Warlock Bleed Fissure Endgame Build for Last Epoch (Patch 1.0)

Our base class is the Acolyte, which acts as a generic spell caster and 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 Acolyte, we have access to the Mastery Tree Passives for Necromancers, Lich and Warlock. Upon selecting a Mastery and placing 20 Passive Points into the Acolyte Tree, you'll then be able to place Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

Warlock is our advanced class for the build. We will utilize the majority of our Passive Points for the Warlock Passive Tree, with a handful of points taken in Lich. The Warlock passives will unlock Bleed Overload, supply Haste and Ward, and allow us to apply Withering to enemies. To help round the build out we will be taking additional points in the Lich tree. These points will focus on Intelligence and help us enable a Low Life playstyle.

• 8 points into Forbidden Knowledge: Intelligence and Necrotic Resistance.
• 1 points into Blood Aura: Taken to proceed through the tree.
• 1 point into Mania of Mortality: Taken to proceed through the tree.
• 5 points into Blood Pact: Increased damage, as well as Health Drain if you have killed an enemy recently.
• 5 points into Unnatural Preservation: Large gains to Ward Retention, Necrotic Resistance, and Poison Resistance.

Our base class is the Acolyte, which acts as a generic spell caster and 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 Acolyte, we have access to the Mastery Tree Passives for Necromancers, Lich and Warlock. Upon selecting a Mastery and placing 20 Passive Points into the Acolyte Tree, you'll then be able to place Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

Warlock is our advanced class for the build. We will utilize the majority of our Passive Points for the Warlock Passive Tree, with a handful of points taken in Lich. The Warlock passives will unlock Bleed Overload, supply Haste and Ward, and allow us to apply Withering to enemies. To help round the build out we will be taking additional points in the Lich tree. These points will focus on Intelligence and help us enable a Low Life playstyle.

• 5 points into Spiteful Decay: Increased Damage Over Time, and More Damage Over Time to Cursed enemies.
• 5 points into Soul Stealer: Increased Mana Regen, as well as the ability to gain a substantial amount of Mana when hitting a Cursed enemy.
• 5 points into Cauldron of Blood: Unlocks Bleed Overload and adds Bleed Chance.
• 6 points into Crimson Favors: Higher Bleed Chance for Rip Blood, and Rip Blood now automatically activates Rip Blood on enemies.
• 5 points into Occultist's Mind: Intelligence, and scales Mana off Intelligence.
• 5 points into Ward of Malevolence: Adds Ward Decay Threshold and Ward gained on kill.
• 3 points into Imperishable: Taken for the bonus Ward Decay Threshold per 1% Necrotic Resistance.
• 5 points into Wither: 100% Chance to Wither, and 8% damage reduction from Withered enemies.
• 5 points into Chaotic Strikes: Adds a chance to deal double damage, increased per Curse on a target. Synergizes well with Chaos Bolts.
• 5 points into Wreak Havoc: Critical Multiplier, with additional Multiplier if Chaotic Strikes triggers.
• 5 points into Fleeting Crone: A massive boost to Haste.
• 5 points into Aspect of Death: Increased Health, but also applies Damned to ourselves in order to increase damage when we kill an enemy.
• 2 points into Encroaching Darkness: Chthonic Fissure now applies Anguish on hit.
• 3 points into Duskbringer: Spell Damage for Curses, but applies the damage effect from Anguish on Boss hit.

Our base class is the Acolyte, which acts as a generic spell caster and 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 Acolyte, we have access to the Mastery Tree Passives for Necromancers, Lich and Warlock. Upon selecting a Mastery and placing 20 Passive Points into the Acolyte Tree, you'll then be able to place Passive Points into the Mastery Trees.

Warlock is our advanced class for the build. We will utilize the majority of our Passive Points for the Warlock Passive Tree, with a handful of points taken in Lich. The Warlock passives will unlock Bleed Overload, supply Haste and Ward, and allow us to apply Withering to enemies. To help round the build out we will be taking additional points in the Lich tree. These points will focus on Intelligence and help us enable a Low Life playstyle.

