Beastmaster Squirrels Endgame Build for Last Epoch

Our base class is the Primalist, which acts as a generic caster, brawler, or companion summoner. Our character will be offered an opportunity to select an Advanced Mastery once we have completed the first act of the campaign. Each base class has three possible masteries to choose from. For the Primalist, we have access to the Mastery Tree Passives for Beastmaster, Shaman and Druid. Upon selecting a Mastery and placing 20 Passive Points into the Primalist Tree, you'll then be able to place Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

For this Squirrel build, we will be picking Beastmaster as our advanced class. We will utilize the majority of our Passive Points in the Beastmaster Passive Tree. Our Passive Points will be targeting augments for our  Summon Wolf damage and boosting our survivability. Each of the Passive Trees and their points are broken down below.

• 6 points into Gift of the Wilderness: Increases to our Health and Minion Health.
• 1 point into Primal Strength: Increases our Strength and Health Regeneration.
• 5 points into Hunter's Restoration: Increases our Health and gains Health on Hit.
• 3 points into Survival of the Pack: Increases our Melee Damage and gives us Health Leech, applies to Minions as well.
• 5 points into Hunter's Emanation: Increases our Minions Damage.
• 5 points into Berserker: While on Low Health we gain more Damage and Damage Reduction.

Our base class is the Primalist, which acts as a generic caster, brawler, or companion summoner. Our character will be offered an opportunity to select an Advanced Mastery once we have completed the first act of the campaign. Each base class has three possible masteries to choose from. For the Primalist, we have access to the Mastery Tree Passives for Beastmaster, Shaman and Druid. Upon selecting a Mastery and placing 20 Passive Points into the Primalist Tree, you'll then be able to place Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

For this Squirrel build, we will be picking Beastmaster as our advanced class. We will utilize the majority of our Passive Points in the Beastmaster Passive Tree. Our Passive Points will be targeting augments for our  Summon Wolf damage and boosting our survivability. Each of the Passive Trees and their points are broken down below.

• 8 points into Ursine Strength: Increases our Strength and our Damage Reduction.
• 1 point into Savagery: Increase our Melee Damage.
• 1 point into Ambush: Grants us Aspect of the Shark.
• 1 point into Lamprey Teeth: Our Melee Damage Leeches for Health, applies to Minions as well.
• 5 point into Rending Maw: Aspect of the Shark will shred armor.
• 4 points into Hunters of the Deep: Aspect of the Shark has increased duration and now applies to minions.
• 4 points into Boar Heart: Grants us Aspect of the Boar on hit.
• 5 points into Porcine Constitution: Increases our Damage Reduction and Health Regen.
• 8 points into The Chase: Increases our Minion's Attack, Cast and Movement speed.
• 5 points into Boar Heart: Increases our Strength and chance for Aspect of the Boar to trigger.
• 5 points into Axe and Claw: Increases our Melee and Minion damage.
• 8 points into Life in the Wilderness: Increases our Vitality and Endurance threshold.
• 10 points into Viper Fangs: Increases our Attack speed for both Melee and Minion Melee, also includes a chance on hit for Aspect of the Viper.
• 3 points into Cry of the Lynx: Increases our Critical Strike and adds Aspect of the Lynx buff.
• 1 point into Nature's Embrace: Increases our Maximum companions by 1.
• 5 points into Serrated Claws: Increases our Critical Multiplier for you and companions.
• 4 points into Critical Bite: Adds Damage leeched as health on Critical Strike to the Aspect of the Lynx.
• 10 points into Ancient Might: Increases our Strength and Physical Melee for you and your minions.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill perform as best as possible 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.

This build uses  Summon Frenzy Totem to amplify our Squirrels' damage. There are several key nodes to do that, with the first being Bestial Frenzy, granting our Squirrels' more melee base damage. When you combine this increase in their base damage with the staggering amount of Minion Damage percentage this build stacks, our Squirrels become a force to be reckoned with. Next, we use Rabidity and Lead The Pack to enhance Frenzy effects on them and increase their Critical Strike Chance. Lastly, we increase the Frenzy buff even further by using Symbol of Selflessness to enhance our totem buff.

• 3 points into Rabidity: Increases our Frenzy effect.
• 3 points into Bestial Frenzy: Increases our Companion Melee Damage.
• 5 points into Lead The Pack: Your Wolves ability now grants increased Critical Strike Chance.
• 3 points into Revitalizing Totem: Raises the Health Regeneration from the Frenzy Totem.
• 3 points into Symbol of Haste: When you summon Frenzy Totem you gain Haste, the effect is doubled for your companions (Squirrels).
• 1 point into Symbol of Selflessness: Increases the buff effects from your Totem.
• 2 point into Warding Totem: Increasing resistances for your companion.

Any additional points you acquire put them into Bestial Frenzy.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill perform as best as possible 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.

