Last Epoch: Season 2 Class Tier List

Last Epoch has five distinct classes to choose from, each with three Masteries that you unlock shortly into the campaign, granting new skills, passives, and build options. Last Epoch's skill tree system allows for infinite customization, as you can make almost any skill your main one, and more often than not, get through the campaign with whatever you choose.

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Last Epoch has tons of viable builds and playstyles to choose from, but some are definitely better than others. Below, we'll take a look at how each of Last Epoch's Classes and Masteries stack up against one another.

Last Epoch Class Tier List

Almost every Class Mastery in Last Epoch has more than one viable build, with some focusing more on speedfarming Echoes, where others are more concerned with fighting bosses like Uber Aberroth. This tier list will take every build into consideration, so that classes in S-Tier are the strongest in multiple content categories, while classes in lower tiers may be better in one than another.

This tier list is based on the balance of the game as of Season 2, so things may change in the future.

Tier

Class Mastery

S

Void Knight, Falconer, Beastmaster

A

Necromancer, Paladin, Marksman, Spellblade, Lich

B

Shaman, Druid, Warlock, Forge Guard

C

Sorcerer, Runemaster, Bladedancer

S-Tier Classes

Classes in this tier have either multiple strong builds, or a single, extremely strong build that sets it apart from other classes.

Class

Reasoning

Void Knight

Has several strong builds for Corruption and bosses, the strongest of which being the Erasing Strike build that has no problem clearing everything the game has to offer.

Falconer

Has two strong builds (Ballista and Umbral Blades) that perform extremely well in all types of content, and a few other builds that are almost as strong for even more variety.

Beastmaster

Storm Crows Beastmaster is incredibly strong for both boss fights and high Corruption, but several other decently strong builds are available.

A-Tier Classes

These Masteries are still very strong, but have less overall stand-out builds than those in S-Tier, or specialize more in one type of content than being proficient at them all.

Class

Reasoning

Necromancer

The Necromancer's Abomination-focused build is very strong in most content types, but doesn't have many other top-tier builds.

Paladin

Thanks to the Sentinel updates in Season 2, the Paladin has several strong builds, so it has a variety of playstyle options, but it's just ever so slightly outclassed by the Void Knight.

Marksman

The newly introduced Heartseeker skill offers a powerful build option for the Marksman, but other Marksman builds don't perform quite as well, keeping it just out of S-Tier.

Spellblade

The Spellblade's Shatterstrike build is great for boss fights and decent in high Corruption, but

Lich

The Lich's Stygian Coal build is very strong for all types of content, but it's the only thing keeping it out of a lower tier due to a lack of powerful alternatives.

Forge Guard

Has a number of powerful builds that aren't necessarily as strong as the Void Knight or Paladin, but this Mastery's build diversity more than makes up for it.

B-Tier Classes

Classes in this tier are similar to those in A-Tier, but are either outclassed by Masteries of the same class, or are only strong in one type of content.

Class

Reasoning

Shaman

The Shaman's two most popular builds, Tornados and Totems, are decently powerful, but not as strong as other options, even within the Primalist class.

Druid

The Druid's one popular build, Lightning Swarmblade, is decent for high Corruption and bosses, but the Mastery doesn't have many other builds going for it.

Warlock

Similar to Druid, the Warlock's Torment build is very strong for speedclears, but struggles in other content where the Acolyte's other Masteries do not.

C-Tier Classes

These classes are primarily concerned with quickly clearing Empowered Monoliths, but don't necessarily do well in high Corruption or boss-fighting content.

Class

Reasoning

Sorcerer

Limited number of good builds, with its strongest ones only really being good at speed clears.

Runemaster

In a similar position as Sorcerer; doesn't have any strong builds for high Corruption or boss fights.

Bladedancer

Very good for speed farming low corruption Monoliths, but is outclassed by Falconer, even with builds with a similar playstyle like Umbral Blades.

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