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Garren Rood Magick Spirit Build

Overview
Focused: PvE
Strengths
  • Great Single Target DPS
  • Fun to Play
  • Easy to Play
Weaknesses
  • Low Mobility
  • Low AoE Damage

Overview

This Garren RoodGarren Rood build is focuses on boosting damage with SpiritSpirit and leaning into the mage playstyle where you can take out groups of enemies with ease from afar while the Garren RoodGarren Rood abilities are perfect for Crow controlling enemies and dictating whatever range of engagement you want to keep.


Virtues

Spirit
Primary
Spirit
Courage
Secondary
Courage

Eventhough Garren RoodGarren Rood skills mostly scale with CourageCourage, it doesn't mean that SpiritSpirit cannot be used to boost damage as it is more than enough to deal high damage thanks to the use of OdiacOdiac.


Skills

Garren Rood skillbar
Skillbar title
Garren Rood
Garren Rood
Garren Rood
Garren Rood

TormentTorment – A very strong single-target attack that can instantly kill most enemies. If it doesn’t, it still inflicts heavy damage and stuns the target long enough for you to finish them off if they survive the first cast. It also fully restores your HP, making it essential for self-healing, making it easier to survive.

BehestBehest – A powerful debuff that blinds enemies and lowers their defenses, making them easier to kill. Use it after you’ve gathered enemies together.

StampedeStampede – A large-area attack that works as an area of denial. Stags appear and charge into enemies, dealing continuous damage within the area every time a stag hits an enemy (they can also hit weakpoints).


Garren Rood Upgrades

Garren Rood tree
Herdheart
1
Herdheart
Iridis' Favour
5
Node lvl
Node lvl
Node lvl
Iridis' Favour
Saphene's Gift
4
Saphene's Gift
Mora's Pride
Mora's Pride
Everbound
6
Node lvl
Node lvl
Node lvl
Everbound
Righteous
2
Righteous
Akin
3
Node lvl
Akin
Rooted
7
Node lvl
Rooted
Wingspan
Wingspan
Voided
Voided
Sympathy
Sympathy

Since both HerdheartHerdheart and RighteousRighteous will likely be changed after Prelude 10, it’s not worth upgrading them right now. Instead, put your upgrades into EverboundEverbound and Iridis' FavourIridis' Favour to increase your Spirit and Max HP. AkinAkin, on the other hand, is great for reducing all your ability cooldowns.


Equipment

Bascinet of Mendicant
Bascinet of Mendicant
Lycansteel Cuirass
Lycansteel Cuirass
Bloody Sabatons
Bloody Sabatons
Sproutfolk Seed
Sproutfolk Seed
Odiac
Odiac
Gildaur
Gildaur
Dundrous
Dundrous
Spade-A-Breast
Spade-A-Breast
Unsula
Unsula
Verite
Verite
Dundrous
Dundrous
Spade-A-Breast
Spade-A-Breast
Garren Rood
Garren Rood
Crae
Crae
Oronic
Oronic
Palamanian
Palamanian

Joineries

Make sure to use a "Blessed by Iridis" Joinary if you find one, if not, don't bother reforging unless you at least have a Polished variant of the Joinery. Keep in mind that whenever you add one to a weapon, this will return the weapon to level 1 and it will have to be leveled again.


Magick Upgrades

Short Blade tree
Mirrorspell
1
Mirrorspell
Spectre Strike
Spectre Strike
Jolted
Jolted
Warding Ways
Warding Ways
Misdirection
Misdirection
Helm Gong
3
Helm Gong
Headlong
4
Headlong
Unhindered
5
Unhindered
Grounded
2
Grounded
Scry
6
Scry
Smite
7
Node lvl
Smite
Coupled Charge
Coupled Charge
With the developers mentioning possible changes to the weapon progression trees, this suggested investment path represents the requirements for the build to do well for its intended uses. Any other node unlocks can be a nice bonus but not required.


Short Blade Upgrades

Short Blade tree
Smite
1
Node lvl
Node lvl
Smite
Riposte
2
Riposte
Swift Parry
4
Swift Parry
Vaunt
3
Node lvl
Node lvl
Vaunt
Perfect Throw
5
Perfect Throw
Pointed Greeting
6
Node lvl
Node lvl
Pointed Greeting
Hollow Hilt
Hollow Hilt
Oiled Scabbard
Oiled Scabbard
Momentum
Momentum
Spectre Strike
Spectre Strike
Affright
Affright
Misdirection
Misdirection
With the developers mentioning possible changes to the weapon progression trees, this suggested investment path represents the requirements for the build to do well for its intended uses. Any other node unlocks can be a nice bonus but not required.


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