Torment Warlock

Welcome to our Last Epoch Torment Warlock build guide. If you are interested in a build with amazing damage and survivability, you may like this Last Epoch meta build. The ability to deal damage while moving makes Torment Warlock one of the strongest builds in Last Epoch endgame. We hope you find it interesting. Let’s get it started!

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Torment Warlock Overview

Smooth gameplay and decent AoE damage with a crazy amount of ward stacking makes this build almost immortal. This build does not require any special skills to play. Not to mention, Torment Warlock does not rely on special skill combos. It is a really good build for players who are not familiar with the genre. In our opinion Torment Warlock is the best build in terms of defense and offense scaling. Besides, there is plenty of room for adjustments and replacements. You can replace 3 of 5 skills, and use any Unique you want. At least, you should give it a try.

Torment Warlock Pros and Cons

Like any other build in. Last Epoch Torment Warlock has its own strengths and weaknesses.

Torment Warlock Skills

There are 5 skills you should use. Though your main source of damage is Torment, complex use of all skills can improve build performance. Also, you can make your personal adjustments.

Torment Warlock Active Skills

Speaking about Torment Warlock active skills, we can outline 5 major skills that you’ll spam to win:

1. Profane Veil
2. Bone Curse
3. Chthonic Fissure
4. Ghostflame
5. Spirit Plague

Profane Veil

Your main defensive layer is Profane Veil. Use this skill to stack your ward by consuming minions through the nodes.

Profane Veil Skill Tree:

• Discourage (1/4): Leeches you health from this skill damage, slowing enemies.
• Scorn (5/5): Increases global damage to Cursed enemies by 50% when in Profane Veil.
• Stream of Profanity (5/5): Reduces cooldown of Profane Veil when you directly use Curse skills.
• Sable Inquisition (1/3): Increases AoE radius.
• Loose Tongue (1/3): Reduces mana cost of Profane Veil.
• Penitent Tangent (1/1): Curses enemies with Penance.
• Eternal Blasphemy (2/3): Increases duration and movespeed during Profane Veil.
• Vampiric Pool (5/5): Allows Profane Veil to consume minions and gain ward equal 4% of minion health.

Further skill points you can spend into Eternal Blasphemy or Loose Tongue.

Bone Curse

Bone Curse is your utility skill which has great synergy with Profane Veil. Your main source of minions.

Bone Curse Skill Tree:

• Conflation (5/5): Increases AoE radius.
• Defile Defenses (2/5): Gives 40% chance to Shred Armor.
• Marrow Thief (3/3): Gives you 30% chance to gain Bone Armor on Cursed target kill for 4 seconds.
• Bone Prison (1/1): Summons a Bone Prison around the target area. Considered as minion and amplified by minion health stat.
• Shattered Prison (1/1): Reduces the cooldown of Bone Curse.
• Ossify (5/5): Increases health of Bone Prison.
• Sigil of Mortality (1/1): Your Bone Curse also applies Mark for Death.
• Reaper’s Mark (2/4): Increases duration of Mark for Death.
• Misery (1/1): Changes damage type of Bone Curse to Necrotic.

Chthonic Fissure

Chthonic Fissure is your main source of damage. Scales with cast speed and applies Torment with released spirits.

Chthonic Fissure Skill Tree:

• Death from Below (2/2): Increases damage by 20%. This effect doubles on Cursed enemies.
• Fragile Crust (2/3): Reduces mana cost and refund mana if Cursed enemy is near.
• Eradication (3/3): Increases damage to Rare and Boss enemy types. This effect doubles on Cursed enemies.
• Spirit Gale (1/2): Gives a 25% chance to release a spirit from killed enemy and applies torment to an enemy in 8-meter radius.
• Damned Waters (2/3): Spirits applies Damned.
• Grim Tide (1/1): Increases Necrotic Damage per Added Crit Multiplier.
• Twisted Waves (3/3): Increases Necrotic Damage per uncapped Necrotic Resistance.
• Severed Wards (3/3): Spirits Shred Necrotic Resistance.
• Stygian Current (2/5): Spirits are released more often.
• Of Gloom and Flames (1/1): Creates additional Fissure, but costs more mana.
• Fell Fire (1/4): Spirits spreads ignite on enemies.
• Tombgorger (3/3): Increases damage if the enemy is poisoned, ignited or bleeds.

Further skill points you can spend at your own discretion.

