Torment Warlock Guide
Last Updated:April 11, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Torment Warlock Guide. This destructive spellcaster uses dark powers to open a Chthonic Fissure in the ground that releases seeking Tormenting Spirits. These Tormenting Spirits inflict Torment on enemies, a powerful Curse dealing Necrotic Damage over Time. Master the forbidden arts of the Warlock and make all your enemies wither away.
While your main source of Damage comes from Torment, this build takes advantage of multiple different Necrotic Spells. Directly cast Rip Blood to gain a huge amount of Flat Spell Damage. Chthonic Fissure triggers Chaos Bolts, which in turn proc Rip Blood. Profane Veil makes you nearly invincible, and it casts Profane Orbs to deal amazing Damage. These hit-based Spells get Crit Chance from Acid Skin, which is provided by the Forbidden Chasm Node. The build also has great mobility thanks to unspecialized Transplant.
To play this build effectively, Boneclamor Barbute is recommended, as it provides Ward from Necrotic Resistance. In addition, items like Marina's Lost Soul, Pearls of the Swine and Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros are amazing Uniques that you want to obtain when scaling the build to its full potential.
Overall, the Torment Warlock is an amazing build that performs well in endgame. If you are looking for a Necrotic based caster which has amazing AoE and fast clear speed, this build is perfect for you!
This build guide assumes you have a Level 70 Character.
Reach Level 70 with our Acolyte Leveling Guide.
Check our Tier Lists to know how this build performs in the current patch.
If you are looking for a different playstyle, check all our Build Guides!
Skills
Chthonic Fissure
Chthonic Fissure releases Spirits which apply Torment. This is your primary source of Damage. Twisted Waves allows you to stack Necrotic Resistance for a massive Damage multiplier. With Grim Tide, generic Critical Strike Multiplier is converted into More Damage. Proc Chaos Bolts with Chaotic Rupture, and take Forbidden Chasm to apply Acid Skin. Acidbane allows you to get Crit Chance for all your Hit-based Spells.
- Chthonic Fissure: Grim Tide only benefits from generic Critical Strike Multiplier modifiers. Crit Multi specific to certain types of Skills, such as Spells, does not work for this Node.
Skills showcase extra Skill Points in case you find +Level of Skills that may not be included in the Planners.
Passives
- Place 1 Point into Infernal Lash and Serrated Bones to activate the Damage multiplier from Exult in Misery.
- Accursed Seer is very strong for scaling the frequency of Profane Orbs through Hex Flurry.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Passive Points.
Gameplay
Skill Usage/Rotation
- Cast Bone Curse to apply it on hit with Cursed Limbs.
- Spam Rip Blood to boost your Damage and to regain Mana.
- Use Chthonic Fissure to apply Torment.
- For Bosses and other tanky enemies, hit them with Chthonic Fissure's initial hit to apply Acid Skin.
- Channel Profane Veil to become practically invincible, boost your Damage and cast Profane Orbs.
- Use Transplant to move around the map.
- Let all of your various Damage over Time effects and procced Spells kill enemies as you cruise through the Echoes.
Bossing
- Take advantage of all your buffs and keep them active.
- Make sure you hit the Boss with Chthonic Fissure's inital hit to apply Acid Skin.
- Maximize the uptime of Profane Veil by using it whenever it's available
- Save Transplant for emergency situations.
- Use Profane Veil to tank telegraphed Boss attacks.
- Transplant is a blink and can be used to go over incoming attacks or terrain.
Gear, Idols & Blessings
- Build Necrotic Resistance, Critical Strike Multiplier and Cast Speed on your Gear.
- Get Marina's Lost Soul. This Unique provides amazing Damage. Aim for T7 Critical Strike Multiplier when you find it with Legendary Potential.
- Boneclamor Barbute allows you to gain Ward per Second by stacking Necrotic Resistance.
- Pearls of the Swine makes Bone Curse apply Decrepify, a Curse that causes enemies to take 15% more Damage Over Time. In addition, it grants many useful stats.
