How far have you made it in Death Must Die? Has that blue slime wave, the Necromancer, or the shield wave given you a tough time? Alternatively, have you pummeled the final boss over and over but found yourself stuck on a certain Star Crux difficulty level?
Well, wherever you are in the game, it’s normal to hit walls in anyRoguelike. If you don’t want to spend heaps of time and effort figuring out how to break out of that stagnation, why not give these powerful builds a try? If that’s still too much work, you could hop onVampire Survivorsor20 Minutes Till Dawninstead.
8Lifesteal Lightning Assassin
Speed Versus Damage: Why Not Both?
Do you want the speed ofSonic, coupled with a satisfying mix of flat, passive damage and powerful, auto-targeting, damage-over-time beams that shoot out at enemies every time you dash? There’s no way you said no to that tantalizing question, so let’s mark that as a yes.
This build works on any class, but you’ll want to prioritize theLightning BoltandLifelinkBlessings. Beyond that, all you need is gear and passive stats that give youmovement speed, spell damage, spell duration, cooldown reduction, and some kind of survivability, likeevasion.
7High Tempo “Knowledgemancer”
Wow, Knowledge Really Is Power
If you want to feel “big brain” like Hermaeus Mora fromSkyrimwhile farming level-ups and Blessings as fast as possible, go ahead and choose the sorceressMerris, and ensure you haveThe Sign Of Timespaceperk unlocked; it’s required for this build.
For Blessings, you can choose whatever you like, but at least getGem Highsince you’ll have EXP shards flying into your face at all times. Gear and passives that give EXP-over-time are the most important, but beyond that, extra dice rolls are nice to give you a better chance of getting the Blessings you want.
6On-Hit Effect Spam
A Timeless Classic
This is a build that pretty much everyone gravitates towards at some point or another, but hey, it gets the job done. You can use whatever class you want, butMerrismight be the best choice simply because she has ranged attacks instead of melee.
Grab any Blessings that activate from hitting enemies with your basic attack, likeChain LightningorChains of War. In terms of gear and passives, prioritizeattack speed,spell damage,additional spell projectiles, and whichever survivability stats you want, likearmor,evasion, orlife regen.
5The Mirror
“No Really, I Want Them To Hit Me.”
It might sound odd, but this build is predicated on taking hits from enemies and reflecting that damage back to them. If you have enoughlife regeneration,armor,spell damage, and the right Blessings, likeInner Peace,Protection,Consecration,Vehemence, andFlare, this build does pretty well.
In terms of classes,SkadiwithThe Sign of The Lizardfor increasing life regeneration or Avoron with The Sign of The Guardian for increasing armor stats are both great choices. Keep in mind that unlocking Avoron’s armor-increasing perk requires defeating the final boss with him.
4"White Raven" Summoner
The More, The Merrier
If you’ve playedSkadia fair amount, you’ve probably already unlockedThe Sign of The Beast, which gives you a white raven to fight alongside you. The kicker is, this raven never despawns, andreceives eight times the value of any stat boosts you get.
This is a perfect perk for a summoner build. While addedsummoning damage,spell damage, andspell durationare a must, as well as summon-related Blessings likeRavens of PestilenceorNecromancy, there are gear prefixes that give you even more summons, likeThe Onyx Dragon.
3100 To Zero Hero
Sending Your Enemies Back To The Grave With Expedited Shipping
Okay, it’s time to finally giveKrontandNixisome love. This build is designed for one thing: defeating your enemies with as few hits as possible through massive damage. Whether you want to do that with attack or spell damage is up to you.
While gear and passives that grantattack or spell damagehelp, focus on prioritizing the bonus that givesadded percent damage to undamaged enemiesand passives that givemore damage to enemies above 50 percent health. For perks, choose Kront’sSign of The Earthquakeor Nixi’sSign of The Thread.
2Ice Warden
Okay, This Build Is Actually Kind Of Mean
It feels pretty bad to get stunlocked, especially if it’s to the point where you practically can’t play the game. If you need to channel some of that frustration onto others, it’s probably healthiest to do that to enemies rather than other people.
This build is all about keeping your enemies chilled or, ideally, frozen. Grab as many blessings fromWinteras you can, and prioritize gear and passives that grantattack speed,cooldown reduction,spell damage, andspell duration. Skadi’sSign of The ApprenticeandSign of The Cosmosperks, or Nixi’sSign of The Viper, complement this build nicely.
1"Expert" Knight
“Keep Those Basic Blessings Away From Me.”
Tired of seeing mostly Novice-level Blessings? If you’ve beaten the final boss with every character, then you have access to Avoron’sSign of The Disciple perk, which makesall Blessings offered at least Adept rarity and,more impressively,converts any Adept rarity bonuses to Expert rarity bonuses.
With access to such potent rarities, the Blessings you choose don’t matter that much, but you will want toprioritize gear and passives that give you the highest Adept rarity bonus possiblein order to maximize your chance of consistently receiving Expert-level Blessings. Otherwise, it can’t hurt to equipEXP shard gathering rangeandpassive EXPgear.
