Sorcerer Glacier Endgame Build for Last Epoch (Patch 1.1)

Our base class is Mage, which fills the role of spell caster and magic user in Last Epoch. Upon finishing Act 1 in the campaign, your character will be offered an opportunity to select an Advanced Mastery. Each base class has three possible Masteries to choose from. For Mage, you can choose between Passive Trees for Sorcerer, Spellsword, and Runemaster. Upon selecting a Mastery and placing 20 Passive Points into the Mage Tree, you'll then be able to place Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

Sorcerer is the Advanced Class used for this build, and also where the majority of our Passive Points will come from. The Sorcerer Tree will focus around picking nodes that increase our Cold Damage, Mana manipulation in the form of Mana refunds and forcing our Mana to act as a psuedo Health bar, and increases to Cast Speed. Runemaster is used for one major aspect, which is to convert all Armor Shred for the build into a chance to apply Frostbite.

• 8 points into Scholar: Added Health and Mana.
• 8 point into Arcanist: Intelligence gain.
• 4 points into Rune of Winter: Additional Freeze Rate Multiplier.

Our base class is Mage, which fills the role of spell caster and magic user in Last Epoch. Upon finishing Act 1 in the campaign, your character will be offered an opportunity to select an Advanced Mastery. Each base class has three possible Masteries to choose from. For Mage, you can choose between Passive Trees for Sorcerer, Spellsword, and Runemaster. Upon selecting a Mastery and placing 20 Passive Points into the Mage Tree, you'll then be able to place Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

Sorcerer is the Advanced Class used for this build, and also where the majority of our Passive Points will come from. The Sorcerer Tree will focus around picking nodes that increase our Cold Damage, Mana manipulation in the form of Mana refunds and forcing our Mana to act as a psuedo Health bar, and increases to Cast Speed. Runemaster is used for one major aspect, which is to convert all Armor Shred for the build into a chance to apply Frostbite.

• 5 points in Arcane Momentum: Rewards the build for constant casting, providing 25% Increased Cast Speed.
• 5 points in Mana Shell: Mana and Ward per Second, with extra Ward per Second based on maxmimum Mana.
• 4 points in Afterglow: Increased Spell Damage and Ward Retention with doubling effect if an "expensive spell" (40 Mana or more) has been used in the last 4 seconds.
• 7 points in Essence of Celerity: Arcane Momentum now provides Increased Spell Damage and lasts longer. The 6 point bonus also provides precious Movement Speed.
• 6 points in Wisdom: Mana and Increased Mana. 6 point bonus provides Increased Mana Regen per 100 maximum Mana.
• 8 points in Cryomancer: Increased Cold Damage and Frostbite chance for Cold Skills.
• 5 points in Chill to the Bone: Cold Penetration and Cold Damage Leech. Important for sustaining Health pool.
• 9 points in Mana Bulwark: Additional Mana, and Mana now acts as a shield, with a percentage of damage applying to Mana before Health.
• 3 points in Mana Well: Increased Mana, and Mana Spent Gained as Ward.
• 5 points in Archmage: This build will easily hit 300 Mana, but will not reach the 1000 Mana threshold point. As such, +10 Spell Damage and a 70% Chance to refund 20% of Mana costs.

Our base class is Mage, which fills the role of spell caster and magic user in Last Epoch. Upon finishing Act 1 in the campaign, your character will be offered an opportunity to select an Advanced Mastery. Each base class has three possible Masteries to choose from. For Mage, you can choose between Passive Trees for Sorcerer, Spellsword, and Runemaster. Upon selecting a Mastery and placing 20 Passive Points into the Mage Tree, you'll then be able to place Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

Sorcerer is the Advanced Class used for this build, and also where the majority of our Passive Points will come from. The Sorcerer Tree will focus around picking nodes that increase our Cold Damage, Mana manipulation in the form of Mana refunds and forcing our Mana to act as a psuedo Health bar, and increases to Cast Speed. Runemaster is used for one major aspect, which is to convert all Armor Shred for the build into a chance to apply Frostbite.

