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[0.4] All Content 100% Crit Blood Mage

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End Game

Starter

Witch

Blood Mage

0.4 TLotD

By ImJustAnthony

Updated on Jan 11, 2026

Jan 11, 2026

Build Overview

ALL CONTENT

Blood Mage Build Guide

**UPDATE IN PROGRESS FOR 0.4** UPDATES MADE CONSISTANTLY**

***ALL TRADE LINKS ARE AUTOMATED BY MOBALYTICS AND MAY NOT BE THE BEST SOURCE FOR BUYING EQUIPMENT. PLEASE SEARCH FOR ITEMS USING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN EACH VARIANT.***

Hello all of you simple life enjoyers!

This All in One Blood Mage Build Guide uses progressing variants during a league to go from Starter to Multiple fun Endgame Builds.

*****New Variants added consistently.*****

Venom Crypt Reward - Mana Regen or Stun Threshold

Tattoo Buffs - 5% for each Resistances

Pillar Offering - 5% All Resistances

Strengths and Weaknesses

Easy Playstyle
Flexible Variants
HIGH Damage Potential
GREAT at ALL Content

Weakness....? Never heard of it.

Build Variants

(League Start)

(Second Ascendancy)

(Waystones 1 > 14)

$ - (Cheap Mana Tank)

$$ - (Spark Soul Mage)

$$ - (Frost Soul Mage)

$$ - (Entangle Soul Mage)

$$$ - (FrostBolt Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Spark Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Entangle Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Hybrid Comet Storm)

**THIS VARIANT IS A SHORT VARIANT USED TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR SURVIVAL WHILE FARMING CURRENCY FOR THE INSANE SOUL TETHER TANK**

We will be using the keystone Mind Over Matter to turn our mana into another effective life pool. We support this keystone with Mana on equipment, Mana Remnants, and Efficient Killing cluster on tree.

SPARK AND COMET SHOULD ONLY BE USING LIFE TO CAST. BLOODLETTING/LIFETAP NEEDED FOR BOTH.

Equipment

(League Start)

(Second Ascendancy)

(Waystones 1 > 14)

$ - (Cheap Mana Tank)

$$ - (Spark Soul Mage)

$$ - (Frost Soul Mage)

$$ - (Entangle Soul Mage)

$$$ - (FrostBolt Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Spark Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Entangle Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Hybrid Comet Storm)

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

+10

**ITEM TRADE LINKS ARE AI GENERATED BY MOBALYTICS TO FIND EXACT MATCHES AND SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION. SEARCHING FOR ITEMS YOURSELF IS ADVISED.**

Choir of the Storm amulet can go up to LvL 20 Lightning Bolt which provides 5 sockets.

Atziri's Acuity Should have high rolls on crit chance. These gloves are a required item so we can instantly leech the spell damage from our passive Vitality Siphon to keep ourself alive. Our character will need to receive enough damage to get killed in 1 shot to actually die. Any damage we take will be instantly healed from our outgoing damage.

-HELMET should have High Life/Mana, Critical Hit Chance, Resistances/Attributes.

-BODY ARMOR can be a Conjurer Mantle which provides implicit spirit and we can get additional spirit as a modifier. High Life with resistances or attributes.

-BOOTS should have 30% movement speed, High Life/Mana, and Resistances/Attributes

-BELT - should have High Life/Mana, Resistances/Attributes.

-RINGS should have High Life/Mana, Increased Lightning Damage, Resistances/STR/INT, and Cast Speed.

-STAFF OR WAND/FOCUS should have Gain Damage as Extra Lightning/Cold/Fire, Increased Spell Damage, Increased Lightning Damage, +5 All Spell Skills or Lightning Spell Skills , Critical Hit Chance for Spells, Critical Spell Damage Bonus/Cast Speed. (Socket with Critical Hit Chance for Spells.)

Weapon Set 2 is using a Chiming Staff to obtain Sigil of Power.

Skill Gems

(League Start)

(Second Ascendancy)

(Waystones 1 > 14)

$ - (Cheap Mana Tank)

$$ - (Spark Soul Mage)

$$ - (Frost Soul Mage)

$$ - (Entangle Soul Mage)

$$$ - (FrostBolt Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Spark Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Entangle Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Hybrid Comet Storm)

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 45

Dex 30

Int 110

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Life Remnants

Sigil of Power

Lightning Bolt

Spark

Frost Bomb

Elemental Weakness

Cast on Critical

Mana Remnants

Arctic Armour

Gem Priority

+38

Spark will be your primary map clearing ability. Anything that gets hit with Spark will trigger a Lightning Bolt from our Choir of the Storm and also build energy for our Cast on Critical which is using Comet.

This is a 1 button easy playstyle for most content. We are currently using Frost Bomb, Elemental Weakness, and Sigil of Power to enhance our Boss damage or on rare enemies/league mechanics as needed.

Passive Tree

(League Start)

(Second Ascendancy)

(Waystones 1 > 14)

$ - (Cheap Mana Tank)

$$ - (Spark Soul Mage)

$$ - (Frost Soul Mage)

$$ - (Entangle Soul Mage)

$$$ - (FrostBolt Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Spark Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Entangle Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Hybrid Comet Storm)

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

You should have around 95% critical hit chance with spells for all skills. Evocational Practitioner on the skill tree will do the rest.

Remove any Critical Strike nodes you do not need. A Wand, Focus, Helmet, Gloves, and Jewels with High Critical Hit Chance is ****HIGHLY**** recommended.

-Important Jewel Information-

You will want Critical Hit Chance and/or Critical Hit Chance for Spells on jewels.

Other modifiers for jewels are:

Critical Damage Bonus , Critical Spell Damage Bonus , Spell Damage, Elemental Damage, Trigger Spells Deal Increased Damage, Meta Skills Gain X Energy.

Amulet Anoint

Cheap and still need Crit Chance - Vulgar Methods

Cheap and already Crit Capped - Barbaric Strength

Medium Budget - Stormcharged

High End Cannon - Cooked

Atlas Tree

(League Start)

(Second Ascendancy)

(Waystones 1 > 14)

$ - (Cheap Mana Tank)

$$ - (Spark Soul Mage)

$$ - (Frost Soul Mage)

$$ - (Entangle Soul Mage)

$$$ - (FrostBolt Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Spark Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Entangle Comet Storm)

$$$ - (Hybrid Comet Storm)

Atlas tree is personal preference and may change during league testing.

Changelog

12/22/25 - Spark Soul Mage - Removed Everlasting Infusions for Wild Storm.

12/23/25 - Spark Soul Mage - Adjusted Skill Tree Weapon Set 2.

12/24/25 - Frost Soul Mage - NEW BUILD VARIANT ADDED

12/25/25 - Frost Soul Mage - Adjusted tree for Heavy Frost and Thin Ice.

01/03/26 - Spark & Frost Soul Mage - Switched Master of Hexes for Impending Doom on Weapon Set 2 skill tree to help players get consistent and easy Fulmination Annihilation laser beam from curse.

01/03/26 - Spark Soul Mage - Removed Infernal/Frozen Limit from passive tree so save skill points or use elsewhere if needed.

All changelogs past this point are put individually on each tab for specific variants. This system will continue and improve for new builds and future leagues. This should make following a league start and new variants more comfortable.