Godfall’s endgame is not for the faint of heart; whether it’s climbing the floors of the Ascended Tower, Dreamstones, or Lightbringer, players will want to have the right combination of gear, accessories, augments, and banners to not get utterly destroyed by enemies.Godfallhas a large selection of Valorplates available that can hold their own in any of the game’s content.
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Still, like all games, efficiency is the most viable way, and only select Valorplates with the right builds can make a real difference when facing the empowered enemies and bosses Godfall’s endgame throws at players. Godfall’s community makes up of a lot of different players who play in different ways. What may work for some may not work for others, so here is a collection of strong and fun-to-play builds in Godfall.
Aeigishorn: Unkillable Juggernaut
Aeigishorn’s play style is centralized around taking less damage while dishing out massive amounts of damage for overhealth retention. While Aegishorn excels at supporting the party as a tank, it can also be one of the most devastating DPS in the game. While this build for Aegishorn does focus on survivability, it brings together the ability to crit for massive damage while inflicting Ailments and gaining overhealth.
With the correct stats and weapon combo, Aegishorn should heal from every hit it makes contact with, and when weapon skills are triggered should release devastating damage to all nearby enemies, one-shoting most of them and setting bosses and elite bosses up for takedowns.
The Weapons
The best weapons for this build are to pair Dual Blades with a Longsword; players should grind for the following weapons and gear, focusing on critical chance and looking out for primal versions of the available accessories.
Last Victory - Dual Blades - Legendary
Primary Skill: Heal you and your allies every time you inflict an Ailment, weapon techniques inflict Ailments.
Note
Primary damage dealer, used for filling overhealth bar and weapon techniques.
Sincerity- Longsword- Epic
Primary Skill: Gain a percentage of Archon charge when defeating an Ailment afflicted enemy, Weapon Techniques inflict Ailments.
Accessories
Amulet of the Betrayer - Amulet - Legendary
Primary Skill: If you would be reduced to 0 health, stay at 1 health instead and become invincible for 7 seconds.
Beetle Talisman - Charm - Legendary
Primary Skill: Unleash a shockwave that deals 25 % of damage dealt whenever an Ailment is consumed.
Heavenly Reversal - Ring - Legendary
Primary Skill: Timing attacks costs Ailments, deals a percentage more damage to enemies.
Mark of the Red Armorer - Ring - Legendary
Primary Skill: Lifestone recovery is applied as overhealth instead of health. +100% overhealth gained.
Primary Skill: Increased critical hit chance and critical hit damage
Plague Pennant - Banner - Legendary
Primary Skill: Increased Ailment power, increased damage for every ailment inflicted on the enemy.
Players should focus on Ailment power and Ailment Duration
The main Shardrequired for this buildis Way of the Shell
Way of the Shell
Primary skill: Increased weapon technique damage when having over a certain percentage of overhealth.
Hinterclaw: Crit Claw
Hinterclaw is a Valorplate that focuses on critical chance and damage increase. This build is highly functional in endgame content, pairing massive damage with a splash of survivability to protect against being one shot. Hinterclaw complements this build with its base bonuses to Crit and its archon abilities.
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Players should focus on weapon technique damage secondary to critical chance and critical damage onweapons and accessories; the weapons best suited for this build are Longswords and Greatswords. The damage provided by this build is instrumental in melting bosses from all forms of content, from Dreamstones to Lightbringer. This build stat distribution should focus on might with around sixty percent critical chance and over three-hundred percent critical hit damage.
Sword of Dominance - Longsword - Legendary
Primary skill: Gain the Blessing of Luck whenever you inflict an Ailment. Polarity attacks inflict Ailments. Primary skill 2: Whenever you inflict Bleed, shoot up to two projectiles that physically damage enemies. Weapon techniques inflict Ailments.
Bramble - Greatsword - Legendary
Primary skill: On a critical hit, gain a mortal strike charge that grants +15% critical hit damage (max of 8 charges) lose all charges on non-critical hit.
Lion’s Talisman - Charm -Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you perform a critical hit, gain increased weapon technique charge and greatly increased charge speed for ten seconds.
Scorpion Ring - Ring - Legendary
Primary skill: gain the blessing of power whenever you defeat a marked enemy
Eye of the Dragon - Ring -Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you defeat an ailment-inflicted enemy, gain overhealth and a higher percentage of overhealth retention. Weapon techniques inflict ailments.
Mark of the Duelist - Amulet - Legendary
Primary skill: Restores 98% of health after a critical hit
Increased critical chance and greatly increased critical damage.
Archon’s Tear - Lifestone - Legendary
Primary skill: Increased critical hit chance and greatly increased critical hit damage.
Augments
Bulwark: Bloodforge
Bulwark stands alongside the top Valorplates for endgame content; its tanky kit along with ailment-focused abilities make him a master of destruction. When equipped with the proper build, his full potential is realized, and he becomes a force to be reckoned with. This build focuses on utilizing the innate bleed effects Bulwark can inflict and pairs it withweaponsthat complement and improve upon inflicting Ailments and Ailment damage.
