Savage Sortilege – This Talent is a must for this Build as it allows your spells to Critical Hit. Although it’s not as useful in a party as it is in Lone Wolf, it’s still better than a lot of Talents for this Build. If you are an Elf, Flesh Sacrifice makes this a turn one thing, before you even cast a skill.Įxecutioner – This should be the second Talent you take because it works really well with this Build. This will allow you to use the needed Skills for this Build and maximize your damage with them.Īs far as Talents go I’d recommend the following:Įlemental Affinity – This Talent works really well with this Build because Blood is not hard to produce. Any left over points should go into Scoundrel to increase Critical Multiplier. Once you gain access to Source Points then you’ll want to bump these up to 3 points into Necromancer, 3 points into Hydropsophist, 2 points into Pyrokinetic and the rest should all go into Warfare. In Act 1 Blood Mages will most likely have 2 points in Necromancer, 1 in Hydrosophist, 1 in Pyrokinetic and the rest in Warfare. Let’s take a look at what Abilities and Talents you need for a Blood Mage. The bonuses you gain from Abilities in this game are somewhat different than the original, so it’s easy to see why people can get confused. It’s easy to get spread too thin, and often people make the mistake of not spreading points around enough. One of the hardest parts about making a Build in Divinity: Original Sin 2 is getting your Abilities distribution correct. Try to find a Shield with high Armour and 1 or 2 Rune Slots to maximize your damage.
They also come with Rune Slots, which will allow you to increase the effectiveness of Bouncing Shield by slotting Masterwork Runes. Shields will help keep you alive, and will allow you to replenish Armour on yourself. Always pick the one with best bonuses, not damage. You shouldn’t ever need to attack with your Weapon, so we’ll take a Wand here just because you’ll have the correct Attributes for it and they generally give a bonus to Intelligence. Shields should use Masterwork Runes for the increased Physical Armour, which also increases the damage of Bouncing Shield.Īs far as Weapons go, you’ll want to use a Wand and Shield for maximum Armour. You can use either of these Runes in your Armour, but you want the Flame Rune in your Necklace for the increased Critical Chance. Also, they will want Flame Runes of Power in their Armour, and Necklace. This will help maximize the damage Blood Mages do. Blood Mages will prioritize Armour with bonuses to Warfare since it increases the damage of all their Skills, followed by Intelligence, Critical Chance and Scoundrel ( Scoundrel increases Critical Multiplier). Keep in mind this is not a Lone Wolf Build.īlood Mages will use Intelligence-based Armour which works fine here, as they shouldn’t be in melee range unless they absolutely need to (this isn’t a Death Knight). I would recommend a 3:1 ratio of Intelligence to Wits. For this reason it is recommended that you put a few more points into Wits than you normally would with other Mage-type Builds as you get later on into the game. Blood Mages can make better use of Critical Chance and Critical Multiplier than some other Builds. Blood Mage Attributes and Equipmentīlood Mages will focus primarily on Intelligence to increase the damage of a over half the Skills they use. It looks strange to have Warfare so high on Mage Build, but it is the most effective at increasing ALL of your Skills.
Blood Mages can deal extremely high damage with Grasp of the Starved or Blood Storm, but outside of these two Skills their damage isn’t particularly great, and thus they will be more of a Support type role earlier on in the game until they acquire these. Blood Mages typically have very good Armour and are extremely hard to kill because they can heal themselves and replenish their Armour (both Physical and Magical) as necessary. Unlike other Mages, the Blood Mage deals Physical Damage, much like a Warrior or Ranger. The Blood Mage is a Necromancer Build that relies on high Intelligence and Critical Chance to deal massive damage. Let’s jump into this Build and see just how it works. In this Build Guide were going to cover the: Blood Mage.
Since the game is rather difficult this has come much more into focus than one would expect. What Build do I use? What’s a good Build for a Warrior? Ranger? Mage? etc.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is in full swing, and one of the major issues players are having with the game is Builds.