to one school. I think something you could try for illusion is to combo it with unholy. Weaken with the tier 2 stygian passive reduces damage by 15% and defense by 10%, you can stack that with condems 15% defense down for 25% more damage against your enemies. The weaken and fear can also protect your skeletons both to ensure they do more damage but also to ensure they live on as extra decoys for longer periods of time. Unholy veil is very good in pve with a ranged weapon since the veil attack that cancels your decoy will spawn a skeleton right next to the enemy while you are safetly at range.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Very insightful! Illusion/unholy is an interesting combo id have to try

@purcelash1

2 ай бұрын

replace chaos volley with void

@bartomiejbialik8989

2 ай бұрын

@@purcelash1 I'll try it!

i like this build i know IS A CHAOS BUILD but i like to take sanguine coil for more heal :D

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Swapping one spell is forgivable lol 😆

Why are the purple weapons only 375 shards? In me an my friends game it's 1500. Can you lower the cost somehow?

@somerandomdude4365

2 ай бұрын

Nvm found your answer in the comments thanks

Loved the Castle, any tutorial or any advice for building something that beautiful and functional?

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Theres a few golden rules. Smallish rooms. Don't make anything too open. Add tons of furniture and decorations. You don't want any blank walls or spaces. And I'm thinking about a castle tour video next week sometime if you want to steal certain ideas 😄

@Fantodoshalo456

2 ай бұрын

@@UnknownDarkness47 Id love that. Thank you for the tips c:

Would you recommend this for a complete beginner not only to the game but from the start of the game?

@UnknownDarkness47

Ай бұрын

Absolutely! Pick up these spells as you progress. Youll have to mix and match a little from the start until you can go all in on Chaos

NOTE: Chaos points Tier 1: Errrol the Stonebreaker Lidia the Chaos Argher Clive the Firestarter . Tier 2: Jade the Vampire Hunter Morian the Stormwing Matriarch Azariel the Sunbringer . Tier 3: Quincey the Bandit King Angram the Purifier . Hope this is helpful!

Void with arcane explosion for grifts then I go void with death knight for boss fights. I think for most of the leveling you can go full minion on boss fights and take out stuff way higher level than you.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

My buddy has been swearing on the death knight as one of the best spells in the game. Glad he's not alone in thinking that!

does 50 percent chance cooldown reduction works on ult?

@UnknownDarkness47

27 күн бұрын

The 20% passive trait does. I don't think there's another way to reduce the ult timer more than that

You should do one for every spell School tbh

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Now there's an idea!

Is it just me or is Turbulent Velocity passive bugged? It won't proc for me. Nice build btw.

In terms of healing, is better chaos volley than sanguine coil?

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Hmm without testing them both id think strictly for healing you'd get a little more out of the coil. But with spell leech and more damage from volley it could be close.

@Traylon

2 ай бұрын

Coil is insane for healing, I used it a bit just to heal me and a buddy and I think it was buffed unless it was always THAT good

@captaintoet1983

2 ай бұрын

​@@UnknownDarkness47 I used coil for a while and you have jewel that let the coil bounce back to you and heal you an extra time. Think the same enhancement lets you bounce coil between enemies. Really good augment if you ask me. Good damage and sustain skill.

You should be on a weapon with 3 spell lines (Crit Chance, Crit Damage and Spell CD) rather than staying h24 on your GS if you wanna fully commit on a PvE scholar glasscanon build.

Pure Unholy works VERY well for me!

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

That's going to be the next video 👀

Is there a different configuration on your server that makes the seller sell weapons for 375??

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Yes, there's a setting for vendor prices

@noakeyharding9437

2 ай бұрын

@@UnknownDarkness47 hi, may i ask where do you find all possible modifire for a spell? i would like to know the site, it will be userfull for theorycrafting build, i've just start the game with the 1.0 and now that i have finish the PVE content in normal and brutal in pvp serv, i start to get into pvp build and maybe try out arena serv if i feel confident x)

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

If you look up the V rising Fandom wiki, under the spells section it'll show you all the jewel possible modifiers

@noakeyharding9437

2 ай бұрын

@@UnknownDarkness47 thx

@homancheung3183

2 ай бұрын

Hello, are you running dedicated server or ingame server? I am running dedicated server but the vendor price setting seems have no effect on shard vendor.