- Vaion's Chariot provides up to a 40% multiplier to Profane Veil and the Profane Orbs cast with it, for its whole channeling duration.
- Ravenous Void boosts the tankiness to another level. Craft them into a Legendary with Cast Speed and make sure you get Chance to Shred Armor on Hit on your Amulet.
- Flames of Midnight is used for its Swiftness buff, which grants 20% Movement Speed at level 100. In addition, it grants Necrotic Penetration. With Aspirational Gear, you can use one or two Red Ring of Atlaria for the Damage Reduction they provide with 180 total attributes.
Snapshot two Ornate Bone Idols with the Increased Poison Damage while Aura of Decay is active Prefix to get additional Crit Chance from Acidbane. Equip these Idols and turn on Aura Of Decay. Remove the Idols, and the Increased Poison Damage will stay as long as Aura Of Decay is active.
Learn the basics for crafting gear with our Beginner Crafting Guide.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Idol Slots.
Build Scaling
Offensive Stats
- Flat Necrotic Spell Damage
- Necrotic Resistance
- % Increased Cast Speed
- Critical Strike Multiplier
- Intelligence
- % Increased Necrotic Damage
- Necrotic Resistance Shred
- Necrotic Penetration
- Armor Shred Chance
Defensive Stats
- Necrotic Resistance
- Ward Retention
- Ward per Second
- Ward Decay Threshold
- Armor
- Leech
Scaling Tips
- Necrotic Resistance: With the Twisted Waves Node in Chthonic Fissure, you can scale the Damage of Torment by stacking Necrotic Resistance.
- Critical Strike Multiplier: Scale the Damage of Chthonic Fissure and its Ailments, including Torment by building generic Critical Strike Multiplier thanks to the Grim Tide Node.
- Doom Herald: This Passive provides a multiplicative Damage bonus to Damned enemies while channeling Profane Veil.
- Wither: Each stack of Withered increases Damage taken from Curses by 10% (6% against players and Bosses), lasts 3 seconds and can stack up to 10 times.
- Warlock Mastery Bonus: You get 4% more Damage per Curse on the target. This build can apply 7 different Curses (Torment, Anguish, Penance, Acid Skin, Decrepify, Mark For Death and Bone Curse) for a total multiplicative Damage bonus of 28%.
- Boneclamor Barbute: Gain Ward per Second by stacking Necrotic Resistance.
- Bone Armor: Keep it always up while mapping with Bone Curse's Marrow Thief Node.
- Wither: You take less Damage from Withered enemies.
- Harrowing Armor and Dark Protections: These Passive Nodes provide tankiness per unique Curse on the target.
- Doom Herald: Grants less Damage taken while channeling. Great with Profane Veil.
- Survival of the Cruel and Spirit Leech provides the build with enough Health sustain. As a Ward focused build, Leech is not a high priority. You need some of it with Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros.
Our Damage Explained Article covers all you need to know to scale Damage.
Learn all you need to know to scale Defense with our Defense Explained Article.
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Making sure you highlight all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is crucial to ensure your character's progression. Click on the Generate Loot Filter button down below then use the Paste Clipboard Contents button in-game to import it!
Here is the Endgame Loot Filter for this build:
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
Video Guide
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Summary
Overall the Torment Warlock is a horrific powerhouse that performs well in endgame. It has amazing clear speed and great survivability thanks to its multiple defensive layers.
- Open a Chthonic Fissure in the ground that spews out tons of Spirits inflicting enemies with the deadly Torment Curse and proccing Chaos Bolts.
- Apply Acid Skin with Chthonic Fissure to get Crit Chance.
- Use all your different Skills together to obliterate your enemies.
- Channel Profane Veil to boost your Damage, cast Profane Orbs and become practically invincible.
- The build has access to one of the best Movement Skills, Transplant.
- Marina's Lost Soul, Pearls of the Swine and Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros are great Uniques that you want to get to scale the build to its full potential.
Credits
Written by Volca.
Content Reviewed by Lizard_IRL.