Best Enshrouded Battlemage Build

Discover how to create the best Enshrouded Battlemage Build with a guide on the best weapons, skills, consumables, armor, and more!

The Battlemage build in Enshrouded contains a detailed walkthrough of all the components to enjoy the game: weapon choices, attributes, skill selections, gameplay tips, and gear.

Updated November 2024: The Battlemage build has been updated after Patch 4, Version 0.7.4.0. The significant changes are new skills, max level increased to 35, and many more skill points (max of 145). We are in the process of collecting all new gear, weapons, and items, however the skill selection are updated as you progress to the end-game.

Battlemage Build Guide

The Battlemage Build in Enshrouded focuses on highly survivable spellcasters using a combination of weapons and armor. What makes the Battlemage unique is its powerful self-healing, damage reduction, and group play. You won’t be doing as much damage as a Wizard, but you will have great survivability, and it is recommended for newer players.

This Battlemage build will emphasize range combat, crowd control stuns, and passive healing based on intelligence. Our build was created at level 25, currently the maximum level for Enshrouded Early Access. Below is a list of the best Battlemage Build pros and cons in Enshrouded.

Pros	Cons
Incredible Survivability	Lower Damage
Group and Solo Play	Requires Many Weapons
Easy to Play	Armor Can be Confusing

Before progressing with our Best Enshrouded Battlemage Build, your character creation will not impact gameplay. There are no racial passives, ability scores, or attributes to consider. Thus, we advise you to select a character whose appearance resonates with you.

Battlemage Build Features & Mechanics

The following list presents all the features and mechanics for Enshrouded Battlemage Build:

• Primary Attribute: Intelligence
• Secondary Attribute: Constitution
• Primary Weapon: Wand with Shield
• Secondary Weapon: Sword with Shield
• Ranged Weapon: Staff with Firebolt Charge
• Best Armor: Warden and Archmage or Warlock
• Best Skills: Water Aura, Wand Master, Blink, and Eath Aura.
• Best Consumable: Glow Soup Spice, Meat Wrap, and Boiled Eggs.

Weapon Choices

The primary weapon for damage with this build is a Wand. The Battlemage skill line increases damage overall for wands. In addition, wands can be combined with Shields. The Staff will be your ranged weapon with the most damage potential. The downside of the staff is it takes a long charge-up time and cannot be combined with a shield. Ideally, you will unload with a Staff and charges and then swap to a Wand when melee aggressors come close. Additionally, Wands can refill mana with passive skills, so swap when out and simply attack.

The last weapon is a one-handed sword with a shield. This is useful due to the skill Evasion Attack, which lunges forward and acts as a gap closer. A unique combination if using Evasion Attack, then swapping to a blank slot on your bar, and using unarmed attack once you have the Begone! skill. This will charge in, swap quickly, and stun a target with mana. Incredibly useful when playing against high-damage dealers.

Charges

Charges are used as one-time consumable spells used by staff. However, you can obtain eternal charges, which do more damage than base charges. Eternal charges can be obtained through a quest, which gives you Ice Bolt. You can advance your Alchemist progression to unlock more crafting recipes from this point. Additionally, eternal charges will cost more mana and time but will deal more damage. These make a perfect solution to one of the staff’s main issues: non-reusable ammunition. Here are the suggest staff spell charges to use in Enshrouded:

• Eternal Fireball – the best overall damage spell, fire area-based damage spell, higher cast time, and mana than Fireballs 1 and 2.
• Bone Channel – designed for the Hollow dungeon and strong against skeletons inside.
• Eternal Acid Bite – this was nerfed substantially in patch 3 and is now a weaker choice than Fireball.
• Eternal Ice Bolt – The earliest one available to complete the quest is An Eternal Spell, given by the Alchemist and found in the buried tomb.
• Chain Heal – meant for group play, going from player to player, bouncing around vs channeling.
• Heal Channel – is single–target healing in which you can hold the spell down to fill up health. It can also be used for healing yourself.
• Eternal Ice Bolt – The earliest one available to complete the quest is An Eternal Spell, given by the Alchemist and found in the buried tomb.

