A lot of the decision on which build to go with depends on what items you already have. Got a great Grave Filler? Then Critical chance might be your best option. If you have a great Destiny then you’ll want to consider trying Gutso in Challenges.

Use this guide for ideas, but I’m certain there is more to discover. The build for Dragon Twister was only just put together a couple weeks ago!

Critical Chance

Key Pieces: Grave Filler, Mask of Taku-Ra, Shiver, Rat Wranglers

This is probably the  easiest build to make work. It is possibly also the strongest. At the very least, good pieces of this build also synergize with other builds. In short, any amount of Critical Chance is always useful.

Other mainhands can be used, but the guaranteed Critical Chance and cheap attack-all move make Grave Filler the go-to option. 

Get a good offhand Shiver and it will be your main source for Critical Damage. They can roll up to 200%. The flat increase from the Focus Damage is also quite powerful. 

You’ll also want an Artifact that powers up this build. The Mask of Taku-Ra is the most well rounded. Yule Goat and Unconquered Light are also viable options depending on your rolls. 

Finally, Rat Wranglers are another guaranteed source of Critical Chance once you get the material to craft them. 

Double Attack

Key Pieces: Gloop Fist, Path Through Harmony, Lord of Death, Wolf’s Boon

Double Attack is arguably more powerful than Critical Chance because of its ability to chain. Each attack has the same chance to trigger another attack. In practice, at low values, it’s much worse than Critical Chance. But the closer you get to 100%, the more broken it becomes. In theory you can get around 40% Double Attack Chance with all maxed rolls. In practice this is very hard to achieve.

What holds this build back is that there are only two guaranteed sources of Double Attack. First is the offhand, Gloop Fist. Second is the Artifact, Wolf’s Boon. Everything else relies on Minor Modifier rolls. It’s just really hard to get that fabled body with four Double Attack rolls.

Using Path Through Harmony and Lord of Death gets you the two piece set bonus, which can be a good boost to your Double Attack. 

Don’t go for this build first, but keep any good Double Attack items you find!

Destiny

Key Pieces: Destiny, Gutso, Punk’n Head

This is what Vant is using to crush the Challenge leaderboards. The idea is that Destiny will proc Gutso enough in the first and second wave to make you out speed everything else and absolutely wreck the Boss. Destiny hits all enemies three times, so you can gain a ton of Dexterity very quickly. 

Punk’n Head is also important to this build to help ensure you can use Destiny’s 90 mana ability every turn. Without it, you’ll need 900 Karma to use it on your first turn. Missing out on that first move makes the build much less reliable. 

Way Wind’s Grace

Key Pieces: Way Wind’s Grace, Gutso

This build still needs some testing, but could also be good for pushing Challenges. The idea is that Gutso increases your Dexterity and that Dexterity boosts your Physical Damage because of Way Wind’s legendary power. The more Dexterity you get, the more Physical Damage you can do. Get it charged up and you can beat anything. The only issue is that you don’t get the triple proc chance that Destiny provides. 

Dragon Twister

Key Pieces: Troll Piercer, Apprentice Bow, Punk’n Head, Glimmer

This build can deal massive damage. The offhand weapon of the Three Sword Style Set offers the move Dragon Twister. It has the highest damage of any attack in the game AND hits all enemies. The only catch is that it also has the highest Mana Cost. This requires a lot of Major Traits in Karma. It also requires you to give up a lot of offensive Minor Traits in exchange for Mana Regenerate or Mana Cost Reduction. A good Punk’n head is a necessity for the build. 

The other catch is that the auto battler will prioritize moves that you can cast, so it never saves Mana up for Dragon Twister. The trick is to use a mainhand weapon that doesn’t have Mana spending abilities. Unfortunately, this means the Rare item, Apprentice Bow. Your basic attack will be pretty weak, but get enough Mana to cast Dragon Twister and it doesn’t matter!

Glimmer is always a great companion choice, but the healing and Mana it can provide can be very important for making this build work at lower levels. 

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That’s it for now. Let me know of any new builds that you come up with, in our Discord server!

Cheers,
Joe
Executive Prime at Knob Cat Games