Ghostflame

Ghostflame is your another defense layer. Nodes can make this skill channeling while moving.

Ghostflame Skill tree:

• Dread Furnace (2/5): Inflicts Ignite and Damned.
• Disdain (3/4): You take less damage from ignited, damned or bleeding enemies.
• Domain of Torment (1/5): Increases damage output and AoE radius.
• Enfeebled Prey (2/2): Reduces damage from Cursed enemies.
• Lingering Warmth (1/3): Grant you Haste and Ward after channeling.
• Wraith Form (3/4): Increases Dodge Rating while channeling.
• Spectral Menace (5/5): Reduces mana cost and you gain ward for percent of current mana.
• Domain of Agony (1/5): Increases Ghostflame damage.
• Spirit of Dread (1/1): Allows you to move while channeling, increases movement speed while channeling, but increases mana cost.
• Doom Surge (3/3): Increases movespeed while channeling by 30%.

Further skill points you can spend at your own discretion.

Spirit Plague

Spirit Plague is another utility skill which Curses the enemies. You can replace it with Transplant.

Spirit Plague Skill Tree:

• Hindering Affliction (1/3): Spirit Plague slows enemies.
• Enfeeblement (2/3): Spirit Plague inflicts Frailty.
• Plague of Eyes (1/1): Increases Spell Necrotic Damage per 1 Intelligence of Spirit Plague.
• Efficacious Application (2/5): Spirit Plague costs less mana and lasts longer.
• Toxic Transmission (1/3): Spirit Plague inflicts Poison.
• Perpetuity (3/3): Spirit Plague has 60% increased cast speed and duration.
• Pestilence (3/3): Increases Global Damage over Time per stack. Stacks up to 13.
• Plague Bearer (1/1): Spirit Plague inflicts Plague.
• Hemorrhage (2/3): Spirit Plague inflicts Bleed.
• Exsanguination (5/5): You get 5 bleed stacks, but your bleed has extra 250% penetration.

Further skill points you can spend at your own discretion.

Torment Warlock Passive Skills

Last Epoch Torment Warlock Passive Tree is not flexible. You have a few options, but they are not that strong as mentioned. First 20 points you should put into the Acolyte Class Tree to unlock Warlock Mastery. Mastery bonus gives you +35% of Fire and Necrotic Resistance and amplifies your damage for 5% per Curse on the enemy.

Acolyte Passive Tree

Acolyte Passive Points:

• Forbidden Knowledge (8/8): Grants Intelligence and Necrotic Resistance.
• Mania of Mortality (1/10): Grants a 10% chance to gain 13 ward on enemy kill per point.
• Stolen Vitality (6/8): Grants Vitality and Increased Minion Health.
• Unnatural Preservation (5/5): Grants Ward Retention, Necrotic and Poison Resistance.

Warlock Passive Tree

Warlock Passive Points:

• Soul Stealer (5/8): Increases Mana Regeneration and you have 13% chance per Curse hit to gain 13 mana.
• Unholy Torment (6/6): Increases Spell Curse Damage and AoE radius.
• Occultists’ Mind (5/8): Increases Intelligence and mana per Intelligence.
• Ward of Malevolence (5/5): You gain 12 ward per kill, Ward Decay Threshold, and 2 ward per Intelligence when channeling.
• Imperishable (3/5): Grants Vitality and Ward Decay Threshold per uncapped Necrotic Resistance.
• Doom Herald (8/8): While channeling you take less damage and deal more damage to Damned enemies.
• Malefic Body (10/10): Grants Intelligence and Vitality.
• Wither (5/5): Your damage inflicts Withering, you also take less damage from Withering enemies.
• Chaotic Strikes (2/5): You have a chance to deal double damage.
• Encroaching Darkness (1/5): Direct uses of your Curse skills inflict Anguish.
• Wreak Havoc (5/5): Increases Crit Multiplier, also your Chaotic Strikes has 30% bonus Crit Multiplier.
• Fleeting Crone (5/5): Increases Haste effects, 25% chance to gain Haste on kill, and 25% chance to gain Haste on Cursed Boss or Rare enemy.
• Accursed Seer (5/5): Increases Cast Speed, Cast Speed for Curses, also cleanses ailments when you have 35% of health or less.