There are two major parts to this skill tree. First, we aim to maximize the number of wolves we can summon as it directly increases the number of squirrels we can have. Next, we focus as much of our attack into bleed damage as possible. Squirrels aren't overly powerful with their base attack, but what they can do is bleed and we have a lot of squirrels. This means we can stack Bleed extremely fast, taking down even the strongest bosses through all of the DoT application.

• 2 points into Savage Hunters: Increases Wolf damage.
• 1 point into Victory Howl: Grants a chance for your Wolves to Howl on kill.
• 3 points into Tundra Stalkers: Adds Cold Damage to Wolves.
• 1 point into Winterborn: Adds Chill chance to wolves.
• 1 point into Pack Hunters: Adds +1 to maximum Wolves and +1 to maximum companions.
• 4 points into On the Hunt: Increases Wolves' Attack Speed and Movement Speed.
• 4 points into Howl of Might: Increases Wolf damage and grants dodge rating.
• 1 point into Canine Agility: Increases Dodge rating.
• 2 points into Serrated Claws: Adds a Bleed chance to Wolves.
• 2 points into Patient Hunters: Increases our Bleed Damage.

Any additional skill points you acquire can go into Serrated Claws and Patient Hunters.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill perform as best as possible 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.

This is not only our main traversal skill, but it also helps to protect us and offers a boost to our nutty companions. Frenzied Onslaught grants Frenzy to us and our companions. Warrior's Entrance grants increased damage to our companions, and finally, Pack Leader allows our companions to travel with us as we leap around. We have included a heal and cleanse on skill use that applies to our companion's as well, helping to keep them going in the fight.

• 4 points into Panther Strike: Increases our damage and Cooldown Recovery.
• 1 point into Heorot's Protection: Makes you immune while Leaping.
• 3 points into Ambush Predator: Increases damage against enemies with full Health.
• 1 point into Gravity: Pulls enemies towards you when you land.
• 5 points into Warrior's Entrance: Grants a damage buff when you land.
• 1 point into Pack Leader: Our companions leap with us.
• 1 point into Frenzied Onslaught: Adds a Frenzy buff to the skill.
• 3 points into Wings of Endurance: Adds health recovery when you land.
• 1 point into Battle Bloom: Cleanses ailments on landing.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill perform as best as possible 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.

While  Swipe is used as our main DPS skill on our character, we have it equipped to better serve our squirrels by giving them a chance to trigger their companion skill,  Sciurine Rage. The goal is to keep their rage buff up for the increased Movement and Attack speed. In addition to pushing our squirrels to the next level,  Swipe grants us a chance to summon even more companions in the form of  Spirit Wolves. These companions benefit from all of our minion stats and can be quite handy to summon. Lastly,  Swipe grants us a stacking global damage buff to assist with all of our abilities.

• 4 points into Way of the Hunt: Increases our Damage and grants Health Leech.
• 4 points into Wengarian Reach: Increases our Damage and Area of Effect.
• 2 points into Culling: Adds a Kill threshold to Swipe.
• 1 point into Claws of the Bear: Increases our Swipe's damage but adds cooldown.
• 1 point into Lupine Attunement: When you attack with Swipe, you summon a Spirit Wolf from each wolf you have out.
• 1 points into Primal Resonance: When you use Swipe, your companion will use their ability.
• 3 points into Aspect of the Panther: Increases Global Damage per stack.
• 1 points into Feline Hunter: Increases our Attack and Cast Speed.
• 3 points into Wild Calling: When hitting an enemy you have a chance to summon a spirit wolf.

Any additional points you acquire can go into Wengarian Reach.

In this section, we will break down each skill and highlight the key passives we have selected to make the skill perform as best as possible 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.

This skill allows us to buff our companions and debuff our enemy. Through the skill tree nodes we have stacked as many benefits to the skill as we can, all of which are targeted at amplifying our companions once again. This includes a heal and cleansing effect, which can really help in a pinch as a defensive skill.

• 1 point into Deep Roar: Increases our Area of Effect.
• 1 point into Debilitating Shout: Adds Frailty on hit.
• 5 points into Toxic Companions: Increases your Wolves (Squirrels) chance to Bleed.
• 2 points into Breath of Eterra: Adds a heal when we use the skill.
• 1 point into Purging Shout: Cleanses ailments off of you when you use the skill.
• 1 point into Invigorate: Warcry now restores health to your allies.
• 1 point into Jormun's Wrath: Converts Warcry skill to Cold Damage.
• 2 points into  Frost Claw: Increases our Cold Damage.
• 1 point into Bringer of Winter: Increases our Critical Chance and Chill Chance.
• 1 point into Staggering Roar: Increases our knockback distance.
• 1 point into Kinetic Scream: Adds Physical Spell Damage to Warcry.
• 2 points into Eviscerating Howl: Grants Warcry the ability to Bleed.
• 1 point into Shallow Breath: Shortens cooldown by 50%.