Mage Leveling Guide

As you level the power of skills evolves, with some becoming stronger while others getting weaker. To account for this, you transition from setups that are optimized for early game to one that is more suited to tackling endgame content.

Passives 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.

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.

Stats Priorities

Scaling Tips

Uniques

If you are lucky you might get a Rune of Ascendance while leveling. Use this first on boots to get Unique boots.

Keep an eye out for these Uniques as they are very impactful for your build, such as :

Boneclamor Barbute         Naal's Tooth         Font of the Erased         Mourningfrost         Blood of the Exile         Diothaen's Bloody Nib         Ucenui's Sphere         Falcon Fists         Swaddling of the Erased

• 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 are 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!
• The Nemesis system has the ability to grant incredibly strong equipment.
  • It can generate exalted items with no high-level requirement, giving you a massive power boost.

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

This Mage leveling build is matchless in speed and damage. It kills monsters in seconds, is fast and super fun to play!

• Choose the Spellblade Mastery.
• For damage, spam Fireball early, then Glacier when you have 5 points in the Mage Passive Tree and finally Shatter Strike once you have Gemini in the Spellblade Passive Tree.
• You also want to spam Mana Strike to generate Mana and Ward.
• After level 35, use Enchant Weapon on cooldown for a damage boost.
• Use Teleport to move quickly through the chapters, then Surge after level 50.
• After level 35, get Melee Critical Strike Chance on both of your swords.
• Focus on Ward Per Second, Health and cap your Physical Resistance early to make the campaign feel easy.

Congratulations, you completed the campaign and unlocked Empowered Monoliths! You can dive into dungeons, empower your character further and test your limits at the Arena leaderboard.

Credits

Written by Terek.
Reviewed by Tenkiei.