Lich Passive Tree

Lich Passive Points:

• Apocrypha (10/10): Grants Intelligence and Mana Regeneration.
• Grasp of Fate (5/5): Increases Necrotic Damage.
• Desolation (5/8): Increases Damage over Time.
• Crippling Insight (8/8): Reduces Health Regeneration and increases Intelligence.

Torment Warlock Gameplay

Torment Warlock relies on constant ward stacking by consuming your Bone Prison with Profane Veil. Ghostflame allows you to move near enemies. Don’t forget about Haste buffs.

Torment Warlock Rotation

• Use Bone Curse and Profane Veil to stack the ward
• Use Ghostflame near the enemies to apply ailment on them
• Constant uses of Spirit Plague allow you to survive better
• Chthonic Fissure is your main source of damage

Torment Warlock Mapping

• Run through the map to the objective
• Don’t forget to stack the ward with Bone Curse and Profane Veil
• Ghostflame gives you additional movespeed
• Chthonic Fissure summons spirits which applies Torment

Bossing

• Keep all your Curses active
• Use Profane Veil to survive a direct attack
• Most of the bosses have one-shot mechanics. Try to evade them and do not try to tank them

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Torment Warlock Best Gear

In the list below we put together all possible implicits and affixes on your Exalted type of gear. Unique items have recommended Legendary Potential amount and best affixes info which you can transfer from Exalted items. Here is the table:

Torment Warlock Stats

To optimize your character performance, you should get the minimum of the stats mentioned below:

• Capped Resistances
• 100% Reduced Bonus Damage Taken from Crits
• 5000+ Stable Ward
• 50%+ Armor
• 80+ Intelligence
• 100+ Ward Gain on Kill
• 400 – 500%+ Ward Retention
• 1000%+ Necrotic Resistance
• 600%+ Increased Damage
• 70% – 90%+ Movement Speed

Torment Warlock Gear Progression

1. You should start to gear up your character from maximizing your Necrotic Resistances and all other resistances. T5 Elemental Resistances suffix can cover a large amount of Cold, Lightning and Fire resistances. When you are climbing through the campaign and low-tier echoes, try to collect all valuable T7 Exalted items.
2. Joining Merchant’s Guilds in order to get your Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros and Boneclamor Barbute. Otherwise you can farm the relic from the Reign of Dragons timeline boss. Unique Helmet can be farmed in the Black Sun echo rewards.
3. When you get to Empowered Monoliths, focus on getting suitable gear with 4 T5 suffixes. You should remember that bases have less value than suitable suffixes. If you need to unlock Empowered Monolith just use our service.
4. Also, you need to get as much Necrotic Resistance as you can. Ideally you should have a Necrotic Resistance suffix on every item. Legendary Potential Uniques should be farmed at higher corruption. Do not rush them, try to optimize your other pieces first.

Torment Warlock Unique Items

Torment Warlock Blessings

Blessings are unique enchantments you get for completing monoliths. They will help your character a lot on your way. Don’t try to farm normal Blessings. You should get to Empowered ones as soon as possible. When you complete all Empowered Monoliths at least once you should focus on getting valuable Blessings. Or you can use our Last Epoch Blessings Farm to get any Blessing you want. If you have a good roll on normal blessing you can upgrade it last but not least.

Normal Blessings

Try to focus on the best Normal Blessings for Torment Warlock first:

• Strength of Mind – 4%-6% increased experience
• Resolve of Humanity – 7%-12% increased All Resistances
• Echo of Solarum – 25%-40% increased Void Resistance
• Dream of Eterra – 25%-40% increased Necrotic Resistance
• Resolve of Grael – 25%-40% increased Physical Resistance
• Embers of Immortality – 10%-14% increased Endurance
• Survival of Might – 30%-45% increased Critical Strike Avoidance
• Bulwark of the Tundra – 15%-35% increased Armor
• Memory of Light – 30-42 Health
• Bastion of Divinity – 25%-40% Lightning Resistance
• Light of the Moon – 30-50 Mana

Empowered Combat Blessings

Best Empowered Blessings for Torment Warlock are:

• Grand Emptiness of Ash — 27%-40% increased Critical Strike Multiplier
• Grand Grace of Water — 80-130 Ward Gained on Potion Use, 160-260 Ward Decay Threshold
• Grand Dream of Eterra — 45%-75% increased Necrotic resistance
• Grand Bulwark of the Tundra — 15%-35% increased Armor
• Grand Body of Obsidian — 200-320 Armor

