This comprehensive list contains our best and updated Avowed Builds for all classes, companions, and the best party combinations.

The following guide is a comprehensive listing of our best created builds for all classes, companions, and multiple playstyles for Avowed. Furthermore, our builds have been created after countless hours of playtesting and build crafting to provide the best possible setups. These are works in progress, with continuous updating as new gear is discovered or skill points earned. Furthermore, we’ll be continue to work on build crafting should there be any updates or content patches to the game from the developers at Obsidian Entertainment.
Best Avowed Builds
What makes a good build in Avowed is a combination of its impact on combat, roleplay, exploration, and overall enjoyment. Since players have different preferences, we’ve outlined the strengths and weaknesses of each class and build. With so many ways to approach the game, we recommend checking out our top 10 builds or tier list for performance-focused suggestions.
Each Avowed build guide provides everything you need to create powerful characters, whether you’re new to the world of Eora or a seasoned player. In these guides, we cover playstyle, attributes, abilities, passives, and gear to help you grasp the class’s strengths and weaknesses, ensuring you can optimize your build for its full potential.
Each Avowed build includes the following:
- Features and Mechanics
- Background Choices
- Attribute Points
- Weapon Choices
- Skill, Abilities, and Passives
- Leveling Progression
- Companions
- Gear
- Consumables
- Gameplay and Combat Tips
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Builds – All Classes, Companions, and Playstyles
Unleash your character’s full potential in Avowed with strategies and insights gained from hours of playtesting and build crafting. We’re working on creating builds for every class, companion, and role in the game, and the list will grow as we develop more. Click on the build you’re interested in to be directed to the detailed guide.
Best Beginner Build

Beginner Build
Our best beginner build for Avowed focuses on providing you with high survivability, extra crafting bonuses, as well as a focus on strong melee combat. Get your Living Lands adventure started off right!
Best Class Builds

Fighter Build
The Fighter class in Avowed targets high attributes in Might, Constitution, and Resolve. Additionally, they have a focus on strong melee weapons that can deal damage and defend themselves and allies.

Ranger Build
Ranger build in Avowed involves the strategic selection of abilities, attributes, and equipment to maximize your effectiveness in both ranged and stealth combat.

Wizard Build
The Mage build in Avowed targets attributes in Intellect, Might, and Perception. Furthermore, the Wizard specialized in area-of-effect elemental spells that can clear mobs of enemies in your path.
Best Companion Builds

Kai Companion Build
Kai is an aumaua companion in Avowed, and the first you will meet after finishing the tutorial area. He has a military background and offers fantastic protection in the early game with his tank abilities that draw aggro.

Marius Companion Build
Marius is a a dwarven companion in Avowed, who joins your party as a tracker and scout. He has strong crowd control abilities and passives, providing you with a good mix of damage and support.

Giatta Companion Build
Giatta is an a human animancer companion in Avowed, and you’ll meet her in Emerald Stair. She is a strong support companion, with powerful healing spells and buff abilities.

Yatzli Companion Build
Yatzli is an an orlan wizard companion in Avowed, and she’ll join your party during the main story in Shatterscarp. She has abilities which are a strong mix of damage-dealing and crowd control.
Best Background Builds

Best Arcane Scholar Build
The Arcane Scholar build in Avowed is a high-risk, high-reward playstyle, excelling in ranged magical damage and battlefield control. This build shines in strategic combat, where positioning and spell management are key.

Best Court Augur Build
Our Court Augur build focuses on dealing magic damage with deadly spells and great physical damage with advanced daggers in combat.

Best Noble Scion Build
Our Noble Scion build focuses on dealing massive damage with a one-handed sword, pistol, and Bow for a versatile playstyle with a lot of mobility.

Best Vanguard Scout Build
Our Vanguard Scout build includes Bows as a primary weapon, One-handed Sword as an off-hand weapon, and Dagger as a secondary weapon in Avowed.

Best War Hero Build
Our War Hero build is excellent for players who enjoy being a frontline powerhouse. However, it requires careful stamina management and good positioning.
Best Elemental Builds

Best Fire Build
Our best fire build combines magic and melee to rain flames of destruction down upon your enemies.

Best Frost Build
Freeze your enemies in their tracks with our best frost build, which utilizes ice spells for damage and effective crowd control.

Best Poison Build
Our best Poison build is perfect for players who love sustained damage in long fights, crippling powerful boss monsters.

Best Shock Build
Our Shock build in Avowed delivers high burst damage and stun crowd control for a build that excels in AOE combat.
Best Playstyle Builds

Best Archer Build
Our Archer build in Avowed focuses on powerful ranged attack from stealth. It will require player skill for steady aiming at weak points, but can payoff with huge damage potential.

Best Bleed Build
Our Bleed build in Avowed offers sustained damage and effective crowd control. This makes it advantageous in extended fights and against clusters of foes.

Best Bow Build
The Bow’s long range, weak point damage, and unware damage make it unique. Deal huge burst damage at maximum range with our best Bow build.

Best Critical Build
Our best Critical build is ideal for players who prefer a high-risk, high-reward playstyle.

Best DPS Build
Our best beginner build for Avowed focuses on providing you with high survivability, extra crafting bonuses, as well as a focus on strong melee combat. Get your Living Lands adventure started off right!

Best Gun Build
Our best gun build combines and Arquebus (rifle) and pistols to create a powerful, high damage, gunslinger playstyle.

Best Mage Build
The Mage build in Avowed targets attributes in Intellect, Perception, and Resolve. Furthermore, with passives, gear, and consumables that boost Essence you’ll become an incredibly strong spellcaster.

Best Monk Build
The strength of the Monk build playstyle is you have high movement, it’s unique and fun, and you won’t be super dependent on gear like other builds.

Best Sniper Build
Our Sniper Build in Avowed is a long-range, high-damage playstyle focused on killing enemies before they even try to detect you.

Best Spellblade Build
Our Spellblade build in Avowed is a hybrid build that combines melee combat with magic, making it both versatile and deadly.

Best Stealth Build
Our best stealth build emphasizes burst damage while being hidden. Utilize your special godlike abilities and enhance them with the right weapons and passives for powerful stealth strikes.

Best Stun Build
A Stun build in Avowed revolves around maximizing stun damage to interrupt enemies. This allows you to disable them permanently and set up high-damage follow-up attacks.

Best Tank Build
Our best Tank build in Avowed offers a playstyle centered on absorbing damage and protecting allies.

Best Unarmed Build
Our Unarmed build in Avowed focuses on dealing powerful damage with magic and punches based on the Iron Fists passive.
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