• 8 points into Dance with Death: 120% Increased Damage while at Low Life.
• 2 points into Survival of the Cruel Added Health and Spell Leech, which will be converted to Increased Damage.
• 10 points into Apocrypha: Intelligence and Mana Regen.
• 1 point into Hollow Lich: Converts any source of Leech into Increased 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.

To start the explanation of how the skills work, we will begin with  Chthonic Fissure. This skill is capable of automating  Chaos Bolts off itself, which means further automation with  Bone Curse and  Rip Blood. Aside from this automation, this spell will place Anguish, Acid Skin, and Torment on enemies, scaling multiple parts of this build. We've selected nodes very purposely to maximize damage output on average while keeping Mana stable. To facilitate Bleed Overload and scale the build properly, Fissure will convert to a Physical Spell.

• 1 point into Death from Below: We will not be Cursing ourselves, however this node is taken to reach further nodes in the tree.
• 1 point into Mantle of Flames: With the conversion, this replaces Ignite with Bleed to help activate Bleed Overload.
• 1 point into Blood Gulch: This converts the Fire portion of the skill into Physical. It will retain its Necrotic Damage as well.
• 1 point into Pyrochasm: Adds a Hit component to Chthonic Fissure.
• 1 point into Fissure of Wrath: Adds Spell Damage to Fissure per 2% Bleed Chance.
• 1 point into Forbidden Chasm: The Hit aspect of Fissure now applies Acid Skin, boosting Critical Hit Rate of the build to 100%.
• 3 points into Fragile Crust: Lowers the Mana cost as long as Fissure is cast with a Cursed Boss or Rare enemy nearby.
• 1 point into Spirit Gale: Chance for dead enemies to release a Spirit.
• 2 points into Severed Wards: Shreds Necrotic Resistance, which boosts the damage Spirits do.
• 2 points into Stygian Current: Spirits release more frequently from the Fissure.
• 1 point into Of Gloom and Flames: Adds a secondary Fissure that erupts behind you.
• 2 points into Chaotic Rupture: 40% Chance for Spirits to turn into Chaos Bolts.

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.

 Chaos Bolts are more important in this build than they were in the original Chaos Fissure build. While the other version of the build was highly reliant on  Chthonic Fissure damage, the majority of the damage potential for this build comes from Chaos Bolts. The spell is converted from Fire and Necrotic to Cold and Physical in order to scale with Bleed, Physical, and Cold Resistance. We've combined the synergy between  Oceareon and Chill to not only scale the damage based off the unique property of the ring, but also allow us an even higher chance for double hits on Chilled enemies.  Rip Blood and  Bone Curse are both automated off this spell and provide both an offensive and defensive aspect to the build. Finally, the base Critical Hit Rate is boosted substantially through continued casting.

• 2 points into Condemned to Chaos: 40% Bleed Chance.
• 1 point into Sanguine Reverie: Converts the Necrotic aspect of the spell into Physical.
• 1 point into Exacted Libation: Adds automation of  Rip Blood scaled off Intelligence.
• 1 point into Another Affliction: Adds automation of  Bone Curse based on the prerequisite that a Curse already exists on the target.
• 1 point into Mania in Flames: 20% Frostbite Chance.
• 1 point into Call of Morditas: Converts the Fire aspect of the spell into Cold.
• 1 point into Torment of the Red Tundra: Scales Bleed Damage and Freeze Rate Multiplier off Cold Resistance, adding synergy with  Frostbite Shackles.
• 1 point into Chance of Snow: While the Chill Chance is negligible, as we already have enough on our Wand, the chance to deal double damage to Chilled enemies is massive and synergizes with Chaotic Strikes, as well as the Unique Ring  Oceareon.
• 3 points into Exult in Misery: Adds 48% more damage to Chaos Bolts.
• 2 points into Abrupt Chaos: Increases Cast Speed and projectiles now move faster. This results in more accurate firing.
• 4 points into Doom's Vindication: Until you get the added Levels in  Peak of the Mountain, limit the points in this node. This will add 32% more damage to Chaos Bolts.
• 1 point into Devour the Damned: Helps sustain Mana for the build.
• 4 points into Destructive Intensity: This is how we get 100% Critical Hit Rate on Chaos Bolts. Continuous casting results in an added 8% Critical Hit Rate.

