Last Epoch Season 5 classes guide: all 15 masteries, the three new 1.5 skills, per-class patch changes and Maxroll’s community tier list.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[927],"tags":[],"blog_tag":[],"class_list":["post-7619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-last-epoch"],"acf":{"redactor":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Last Epoch<\/a> Season 5 ‘Rage of the Frostborn’ (patch 1.5, live since 1 October 2026) keeps the same 5 classes and 15 masteries and adds three new skills to existing masteries. This guide lists every mastery by class, explains the new skills, summarises what the 1.5 notes changed per class, and separates the developer’s changes from Maxroll’s community tier list. The 1.5 patch notes do not provide a developer build ranking, so the ranking half of the decision is community opinion.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" TL;DR<\/p>\n Two separate answers exist, and they should not be blended: what the developer changed, and what a community site currently rates. Neither is a damage measurement.<\/p>\n The official Season 5 patch notes<\/a> describe mechanical changes such as percentages, node reworks and point costs, each tied to a specific skill or passive named in the notes. They do not rank builds. Per-class details are in the sections below, so you can read the changes for the mastery you already like and judge from there.<\/p>\n This is community opinion, dated. Maxroll’s Endgame Tier List for Season 5<\/a> was last updated on 5 October 2026 for ‘Season 5, Week 1’, and it weighs damage, defense, speed, gear requirements and ease of play using each build’s Endgame Planner Setup. The S tier on that list includes Shadow Cascade Bladedancer, Static Orb Sorcerer, Rip Blood and Flay Mana Lich, Void Knight (Time Rot, Erasing Strike, Warpath), Flame Reave Spellblade, Lightning Blast Runemaster, Ballista Falconer, Tornado Shaman, Storm Crows and Frogs Beastmaster, and Blood Spectre and Skeleton Necromancer.<\/p>\n Radiant Lance Paladin sits in A tier, not S, alongside builds such as Bladestorm Bladedancer, Fire Aura Spellblade and Shuriken Marksman. The list had a pre-patch version dated 28 September and a Season 5 Week 1 revision dated 5 October. A revision alone does not establish which placements changed.<\/p>\n Tip<\/p>\n Maxroll keeps a separate Speed Farming Tier List<\/a>, also updated 5 October 2026., with different criteria (overall speed, AoE clear, staying fast at high Corruption). Do not read it as the same ranking as the endgame list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Each class has three masteries, listed on the official class pages<\/a>. Season 5 adds skills to existing masteries rather than adding a new one.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Class"},{"header_text":"Mastery 1"},{"header_text":"Mastery 2"},{"header_text":"Mastery 3"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Acolyte"},{"cell_text":"Necromancer"},{"cell_text":"Lich"},{"cell_text":"Warlock "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Mage"},{"cell_text":"Sorcerer"},{"cell_text":"Spellblade"},{"cell_text":"Runemaster "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Primalist"},{"cell_text":"Shaman"},{"cell_text":"Druid"},{"cell_text":"Beastmaster "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Rogue"},{"cell_text":"Bladedancer"},{"cell_text":"Marksman"},{"cell_text":"Falconer "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Sentinel"},{"cell_text":"Paladin"},{"cell_text":"Void Knight"},{"cell_text":"Forge Guard "}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"The Three New Mastery Skills in 1.5","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":7620,"caption":"Official screenshot from Last Epoch","alt":"Last Epoch official screenshot"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" The developer’s Hype Week Day 3 post introduced Radiant Lance for Paladin, Summon Tide Elemental for Shaman and Dreamslash for Bladedancer, and says each is a final mastery skill or an added offensive option. The details below come from the official Steam post<\/a> and the patch notes.<\/p>\n It unlocks once you spend 15 points in the Paladin passive tree, per the official 1.5 patch notes<\/a>. The official Hype Week post confirms it requires a shield and scales its damage with your uncapped block chance, similar to Shield Bash, though the exact percentage per point isn’t stated in the official text we checked. 1.5 also moved all block-chance-scaling effects to uncapped block chance, so scaling continues past 100%. Nodes named in the Steam post: Cloudless Sky removes the shield requirement and swaps block scaling for mana scaling; Golden Reliquary places an invulnerable Reliquary that casts it for you, starting at a maximum of 1 and increasable through attunement; Abyssal Heresy is a Void conversion aimed at Void Knights.<\/p>\n It is a stand-alone minion that can fight with or without other minions. Its summon duration is not stated in the Hype Week Day 3 post. Named nodes include Tidal Totem (turns the elemental into a totem), Seahenge, Water Spout, Whirlpools and Wellspring, an aura giving cold spell damage and cast speed to allies within 18 meters. It unlocks at 30 points in the Shaman passive tree, per the official 1.5 patch notes.<\/p>\n It is a low-cost, spammable melee attack with movement, and shadows perform it too, per the official Steam post. The official patch notes also list a minimum mana cost of 1, and Nightmare Steel swaps the dash for a damage wave that still counts as a melee attack. The Steam post names Narcolepsy (Dream stacks, more damage but random targets) and Apocalyptic Vision (fire and ignite conversion). It unlocks at 10 points in the Bladedancer passive tree, per the official 1.5 patch notes.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What 1.5 Changed for Each Class","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Items marked “listed, not re-read” appear in the 1.5 notes but were not checked line by line for this guide, so numbers beyond those stated are unverified.