This Sorcerer leveling build dominates the battlefield with massive Glacier explosions, obliterating everything in its wake. Then, Mana Strike is there get you back to full Mana.
The Sorcerer maintains a distance while in combat but has plenty of defensive options in case enemies come too close. Flame Ward is an incredible Defensive Skill with tons of Damage Reduction that can mitigate even the most dangerous attacks. The build also has decent mobility thanks to Teleport which grants great utility buffs.
Overall, the Glacier Sorcerer is an amazing leveling build, as it provides enough damage to one-shot most monsters in the campaign. It also scales really well into the end-game. With its 2 charges of Flame Ward, the build is also quite tanky. This combination makes Sorcerer leveling look easy.
Check out the Campaign Guide for an in depth breakdown of the campaign.
- Easy Gearing
- Multiple Layers of Defense
- High Damage in Campaign
- Great Single Target and Clear Damage
- 2 Button Build
- Mana Intensive
- Defensive Skills Require Timing
- Capping Crit Chance Requires Gear
Gameplay
As we level the power of skills evolve, with some becoming stronger while others get weaker. To account for this, most guides transition from a setup that is optimized for early game to one that is more suited to tackling endgame content some build, however it's not the case for this build.
Final Setup
- Glacier is your single target and clear skill.
- Use Teleport to move quickly through the chapters.
- When you are low on mana, use Mana Strike to regain mana.
- Use Flame Ward to protect yourself from danger.
- Arcane Ascendance buffs your damage and reduces Glacier's mana cost.
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Key Leveling Notes
- Keep your character at the area level by killing monsters.
- To use this guide, you need to maintain at most a 5 level difference with the area.
- Press C to open the character sheet to find your level and TAB to find the area level.
- Only collect loot that serves as an upgrade.
- The loot filter reveals many items that might not be an upgrade for your character.
- If your inventory is full, stick gear with high value affixes in your stash and sell the rest.
- Don't sell gear that has high value affixes to a vendor.
- Instead, keep it to use later or destroy it with a Rune of Shattering or Rune of Removal.
- Always get the best weapon you can.
- Weapons are a core part of your power and getting a higher level base boosts your damage significantly.
- Early on, you can buy them at the
Gambler NPC in the Council Chamber town and in the End of Time town. - After level 40, they don't sell you higher item bases.
- If you want to enter the Monolith of Fate early, unlock all the passive points and idol slots from quests first.
- By the time you complete chapter 7, you will be ready to tackle the Monolith of Fate content.
- Crafting is powerful and important for enhancing your gear.
- Press F and place your item in the crafting interface to level up its affixes and craft new ones!
- Adding health or vitality on a few empty affix slots can increase your HP by a significant amount!
If you need help with crafting, check the Beginner Crafting Guide.
Skills and Passives
Passives and Skills provide powerful effects that dictate the playstyle of a Class and its Masteries. Remember that you can allocate Passives in the first half of any Mastery regardless of the one you chose.
Click on the Arrows at the top and on the Bar at the bottom to see Passive and Skill Trees Progression
Gearing and Side Quests Step by Step
Itemization is a vital aspect of your journey in Last Epoch. While prefixes and suffixes matter, what sets Last Epoch apart is the power of item bases. Many items have potent implicit attributes that can rival or even surpass modifiers.
Level 1 to 10
Items
- On Shade's Root Staff of Conflagration prioritize Spell Damage and Chance to Ignite on Hit.
- Imbued Silver Ring of Deflection is the best source of movement speed early on.
- Scholar's Runic Scroll of Deflection provides a substantial spell damage boost early on.
- On Vital Leather Boots of Deflection, prioritize Movement Speed and Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed to enhance your mobility.
Side Quests
- Storeroom Sabotuers for 1
Passive point. - Evacuation Quest for 1 Passive point.
Items on planner are for displaying item bases and affixes only. Ignore level requirements.
Level 11 to 25
Items
- Start equipping Idols with Vitality, any type of resistance, Health, Health on Kill, Chance To Bleed On Hit, Chance To Poison On Hit and Chance To Ignite On Hit.
- Mage's Weathered Crown of Deflection provides a significant amount of increased damage at this level.
- Cryomancer's Gold Ring of Remedy provide significant elemental resistances, outshining other options at this level.
- Avarice gives you a decent chunk of elemental resistances and leech.
Side Quests
- Erza's Ledger Quest for 1 Passive point and Avarice.
- Don't talk to the Gambler NPC before completing this quest, otherwise you can't get Avarice.
- The Upper District Quest for 1 Passive point.
- An Ancient Hunt for extra
Idol slots. - The Lesser Refuge Quest for 2 Passive point.
- The Corrupted Lake Quest for 1 Passive point and extra Idol slots.
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Level 26 to 40
Items
- Mage's Opulent Robes of Life, Scholar's Silver Grail of Purity, Cryomancer's Noble Sash of Life and Cryomancer's Sapphire Ring of Remedy help you increase your maximum Mana and Mana Regeneration.
Side Quests
- Hidden Gems Quest for 1 Passive point.