Resource Orbs

When restoring resources, Enshrouded features a mechanic of spawning orbs. These orbs replenish 10% of respective resources and appear very small on the screen. This Battlemage Build features a passive called Bloodletting, which triggers orbs on critical hits. Thus, you can use your wand or staff and feed resources to yourself or others in multiplayer.

Please note, it appears some patches that the skill bugs out or doesn’t work properly. So, if you kill an enemy with your Wand and they never respawn an orb, its likely a bug.

Survivability and Group Play

Water Aura and Waters of Life are the best overall survivability and group play skills. Combining these two skills with high intelligence will give you passive healing per second. When fully buffed with food and consumables, this Battlemage can reach 21 Intellgence. That will produce 24 healing per second in a massive 15-meter radius. This skill is highly recommended due to its helpfulness in survival, which will eliminate the need for potions almost entirely.

These two skills have been nerfed in two consecutive patches. However, Water Aura and Waters of Life is still strong due to passive healing. However, instead of 60 health per second, you will likely be around 25. This is still beneficial in solo or group play, but you’ll need to use Clean Bandages and healing potions more frequently.

Best Battlemage Attributes & Combat Stats

The most important attribute for the Battlemage is Intelligence due to the scaling of Water Aura passive healing and magic damage. You also want to increase the critical chance to trigger more orbs. When it comes to gear and armor, you gain most of your increases in damage from the head, gloves, and rings. Your weapons typically increase your critical chance in combination with skills.

Constitution is the secondary skill that increases our health. A massive health pool makes the game more forgiving if you make a mistake. Additionally, your Flame Altar level will increase your attribute bonus. This is a priority for improving your Enshrouded Battlemage build power level. 

Skill Selections

In Enshrouded, you earn skill points from leveling and completing Elixir Wells. Based on level range, we have broken down the skill sections and listed the best skills to select at every level for this build. While your skill points totals may change depending on your overall level and Elixir Well completions, save up skill points if you cannot afford one at your current level. Below is what our skill points were at various levels in Enshrouded:

• Level 10 – 36 Skill Points
• Level 20 – 72 Skill Points
• Level 25 – 114 Skill Points
• Level 35 – 145 Skill Points

The maximum level in Enshrouded is 35, with some enemies in further regions being level 35. The general skill selections below are specifically geared towards combat performance. We will list and explain the most critical of all the skills. Moreover, look to the utility skill section if you prefer more utility, crafting, and less combat emphasis. Lastly, you can always respec your skill points with Runes at the Flame Altar, so feel free to experiment. However, the selections below are the best overall for combat power and enjoyment for the best Battlemage build in Enshrouded.

Level 1-10 Skills

The most important part of the Battlemage is getting Water Aura and Wand Mastery during the initial part of the game. This will dramatically increase your survivability, and make the wand do great damage. The wand is helpful because you can quickly block, and it doesn’t require a charge up time like Staff. With the Staff being nerfed recently in Patch 4, this is an even better style for survival. 

Below is a list, in order, of the skills for the Best Battlemage Build for Enshrouded from levels 1 to 10:

Skill	Tree	Description	Cost
Endurance	Survivor	increases your stamina by 10.	1
Runner	Survivor	sprinting speed increased by 10% and stamina consumption decreased by 10%.	2
Double Jump	Survivor	allows jumping a second time while airborne.	4
Intelligence	Healer	increases intelligence by 1.	1
Healer	Healer	health gain from healing spells will be increased by 10%	2
Blink	Healer	Replaces the Dodge Roll Ability With a Short Range teleport.	4
Healer II	Healer	health gain from healing spells will be increased by 20%	2
Intelligence	Healer	increases intelligence by 1.	1
Water Aura	Healer	All players within 15 meters regenerate 1 HP per second for every intelligence.	3
Water of Life	Healer	Regenerate 1 additional health point per intelligence.	2
Intelligence	Battlemage	increases intelligence by 1.	1
Arcane Deflection	Battlemage	On a successful parry, gain 20 mana.	3
Intelligence	Battlemage	increases intelligence by 1.	1
Unity	Battlemage	damaging enemies with wands has a 24% chance to recover 2% mana.	3
Wand Master	Battlemage	30% Chance to spawn an additional wand projectile.	3
Sting	Battlemage	Repeated wand damage is increased by 20%	3

Level 11-20 Skills

Take Begone to punch enemies and stunning them. Make sure you are unarmed, which usually requires a “dead” slot on your bar.

Below is a list, in order, of the skills for the Best Battlemage Build for Enshrouded from levels 11 to 20:

Skill	Tree	Description	Cost
Life Burst	Battlemage	Kill enemy heals based on intelligence.	4
Intelligence	Battlemage	increases intelligence by 1.	1
Life Essence	Battlemage	Increases max health based on intelligence.	4
Exalted	Battlemage	You will gain one intelligence for every two levels of the Flame.	5
Necromancer	Wizard	When killing an enemy with a magic weapon, you have a 10% chance to summon a friendly fire wisp.	3
This is the Way	Wizard	When attacking with a magical weapon all damage is increased by 10%	2
Quick Charge	Wizard	Reduces the time Staff required to charge – up a spell by 50%.	3
Counterstrike	Trickster	After receiving damage there is a 20% chance to inflict 50% of damage to the attacker.	2
Intellgence	Trickster	increases intelligence by 1.	1
Begone!	Trickster	A magic-powered punch that pushes and stuns hit foes. Replace your unarmed attacks if you have the necessary 30 mana.	3
Intellgence	Trickster	increases intelligence by 1.	1
Terror	Trickster	On a critical hit with a spell, the target will be stunned for 4 seconds.	4
Bloodletting	Trickster	Critical hits generate resource orbs.	3

Level 21-25 Skills

The last set of skills we hope over to the Tank tree to increase armor and reduce overall damage. Tower, Warden, Earth Aura and Water Aura makes you a power house and defensive master.

Below is a list, in order, of the skills for the Best Battlemage Build for Enshrouded from levels 21 to 25:

Skill	Tree	Description	Cost
Updraft	Assassin	Pressing the jump button while gliding will give you a small height boost. This skill can be used once per flight and costs 120 mana.	4
Airborne	Assassin	Gliders consume 30% less stamina.	2
Constitution	Tank	Increase Health by 1.	1
Shiny Plates	Tank	Increases Physical Armor 10%.	2
Heavy Plates	Tank	Increases Physical Armor mitgation by 10%	2
Constitution	Tank	Increase Health by 1.	1
Tower	Tank	3 or more enemies within 20m lowers physical damage by 10%	3
Warden	Tank	3 or more enemies within 20m lowers magical damage by 20%	3
Constitution	Tank	Increase Health by 1.	1
Earth Aura	Tank	Reduce Incoming damage by 10%	5
Thick Skin	Tank	You will gain one health for every two levels of the Flame.	5
Absorb	Tank	When you suffere magical damage, 10% to generate 1 mana for HP lost.	3
Emergency Blink	Healer	You can blink while stunned. This will break the stunned state.	2
Endurance	Survivor	increases your stamina by 10.	1
Wanderlust	Survivor	reduces sprinting cost on road.	3
Good Metabolism	Survivor	Increases strength of resource orbs and potions.	3

Level 26-35 Skills

Below is a list, in order, of the skills for the Best Battlemage Build for Enshrouded from levels 26 to 35:

Skill	Tree	Description	Cost
Sweet Tooth	Survivor	increases stamina regeneration of sweets.	3
Dexterity	Survivor	increases your dexterity by 1.	1
Dessert Stomach	Survivor	You can have one additional food slot.	4
Spirit	Wizard	Increases Mana by 20.	1
Iceman	Wizard	increases ice damage by 10%.	2
Subzero	Wizard	increases ice damage by 20%.	3
Frost	Wizard	When getting hit by melee, slows down enemy.	3
Intelligence	Wizard	increases intelligence by 1.	1
Wizard	Wizard	When attacking with a magical weapon your critical hit chance is increased by 10%.	3
Chain Hit	Wizard	on critical hit, shock a second enemy based on your intelligence.	3
Mass Destruction	Wizard	critical attacks shock enemies within 20 meters.	4
Arsonist	Wizard	All fire damage is increased by an additional 10%.	2
Thunder	Wizard	All shock damage is increased by an additional 10%.	2

Best Battlemage Skills Explained

• Water Aura – Best overall skill for survivability with passive healing per second based on your intelligence. Get this early, and the secondary skill is associated with god-tier survival.
• Blink – A critical mobility skill that can be used when stunned. This is helpful to charge in or create space away from enemies.
• Wand Master & Sting – One skill triggers additional attacks while the other increases damage for repeated attacks. These two make a powerful combination for the Wand drastically increasing damage.
• Life Burst – This skill triggers an area-based heal that scales on your max intelligence. Essentially, if you kill enemies with magic weapons, you can trigger 60 health heal to everyone around 15 meters including yourself.
• Tower, Warden, and Earth Aura – These three skills stack damage reduction based on enemies surrounding you. Earth Aura also provides damage reduction in a group, allowing you to soak up damage, and then passively heal with Water Aura.

Utility Skills

Below are recommended utility skills for this Wizard Build if you wish to sacrifice some combat performance:

• Mason (Core) – The pickaxe deals 30% more damage against stone objects, including resource veins.
• Miner (Core) – When you mine resources, you have a 10% chance to get additional resources.
• Lumberjack (Core) – Felling axes do 30% more damage against wooden objects, including trees.
• Relentless Flame (Survivor) – maximum shroud time increased by 5 minutes, allowing you to explore for longer.
• Inner Fires (Survivor) – maximum Shroud time increased by 2 minutes, allowing you to explore for longer.
• Wanderlust (Survivor): stamina consumption for sprinting on dirt roads is reduced from 90% to 80%. Stamina consumption for sprinting on stone roads is reduced from 75% to 50%.

Battlemage Gameplay & Tips

Opening Attack: Your opening attack should be the Staff with eternal charge to provide burst damage. When you run out of mana or enemies close distance, swap to your wand. From this point, use your wand and block incoming attacks.

Survival: After level 10, you should have massive passive healing with Water Aura. Thus, you need to increase your intelligence with food and gear. Also, bring bandages, health regeneration food, and potions for emergencies.

Resources: You sustain resources through magic weapon kills and critical strikes. Your wand skills will return mana on random attacks, which can feed your staff spells. Stamina can be gained through orbs, while health will come from Water aura, health regeneration, and potions.

Progression: This build will start slowly, taking the double jump skill and then water aura. However, you will gain many skills to aid in damage while maintaining powerful survivability. If you feel the start is slow, wait for the double jump and associated skills until level 10.

Best Battlemage Weapons & Armor

For the Battlemage build, use “heavy” or tank gear in your chest, legs. You get no offensive bonuses therefore those are the best places to optimize defensives. Hands and head are where all your damage come from and you want to focus on Wand damage. Use Magic feet if you struggle with survival, or tank gear for better recovery.