<\/p>\n Warning<\/p>\n Per the official 1.5 patch notes<\/a>, Symbols of Hope is now locked to Paladin and unlocks at 35 Paladin points (from 15). That affects Forge Guard players who used it. One Forge Guard build guide on Last Epoch Tools<\/a> reports using Manifest Armor instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Hotfixes 1.5.0.1 to 1.5.1.2: Class Balance Status","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" As of 6 October 2026, the hotfix notes list no class skill balance changes. Patch 1.5 went live on 1 October at 11:00 CDT, hotfixes 1.5.0.1, 1.5.1 and 1.5.1.1 followed on 2 and 3 October, and 1.5.1.2 arrived on 5 October. Hotfix 1.5.1.2 is bug fixes only, such as dungeon-key retries and removing Yrun from Monoliths and the Gauntlet of Strife. Patch 1.5.1 did also rework the Circle of Fortune’s Lens of Tyranny and open Pinnacle Morditas to Legacy and Offline characters, which is not class balance. A Dreamslash fix in 1.5.1 concerned a hitbox issue with Yrun, not damage numbers.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"How to Choose Your Starting Mastery for Season 5","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n Our Take<\/p>\n Choose by what you enjoy playing; the evidence for a “best” class is thin so far.<\/p>\n The developer publishes no rankings or damage numbers, and Maxroll’s list is a Week 1 community snapshot that was already revised once. The three new skills offer new build options. Maxroll places Radiant Lance Paladin in A tier; that placement does not assess Tide Elemental or Dreamslash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"steps","intro":"Follow this sequence to get it done fast.","steps":[{"title":"Pick a mastery you want to play","description":"use the class table above to shortlist one or two of the 15. ","image":""},{"title":"Read its section in the official patch notes","description":"open the 1.5 patch notes and look for your skills. ","image":""},{"title":"Check any cross-mastery dependency","description":"for example, Symbols of Hope now sits behind Paladin points. ","image":""},{"title":"Compare with the dated Maxroll list","description":"open the Endgame Tier List and note its 5 October 2026 update date. ","image":""},{"title":"Check the unlock cost of any new skill","description":"the 1.5 patch notes list Radiant Lance at 15 Paladin points, Dreamslash at 10 Bladedancer points and Tide Elemental at 30 Shaman points. ","image":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" This table separates what the studio has confirmed and what is not confirmed yet. Each claim below is tied to the post and the game version it describes.<\/p>\n\n
Layer 1: what the official 1.5 notes changed<\/h3>\n
Layer 2: what the community rates (Maxroll, 5 October 2026)<\/h3>\n
Radiant Lance (Paladin)<\/h3>\n
Summon Tide Elemental (Shaman)<\/h3>\n
Dreamslash (Bladedancer)<\/h3>\n
Acolyte<\/h3>\n
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Mage<\/h3>\n
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Primalist<\/h3>\n
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Rogue<\/h3>\n
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Sentinel<\/h3>\n
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Sources and Confidence<\/h2>\n
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\n \nClaim<\/th>\n Where it comes from<\/th>\n Status<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Class and skill changes in the 1.5 patch notes<\/td>\n Eleventh Hour Games, lastepoch.com patch notes page<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Radiant Lance, Tide Elemental and Dreamslash node descriptions<\/td>\n Steam Community (official announcements), Hype Week Day 3, 23 Sept 2026<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Endgame tier placements, updated 5 October 2026 (Season 5, Week 1)<\/td>\n Maxroll Endgame Tier List<\/a><\/td>\n Community-reported; primary source not verified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Radiant Lance unlocks at 15 Paladin points; Tide Elemental at 30 Shaman points; Dreamslash at 10 Bladedancer points<\/td>\n official 1.5 patch notes<\/a> (New Skills)<\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Symbols of Hope is Paladin-only, unlocks at 35 Paladin points<\/td>\n official 1.5 patch notes<\/a> (Sentinel)<\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Hotfixes 1.5.0.1 to 1.5.1.2 contain no class skill balance changes<\/td>\n Eleventh Hour Games on Steam: 1.5.0.1<\/a>, 1.5.1<\/a>, 1.5.1.1<\/a>, 1.5.1.2<\/a> (2\u20135 October 2026)<\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq","items":[{"question":"Did Season 5 add a new class or mastery?","answer":"No. There are still 5 classes with 3 masteries each, and the three new skills belong to existing masteries. "},{"question":"What are the new skills in Last Epoch 1.5?","answer":"Radiant Lance for Paladin, Summon Tide Elemental for Shaman and Dreamslash for Bladedancer. "},{"question":"Is there an official tier list?","answer":"No. Eleventh Hour Games publishes no tier list, damage numbers or play-rate statistics in the 1.5 patch notes. Maxroll's list, updated 5 October 2026, is community opinion. "},{"question":"Is Radiant Lance S tier?","answer":"On Maxroll's Endgame Tier List updated 5 October 2026, Radiant Lance Paladin is in A tier. "},{"question":"Did the hotfixes change class balance?","answer":"The hotfixes through 1.5.1.2 (5 October 2026) listed no class skill balance changes. Patch 1.5.1 did change a faction system, Circle of Fortune's Lens of Tyranny. "}]}],"bottom":[{"acf_fc_layout":"more_articles","heading":"","posts":[],"count":10},{"acf_fc_layout":"chat","heading":""}],"meta_description":"Last Epoch Season 5 classes guide: all 15 masteries, the three new 1.5 skills, per-class patch changes and Maxroll's community tier list."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7622,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7619\/revisions\/7622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7619"},{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=7619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}