The Veil Best Builds: Hybrid Meta for PvE and PvP

How hybrids work

Own two or more classes and pick each slot (dash, aura, ability) from a different one. You lose the primary bonus, which matters most for Gladiator (40% rage damage as a primary, 25% as a hybrid) and Crusader (+5% healing). Unlock steps for every class are on the classes page; the ranking behind these picks is on the tier list.

PvE meta

Jozu’s tester friend, who solos any boss, gave the PvE loadout on September 7: Duskwing dash for mobility, Crusader aura (a heal on C), and Crusader ability for resistance or Florist ability for extra damage. Crusader alone is the S-tier PvE class; Florist’s flower burst adds damage on bosses that stand still.

Weapons: Pot Guy’s three carry from early game to mega bosses. Willow Lantern (Wraiths, 1/50) and Nimbus Rod (Angry Nimbus in rain, 1/25) are summon weapons that work for any class; Morning Wake auto-targets and burns. Shadowbeam Staff is the strongest cast weapon obtainable before any boss. Full stat lines are on the weapons page.

Accessories: Magma Stone (Smelter Demon guaranteed, Imp 1/50, Cambion 1/25) gives every attack a chance to burn; Necronomical Scroll (Necromancer, 1/150) adds two summons; Fabled Crown (Crown Goblin, 1/30) buffs Nimbus Rod, Willow Lantern and the party.

PvP meta

The same tester’s PvP list: Hive Disciple and Cultist are S, Gladiator, Duskwing, Marauder and Sky Sentinel are A, Crusader is B (countered by bleed), Florist is C. The hybrid: Marauder Flash Step or Duskwing dash, Hive Disciple grab (Shadow Grasp) as a combo starter that spreads Rot, and Gladiator rage aura. Vanishing Gambit from Marauder teleports you behind the target for a free combo.

Good Game Gaming’s sanity kit targets the green bar instead of 150-plus HP prestige players: Duskwing counter into the Cultist domain (15 sanity every 3 seconds plus a stun), a Gloomhook poke (20 slashes, 1 sanity each) and Blacklash (20 to 25 sanity). At night the target is already draining. He one-shot a full-HP player with it in daylight.

Pot Guy’s late-game melee kit: Rampaging Red Cage (+10% universal damage, +10% crit, stacks +5% per hit within 0.8 seconds up to five) on Armageddon, plus the Evasion Scarf.

Summoner builds

Sky Sentinel gives +1 summon slot; with Willow Lantern, Nimbus Rod and the class aura Deepshaken had 18 summons up at once. Gemhead is the race (+10% summon damage, more summon life). The developers told creators in release week that summoners will be nerfed, and the Imp Staff was already capped at two summons, so treat this as a farming build rather than a permanent meta. Summons also fail to give boss credit if they do too much of the work: you need 20% contribution on the Unfinished.

Mage builds

Goblin or Underling for cast damage, Shadowbeam Staff early, Spectre late: Good Game Gaming cleared the Cell of Life with a Spectre-based ranged build at about 50 DPS. The Magic Mastery Oath from Thunder in the blue mushroom area unlocks legendary magic weapons; see mastery oaths and accessories.