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.

 Rip Blood serves a dual purpose in this build. We will never cast Rip Blood manually. It will always automate either off  Chaos Bolts or through Bleed Overload. While not used for direct damage, it does provide Bleed stacks on its own, which ensures we will have 100% uptime on Bleed Overload. However, every Rip Blood that goes off with generate Ward for us, and creates a situation where we're able to maintain extremely high Ward values simply by pressing a single button with Chaos Bolts.

• 2 points into Arcane Absorption: Purely for moving through the tree. We never manually cast this spell.
• 1 point into Rip Spirit: Converts Rip Blood from Physical into a Necrotic Spell.
• 1 point into Arcane Fortress: Health from Rip Blood is converted into Ward.
• 3 points into Hemomancer: Traversal node, this will not apply to anything we do.
• 5 points into Gushing Wound: Adds 100% Chance for Rip Blood to cause Bleed.
• 5 points into Quenching: Amplifies the Ward gain from this spell.
• 1 point into Hematology: Scales the Ward gained from Rip Blood off Intelligence.
• 1 point into Eviscerate: Enables 100% rate for Rip Blood to Splatter with a single point.
• 1 point into Splatter: 20% Chance for Rip Blood to Splattter twice, which can then hit the original target.

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.

For the sake of this build,  Bone Curse may as well be called Bone Bomb. Bone Curse enables a large portion of the damage in this build, both for single target bossing and for area clearing. This skill adds a 12% Kill Threshold and will cause enemies to explode on death 25% of the time, potentially causing a chain reaction of blood eruptions on the screen. Additionally, Bone Curse applies Marked For Death to enemies, and Bone Armor to us.

• 5 points into Iron Maiden: Bone Curse deals 50% more damage.
• 3 points into Brittle Bones: 12% more damage, on top of a 12% Kill Threshold.
• 1 point into Ruptured Corpse: Enables Bone Curse to cause enemies to explode when they die, dealing Physical Spell Damage to nearby enemies. The actual name for this is Detonate Body, which has a base of 50 Damage, and applies effectiveness at a 250% rate.
• 5 points into Conflation: More than doubles the size of Bone Curse, taken for clear potential.
• 1 point into Sigil of Mortality: Bone Curse now applies Marked for Death.
• 2 points into Defile Defenses: Mostly traversal, but may apply a stack of Armor Shred on use.
• 3 points into Marrow Thief: Has a chance to apply Bone Armor when an enemy afflicted with bone Curse dies. When running maps, this turns into a permanent defensive boost for your character.

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.

Much like  Bone Curse,  Transplant deals a ton of damage while also supplying the build with a ton of support. For starters, Haste and Frenzy are applied after teleporting, with Haste gaining a massive boost from Fleeting Crone in the Warlock Passive Tree. Since we run  Exsanguinous, we're free to take the nodes which apply extra Bleed to enemies, as we will be immune to it from being applied to us.  Bone Curse is automated off Transplant, and using this movement skill will also apply Bone Armor to ourselves, ensuring we're protected regardless of how aggressively we play.

This skill acts as a way for us to apply Bone Curse when the automation off  Chaos Bolts is on cooldown. While mobility is nice, using  Transplant as an actively offensive ability will prove to be more useful while completing Echoes.

• 3 points into Acolyte's Fervor: Applies Frenzy and Haste on Transplant usage.
• 3 points into Dance of Blood: Casts  Rip Blood and three targets on use.
• 1 point into Reign of Blood: Transplant now deals damage twice; once when leaving a location, once when arriving.
• 4 points into Hemophilia: Transplant now has a 400% Chance to Bleed on every detonation. When combined with Rip Blood activation, this can satisfy the requirements for Bleed Overload immediately.
• 1 point into Doom Bringer: Transplant automates Bone Curse at the arrival point.
• 1 point into Fleeting Form: Mostly for pathing, but does reduce the cooldown slightly.
• 2 points into Anemia: Reduces the Health cost. This build is Low Life, so this does not really matter.
• 3 points into Bone Armor: Activates Bone Armor on us, resulting in more Armor and 12% less damage taken.
• 2 points into Plated Bone: Bone Armor effects are increased by 20%.