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October 25, 2020 -Build created |
Build Overview
This is one of the most enjoyable Melee builds in the Last Epoch. It's based on Druid shapeshifting which utilizes the Werebear form for massive Melee damage bonuses. The main idea behind this build is to keep your character in low Health (below 35%) which makes you deal several times more damage because of the allocated Passives. In order to stay alive in combat while damaged that badly, you are going to stack all the Max Health/Vitality Passives possible, in order to reach over 2,000 Maximum Life, meaning you will still feel pretty comfortable even when below 35% Health. You are also obviously looking to maximize your damage reduction by capping Resistances and getting extra Armor on Items and Skills. Overall, this feels like the most savage Melee build in the game currently, with tons of damage, insane Crits, and good survivability.
You are also looking to reduce your cooldowns and mana cost of skills in order to maximize your Werebear form uptime. You will transform back into the human form when you run out of mana, so obviously the lower the mana cost of skills the longer you can stay shapeshifted. Still, you should be dealing solid Melee damage even without transformation, which should be more than enough to deal with regular enemies.
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Passive Skill Trees
![]() Primalist Skill Tree (26 Points) |
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![]() Druid Skill Tree (65 Points) |
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You basically want to maximize your Max Health, so all such Passives have to be allocated, and your secondary priority is DPS which you can increase by Strength, Melee/Physical Damage, and Critical Strike Chance & Multiplier |
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Items
Stat priority: This build is primarily focused on maximizing your Health and then raw Physical/Melee damage. You are looking to get maximum Health on pretty much all your gear, then stack Strength and high Physical Damage. You also want to increase your Critical Strike Chance & Multiplier. Like any other build, you also want all your Resistances capped at 75%
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Recommended Unique Items: Undisputed - one of the best Unique One-Handed Weapons in the game currently. It has high base damage and Attack Speed. You just need to make sure that the Leech from overkills doesn't make you run above 35% Health for too long Titan Heart - this piece of armor grants insane bonus Health and Armor. On top of it, it reduces all your damage taken by 10% which makes it one of the best Items in Last Epoch defense-wise |
END NOTE This is the beta version of our Werebear Max-Life Druid build for Last Epoch. It's one of the best and well-rounded Melee builds that we have tested in Last Epoch and definitely one of the most Unique builds in the game so far. Neither of the other popular ARPGs offered a shape-shifting build, so it was truly an extremely enjoyable time leveling and playing this character. Obviously, as the game gets new content updates, we will be updating this guide regularly, though it may be impossible to be done after each Patch. |
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