Unlocking the tier bonuses increases the radius of the cone. When used with Charges the cone has a longer distance. If you hit an enemy dead on, they can take 4 or 5 hits instantly. Usually, it is just more damage or less mana cost, but sometimes it is more interesting and can synergize with other skills.įlame Hammer – The Engineer slams the ground with the initial hit and trails of fire branch out to do more damage. Every 5 points invested in an active skill adds a special bonus to the skill. These are only for active skills, not passives. There are a total of 30 skills, so I’ve already unlocked most of them. I unlocked a total of 21 skills this time. Most of the skills I am using are not based on the weapon, so low Strength does not affect me much. Well, my regular attacks don’t do all that much damage, but my skills are doing a lot of damage. On the damage side of things, I am not having any trouble either. Only bosses can really do any damage, and for them I have good damage absorption skills Most regular enemies can barely touch my health pool. This means each level up, I put 3 points in Vitality and 2 in Strength. I am going for a 2:3 Strength and Vitality distribution.

Another one will be a future upgrade when Lorzate meets the requirements. I didn’t have very good luck early on with items, but eventually started getting some uniques. Many of the Engineer’s skills are not based on weapon damage they can become powerful just with lots of skill points in them. I am staying alive with ease and still doing pretty good damage. So far my tank strategy seems to be working. That was enough to unlock the majority of the skills.

Lorzate finished Act 1 and got to level 21.

Torchlight 2 max level