Best Builds In Windrose

Even though there's still a tonne of content to come in the Early Access version of Windrose, the game is already pretty fleshed out when it comes to builds and there's enough flexibility in the game through Stats, Talents, Rings, Necklaces and Food etc to create some pretty awesome and unique builds.

Whether you are just preparing for the Ashlands, or trying to optimise your build for efficient farming, in this guide we'll break down some of the most effective and powerful builds in the game.

1. Rapier Precision Build

This build is capable of taking you all the way through the game, and is even viable (albeit not optimal) for end-game farming.

The reason this build is called the Precision build is simple: both Rapiers and Pistols (and Muskets) scale with Precision. This allows us to dump all of our 'damage' stats into Precision instead of splitting it between Strength or Agility and Precision.

There are two different variants of this build, using two different Rapiers: The Rapier Of A Thousand Cuts and the Rapier of Devastation. As soon as you find the Rapier Of A Thousand Cuts you can get this build off the ground in the early-mid game and then as soon as you get the Rapier of Devastation you should swap to it.

Both weapons are great, but swap to the Rapier of Devastation as soon as you can for its superior damage and insane healing capabilities.

Gear & Consumables

Let's run through all of the suggested gear first before we discuss the build.

• Weapon: Rapier Of A Thousand Cuts Into Rapier of Devastation (Late Game)
• Ranged Weapon: Drake's Double-Barrelled Pistol OR Reliable Pistol
• Armor Set 1: Conquistador's (2x)
• Armor Set 2: Pikeman's (2x) OR Flibustier's (2x)
• Ring: Spear-Thrower's Ring (+Pierce Damage)
• Necklace: Necklace of Precision (+Precision)
• Food: Precision Food and Vitality OR Endurance Food
• Potion: Elixir of Cruelty (+8% Damage)

Important: The Rapier Of A Thousand Cuts is a 'random' drop from various POI chests throughout the game, so some players won't end up obtaining it until towards the end of the game.

Playstyle: Rapier Of A Thousand Cuts

The Rapier of a Thousand Cuts is an insanely powerful weapon thanks to it's Bleed effect which places a DoT on the enemy that stacks up to 5x and deals huge damage. The way you play this build is simple:

1. Ensure that you have the maximum number of stacks on all enemies at all times. If the DoT is about to drop off, one hit will refresh all stacks.
2. Play safe if necessary, allowing the Bleed DoT to do a lot of the work.
3. Fire your Pistol whenever it is off cooldown (when the passive reload is up) but don't actively reload.

Playstyle: Rapier Of Devastation

The playstyle is a bit different once you obtain the Rapier of Devastation. The key is to build up Plague Marks on the enemy before using your heavy attack for insane damage. You will barely ever need to heal with this build thanks to the healing you receive when you consume 5+ stacks of Plague Marks.

Note: Once you have Rapier of Devastation, Drake's Double-Barrelled Pistol is the best Pistol option.

Against tough enemies (Plague Crocodiles, Plague Crushers, bosses etc) you will want to build up the full 8 stacks of Plague Marks, then apply Vulnerability with Drake's Pistol (epic effect) before using Heavy Attack.

In the above image you can see we have 8 Plague Marks and Vulnerability on the target, resulting in almost 4k damage on heavy attack.

Efficiency with this build will come down to your ability to manage Perfect Blocks, so you can get many attacks in quickly without being interrupted.

Stat Points

For both set-ups, your final Stat Point allocation will be:

• Precision: 25
• Vitality: 10
• Endurance: 10

This is a pretty aggressive set-up that maximises damage and assumes you are very comfortable with Perfect Blocking etc but feel free to shift some of the points away from Precision if needed. In the early-mid game, I would suggest more of a 1:1:1 ratio between the three Stats.

Talents

For the early-mid game build with the Rapier of A Thousand Cuts, you will want to take the following:

1. Marathon Runner (3/3)
2. Just A Flesh Wound (3/3)
3. Stout Frame (3/3)
4. Too Angry To Die (1/3)
5. You Will Answer For This (2/3)

If you have less than 12 Points, just apply them in that order. This is the best build to progress through the game as it provides a good balance of increased Stamina, survivability and cheat death. You Will Answer For This synergises really well with the Rapier Of A Thousand Cut's Epic passive.

Once you have the Rapier of Devastation I would instead build as follows:

1. Marathon Runner (3/3)
2. Just A Flesh Wound (2/3)
3. Outnumbered (1/3)
4. Stout Frame (2/3)
5. Too Angry To Die (1/3)
6. Deep Impact (3/3)

2. Best 2H Brawler Build:

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3. Best Ranged Build: Reliable Sniper

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