Vengeance

Midnight — APL Optimization Report

Updated 2026-03-02

Top Builds

Aldrachi Reaver
Brand + Vuln + SC (Apex 4)
93,401 weighted
Patchwerk 1T 51,339Dungeon Slice 53,969Patchwerk 5T 155,151Patchwerk 10T 261,700
Annihilator
Brand + Vuln (Apex 4)
155,193 weighted
Patchwerk 1T 64,041Dungeon Slice 73,430Patchwerk 5T 291,340Patchwerk 10T 511,576

Hero Tree Comparison

By Scenario

Best build DPS per hero tree at each target count.

Patchwerk 1T
51,339
65,400
+27.4%
Dungeon Slice
54,932
73,430
+33.7%
Patchwerk 5T
155,151
291,340
+87.8%
Patchwerk 10T
262,559
511,576
+94.8%
Weighted
93,401
155,193
+66.2%
AR Aldrachi ReaverAnni Annihilator

Apex Scaling

Average weighted DPS change by apex rank per hero tree, relative to each tree's rank 0 baseline.

0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45% Rank 0Rank 1Rank 2Rank 3Rank 4 83,473 (+0.0%)83,878 (+0.5%)91,583 (+9.7%)89,864 (+7.7%)91,460 (+9.6%)105,839 (+0.0%)112,891 (+6.7%)124,564 (+17.7%)121,575 (+14.9%)148,911 (+40.7%)
AR Aldrachi ReaverAnni Annihilator

Build Rankings

Build Tree Patchwerk 1T Dungeon Slice Patchwerk 5T Patchwerk 10T Weighted Weighted DPS combines all scenarios into a single score.

Patchwerk 1T 60% · Dungeon Slice 10% · Patchwerk 5T 20% · Patchwerk 10T 10%
Brand + Vuln (Apex 4) Anni 64,04173,430TOP291,340TOP511,576TOP 155,193TOP
Brand + Vuln + SC (Apex 4) Anni 65,400TOP72,239287,545498,929 153,866
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 4) Anni 59,47267,711275,675478,440 145,433
Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 4) Anni 62,97371,596260,217441,644 141,151
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 2) Anni 52,13167,792231,735404,608 124,866
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev + SC (Apex 2) Anni 52,25167,255229,284403,299 124,263
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 3) Anni 51,84767,650229,008400,055 123,680
Full Build (Apex 1) Anni 52,08565,984228,717397,620 123,355
Brand + Vuln (Apex 3) Anni 51,63167,251223,373392,943 121,673
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 3) Anni 49,65565,421222,060386,238 119,371
Brand + Vuln (Apex 1) Anni 50,08464,204217,113374,393 117,333
Full Build Anni 49,30163,698213,893371,590 115,888
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 1) Anni 44,74359,812206,910360,724 110,281
Brand + Vuln Anni 47,49262,038202,443350,503 110,238
Brand + Fel Dev Anni 42,27457,308192,653336,949 103,321
Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 1) Anni 47,74659,077178,517303,345 100,593
Vuln + Fel Dev Anni 45,21257,095165,015280,705 93,910
Brand + Vuln + SC (Apex 4) AR 51,33953,969155,151261,700 93,401
Brand + Vuln (Apex 4) AR 50,64154,266152,051261,379 92,359
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev + SC (Apex 2) AR 49,61852,778154,595262,559 92,224
Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 4) AR 50,70754,932151,538256,365 91,862
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 2) AR 48,81652,242150,881262,528 90,943
Brand + Vuln (Apex 3) AR 49,44652,711150,742257,908 90,878
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 3) AR 49,11052,313149,948257,995 90,486
Full Build (Apex 1) AR 47,89751,000151,457254,668 89,596
Full Build AR 48,07351,916150,600252,793 89,435
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 3) AR 47,10450,899146,764255,217 88,227
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 4) AR 45,37151,641151,058256,220 88,220
BA + Untethered Rage + Focused Cleave #10 AR 47,07350,492139,859243,480 85,613
Brand + Vuln (Apex 1) AR 47,05350,475142,533236,105 85,396
Brand + Vuln AR 46,89350,229142,185234,616 85,057
Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 1) AR 44,85248,620132,722220,554 80,373
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 1) AR 40,92446,787137,793233,546 80,146
Vuln + Fel Dev AR 44,50448,330131,670219,643 79,834
Brand + Fel Dev AR 40,63046,495136,387232,608 79,566

