WOLCEN: The Gun Mage Build - Hybrid Burst Spells & Cannon BLASTS
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- A build guide for my Gun Mage in Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem as of level 50+ at endgame. This is a bursty super fun build with excellement Wisdom and Rage management thanks to the hybrid playstyle and excellent damage from leveraging some incredibly strong game mechanics. If it changes a lot as I continue deeper into endgame I may be able to post an update but it's been a real BANGER so far!
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This is mentioned in the video but needs to be brought forward: You can hold down 2 keys at once (well, a key and a mouse button) and the game will execute both skills - not simultaneously, but as willpower and rage allows. In this build that's used for spamming Arctic Spear and Havoc Orb without interruption. That wasn't obvious to me in my first hours of Wolcen, and I appreciate Ziggy mentioning it. Hopefully a few of you will also find this helpful.
Good to see major ARPG streamers trying out Wolcen. I truly wish this game can succeed.
Me 2.. Really like it.. Its satisfying to play :)
So glad you are on Wolcen. Just started my hybrid Mage yesterday and it's super fun. I use fireball though, I need to check it those ice spears.
Yeah the spear is super good because it can be used while moving and while casting other attacks.
jep05f lightning is not bad also
Same. My 🔥 balls are powerful but I'm open to the ice spikes
I love consuming embers especially once its fully leveled up as well as the lightning spell but their animations are clunky and you don't get havoc orb off nearly as often as with arctic spears. With fire and lightning you basically alternate between it and havoc orb but with ice you fire of havoc orb with ice kind of sprinkled in. It balances much better.
Thanks for this comment I'm the same, fireball build. Thanks to the replies too it helps me understand why I would ice over fire or what +/- on of chosing one vs the other
I'm a gun mage too and I love it. Now in Act 3, I'm thinking of a respec so I can utilize it better. Thank you for this presentation.
Brand new to the game, you explained... like... everything.... thanks! Like way past just this build, you explained so many mechanics, just what i needed to roll. Thanks buddy!!
OK, I suddenly remember what it was like starting out in PoE. Like, I understood a few of those words but . . .
Omg same. It’s kind of surreal to think back to being new to Poe and then compare it to this
Nah this is pretty basic maybe you're just stupid
Imo it's much easier than path of exile
Every game is easier than PoE, at least as far as complexity is concerned.
I mean sure it's simpler than Poe. But it's still the whole thing of I haven't learned how the damage calc works yet, don't know if the damage Inc/red are less or more mods. Just all the little things that add up and make it so much fun to experience the mechanics of a new game.
I rerolled to this quickly when i was in Act 2 (first char) and now im 50. I am LOVING it. Thank you so much Ziggy
Finished my first playthrough with your build, ended up getting the deathless Act 1/2/3 achievement. Felt really good to play, the burst damage is amazing and you got tons of utility with Anomaly, Bulwark and Aether Jump. Thanks for that !
How long to complete ?
Great vid but time stamps and a "Go to node by lvl" and general lvling guide would make this better!
Just ignore any blocking/dodging nodes up until 50+ then start getting them, rotate your rings so they match up to Ziggy's. Follow the path up to the timeweaver nodes first then get the Child of Fury part. I looped back down to get the Ranger nodes and warlock nodes. Finally get exorcist then work on Siegebreaker nodes or Arms Maester nodes. Finish with getting your Crit in Solder branch then get the block/dodge nodes.
@@okaton6559 I'll have a look into this. Thanks!
first person to properly explain transfer rate, kudos!
never liked you as a gamer guy but this is top work and now subed
looked to you for poe, looking up to you again for wolcen. keep up the good work!
wolcen:lord of maintenance
Anomaly and bull wark are both so strong. Highly recommend going with a one handed weapon and then nabbing a catalyst.
i think i read on reddit somewhere, someone wrote that there is no "less" or "more" dmg in this game, it's all increased/reduced, except obviously crits are basically "more". this explains why crit scaling is really good, and why all those negative % dmg nodes are good, because the downside is really not all that bad cause it's "reduced"
aren't less and reduced the same thing?
@@wo0o0ow69 He's using those terms in the context of PoE where they actually do mean something different. Less/More is multiplicative whereas increased/reduced is additive.
That seems to be the way it works, I haven't checked personally but people seem confident about this yeah. That will probably need to change, to some extent, as it trivializes a good number of choices in items and in the tree.
kfarns That makes a lot of sense. Game is a pile of shit. Unbalanced and buggy as hell.
