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[0.5] All Content 100% Crit Blood Mage

Witch

Blood Mage

End Game

Starter

0.5 RotA

Verified

By ImJustAnthony

Updated on Jun 16, 2026

Jun 16, 2026

Build Overview

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Blood Mage Build Guide

**UPDATE IN PROGRESS FOR 0.5**

***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 Blood Mage enjoyers!

This Blood Mage Build Guide uses progressing variants during a league to go from Starter to Multiple fun Endgame Builds. This guide was created in 0.1 Early Access and has been updated every league to date. Join us on Twitch to watch build variants showcased throughout a league!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION about playing a High Critical Strike Chance Blood Mage. Each individual player will have different amounts of Crit Chance in relation to their equipment. Weapon, Amulet, Helmet, Rings, Gloves, Sapphires, etc. This means that EACH INDIVIDUAL PLAYER must adjust their Passive Skill Trees to meet the requirements needed for each variant. The Passive Skill Trees on all variants below show the path I used with the equipment I was wearing at that time. You may need to add or remove Crit Chance to manage your build properly.

Your goal will be to maintain at or near 100% Critical Strike Chance for your spells to achieve the desired results. 100% crit chance DOES NOT EQUAL lots of damage. It is the starting line to begin building your character.

We need to continue scaling damage by first increasing our (Spell Skill Levels) and then following with (% Increased Damage), (Gain % Lightning/Cold/Fire), (Critical Damage Bonus), and (Cast Speed).

Some variants may have additional scaling damage modifiers or uniques that empower the character damage. Explanations should be included in those guides.

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Easy Playstyle
Flexible Variants
HIGH Damage Potential
GREAT at ALL Content

Weakness....? Never heard of it.

Build Variants

League Start

Begin Crit Stacking

Early Atlas Progression

$-Verisium Choir Mage

$$-Reverie Spark Mage

$$$-Ember Comet Storm

$$$-Spark Comet Storm

$$$-FrostyB Comet Storm

Use this variant to progress through the new Endgame Atlas Progression and start farming for High End Variants that will follow.

**This variant is currently a PRE-LAUNCH build. Changes can and will most likely be made after league launch once we find out more info relating to New Uniques, New Lineage Supports, New Runic Skill Gems, New Crafting, New Idols, etc.**

This variant is used to start progressing through the new endgame quest system on the endless Atlas. Your goal will be to have Spark at 100% Crit Chance which is easily accomplished with Pinpoint Critical.

IMPORTANT - High End Variants will require 100% Crit Chance on all spells WITHOUT Pinpoint Critical so your goal should be to continue grabbing Critical Hit Chance on Weapon, Runes, Helmet, Amulet, Jewels and the remaining skill tree.

Every player may have different amounts of Critical Hit Chance on equipment so you will need to adjust your skill tree to either ADD or REMOVE nodes as needed to maintain 100%. Over capping critical hit chance has no benefit.

Equipment

League Start

Begin Crit Stacking

Early Atlas Progression

$-Verisium Choir Mage

$$-Reverie Spark Mage

$$$-Ember Comet Storm

$$$-Spark Comet Storm

$$$-FrostyB Comet Storm

Set 1

Set 2

Equipment Priority

+10

**ITEM TRADE LINKS ARE GENERATED BY MOBALYTICS TO FIND EXACT MATCHES AND SHOULD NOT BE USED. SEARCHING FOR ITEMS YOURSELF IS ADVISED.**

Nightscale provide amazing mana regen, crit chance, resistances and stats for early map pushing.

Equipment - Make sure to try and get your Fire/Cold/Lightning Resistances to 75% (Capped) and as much Chaos Resistance as you can fit. High Life with Mana on all items is the next priority. You only need enough INT/DEX for gem or equipment requirements and everything else will be STR for more life. (Socket any runes needed for resistances)

SPIRIT INFORMATION - Use a Runeforged Flowing Raiment base type to get Implicit Runic Ward Regen and Decent Amoutn of Energy Shield to convert to Runic Ward through Runeforging. Modified spirit on Prefix is need to make it easy for enough spirit gems.

Weapons - Critical Hit Chance for Spells on your Staff is highly recommended so you can have more skill points to use on your atlas tree for damage. Critical Hit Chance on Helmet/Amulet will also help alleviate your skill tree of too many Critical Strike nodes.

Rings - You can get more damage with Cast Speed or Increased Lightning Damage on rings. Follow the same rules as equipment otherwise.

