Shamans tear through enemies like a tornado, striking like lightning and with the crushing weight of a landslide.
Unleash the beast with this minion-focused Primalist subclass.
You’ll also be stacking external sources of damage rather than stacking buffs when encountering a boss.
Attacks withTempest Strike will be more than sufficient to deal with most enemies.
Once you encounter a boss, throw down Storm Totem and a Tornado to stack damage over time.
What makes the Shaman a fun class is just how mobile it can be.
The two combined allow you to flip around the map leaving lighting and tornados wherever you go.
Summon Storm Crows will eventually become your traversal skill, whileSummon Storm Totem and Tornado are your stacking damagesources.
Don’t be afraid to despecialize a skillonce a better one becomes available.
For that reason, you canspecialize in Gathering Storm and Summon Thorn Totem in the very early game.
This will cut Tempest Strike’s mana cost in half, which we’ll further reduce withWarm Shelter.
This removes the cold spell attack from Tempest Strike but also increases its attack speed.
Picking upResurgence of the Landfinally makes Tempest Strike into a net gain of mana every time you use it.
This will synergize with your Tornado skills, too!
Start withShocking Display, then two points intoThundering Strike, and then unlockSky Passage.
Now your Storm Crow’s Crowstorm ability will teleport you wherever you activate it.
You’ll then want to grabExpansive Pulseand then two points intoThunderous Blastto improve Crowstorm’s damage and cooldown.
Start off unlockingJuggernaut, thenBerserker,Brutality, andFury Strikes.
Energized Chargekeeps that haste around longer and makes Warcry cost less mana.
You’ll be casting this spell on cooldownto keep your haste up and to keep enemies stunned.
We don’t really need anymore attack speed, so just one point into Storm Dervish should be sufficient.
Finish the right side off withGust of Renewalbefore we move onto the left side.
Summon Storm Totem
Alongside Tornado will be Storm Totem to improve this build’s stacking damage further.
your Storm Crows).
Those three are the most important passives.
Or you might put points into the Primalist tree nodes Elder Branch andAncestral Weaponry.
These are some of the fiercest bosses you’ll face in the labyrinths of the Last Epoch.
When youre out hunting for drops, here are theaffixes you should keep an eye out for.
For more on how to craft items in Last Epoch, check outour crafting guide here.
Attunement is your primary attributethat increases the damage dealt by all your skills and also increases your minions health.
It will also increase the damage of your regular Tornado ability.
Look out fordamage leeched as healthas Shamans have very few sources of life leech through skills.
That said, you should especiallylook out for these basic itemsfor crafting purposes.
Only drops later in the game.
Works with Tempest Strike.
Best to use it early in the game when you haven’t unlocked Storm Totem yet.
Jungle Queen’s Chaps of Holding
Exceedingly rare, but a fantastic belt for almost any class.
Advent of the Erased
Incredible movement speed and haste on top of it.
Doesn’t provide stat boosts, but you’ll be so fast you won’t care.
Hazelroot
The great thing about this oak sceptre is that it increases your spell damage per 3 Attunement.
This lets it work well into the mid-game.
Culnivar’s Claim
Massive lightning damage makes this incredible to use with Tempest Strike.
Also provides +1 to skills.
The tips it’s crucial that you survive Last Epoch’s endgame challenges.
Use Crowstorm to traverse the map or to vaporize mobs.