@@tripleraze321 Wolcen Studio actually has a staff of 40 people now, which is amazing when you consider the fact that the Umbra project (which was the original name of the game on Kickstarter in it's small and humble beginning) began with only 4 people lol
I was loosely following this build for a character and about partway into the story I started noticing that autoattacks were not only outdamaging arctic spear, but also seemed to be generating rage a bit more effectively despite having a positive transfer rate reduction. So I deterred a bit and specced into White Arrow's bouncy attacks/damage per pierce, grabbed grievous afflictions so my attacks both freeze and stasis, and replaced arctic spear with the railgun for one-tap stasis application. I gotta say it feels pretty good.
Also started experimenting with double pistol because of its quick and satisfying autoattack pattern... It feels like it has a lot of potential because Duskshroud/Evasion fill the same niche as Bulwark and Aether Jump for mobility and survival, but the fact that there is nothing in the rogue toolkit that can replace Anomoly hurts it bad.
This is a cool comment do you have a link to the white arrow details you mention?
Once you aquired an additional skill bar slot, you might want to add plagueburst which is an aura that lasts for 10 seconds and greatly adds to clear speed as well. Enemies you kill explode for aoe damage which can cause clearing chain reactions. Winter's grasp can do the same but isn't as effective damage wise, bit more defensive though. Just enable the rune which causes killed freezed monsters to cast another winter's grasp causing some sweet chain reactions as well.
Great comment thanks spockbro! I find winters grasp to be great at breaking boss armor but yeah plague burst is freaking awesome for those chains.
Hey man, check Persistence Hunting in the Ranger area, 25% damage to stasis'd enemies and 25% chance to inflict stasis behind it. Also if you spin the 3rd wheel clockwise one time you can reach Hungry Stalactite in White Arrow, or maybe check out the bounce mechanic from Wintry Hall. I know this is where im headed with the build, looking forward to the update!
I love this game but it definitely makes me appreciate PoE's clear cut terminology (despite the few exceptions like "nearby")
Doesn't help that half the tree nodes are ridiculously op compared to others, and the other half don't work properly, if at all.
@@Nick-ld6nz Yup i realized that yesterday as well. Spell damage simply doesn't work and the best way to scale damage is with block and resistance. This game needs help. I'll certainly be dropping it for a little bit and hoping it gets better because I really believe it can become an amazing game, but the bugs are just insane at the moment.
Great looking build. I am just starting it. Another question. Have you done, or could you do, a video on how the Wolcen gear crafting works. I am confused with these entropy orbs etc... It would be much appreciated.
Thank you, this is exactly the type of build I wanted to play.
thanks for the build! I just tried it and it works very well, and I am enjoying it. this build is really fun,
Hey Ziggy can you make a duel pistol guide or pistol/shield build that focuses on attack speed and elemental damage, preferably frost build? I would love to see a crazy frost pistols build... thanks !
Ziggy there is basically no less/more it's all increased/reduced so yea the negative damage stuff isn't really a big deal. Although it also means increased doesn't have much effect either so layering different scaling is best (Hence why crit is so good)
siiiick build i'll deff be following!
This game is awesome. Im playing dual pistol sucker with this sniper shot skill and holy shiet I love it so much!
bad idea, swap the worse pistol into shield or cataclyst. the second pistol doesnt increase total dmg much only makes u hit basic attacks 2 x faster u get huge bonuses when u go into warrior skills (shield) or mage skills with (cataclyst)
Im loving this build, Keep it going !!
Found a great item for this build "The Macksfesten Enneract " Off hand item that is insane . Has no negitive transfer time and adds 25 % damage from the last spell cast to attack like the notable passive . Also has alot of occult damage % moddifier 45 % on the one i got . This item alone let's me drop most of the % transfer time stats on other gear for more flat / crit damage
Man that is badass. Good video.
Ziggy, on the second circle there is a purple node called primordial insights that males dot from a crit deal crit damage. I think that works with the Which time cannot heal, making crits repeat as a crit
Its been reported that that node is bugged and currently does nothing. Would really help if it does though
God Gamer well done Ziggy!!
Pretty nice build! Will try it on my pistol character, seems pretty fun to play and very solid too ! :D
Ended up using almost the same build. Mine is more focused on pierce/projectile damage. For my skill, I use the same one but instead of anomaly/bulk, I constantly switch skill for fun/curiosity. Im only act 2 for the moment, been playing for maybe 10 hours. Having a blast even if I know a lot of fix/balance need to be done. I try to stay away from OP/broken skill.
looking forward to getting this game, but it's not polished yet so i'll wait.