Gear Profile

Head Devouring Reavers Intake Enduring Heliotrope
Shoulders Devouring Reavers Exhaustplates Flight of the Eagle
Chest Maledict Vest Mark of the Worldsoul
Wrists Void Skinned Bracers
Hands Devouring Reavers Essence Grips
Waist Rootwalker Harness
Legs Devouring Reavers Pistons Forest Hunter's Armor Kit
Feet World Tree Rootwraps Farstrider's HuntEmbellishment
Neck Ribbon Of Coiled Malice 2x Enduring Heliotrope
Back Draconic Nullcape
Ring 1 Signet Of The Starved Beast 2x Enduring HeliotropeEyes of the Eagle
Ring 2 Occlusion Of Void 2x Enduring HeliotropeEyes of the Eagle
Trinket 1 Void Execution Mandate
Trinket 2 Umbral Plume
Main Hand Grim Harvest Gloves Berserker's Rage
Off Hand Everforged Longsword Berserker's RageDarkmoon Sigil Hunt
Flask Flask Of The Magisters 2Potion Lights Potential 2Food Silvermoon ParadeAugment Void TouchedOils Thalassian Phoenix Oil 2 / Thalassian Phoenix Oil 2

Trinket Rankings

Trinket Scaling by Item Level

Weighted DPS per trinket at each upgrade track (top of track ilvl). Sorted by Myth (289) performance.

Upgrade TrackAdventurer 237Veteran 250Champion 263Hero 276Myth 289
1
Gaze of the Alnseer passive
180,099
best
2
Light Company Guidon on-useagi
178,435
-0.9%
3
Void Execution Mandate passiveagi
178,238
-1.0%
4
Radiant Plume passiveagi
177,139
-1.6%
5
Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
176,537
-2.0%
More trinkets (19)
6
Heart of Wind passiveagi
175,867
-2.3%
7
Solarflare Prism passiveagi
175,102
-2.8%
8
Resonant Bellowstone passiveagi
174,403
-3.2%
9
Latch's Crooked Hook on-useagi
173,831
-3.5%
10
Sapling of the Dawnroot passiveagi
173,256
-3.8%
11
Ranger-Captain's Iridescent Insignia
173,218
-3.8%
12
Undreamt God's Oozing Vestige passiveagi
172,858
-4.0%
13
Eye of the Drowning Void passiveagi
172,530
-4.2%
14
Forgotten Farstrider's Insignia passiveagi
172,080
-4.5%
15
Vaelgor's Final Stare
172,062
-4.5%
16
Kroluk's Warbanner passiveagi
171,975
-4.5%
17
The Eternal Egg passiveagi
171,563
-4.7%
18
Volatile Void Suffuser passive
169,310
-6.0%
19
Heart of Ancient Hunger
168,826
-6.3%
20
Gloom-Spattered Dreadscale on-use
168,558
-6.4%
21
Sealed Chaos Urn
168,136
-6.6%
22
Umbral Plume passiveagi
167,279
-7.1%
23
Shadow of the Empyrean Requiem
166,685
-7.4%
24
Wraps of Cosmic Madness
165,008
-8.4%

Embellishment Rankings

DPS gain from embellishment combinations (2-slot budget). Bars show gain vs no-embellishment baseline. Delta shown vs same crafted gear without embellishments.

1
Sigil Hunt + World Tree Rootwraps
180,550
best
2
Arcanoweave Lining + World Tree Rootwraps
180,415
+2.4%
3
Devouring Banding + World Tree Rootwraps
180,139
+2.2%
4
World Tree Rootwraps + Loa Worshiper's Band
179,507
+1.8%
5
Sigil Hunt + Sigil Void
179,313
+1.7%
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No Embellishment (Crafted Base)
176,263
baseline
More embellishments (10)
1
Sigil Hunt + Devouring Banding
179,126
+1.6%
2
Sigil Hunt + Arcanoweave Lining
179,108
+1.6%
3
Sigil Hunt + Prismatic Focusing Iris
178,853
+1.5%
4
Sigil Hunt + Sunfire Silk Lining
178,806
+1.4%
5
Sigil Hunt + Primal Spore Binding
178,650
+1.4%
6
Sigil Hunt + Sigil Blood
178,621
+1.3%
7
Sigil Hunt + Loa Worshiper's Band
178,588
+1.3%
8
Sigil Hunt + Sigil Rot
178,448
+1.2%
9
Double Devouring Banding
178,427
+1.2%
10
Devouring Banding + Loa Worshiper's Band
177,874
+0.9%

Talent Impact

Defensive Talent Costs

DPS cost of taking each defensive talent (averaged across hero trees, vs Brand + Vuln (Apex 4)).

AvgAnniAR
Void Reaver
-7.94% -11.47%-4.41%
Last Resort
-8.03% -12.25%-3.81%
Calcified Spikes
-8.06% -11.49%-4.63%
Soul Barrier
-9.29% -11.56%-7.02%
Roaring Fire
-9.93% -13.55%-6.31%
Feast of Souls
-9.94% -13.60%-6.27%
Revel in Pain
-9.99% -13.56%-6.42%
Sigil of Chains
-10.00% -13.61%-6.38%
Sigil of Silence
-10.06% -13.71%-6.42%
Painbringer
-11.64% -15.66%-7.62%
Feed the Demon
-11.92% -15.74%-8.11%
Soulmonger
-13.71% -17.84%-9.58%
Ruinous Bulwark
-14.86% -17.25%-12.47%