The Shaman is a very interesting and unique Primalist Mastery, as it’s a very versatile build where you’re able to specialize on physical or magical damage. With that much versatility, if you’re looking for an optimal Storm Shaman build in Last Epoch, keep reading as I break down the entire mastery build.
Best Shaman Gathering Storm Build in Last Epoch
The Shaman Gathering Storm build gives players avastly improved clearing speed, which is useful in theMonoliths, whereenemy hordescan quickly overwhelm your character. This build utilizes a ton ofLightning Abilities, so crafting and rolling specific gears that make this stand out may take a while.
Best Primalist Passive Skills for Gathering Storm Build in Last Epoch
All of the passive skills above provide aton of resistance to Lightning andincreased damage outputwith Gathering Storm while keeping you tanky withincreased health and health regen. I copped theHarmony of Blades(i.e. Primalist’s version of Dual Wielding), as it can boost your attack speed with the right equipment.
Best Mastery Passive Skills for Gathering Storm Build in Last Epoch
Of course, we’ll utilize theShaman Mastery Passivesin this build. However, the passives I chose were mainly composed ofoffensive passives, but what about defense? In this case, I opted to use theBeastmaster Passive Skill Treedue to the neat passive I discovered while building myBeastmaster Squirrel character.
In case you haven’t playedBeastmasteryet, they have a unique and arguably strong buff that grants themDamage Reductionwhenever they are hit with a melee attack.Ursine Strengthgives you a much-needed damage reduction from nearby enemies, and pair that withBoar HeartandPorcine Constitution, you’ll have decent defensive stats upon entering the Monolith for the first time.
Best Skill Specializations for Shaman Gathering Storm Build in Last Epoch
Best Gear Items and Affixes for Shaman Gathering Storm Build in Last Epoch
Note: +X signifies a flat stat boost(i.e. Any +X Health means +55 Health)
Best Blessings for Shaman Gathering Storm Build in Last Epoch
If your gear isn’t fully prepared with proper affixes, don’t worry.Blessingswill give you the much-needed stats to sustain long and dragging fights and increase your chance offinding specific loot drops.
Best Idols for Shaman Gathering Storm Build in Last Epoch
If blessings and your gear aren’t enough to fully cap out all of your resistances, or you just want to improve your damage more,idolsare the next set of items you should target.
Other idols like Small Eterran or Humble Etteran will give youincreased resistancesandhealth regeneration, which is essential since your character lacks agood mobility skill.
Related:Last Epoch Monolith Guide
How to play the Shaman Gathering Storm Build in Last Epoch
The early game will be a bit of a rough spot with the Shaman Gathering Storm build as no specialization skills can come online yet other thanGathering Storm, Warcry, and Thorn Totem. You can also useSummon Wolfat this point to try and speed up the enemy clear, but it will barely do any damage since you’re not investing any passive skills.
Once you getMaelstrom,you can opt to specialize in it in the early to mid-game until you fully unlock all specialization skill slots. WithWarcry’s chance to proc Maelstrom, you can substantially increase your DPS to what I will say is decent at this stage of the game.
The real fun begins once you get your Shaman Mastery skills, especiallyEarthquake. Your goal is to quickly level up Earthquake as much as you may until you get to theFury of the Elementsnode. At this point, you’ll havetwo well-synergized skills(i.e. Gathering Storm and Earthquake) in the palm of your hands.
The trick is to autobomb (i.e. another term for auto-cast) yourWarcryskill so you don’t have to manage your buff all the time, and gatherten Storm Stacksfrom Gathering Storm and use Earthquake. It’s a quick and easy way of dealing massive damage to your AOE.
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