Leave it to ZiggyD to make a CoC build in Wolcen
Hey. Impressive build. But is it possible to explain how you Transfer will to rage an back? Maybe its because of my average english skill (austrian) or i dont get in generell. I would like to try this for my lvl 32. Mage.
Looks pretty fun!
residual energy is doing what exactly for you? It doesnt buff havoc orbs damage from what ive seen
plagueburst is a pretty sick skill. Basing my toxic assassin around that (dagger/catalyst) Chain reaction of explosions from plagueburst. Reminds me of inpulsa from poe.
Any reason not to use Safe From Afar (increased damage based on distance to enemies)? Is it just lack of points? That seems like it would be really powerful. I guess it depends on if you want to get right up in their faces or not.
Thanks Big Ziggy. More hybrid builds pls :D
I have to say nice skill, great. What do I allocate my other points from the gate of fate to?
Hey, could you please update your Guide? There is a new Version of the Build Planner on Wolcen Universe. You can Add skills and attributes now. I would be very grateful
Could you possibly make a follow up video on which nodes you take next cuz I've already gotten to your level and not sure what nodes are more viable than others.
Oh no is he also here now....crist
I'm making a gun/catalyst build also centered around havoc orb dmg. I'm wondering if you've tried Sparking Dart at all, seems like a monster damage boost?
What do you think about the passive "life's first movement"? Would it be plausible to keep number of attacks and spells in equilibrium to gain full benefit from it?
i switched out Arctic Spear to the Frost Nova where you can click to place it. it seems to be working better for me. i do have problems with the commanders that reflect damage though. it's the ground mines that push me through my revive tokens.
I'm never clever enough to create interesting builds like these. Always end up with the standard warrior/mage/archer classes :(
that's basically what this is though.
It's not like he's using some crazy hidden mechanic. No, it's just a bunch of generally good passive nodes, some absolutely broken ones that will be nerfed, and damage scaling.This would be equivalent to making a tornado shot character in PoE - good build, very powerful, but it doesn't take a mastermind to figure it out.
Keep at it my dude!
Very nice build. I have a question tho: is it better to go straight for Residual Energy/ Duty to Exterminate or take Backline Raider / Puncturing shot first? Thanks
tenet points are not all removed when hit for 100% dmg reduction. onely one is removed. still idd very strong passive.
also energy shield is not bad. it is actually pretty good depending on your build ofc.
It removes 1 point only per hit. And yes, this defense mechanism is very strong as it's self contained, with no need to invest certain parts of passive tree (unlike block) , but at same time is scale very well with dodge chance, which you get easily from gear. These two will keep you alive in every situation unless you stand still against poison mobs and let them stack nasty poison fields under your feet
Why take pierce node ? Doesn't the havoc already go through all the mobs?
The bomb goes through mobs, as it target ground, not monsters. But the missiles would explode when meeting their first enemy which is bad when you get bit number of monsters. Hence the pierce
wow, I have just tried this build. It is awesome. A much more aggressive playstyle and obliterate everything in front of me. But it will take time to master it (get used to). I mean this build has a lot of potentials due to its insane mobility.
I was playing with a staff annihilation build and got my ass kicked by edric in his third form. So now I changed my build into this one and I'm trying to farm some items before going into edric again. It's a shame that I can't redo past bosses, they always seems to drop some rares
I just copied the build in a skill tree calc, if anybody needs it you can find it here. wolcen-universe.com/builds/GvPoYy-the-gun-mage-build-hybrid-burst-spells-and-cannon-blasts-~lvl-50
Ty dude!
hi, i have one question: i really like gunslinger brand, can i put it in your build?
So gear wise, we going bruiser right? When should we be switching to pistol and catalyst? What lvl
Hi this build is amazing! I have just one question, how do I know if I have successfully applied Stasis on the mobs?
Think there is a wavy purple circle under them when it's applied
My bayonetta theme build doesn't seem so unique anymore. 😆
Couple of points I noticed when putting my passive points, in the "ranger" tree there is a talent called "Bullseye" which is next to "Archions teaching" the furthest golden node from center. It basically buffs your projectiles critical damage by 25%. Any reason for leaving it out?
I do have it now!
@@ZiggyDGaming Ahh nice, I tried the build its more fun than I thought, ++ from me!
how do you get the pistol to do the shotgun thing? with cataylst off hand it turns into a single shot pistol
pistol+ shield
So basically. Build into Stasis + facetanking then crit + w/e you want and pick your fav skills (bonus points for either going block based after for high lvl pushing or ailment stacking/spreading)?