Skill Gems

League Start

Begin Crit Stacking

Early Atlas Progression

$-Verisium Choir Mage

$$-Reverie Spark Mage

$$$-Ember Comet Storm

$$$-Spark Comet Storm

$$$-FrostyB Comet Storm

Support Gem Requirements:

Str 40

Dex 25

Int 95

Life Remnants

Sigil of Power

Set 2

Spark

Set 1

Frost Bomb

Set 2

Orb of Storms

Set 1

Elemental Weakness

Set 2

Arctic Armour

Mana Remnants

Gem Priority

+32

WEAPON SET 1 - Spark Orb of Storms

WEAPON SET 2 - Frost Bomb Elemental Weakness Sigil of Power

Life Remnants comes from your first ascendency Sanguimancy which is a mandatory point for all Blood Mages.

Sigil of Power comes from Chiming Staff in our second weapon slot. Chiming Staff will be available during Act 2.

Powered by Verisium comes from the Runes of Aldur league mechanic found in each zone. You will need to wait until the game offers you the Skill Gem as a reward. Make sure to do the Runes of Aldur league mechanic in EVERY zone to increase your chances of getting the skill gem.

**Skill Gem Priority for Supports**

Spark - %Quality with Gemcutters - First
Frost Bomb - %Quality with Gemcutters - Second
Orb of Storms
Elemental Weakness - %Quality with Gemcutters - Third
Sigil of Power
Arctic Armour
Life Remnants
Mana Remnants

Spark and Orb of Storms will be your primary way to clear packs of enemies.

Frost Bomb applies exposure and will be used on Rare enemies to quickly reduce their resistances into negative values. Weapon Set 2 will be amplifying our exposure effect. Frost Bomb also provides Cold Infusions which provides Spark with cold damage. You can precast Frost Bomb at bosses to stack infusions before a fight begins if desired.

Elemental Weakness and Sigil of Power are both Area ground spells that will be used primarily for bossing. Elemental Weakness will reduce the targets elemental resistances and combines with exposure from Frost Bomb which will make the target have negative resistances. This is a fantastic boost to single target damage. You will need to stand inside the Sigil of Power and cast spells to receive the bonus spell damage it provides.

Passive Tree

League Start

Begin Crit Stacking

Early Atlas Progression

$-Verisium Choir Mage

$$-Reverie Spark Mage

$$$-Ember Comet Storm

$$$-Spark Comet Storm

$$$-FrostyB Comet Storm

main:

123

set 1:

set 2:

This skill tree will get your Critical Strike Chance and Multi very high. This is a fantastic start to get grinding for any High End Variants that require a larger budget.

Critical Hit Chance With Spells/Critical Hit Chance on your Staff, Amulet, and Helmet will help remove the burden of having so many Critical Hit Chance points on the skill tree so you can focus on more damage, utility or defense.

-Important Jewel Information-

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

Damage modifier options for jewels include but not limited to:

Critical Damage Bonus , Critical Spell Damage Bonus , Spell Damage , Elemental Damage, Cast Speed, Shock Magnitude and Ailment Magnitude.

Mix your Crit Hit Chance modifiers with your damage modifiers until you find good deals or the perfect jewels.

Cheap Anoint - Barbaric Strength

Quest Rewards

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Clearfell — Beira of the Rotten Pack

+10% to Cold Resistance

Hunting Grounds — The Crowbell

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Freythorn — The King in the Mists

+30 to Spirit

Ogham Farmlands — Una's Hut

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Ogham Manor — Candlemass, the Living Rite

+20 to maximum Life

Keth — Kabala, Constrictor Queen

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Valley of the Titans — Medallion

30% increased Charm Charges gained

+1 Charm Slot

Deshar — Final Letter

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Spires of Deshar — Sisters of Garukhan

+10% to Lightning Resistance

Jungle Ruins — Mighty Silverfist

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Venom Crypts — Venom Draught

25% increased Mana Regeneration Rate

Jiquani's Machinarium — Blackjaw, the Remnant

+10% to Fire Resistance

The Azak Bog — Ignagduk, the Bog Witch

+30 to Spirit

The Molten Vault — The Molten Vault

Reforging Bench

Aggorat — Blood Sacrifice

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Journey's End — Captain Hartlin

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Skill Gem(Lv 13)