Below is a list of the best Battlemage Build Armor and Weapons for Enshrouded:

Slot	Item	Effect
Main Hand Weapon	White Wolf Sword	+27 Shroud Damage
Shield	Ethereal Plane	10% Shroud Resist
Secondary Weapon	Crackling Wand (fire)	+16 Fire Damage
Range Weapon	Root Staff	10% Crit Chance
Head	Elder Armor	13+ Crit Chance
Upper Body	Radiant Paladin Armor	+240 Health
Arms	Warlock Gloves	12% Wand Damage
Lower Body	Radiant Paladin Armor	+90 Health
Feet	Warden Boots	+4 Health & Stam Regen
Ring 1	Ring of the Ancients	+1 all Attributes
Ring 2	Commander’s Ring	+30% mana, +30 health

• White Wolf Sword: Found in the southeast desert area, Elixir Well, near Grim.
• Crackling Wand: Located in a random chest. To get a legendary version, loot chest in later game areas.
• Ethereal Plane: Found in a random chest. You can craft a high-level shield at Blacksmith. Combine with a Wand for more protection.
• Root Staff: Found in chest completing the quest Oasis in Kindlewaste.
• Radiant Paladin Armor: go southeast in Kindlewaste and kill bosses and chest.
• Elder Armor: go southeast in Kindlewaste and kill bosses and chest.
• Archmage or Warlock Set: Craftable via Alchemist with end-game bonuses to staff or wand damage.
• Warden Set: Craftable via Blacksmith with bonuses for survivability and health.
• Commander’s Ring: obtained by killing the Wyvern in the Pike, Northeast on the map. Ring of Rapacity is an alternative located in Willow’s Crush.

Alternative Gear Sets

If you are not at the end game, use the Alchemist Craftsperson to craft Magic gear and the Blacksmith to craft “tank” or survivability gear. We recommend keeping your hands and headpiece a magic-based offensive set. This is where most of the damage buffs come from, while the other pieces increase your health and stats. Here’s what we recommend based on your level:

Set Bonuses

• Level 5 (Fur Armor Set) – A basic form of protection crafted by the Blacksmith. Materials needed to craft are torn cloth, animal fur, string, and metal scraps.
• Level 8 (Alchemist Apprentice Set) – Crafted by Alchemist, and the first set with magic damage bonuses. Materials needed to craft are Bonemeal, Torn Cloth, String, Metal Scraps, and Resin. Use this set for hands and gloves.
• Level 8 (Rising Fighter Set) – Crafted by the Blacksmith, and the first set with survivability bonuses. Materials needed to craft are String, Animal Fur, Resin, and Metal Sheets. Use this set for the upper body, lower body, and feet.
• Level 13 (Mage Set) – High damage set emphasizing Magic damage. Materials needed to craft Amber, Torn Cloth, Indigo Plant, Linen, and Dried Fur. Use this set for hands and gloves.
• Level 13 (Tank Set) – Crafted by the Blacksmith, and a set with survivability bonuses. Materials needed to craft are Linen, Dried Fur, Copper Bar, Charcoal, and Amber. Use this set for the upper body, lower body, and feet.
• Level 18 (Magician Set)– Upgraded magic damage set. Materials needed to craft Line, Mint Mushroom Meat, Torn Cloth, Fossilized Bone, and Leather.
• Level 18 (Guardian Set) – Upgraded tank set from the Blacksmith. Materials needed to craft are Amber, Bronze Bars, Charcoal, Leather, and Linen.
• Level 23 (Archmage or Warlock) – Archmage is best for using staff and charges, while Warlock is good for Wand’s primary damage dealing. Materials needed to craft Fossilized Bone, Padding, Charcoal, Iron Bars, Yellow Fabric, and Lapislazuli.
• Level 23 (Warden): Best tank set from the Blacksmith. Materials needed to craft are Lapislazuli, Padding, Iron Bars, Charcoal, Iron Bars, and leather.