Great build, thanks. I'm actually trying to do something similar using the ember ("fireball") spell instead of the ice spear. The Havoc missile launcher is super satisfying once you get the missile upgrade at level 14 (?). Both are projectiles (as is the ice spear of course) and I'm trying to stack fire damage as well as aether. We shall see. Enjoying the game quite a bit during this PoE offseason.
EDIT: Never mind. Ziggy was right. Arctic Spear feels way smoother.
Doing the same here.. Fireball with the ember rune and instead of spear using the Ice that drops from the sky, switched to fire.
@@matcerliani The ice ball dropping from the sky does a huuuge amount of damage, love this skill so much!
@@TheAniki94 that spell has a mod that turns it into a DOT at skill lvl 29, the damage is insane
@@matcerliani I got 3 fireballs with increased blast radius and a bunch of spell cast speed. Spamming all the fireballs 🔥
Can we get some sort of planner please?
Did you try to try unequipping different kind of gear to make sure that the increased damage you think is addidative actually is?
how do you feel about the "baptism by hail" mod on havoc orb
it basically adds all the projectiles you would need, but its sequential so not as much coverage
It's really good for bosses but pretty rough for clearing and resource spending.
@@ZiggyDGaming i've been enjoying it alot
enemies get a small animation lock when they are hit by a missile so it acts as a "freeze" of sorts
ill prob dupe the skill for aoe when i get my 5th slot
Does Havoc Orb with pierce not lose on potential explosion dmg when hitting the target? Or doesn't skill work that way when turned into a projectile?
tested it in offline mode and it seems that with the pierce node it sometimes passes the enemy and not hit at all not sure if its again...... a bug
Pierce make it not explode on firsst target, but does damage all the same. Only missing the aoe from explosions. That's why you need to have 3 projectiles before you switch to missiles. Anything less than 3 projectiles will make you miss many of monsters
I've done a lot of testing on the build when I was doing some low end expeditions (80 to 100 more or less) and felt like I had more reliable damage without Pierce. Havoc orb with 3 projectiles actually hit beyond the first mobs quite often so it didn't affect clear at all.
Not sure how it clears the ascended expeditions as I switched - havoc orb felt a bit clunky at times.
don't know why but my artic spears make 147 average damage also no frost damage applied. Don't know whats wrong, I'm level 47
How did you remove the cooldown on Havoc Orb? Is it a higher level skill thing ?
It doesn't have a cooldown by default, just costs a lot of rage
@@ZiggyDGaming could've sworn it had cooldown yesterday when I played online with a buddy.
Will check again :)
No CD, no CT. Too OP IMO
Great vid, any way of working gunslingers brand into this build?
when the update for the build ?
Managed to get through Act 1 with a similar build to this, although the servers went down after that. Hopefully they come back on this weekend.
Gave it up on playing online, might as well only play offline, since there's no difference
@@fntksgaming The main issue is that offline characters can't be played online, and I have some friends interested in the game so I started an online character. Feels like a waste to level up an offline character only to dump it later when the servers are back up.
The game looks great. Waiting for a major patch or 2 before i get it though.
@@Jasta85 I mean, you could also use it as an offline char for when your internet goes out, traveling, etc
@@Jasta85 Make's sense that they can't be used online as they are saved locally therefore able to be modified, though I understand where you are coming from. Personally I leveled a character all the way to endgame offline just so I could test out some different skills to see what I like
im level 40 can I change to this build now? do you have a lower level starting guide so I can switch
You can reset your stats and passives (for currency), and switch skills in and out at will. I switched over to this build around level 35 - the stats and passive I changed immediately and leveling the skills took about 3 to 4 hours of game play. Well worth it!
I have seen so many mixed reviews about this game. Now that it's been out for a week or so do you think it is worth it?
The mixed reviews came from the game having two days of servers offline immediately following launch. Before that fiasco, it was mostly positive. As for being worth it, it's fun if you like ARPGs. It very much feels like Diablo 3 to me most of the time, even some of the enemies seem like straight copies. The major downside currently is there are a lot of bugs, especially in the passive tree. Hoping the success lights a fire under their asses to get the bugs worked out, then I'd imagine it'll end up as one of the top ARPGs on the market.
the game itself is good. Just the dev underestimated players rushing into their servers at the launch
I've been really impressed with it, although I've only been playing offline mode. It feels like they took all the good stuff from D3 and the (albeit limited) good stuff from POE and built on it. I probably wouldn't recommend it for perhaps a couple of weeks if you are easily frustrated by bugs, although personally I've only had a couple of issues with flying enemies I couldn't target, but found AOE attacks still hit them which kind acts as a workaround.