- The Sapphire Tablet Quest for 1 Passive point and extra Idol slots.
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Level 41 to 58
Items
- Imbued Bone Amulet of Frailty is the best amulet base in the game as it gives a lot of resistances, which gives you more space for suffixes on your gear.
- As you spend points in Crackling Precision in the Sorcerer Passive tree, change to a Wand and Catalyst setup. Witch's Osprix Skull of Sparks is the best catalyst at this level as it gives you Base Critical Strike Chance for your spells.
- Mage's Celestial Helm of Deflection helps you cap your crit chance.
- Cryomancer's Spidersilk Sash of the Giant is a powerful base that helps you fix your cold resistance when combined with Vital Heoborean Boots of the Giant.
Side Quests
- A Heoborean Cure Quest for extra Idol slots.
- Liberating the Nomads Quest for extra Idol slots.
- After defeating the Frostroot Warden boss and completing chapter 7 quests, you have reached the cap of 15 Passive points and 8 Idol slots. You can dive into the Monolith of Fate or you can choose to finish the campaign for a reward of +1 to all attributes.
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Early Monolith
Items
Important At this point, you have access to most of the best item bases in the game. Your upgrades come from prefixes and suffixes on items instead of the implicits.
Here is a recap of the best item bases :
- Weapon : Crystal Wand
- Offhand : Osprix Skull
- Helmet : Runed Visage or Celestial Helm
- Body Armour : Celestial Raiment or Opulent Robes
- Belt : Spidersilk Sash or Praetorian Belt
- Boots : Heoborean Boots or Solarum Greaves
- Gloves : Arcane Bracers, Solarum Bracers, Crusader Gauntlets and Plated Gauntlets
- Amulet : Bone Amulet
- Rings : Sapphire Ring
- Relic : Scrying Eye
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Monolith Progression
After beating the Abomination timeline boss and completing your first timeline, you have the choice to go between The Stolen Lance timeline and The Black Sun timeline. Go for The Black Sun timeline.
You want to do timelines on the right-hand-side of the Monolith progression as they provides more relevant Blessings for your character progression.
Level progression includes 1-10, 11-25, 26-40, 41-58 and Early Monolith, scroll to find the correct tab.
SorcererUniques
If you are lucky you might get a Rune of Ascendance while leveling. Use this first on a relic to get a unique relic such as Grimoire of Necrotic Elixirs, Tome of Elements or Ucenui's Sphere.
Keep an eye out for useful Uniques such as Oceareon, Ucenui's Sphere, Prismatic Gaze, Prism Wraps and Arboreal Circuit.
Gear Stats Priorities
Best Prefixes
- Level of Mana Strike, Level of Glacier, Level of Arcane Ascendance, Level of Flame Ward and Level of Flame Rush
- Cold Penetration
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Critical Strike Chance
- Spell Critical Strike Chance
- Cold Damage and Spell Damage
- Intelligence
- Cast Speed
- Vitality
Best Suffixes
- Cold Penetration and Minion Cold Penetration
- Chance to Shred Armour on Hit
- Health
- Hybrid Health
- Fire Resistance, Lightning Resistance, Cold Resistance, Elemental Resistance, Physical Resistance, Necrotic Resistance and Void Resistance
- Health
- Chance to Chill on Hit
- Chance to apply Frailty on Hit
- Chance to Slow on Hit
- Armour
- Dodge Rating
- Increased Cooldown Recovery Speed
Idols
- Spell Cold Damage
- Increased Cold Damage (Doubled If You Have Over 300 Max Mana)
- Health
- Health
- Vitality
- Mana And Armor
- Ward Per Second
- Mana Spent Gained as Ward
- Ward Gained When Damage Leaves You At Low Health (5 Second Cooldown)
- Elemental increased Area for Area Skills
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Highlighting all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is crucial to your character's progression. As your gear gets better, remember to hide the rules that are no longer useful to avoid screen clutter.
Link : Download Lootfilter
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
Summary
This Sorcerer leveling build shines in its offensive and defensive capabilities. It destroys everything in its path, establishing it as one of the smoothest mastery to level during the campaign.
- Use Glacier for clear and single target.
- Use Teleport to move quickly through the chapters.
- Use Mana Strike to regain mana.
- Use Flame Ward to protect yourself from danger.
- Use Arcane Ascendance to buff your damage and reduce Glacier's mana cost.
- Always change your Staff to the best base possible for your level, until you spend points in Crackling Precision in the Sorcerer Passive tree.
- Cap your Physical Resistance early to make the campaign look easy.
What's Next?
Congratulations, you completed the campaign and your first 3 Monoliths Timelines! What awaits you is unlocking Empowered Monolith after pushing through The Reign of Dragons, Spirits of Fire, The Age of Winter and The Last Ruin Timelines and activating the beacon in the middle of them. Then you can dive into dungeons, empower your character further and test your limits at the Arena leaderboard.
Check out our Sorcerer Guides and find the perfect Sorcerer Endgame build for you.
Explore the Monolith of Fate with our Beginner Guide and learn how to farm Dungeons.
Credits
Written by Terek.
Reviewed by Tenkiei.