Why don't use the chaos shard neckless?

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Amulet of the wicked prophet id say is the chaos amulet. Unless you're thinking of the pendant of the sorcerer?

Okay but, the tour in that amazing castle?

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Still fixing up the 3rd floor. But maybe once it's complete!

@zzaori

2 ай бұрын

@@UnknownDarkness47 So I'm waiting, but it's very beautiful from what I've seen.

so what about the soulshards from shardbearers?

@UnknownDarkness47

Ай бұрын

I think those are more trouble than their worth. If you were doing a challenge or speedrun I'd use em

how is it only 375 shards to purchase a legendary?

@Traylon

2 ай бұрын

You can change the vendor prices in world settings pretty sure

4:00 wait 375? Okay my server must be wack because these cost 1500 a pop and being able to earn 2k - 2,5k every incursion spawn makes the grind so tedious.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

1500! Good lord that's quite the longer grind

@jacobjeurissen1823

2 ай бұрын

ours is the same way, must be default setting

Is this for Normal or Brutal ? As i play on Brutal and start to look what to build for, After playing with all the weapon i have unlock to this point. I unlock Greatsword before i stop today, And going to see if i like it tomorrow.. kindly.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

This is more geared for Normal. On brutal you'll want to swap a spell for Unholy Ward at the very least. Best shield spell for that difficulty

bro how to use mind control on draculin?

@matthewmartinez3550

2 ай бұрын

Some units count as "human" for the dominate Human power. I don't know the full list, but I know that at least the succubus looking ones (dark maiden or something?) can be controlled.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Ya the succubus and exsanguinators can be charmed. All the beast looking ones cannot

@seojun_g4310

2 ай бұрын

ty for the answer 🤜

Why where your weapons only 375 shards per to gamble? Mine are 1500...

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

You can lower vendor prices in the server settings if you aren't on a public server

@chaoticxcerberus

Ай бұрын

​@UnknownDarkness47 what setting is it I have my own server

@UnknownDarkness47

Ай бұрын

@chaoticxcerberus I think it's called merchant prices.

@chaoticxcerberus

Ай бұрын

What do you have your set to if you don't mind me asking

@UnknownDarkness47

Ай бұрын

We set it to 25% originally when we still needed silver and gold silver coins. Then set it to minimum once we got to Shard farming

what about endbringers?

@UnknownDarkness47

26 күн бұрын

It's preference. But ya you could use em and be fine

How are your prices so low for buying the weapons, im paying 1500 for each of mine

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

If youre on solo, it's a server setting under vendor prices

is playing with the mouse and keyboard better then the controller.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

I play 95% of my games on controller. This isn't one of them. Game feels way smoother on m&k

@courtenaylewis8307

2 ай бұрын

@@UnknownDarkness47 Have to say it last epoch controller movement was a lot better.

Condemn is just too useful of a debuff not to have somehow.

@UnknownDarkness47

2 ай бұрын

Actually just uploaded an Unholy build if Condemn is what you want!

@DestoRest

2 ай бұрын

@@UnknownDarkness47 nice I’ll check it out

I know weapons are mostly personal preference… that being said, compared to hammer and a few others, Great sword skill set is trash…

@bjrnchrstn

11 күн бұрын

Guess inderd it’s personal because I just love the greatsword. Great damage and great gap closer.

Why are we trying to optimize pve exactly? If you're not playing brutal, literally anything will do, even...dare I say aftershock. If you can say this works for pvp just as well, then that's really nice

@desolation1821

2 ай бұрын

It's fun to midmax. I play on a Brutal PvP server. But any game that allows for midmaxing is good.

@mfanakhanyile3635

2 ай бұрын

New players might want to see this. PvE or PvP. Just because it's not necessary for you doesn't mean it's not for others. The number of views and likes prove my point.

@TheSometimeAfter

2 ай бұрын

Yawn

PvE ? *Leaves*

375 for this weapon not 1500?