Best Primalist Build (2.0) – Last Epoch Leveling

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If you want to blast through the campaign and feel like nature's wrath in bear form, this is the build for you. It’s fast, tanky, and turns the battlefield into a tornado playground.

Main Gameplay Plan for Primalist Build in Season 2.0

• Start with Swipe and Summon Thorn Totem to handle early game.

• At level 10, switch to Tempest Strike for more damage.

• As soon as Tornado unlocks, make the change — this is your bread and butter for the rest of the game.

• Eventually, you’ll spec into Unending Storm inside the Werebear Form tree — now your Tornado casts while you rampage around like a storming bear.

• Use Warcry off cooldown for buffs.

• Rotate between Werebear Form and Human Form during boss fights to unload max damage.

Stat Priorities

Offensive:

• Chance to Ignite, Bleed, and Poison (early game)

• Increased Cast Speed

• Cooldown Recovery Speed (after level 35)

• Strength (boosts armor + spell power in Werebear)

• Increased Spell and Lightning Damage

• Tornado and Tempest Strike skill level

Defensive:

• Health > Health Regen

• Physical Resistance (priority)

• Endurance and Vitality

• Frailty, Slow, and Chill Chance

• Dodge or Armour (whatever you get more of)

Gearing Step by Step

Starting Setup:

• Focus on Health and Physical Resistance

• Get a Staff with Bleed or Ignite Chance

• Look for Silver Rings (movement speed) and a Jade Amulet (boosts damage)

Early Setup:

• Use Avarice Gloves + Living Seed for leech

• Equip Noble Sash for more mana and better Tempest Strike

• Farm quests that give early passive points:

  • Evacuation – Last Refuge

  • Ezra’s Ledger – Ezra’s Library (also drops Avarice)

  • Upper District – more passives

Intermediate Setup:

• Prioritize Copper Amulet for flat spell damage

• Start chasing Idol slots from quests:

  • Ancient Hunt, Corrupted Lake, The Sapphire Tablet (idol + passive rewards)

• Stack Cast Speed and Spell Damage

• Make use of Opal Rings once available (level 52) for Cooldown Recovery

Final Setup:

• Core gear pieces: Kolheim Armor, Bone Amulet, Spidersilk Sash, Solarum Greaves

• Focus on Tornado damage and staying in Werebear Form

• Key side quests:

  • Heoborean Cure and Liberating the Nomads (for final idol slots)

Unique Priorities

If you're lucky, grab:

• Rune of Ascendance – try it on boots for early Unique

• Keep an eye out for any gear with Cooldown Recovery, Spell Damage, or Cast Speed

Key Tips

• Press C to check your level, and Tab to view area levels — stay within 5 levels of the zone

• You don’t need every item drop — filter for good affixes and base types

• At level 40+, buy gear from towns is no longer reliable — start relying on drops and crafting

• Craft Health, Vitality, and Resistances using Rune of Shattering or Rune of Removal

• Your weapons matter a ton — keep upgrading them often

• Once you reach Chapter 7 and complete key quests, jump into Monolith of Fate

What’s Next

After finishing the campaign, move into Empowered Monoliths, farm Dungeons, and dive deeper into the loot grind. You’ll be a fully storm-fueled werebear with a thirst for bigger challenges.

Final advice? Don’t forget to maul responsibly.

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