• 5 points in Unsealed Mana: Cast Speed and Mana. Casting  Frost Claw three times in a row will provide us a burst of both Mana and Ward.
• 8 points in Sphere of Protection: Health, and 8% less damage taken from Chilled, Shocked or Ignited enemies.
• 8 points in Arcane Focus: Intelligence and Ward gain on direct spell cast. With how much Cast Speed we have, this is a significant amount of Ward.
• 2 points in Circle of Elements: Forced node, but adds 20% Chill to our attacks.
• 7 points in Freezing Point: This node should be rushed the instant you're able to get affixes of Armor Shred on your gear. The bonus passive converts all Shred into Frostbite Chance.
• 6 points in Transcendence: Health and Ward per Second.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill shine in the build. While some of these skills do allow for some variation to exist depending on your own custom choices, we recommend utilizing the skill trees as presented until you have a strong understanding of the build itself.

 Frost Claw will be our most used spell in the build, helping to upkeep our Mana, cleansing ailments off us, applying copious amounts of Frostbite onto enemies, and automating  Ice Barrage when Frost Claw is casted. While  Glacier will typically be better for clearing small groups of mobs due to the sheer size of it, Glacier does cost Mana while Frost Claw doesn't. Use these skills interchangably.

• 3 points in Gift of Winter: Drops the Mana cost by 6 and adds a 36% chance to refund 12 Mana on use.
• 1 point in Rending Cascade: Pathing node.
• 1 point in Frozen Reign: Slows the projectile speed, but not exactly noticeable. We need this for the extra -3 Mana cost.
• 2 points in Fen of the Frozen: Slow and Chill Chance on hit.
• 2 points in Brightfrost: Cast Speed increase and ailment cleanse, which equates to completely removing ailments from the list of lethal things the build has to deal with.
• 1 point in Hand of Morditas: Adds two projectiles to Frost Claw.
• 1 point in Volley of Glass: Frost Claw now doesn't deal damage in AoE burst, but rather each projectile has its own instance of damage, perfect for applying DoT stacks.
• 3 points in Power Word: Hail: Automates  Ice Barrage at a 15% chance on Frost Claw cast.
• 1 point in Kolheim Ballista: Casting Frost Claw with an active Ice Barrage will increase the rate of fire on Ice Barrage for each consecutive cast, up to a maximum.
• 5 points in Artor's Sceptre: Taken for the 100% extra Frostbite Chance.
• 1 point in Frost Beyond Time: Ailments applied by Frost Claw have 25% longer duration.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill shine in the build. While some of these skills do allow for some variation to exist depending on your own custom choices, we recommend utilizing the skill trees as presented until you have a strong understanding of the build itself.

 Ice Barrage is the hardest hitting damage spell in the build, and it's completely automated off  Frost Claw. Important things to note for this skill:

1. It consumes a lot of Mana when it is cast. This build has no issue maintaining the automation due to the low rate at which it procs, but it should be noted that if you're exceedingly unlucky with the procs, you may find yourself low on Mana.
2. Having an active Ice Barrage boosts Cold Damage globally by 60%. This is massive, and you should aim to always keep this up even if it means a manual cast.
3. Ice Barrage will put an Ice Shield up in the direction that Ice Barrage is cast. This will block projectiles from hitting you from the specific angle the shield is blocking. This is a great addition to the build for enemies like Wengari, however it blocking attacks will likely be purely anecdotal since it's hard to control the direction in which the shield is facing.

• 2 points in Biting Cold: Pathing node.
• 5 points in Nailed Shot: All projectiles pierce enemies now. Important for applying Frostbite.
• 4 points in Hypothermia: All projectiles apply Frostbite at a 200% base rate.
• 2 points in Hail Storm: Increased rate of fire.
• 4 points in Cryogenesis: This node is forced at 4 points. Ice Barrage won't last as long, but this doesn't much matter because it should be active most of the time if we're constantly attacking.
• 1 point in Ice Shield: Adds an Ice Shield that deflects projectiles in the direction the shield is aimed.
• 1 point in Deep Shield: Ice Shield now lasts longer.
• 2 points in Frost Armor: While Ice Barrage is active, you deal 60% more Cold Damage globally, and take 20% less Cold Damage.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill shine in the build. While some of these skills do allow for some variation to exist depending on your own custom choices, we recommend utilizing the skill trees as presented until you have a strong understanding of the build itself.