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The damage provided by maximizingbleed Ailmentdamage turns boss health bars into dust, and a room full of adds into nothing but an afterthought. While the tools needed for this build can be a bit of a grind, it takes little effort to make it work once obtained. Along with the items needed for this build, players should focus on critical hit chance and damage modifiers for secondary effects.
Sword of Courage - Longsword -Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you inflict bleed on an enemy, shoot out up to two projectiles that inflict heavy physical damage to enemies, weapon techniques inflict Ailments.
Essential for the build; amplifies, and makes inflicting bleed more consistent for damage output.
Primary skill: Gain the greater blessing of luck when you inflict bleed. Primary skill 2: Whenever you inflict bleed, Shoot out two projectiles that inflict heavy physical damage to enemies.
Methra’s star - Amulet - Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you inflict bleed, gain increased weapon technique charge and greatly increased weapon technique charge speed. Primary skill 2: Apply the mark of fragility whenever you inflict an ailment, shield attacks inflict ailments.Note- Essential to the build to maximize damage, can be substituted with the Lions Talisman.
Earthbinder’s Crest - Charm - legendary
Primary skill: Greatly increased breach damage if you have more vitality than any other attribute.
Dusk Lord’s Signet - Ring - Legendary
Primary skill: Expose enemies' weak points whenever you inflict an Ailment, weapon techniques inflict Ailments.
Weird Ring - Ring - Legendary
Primary skill: 100% of your breach damage also increases your damage to boss monsters.Note- interchangeable with players' needs and personal play style, can be substituted.
Archon’s Tear - Lifestone - legendary
Primary skill: increased critical hit chance and increased critical hit damage.
Mesa’s Banderole - Banner - Legendary
Mesa: Plague Spreader
Mesa shines as a support member of a team, somewhat in the role of an assassin Valorplate; she gets in, does damage and inflictsAilments, and gets out. However, with the right combination of gear made available in recent updates, Mesa can be a ravaged that strips enemies of their health without even touching them.
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This buildfor mesa focuses and amplifies her ability to inflictpoison Ailments. Additionally, this build can strip enemy defenses and shred their life bars to nothing with heavy damage ticks and refreshing of poison procks while it spreads to other enemies. Mesa is an incredibly fun Valorplate to play, and while she is usually a great support in a team, this build allows her to stand on her own in all forms ofGodfall’s endgame content.
Mountianbound Breaker - Warhammer - Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you soul shatter an enemy, they explode and deal heavy earth damage to nearby enemies.
God Beast Ichor - Charm Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you defeat a poisoned enemy, the poison spreads to nearby enemies.Note- essential and base for the entire build to amplify Ailment prock and maximize enemies affected.
Reliquary of the Bear - Amulet -Legendary
Primary skill: Increase soul shatter buildup if your augment usage is ten lower than your augment capacity.
Eye of the Dragon - Ring - Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you defeat an Ailment afflicted enemy, gain a large amount of overhealth and overhealth retention. Weapon techniques inflict Ailments.
Dusk Lords Signet - Ring - Legendary
Primary skill: Expose enemy weak points whenever you inflict an Ailment, weapon techniques inflict Ailments.
Primary skill: Increased critical hit chance and increased critical hit damage.
Armistice: Cataclysm
Armistice is a fun and viable Valorplate in most endgame content; he specializes in Breach damage which allows enemies to become vulnerable to special attacks and by use ofinner focus. With this build, players will be able to dish out incredible amounts of damage and one-shot most enemies andbosses.
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This build focuses on using Armistices' archon fury and pairs it with high damaging weapons like longswords and warhammers, and even shield attacks to hit enemies when their weak points are exposed. This build is very viable for players as it doesn’t require a lot of grinding for gear and is very straightforward; hit everything in front of you and turn it into dust.
Seethe - Longsword - Legendary
Primary skill: Gain the greater blessing of luck when inflicting an Ailment,polarity attacksinflict Ailments.
weapon
effect
Vordreifra - Warhammer - Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you soul shatter an enemy, unleash a shockwave that deals heavy physical damage in an area in front of you and deal additional breach damage.
Amulet of the Exarchs - Amulet - Legendary
Methra’s Star - Charm - Legendary
Primary skill: Whenever you perform a critical hit, gain increased weapon technique charge and greatly increased weapon technique charge speed. Primary skill 2: Apply the mark of fragility whenever you inflict an Ailment, shield attacks inflict Ailments
Primary skill: Expose enemy weak points whenever you inflict an Ailment, weapon techniques inflict Ailments.Note- Essential for the entire build as weak points greatly increase the amount of damage that can be done.
Godfallis available on Playstation 4, Playstation 5, and PC via Steam