Best Battlemage Consumables

The best Battlemage consumables and food effects for Enshrouded are listed below:

• Meat Wrap (Crafted) – +5 Constitution, and +1 Intelligence.  Materials needed to craft are Water, Red Mushroom, Raw Sand Digger Meat, and Flour. Massive boost to health and small boost to Intelligence.
• Glow Soup Spice (Crafted) – +5 Intelligence, +60 Shroud Protection. Materials needed to craft are Spice, Water, and Azura Russula. Best increase for intelligence.
• Boiled Eggs (Crafted) – +3 Stamina Recharge, +3 Health Regeneration, and +2 Mana Recharge.  Materials needed to craft are Eggs and Water. Helpful for all regenerations.
• Prayer of the Flame Scrolls (Looted) – +20% Magic Damage, +1 minute time in the shroud. Gives a big boost to magic damage and stacks with other consumables.
• Elixir (Looted) – +30% Damage Multiplier, -1 minute in the shroud. This gives additional damage and stacks with Pray of the Flame Scrolls.

Early in the game, look to consumable meat for increased constitution, mushrooms for increased intelligence, and berries for regeneration. Unlock the Farmer and progress her story to unlock better recipes.

Healing

In addition, make sure to carry berries (blueberries or strawberries) for health regeneration, water for stamina regeneration, and bandages for healing. As you advance, you can unlock the Alchemist and craft healing potions. This will help you early with survival, then optimize for damage with consumables.

Battlemage Changes in Patch 4 Enshrouded

Patch #4 introduces the Albaneve Summits area, new quests, and a significant addition: the dual-wield weapon type, accompanied by new gear, enemies, and decorative items for your house. Alongside new skills, the update brings numerous adjustments to existing skill trees and playstyles. Here are the Top 10 Combat Changes in Enshrouded Patch #4:

1. Mage Class:
   • New Skill: Eternal Spark (20% chance to not consume durability).
   • Water Aura: Reworked as a non-stackable buff.
   • Unity Skill: Buffed, increasing mana regeneration to 4%.
   • Blood Magic Exploit Fix: Introduced a 120-second cooldown to prevent infinite mana.
   • Defensive Nerfs: Reduced staff damage contribution by 50% and addressed wand issues.
2. Dual-Wielded Daggers: New dexterity-based melee combat weapon.
3. Warrior Class:
   • New Skills: Opportunity (enhances Merciless Strike and Sneak Attack) and Finesse (reduces durability loss).
   • Two-Handed Weapons: Improved mechanics with varied attack chains and better parrying.
   • Merciless Strike: Increased base damage (+500%).
4. Ranger Class:
   • Daggers: Now available as loot, scaling with dexterity.
   • Dagger Master: Increases dagger damage by 15%.
   • Magic Arrow: Consumes Mana, dealing slightly less damage than regular arrows.
   • Explosive Arrows: Now found in Revelwood, with reduced crafting costs.
5. Multi Shot Skill Upgrades:
   • New Skill: Multi Shot Trigger (all arrows, including special ones, can activate Multi Shot).
   • New Skill: Multi Shot Spread (25% chance to create an additional projectile).
6. Stun Arrow: Reworked.
7. Warrior Special Attacks: Enhanced breach, shockwave, and jump attacks.
8. Ranger Skills: Fixes and adjustments implemented.

This update enriches the game with substantial content and adjustments, particularly for spellcasters and wizards, ensuring a more balanced and engaging gameplay experience.

Build Summary – Best Enshrouded Battlemage

FAQs about the Battlemage Build in Enshrouded

Q1: What is the best weapon for a Battlemage in Enshrouded?

Answer: The Scorching Wand, in addition to a shield and sword for melee is the best combination of weapons for a Battlemage in Enshrouded.

Q2: Is a Battlemage effective in Enshrouded?

Answer: The Battlemage combines the best of offense and defense and is a great choice for solo players looking for something powerful, but survivable.

Q3: What are alternatives for a Battlemage in Enshrouded?

Answer: If you’re playing in a group where you have support keeping you alive, then a Wizard would be a very strong damage-dealing alternative to play as in Enshrouded.

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