 Glacier is not the focal point of the build any longer, however it is just as important as its ever been. Glacier must be cast every 5 seconds or so in order to active the Rime buff, increasing your DoT damage by 150% and Freeze Rate Multiplier by 150% globally. This is a massive buff to the build, and should be kept active 100% of the time in order to maximize damage potential. Glacier will leave behind three Ice Vortex AoEs when used, spiraling on the map and dealing Cold DoT to any enemy within them. These are great for zoning enemies and picking off lower Health mobs so you are not overtaken, especially in Arena maps.

• 4 points in Whirlpools: 60% chance to create an Ice Vortex for each Glacier explosion.
• 5 points in Rime Caster: The ever-important Rime buff the enables this build to deal increased damage.
• 2 points in Greater Vortex: The reason we don't kill the 3rd explosion damage in order to reduce Mana, this provides Rime with a 50% buff, but also ensures a 100% chance to cast an Ice Vortex on the last explosion.
• 2 points in Moderate Vortex: Increases Rime Duration by 2 seconds, and ensures an Ice Vortex on the middle explosion.
• 1 point in Lesser Vortex: Ensures Ice Vortex off the first explosion.
• 5 points in Engulfing Vortex: Ice Vortex is converted into Greater Ice Vortex, dealing more damage and have a 60% larger radius.
• 2 points in Breaking Point: Slight boost to damage and Mana Efficiency.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill shine in the build. While some of these skills do allow for some variation to exist depending on your own custom choices, we recommend utilizing the skill trees as presented until you have a strong understanding of the build itself.

• 3 points in Dilation: Duration and Mana Efficiency increased.
• 1 point in Fire Aura: Traversal node.
• 1 point in Frost Ward: Converts Flame Ward into Cold.
• 5 points in Frostguard: Adds 1000 Armor while active.
• 5 points in Glacial Reinforcement: 10% Block Chance, 2500 Block Effectiveness, and 25 Ward gained on Block. This is massive for the synergy with  Faith of the Frozen.
• 5 points in Infusion: 250% Increased Cold Damage.
• 1 point in Energize: Ward per Second bonus.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill shine in the build. While some of these skills do allow for some variation to exist depending on your own custom choices, we recommend utilizing the skill trees as presented until you have a strong understanding of the build itself.

 Flame Rush is as much a mobility skill as much as it is a defensive skill. It is very unlikely you die while moving with Flame Rush, or even immediately after coming out of it. This skill is perfect for getting through maps quickly, and  Ice Barrage will continue casting as you zoom around the map. Channeling Flame Rush for longer will actively make the mitigation off Flame Rush last longer once you stop channeling, so keep that in mind if you need to face tank a hit.

• 3 points into Blazing Flux: Mana Reduction and decreased cooldown.
• 3 points into Runic Eclipse: Adds mitigation while channeling.
• 3 points into Celestial Guidance: Allows the mitigation to persist beyond the channel of Flame Rush.
• 3 points into Lunar Protection: Ward generates while channeling.
• 1 point into Energy Equivalence: Traversal node.
• 1 point into Snowballing: Converts Flame Rush into a Cold-aspected spell.
• 3 points into Solar Rush: Increases the speed and range of Flame Rush.
• 1 point into Branding Cold: Applies a Cold DoT upon passing through enemies, scaling off Chill Chance.
• 1 point in Ember Wake: Generates Rune Embers (converted to Cold) when you channel Flame Rush, and will seek enemies out when you stop. These apply your ailments, so they're good for picking enemies off as you rush through maps.