Spellblade Spark Charge Endgame Build for Last Epoch (Patch 1.2)

Our base class is Mage, which serves as a caster in Last Epoch. Upon completing Act 1 in the campaign, your character will have the 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 Spellblade, Runemaster, and Sorcerer. After selecting a Mastery and allocating 20 Passive Points into the Mage Tree, you can then allocate Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

For this build, we specialize in Spellblade, which is where the majority of our Passive Points are allocated. The Spellblade Tree focuses on nodes that enhance our Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, applying  Spark Charge, empower our defenses, and reduce the cooldown of  Surge. A smaller portion of Passive Points comes from Sorcerer, focusing on offensive scaling and adding Intelligence. Each Passive Tree and its points are detailed below.

• 8 points in Arcanist: This node grants Intelligence, increasing our damage and Ward Retention.
• 2 points in Reactive Ward: Dropping below 70% Health grants Ward, scaling with our total Health pool.
• 5 points in Mage Flurry: This increases our Attack Speed.
• 6 points in Knowledge of Destruction: Increases Critical Hit Chance and Multiplier.

Our base class is Mage, which serves as a caster in Last Epoch. Upon completing Act 1 in the campaign, your character will have the 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 Spellblade, Runemaster, and Sorcerer. After selecting a Mastery and allocating 20 Passive Points into the Mage Tree, you can then allocate Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

For this build, we specialize in Spellblade, which is where the majority of our Passive Points are allocated. The Spellblade Tree focuses on nodes that enhance our Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, apply  Spark Charge, empower our defenses, and reduce the cooldown of  Surge. A smaller portion of Passive Points comes from Sorcerer, focusing on offensive scaling and adding Intelligence. Each Passive Tree and its points are detailed below.

• 8 points in Arcane Warden: We gain a large amount of Ward every time we hit an enemy with this node, plus Intelligence per point and Ward Decay Threshold per point of Intelligence.
• 6 points in Elemental Affinity: This node bolsters our resistances and increases our Elemental Damage.
• 1 point in Infused Weapon: A traversal node to move further into the tree. Our damage comes from the spell  Spark Charge, not direct melee damage.
• 5 points in Arcane Shielding: Hitting an enemy with melee attacks grants Arcane Shield, an independent damage reduction layer that also provides Ward per second.
• 5 points in Storm Blade: This node gives a 25% chance to apply  Spark Charge.
• 5 points in Shattered Aegis: Converts Arcane Shielding to grant significant Armor gains through stacks of Arcane Shield.
• 5 points in Essence Duel: Further boosts Attack Speed and Ward generation when hitting with elemental melee attacks.
• 5 points in Burden of Knowledge: Adds flat damage to our passively used spells.
• 8 points in Outrun and Outlast: Provides significant cooldown reduction for  Surge, plus gains in Health and Ward Retention.
• 10 points in Mental Fortitude: Grants a large amount of Intelligence, adding base damage to  Spark Charge via Fragment of the Enigma.
• 5 points in Prodigy: An incredibly strong node; take it earlier if your critical strike chance is too low. Grants Ward per Second per 15 Intelligence and +1% base Critical Strike Chance per 15 Intelligence.
• 5 points in Prismatic Blade: Adds Dexterity and more Melee Damage.
• 6 points in Volka's Razor: Increases Elemental Damage for melee attacks costing more than 10 Mana. This also applies to spells or ailments triggered by the melee attack, like  Spark Charge. Our melee skill that benefits is  Surge.
• 5 points in Blade Weaver: Melee attacks costing less than 10 Mana grant stacks of Blade Weaving. Using a melee skill costing 10 or more Mana consumes all stacks, dealing 15% more Elemental Damage per stack. Since our rotation is roughly five  Mana Strike attacks per  Surge, there’s no need to invest further.
• 5 points in Mana Reaver: Grants Health and 3 Mana per enemy hit.

Our base class is Mage, which serves as a caster in Last Epoch. Upon completing Act 1 in the campaign, your character will have the 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 Spellblade, Runemaster, and Sorcerer. After selecting a Mastery and allocating 20 Passive Points into the Mage Tree, you can then allocate Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

For this build, we specialize in Spellblade, which is where the majority of our Passive Points are allocated. The Spellblade Tree focuses on nodes that enhance our Attack Speed, Critical Strike Chance, apply  Spark Charge, empower our defenses, and reduce the cooldown of  Surge. A smaller portion of Passive Points comes from Sorcerer, focusing on offensive scaling and adding Intelligence. Each Passive Tree and its points are detailed below.

• 8 points in Calculated Destruction: Grants 3% increased Spell Critical Strike Chance per Intelligence, plus additional Intelligence.

Mana Strike is one of our two primary attacks. To capitalize on Blade Weaver, we attack five times with Mana Strike between  Surge uses. This is essential to meet our high Mana requirements. Note that some enemies may be defeated by Mana Strike alone, but in deeper corruption, champions in Season 2 will require  Surge.

• 4 points in Swift Sap: Attack Speed is paramount, making this node invaluable.
• 1 point in Arcanist's Blade: Helps alleviate early Mana issues.
• 1 point in Mana Spark: Taken to path further, with moderate damage gains.
• 4 points in Spark Charges: Ensures  Spark Charge is applied with every  Mana Strike attack.
• 1 point in Mana Storm: Since  Mana Arc is a spell, it contributes to our 100% chance to Shock enemies on hit. It also applies a lesser  Spark Charge via Fragment of the Enigma, as it’s a spell, not a melee attack. Shocking enemies is key to our defense, thanks to Static Shell.
• 2 points in Rage Sap: Adds damage to attacks or spells after hitting with  Mana Strike.
• 3 points in Rune Sap: Adds significant Spell Damage, stacking 12% per  Mana Strike hit in the last 4 seconds.
• 5 points in Sprite Blade: Increases the area of effect for  Mana Strike, boosting the number of  Spark Charge applications in an area.