@@bobtheyob that small flying creatures really difficult to target. Well we are not short of AOE spells and skills so not a big issue
Esoterick Just hold left click on mouse to avoid that targeting issue
do you know if the stasis node that makes them take damage again applies ailments on the free hit?
Pretty sure it doesn't work with ailments but ailments are really good anyway it seems!
do you thing the build works with a dagger ?
Doing similar build but focusing on energy shield and spells for damage but i can't seem to find a gun without rage retention. Seems impossible which is unfortunate as it affects my willpower spending ability.
@ziggyd Another way to get faster Resource Transfer effect is to actually just take nodes to + max willpower and + rage, because your uptime on both ends are higher and the transfer rate has small effect on your play. Theres +150 in small node starter wheel blue cluster and another +400 in 2nd wheel blue cluster
Great suggestion - thanks. To be more specific: there's +400 rage & willpower in the Warlock tree area near & including the Duty-to-Exterminate node. The +150 is in the Scholar tree area just 2 nodes from the Adept node which is shown in Ziggy's build tree.
what are u going for after you ahve set full in passiv tree in 54. :D
this is what I was looking for...
Really wish you would put link in for build. Keep having to take pictures
wolcen-universe.com/builds/GnNeLG-gun-mage
Does the which time cannot heal, does that node for ALL damage? Does that effect tic damage too?
I really wanna know that too. my ailments build would love that
Non, it doesn't helpay ailments
How do you get 3 projectiles on the havoc orb? i only get 2
Zyfus i believe one is from the skill itself. Upgrade rune or whatever. Then one is from his passive tree
Please make a video of a highter level character like 60 + -70 so we know how to progress this build
Hey guys at what point should i switch to havoc orb instead of the sting? As soon as i get the missiles?
I leveled with it along anamolly and annihilation, used to one shot packs with the bomb, just need to keep your distance
@@nawawii3750 thanks for the answer im in endgame a Couple of days now and the Build is extremely strong now. Enjoy ur weekend
Do you think this build is viable in high LVL?
It does seems residual energy work only on basic attack atm no ?
Which starter "class" you start the game? Ranged or Mage? With Pistol I can't regenerate Willpower so I started with staff.
You can start with any, just have to pick up the items and skills when you can. Ranged will help since you get strings of k-something and you can start picking up the ranged damage nodes
does anyone know what stats should be put points into?
What is your main attack??
You should try frenzied blows in child of fury, it's currently busted. Doubles your rage cost but also doubles your damage. Since infinite rage generation is a thing, you can have double damage almost always as long as you kill things. Combine it with stasis double damage and you have 4x damage. It might get nerfed, so I'd recommend having fun with it before it happens.
EDIT: I recommend converting arctic spear to sacred damage with the modifier since sacred damage wil apply weakness and increase your damage and survivability.
Are there minions and summoner playstyle in wolcen?
The zombie dudes are so weak they die fast, the golem dude is decent when leveled I have the added health runes on. I use him to tank while I spam fireball lol
Wow Ziggy. I had avoided ALL content these last few days so I wasn't influenced while building my character. But we almost ended up identical.
Instead of Havoc Orb, I throw down 2 turrets that has pierce, and I use infinity blades instead of Ice spear (so I don't scale extra projectiles)
Gates of Fate is 90% identical as well :O
Anomaly now inflicts weakness instead of stasis??
How is Railgun over using Havoc Orb
You can't socked the belt because it is unique.
any reason why you chose bruiser gear instead of rogue gear?
Because life and resistance are best two defenses for this build. You can easily get 30-40 damage reduction from resists.
Alternatively, you can pick some heavy armour pieces if they have double "toughness" mods, because toughness would give you more life than bruiser gives you. And it also increase your damage if it's your second or third highest stat. On top of that, if you have one or two rogue small pieces (like glovew), toughness increase force shield as well as life, so you might end up with 10% - 15% more effective life
How can you get higher lvl enemy in expedition? My max is 40.
Delve 3 levels in veteran expeditions and there will be an option to start at a higher base enemy level. so 40-> 43->46 and so on
Is there a way to reset your skill tree?
I'm heading for the 'dodge through enemies' node after dying for the first time to the act 2 boss. I made the mistake of using an ascendancy and the damage was so bad that I ended up surrounded. My second attempt with my normal build had no issues, but I'm getting the node anyway.