Compare Revisions

11 The Pyromancer is one of the four officially showcased Fatekeeper builds. The core idea is sustained area pressure: fast casts, multiple projectiles per cast, and ricochet to fill rooms with fire. Skill-tree investment is concentrated in the fire branch and the spell-alteration branch.
22  
33 Core Skill-Tree Picks
44  
55  
6-[object Object],[object Object]Cast speed and damage.[object Object],[object Object]Multi-projectile, ricochet, additional cast speed.Defensive crossover. A few points in melee or leecher to survive when enemies close.
6+Fire Magic branch. Cast speed and damage.Spell Alteration branch. Multi-projectile, ricochet, additional cast speed.Defensive crossover. A few points in melee or leecher to survive when enemies close.
77  
88 Recommended Loadout
99  
1010 SlotPickWeapon Set 1StaffWeapon Set 2Backup melee, e.g. sword or daggerArmorLight to medium for cast speed and dodge mobility.RelicAny relic that buffs fire damage or projectile count.ConsumablesFire vials for the slot-2 melee, fire handbombs for crowds.
1111 Combat Pattern
1212  
1313 Open with a multi-projectile fire cast at range.Ricochet kicks in around corners and tight rooms; the same cast hits multiple enemies.Throw a fire handbomb when enemies cluster.Swap to slot-2 melee for stragglers; the vial coating extends the fire theme into close range.Use telekinesis to control distance when an enemy closes.
1414  
1515 Strengths
1616  
1717 High sustained area damage.Strong crowd clear thanks to multi-projectile and ricochet.Builds well into a hybrid alchemist if the player wants more burst.
1818  
1919 Weaknesses
2020  
2121 Limited single-target burst against bosses with high health and few add waves.Vulnerable in tight corridors where ricochet rebounds can be chaotic.Punished by enemies that resist fire; carry a backup non-fire damage source.
2222  
2323 Dev-Blog Build Description
2424  
2525 The 2026-04-08 skill-tree dev material describes the Pyromancer in a single sentence that captures the build identity: "The next build is a full-on pyromancer. It focuses on cast speed and fire damage, while also multiplying fired projectiles and allowing them to ricochet off surfaces." Cast speed, fire damage, multi-projectile, and ricochet are the four properties that define the build, and each lives in a specific skill-tree branch.
2626  
2727 Branch Allocation
2828  
2929 PropertyBranchRoleFire damageFire MagicRaw damage scaling on every fire cast.Cast speedSpell AlterationFaster projectile spam, more sustained DPS.Multi-projectileSpell AlterationSingle cast becomes a volley of two or more projectiles.RicochetSpell AlterationProjectiles bounce off surfaces, broadening kill zones in tight rooms.Defensive crossoverMelee or leecher branchFew points for survivability when enemies close.
3030  
3131 Build Identity
3232  
3333 The Pyromancer is one of four officially showcased builds. The dev blog lists it between Ice Shatter (blunt-weapon caster hybrid) and the Dagger Skirmisher (fast-melee skirmisher). Among the four, the Pyromancer is the cleanest pure-caster identity: nearly all skill points go to fire-and-alteration, with melee reduced to an emergency answer.
3434  
3535 Hybrid Crossover
3636  
3737 The dev blog's closing line on builds is direct about hybrids: "There are also many synergies between item effects and other game systems (such as crafting), which we may explore in more detail in a future post." A Pyromancer who also leans into the Consumable Alchemist branch gets a second damage source: fire handbombs for opening encounters and fire vials for the slot-2 melee. That hybrid is what the dev blog hints at.
3838  
3939 Strengths And Weaknesses Recap
4040  
4141 Strengths: high sustained area damage; strong crowd clear thanks to multi-projectile and ricochet; builds well into a hybrid alchemist. Weaknesses: limited single-target burst against bosses with high health and few add waves; vulnerable in tight corridors where ricochet rebounds can be chaotic; punished by enemies that resist fire.
4242  
4343 Loadout Reminder
4444  
4545 Slot 1: staff for spell focus. Slot 2: backup melee, typically a sword or a dagger for emergency self-defense. Armor: light to medium for cast speed and dodge mobility. Relic: any relic that buffs fire damage or projectile count. Consumables: fire vials for the slot-2 melee, fire handbombs for crowds.