Note: You may have fewer skill points until you acquire the required unique Fragment of the Enigma. Remove one point from Sprite Blade if needed.

 Static is fully automated and requires minimal interaction. However, it plays a significant offensive and defensive role in the build. It ensures enemies attacking you are Shocked if you have 80 or more charges, which is critical due to how our unique armor, Static Shell, functions. This grants up to 175% more armor against shocked enemies, effectively doubling the listed Armor in your tooltip. This is not shown in the tooltip but has been tested for functionality.

• 3 points in Reverberation: Gains four  Static charges when hit. The target is 80 charges for both offensive and defensive purposes.
• 1 point in Overload: Automatically casts  Lightning Blast at nearby enemies when over 80  Static charges.
• 3 points in Stabilizing Current: When  Lightning Blast critically strikes via Overload, we gain a  Static charge 75% of the time (we should almost always critically strike).
• 5 points in Diode: Increases Spell Critical Strike Chance for  Lightning Blast, enhancing automation.
• 4 points in High Voltage: Increases the rate of gaining  Static charges while moving.
• 1 point in Shock Armour: Ensures we Shock anything that attacks us while above 80 charges.
• 3 points in Overcharge: Nearly doubles  Static charges from 100 to 175.
• 1 point in Stormchaser: Doubles the rate of charge gain while moving. Conversely, we lose charges when standing still.

Note: You may have fewer skill points until you acquire the required unique Fragment of the Enigma. Remove one point from High Voltage if needed.

 Enchant Weapon significantly boosts our DPS in multiple ways. It increases our attack speed, which raises the rate at which we apply  Spark Charge with  Mana Strike. It also hits all nearby enemies with  Zap, which can apply  Spark Charge (small chance via Fragment of the Enigma) and Shocks enemies, our primary defensive mechanism.

• 5 points in Celerity: Massively boosts Attack Speed.
• 4 points in Concentration: Adds 4 seconds to  Enchant Weapon’s duration, totalling 9 seconds.
• 3 points in Fulminate: Grants a 15% chance to Shock on melee hit passively, 30% when active.
• 1 point in Conduit: Causes  Zap to be cast at all nearby enemies when active.
• 4 points in Capacitance: Increases  Zap’s hit frequency per second.
• 3 points in Efficacy: Significantly reduces  Enchant Weapon’s Mana cost.

 Surge lights up the battlefield, literally. This skill directly applies  Spark Charge to anything it hits and casts our scaled  Lightning Blast, adding to automation and granting a 30% boost to spell damage while surging. This movement skill has a reduced cooldown and makes us invulnerable during use.

• 1 point in Jolt: Ensures anything hit by  Surge is Shocked, maximizing defensive layering.
• 4 points in Expanse: Increases  Surge’s hit area.
• 4 points in Charged Movement: Applies a  Spark Charge to anything hit with  Surge.
• 2 points in Shocking Blows: Adds Melee Lightning Damage to  Surge.
• 2 points in Lightning Rush: Increases  Surge damage, scaled 2-to-1 with movement speed.
• 1 point in Shielding Advance: Grants invulnerability while surging.
• 2 points in Dynamics: Extends  Surge’s duration, prolonging invulnerability.
• 1 point in Stormbringer: Casts our scaled  Lightning Blast upon arriving with  Surge.
• 3 points in Electropulse: Casts  Lightning Blast three times during  Surge’s animation.
• 1 point in Ride the Lightning: Alters  Surge’s pathing to hit wider areas and grants 30% more spell damage during its animation.

Note: You may have fewer skill points until you acquire the required unique Fragment of the Enigma. Remove one point from Expanse if needed.

 Lightning Blast is key to our automation. However, it will not be on our skill bar, in its place  Flame Ward will be used. Casted by  Static and  Surge, it applies  Spark Charge and detonates them early, eliminating delays for enemy explosions. This applies to all  Spark Charge, not just those it applies. It’s scaled for high damage, 100% Critical Strike Rate with proper gear, and grants Lightning Aegis. This subskill is both offensive and defensive, with a 5% trigger chance, though multiple  Lightning Blast casts increase its likelihood.

• 2 points in Frontloaded: Adds more damage to initial chains, diminishing as chains continue.
• 3 points in Cloud Answer: Grants a chance to apply  Spark Charge on hit with  Lightning Blast, stackable on the same enemy.
• 5 points in Mortal Capacitor: Increases  Spark Charge damage applied by  Lightning Blast by 200%.
• 1 point in Final Spark: Detonates  Spark Charge on enemies instantly, bypassing the 1-second ignition delay.
• 3 points in Storm Razor: Boosts  Lightning Blast damage and nearly guarantees critical strikes.
• 1 point in Lightning Attunement: Grants a 5% chance to gain Lightning Aegis when  Lightning Blast is cast.
• 4 points in Arcing Power: Required to reach desired nodes, though not directly useful since we don’t cast  Lightning Blast manually.
• 1 point in Closed Circuit: Sustains chains from Diode, including us in the chain, not just enemies.
• 1 point in Surging Influence: Greatly increases  Lightning Blast chain range.

Note: You may have fewer skill points until you acquire the required unique Fragment of the Enigma. Remove one point from Storm Razor if needed. If Mana is an issue early in the build, take one point in Innate Conduit to cast  Lightning Blast without chaining.