Delirium Drop

Eye of Hinekora — Navali's Rest

5% increased Maximum Mana

Halls of the Dead — Yama The White

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

Halls of the Dead — Tawhoa's Test

+5% to Lightning Resistance

Abandoned Prison — Goddess of Justice

30% increased Life Recovery from Flasks

Halls of the Dead — Tasalio's Test

+5% to Cold Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Ngamahu's Test

+5% to Fire Resistance

Halls of the Dead — Tribal Medicine

30% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield

Wolvenhold — Oswin, the Dread Warden

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Akthi and Anundr

Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

The Khari Crossing — Molten Shrine

5% increased Maximum Life

Qimah — Tabana's Pillar

+5% to all Elemental Resistances

Kriar Village — Lythara, the Wayward Spear

+40 to Spirit

Howling Caves — The Abominable Yeti

Grants Two Weapon Set Passive Skill Points

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1. Build Overview Hello all Blood Mage enjoyers! This Blood Mage Build Guide uses progressing variants during a league to go from Starter to Multiple fun Endgame Builds. This guide was created in 0.1 Early Access and has been updated every league to date. Join us on Twitch to watch build variants showcased throughout a league!2. Strengths and Weaknesses 3. Build Variants 4. Equipment 5. Skill Gems 6. Passive Tree 7. Quest Rewards

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Hello all Blood Mage enjoyers!

This Blood Mage Build Guide uses progressing variants during a league to go from Starter to Multiple fun Endgame Builds. This guide was created in 0.1 Early Access and has been updated every league to date. Join us on Twitch to watch build variants showcased throughout a league!

Your goal will be to maintain at or near 100% Critical Strike Chance for your spells to achieve the desired results. 100% crit chance DOES NOT EQUAL lots of damage. It is the starting line to begin building your character.

We need to continue scaling damage by first increasing our (Spell Skill Levels) and then following with (% Increased Damage), (Gain % Lightning/Cold/Fire), (Critical Damage Bonus), and (Cast Speed).

Some variants may have additional scaling damage modifiers or uniques that empower the character damage. Explanations should be included in those guides.

Use this variant to progress through the new Endgame Atlas Progression and start farming for High End Variants that will follow.

This variant is used to start progressing through the new endgame quest system on the endless Atlas. Your goal will be to have Spark at 100% Crit Chance which is easily accomplished with Pinpoint Critical.

IMPORTANT - High End Variants will require 100% Crit Chance on all spells WITHOUT Pinpoint Critical so your goal should be to continue grabbing Critical Hit Chance on Weapon, Runes, Helmet, Amulet, Jewels and the remaining skill tree.

Every player may have different amounts of Critical Hit Chance on equipment so you will need to adjust your skill tree to either ADD or REMOVE nodes as needed to maintain 100%. Over capping critical hit chance has no benefit.

***SPIRIT INFORMATION - Use a Runeforged Flowing Raiment base type to get Implicit Runic Ward Regen and Decent Amoutn of Energy Shield to convert to Runic Ward through Runeforging. Modified spirit on Prefix is need to make it easy for enough spirit gems.***

Weapons - Critical Hit Chance for Spells on your Staff is highly recommended so you can have more skill points to use on your atlas tree for damage. Critical Hit Chance on Helmet/Amulet will also help alleviate your skill tree of too many Critical Strike nodes.

Rings - You can get more damage with Cast Speed or Increased Lightning Damage on rings. Follow the same rules as equipment otherwise.

Spark and Orb of Storms will be your primary way to clear packs of enemies.

This skill tree will get your Critical Strike Chance and Multi very high. This is a fantastic start to get grinding for any High End Variants that require a larger budget.

Critical Hit Chance With Spells/Critical Hit Chance on your Staff, Amulet, and Helmet will help remove the burden of having so many Critical Hit Chance points on the skill tree so you can focus on more damage, utility or defense.

-Important Jewel Information-

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

Damage modifier options for jewels include but not limited to:

Critical Damage Bonus , Critical Spell Damage Bonus , Spell Damage , Elemental Damage, Cast Speed, Shock Magnitude and Ailment Magnitude.

Mix your Crit Hit Chance modifiers with your damage modifiers until you find good deals or the perfect jewels.

Cheap Anoint - Barbaric Strength

SPIRIT INFORMATION - Use a Runeforged Flowing Raiment base type to get Implicit Runic Ward Regen and Decent Amoutn of Energy Shield to convert to Runic Ward through Runeforging. Modified spirit on Prefix is need to make it easy for enough spirit gems.