Empowered Drop Rate Blessings

This type of Blessings we use to increase the chances of getting rare items from monsters. The best Torment Warlock Drop Rate Blessings are:

• Grand Winds of Fortune — 16%-22% increased Unique Item Drop Rate
• Grand Arrogance of Argentus — 22%-50% Increased Helmet Drop Rate
• Grand Cruelty of Formosus — 50%-90% Increased Wand Drop Rate
• Grand Despair of the Empire — 45%-70% Increased Ailment Shard Drop Rate
• Grand Memory of Masters — 20%-30% increased Class Specific Shard Drop Rate

Torment Warlock Idols

Idols are a good source of Necrotic Resistance and Damage over Time. You should have one Ornate Bone Idol with Increased Duration for Profane Veil. Others should be with Necrotic Resistance and other valuable prefixes. You can use Merchant’s Guild, Circle of Fortune, or Blessings to increase your chance to find good Idols.

Torment Warlock Useful Idol Affixes

There are various Idol setups for Torment Warlock. You can combine Idols listed below for maximum effectiveness:

• Ornate Bone Idol with Increased Duration for Profane Veil and Necrotic Resistance
• Grand Bone Idol with Spell Curse Damage and Necrotic Resistance
• Small Eterran Idol with increased Damage over Time and Necrotic Resistance

Torment Warlock Build Scaling

Torment Warlock is the build in terms of late-game scaling. You can tank huge amounts of damage, and at the same time its damage scales with several stats independent of one another.

Damage Build Scaling

• Intelligence — all of your skill gets damage from this stat. Also, you get Ward Retention for any point of intelligence
• Necrotic Resistance — thanks to Twisted Waves node your Chthonic Fissure gets bonus damage
• Critical Strike Multiplier — thanks to Grim Tide node your Chthonic Fissure gets bonus damage
• Increased Necrotic Damage — all your skills deal Necrotic Damage to enemies
• Necrotic Penetration — as mentioned above, all your skills deal Necrotic Damage

Defense Build Scaling

• Ward per Second — Boneclamor Barbute gives you lots of this stat per uncapped Necrotic Resistance. Luckily, we stack it for bonus damage
• Ward Retention — Reduces the rate of Ward decay
• Armor Mitigation — With decent item bases, blessings and Bone Armor you will have good amount of this stat
• Ward Decay Threshold — Ward does not decay below this threshold and Ward below it does not contribute to decay rate
• Ward on Kill — Very good source of ward

Torment Warlock Endgame

Actually the pull of the activities for this build is very large. You can farm all content you like.

Empowered Monolith Timelines Speedfarming: Though this build isn’t so mobile, it deals with enemies very fast. Also, you will need to farm Legendary Potential Uniques for your build. There will be no problems in Empowered Monoliths with low-tier corruptions.

Empowered Monolith Corruption Push: Torment Warlock is one of the builds for corruption push if not the best. Cut through the enemies and rush to the objective. You have decent survivability that’s why there should be no problems at all. But if you have any, use our Monolith Corruption service.

Dungeons Bossing: Still we have no Traversal Skills in our setup, it will be hard to dodge some of the bosses mechanics. But in the other cases it’ll be pretty easy to deal with any dungeon boss.

Arena Leaderboards Push: Same as before. There is no total difference for this build for content farming. Just find enemies and kill them. Don’t forget to stack ward and use your curse spells.

Torment Warlock Tips

• You can always adjust your build with 4LP Unique. Last Epoch has lots of room for this.
• If you get a decent ring, you can use Rune of Creation on it. But keep in mind it cannot be used on rings with 0 forging.
• Merchant’s Guild is a good way to find lots of useful items. But you will need a lot of gold to buy something good. To farm gold use the Grand Scales of Greed.
• Don’t forget to adjust your Drop Blessing, if you need something more than another.
• Rune of Refinement can reroll your affix numbers. It costs forging potential and cannot be used on items with 0 forging potential.

Torment Warlock Loot Filter

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1. Click the link and copy the text
2. Press Shift+F in the game
3. Click the ‘Import’ button
4. Click the ‘Paste’ button
5. Done!

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In this Last Epoch Torment Warlock guide we tried to tell you all we know about the Torment Warlock build. Now you know everything from skills to idols and build scaling, and can play like a pro. If you like this guide, check out other guides by our team, maybe you will find them useful. Thank you for reading.