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Best DPS Builds (Update 1.2.1)

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New World - Best DPS Builds.

This is a guide on the best DPS builds in New World. Read on to see the recommended stats, skills, armor, and playstyle guides of the best and latest DPS builds for PVE and PVP as of Update 1.2.1!

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DPS Endgame Builds

Hatchet / Great Axe Self-Sustain Build

New World - Hatchet / Great Axe Self-Sustain Build

Build Purpose
PvE
Strengths Weaknesses
・Solid DPS
・High Survivability
・Ideal for soloing
・Both weapons uses the same Attribute
・Great Axe swings are very slow
・Weak early on due to the abscence of Defy Death

Build Stats and Skills

Stat Priority Strength → Constitution
Strength
125
Dexterity
5
Intelligence
5
Focus
5
Constitution
75

Stats obtained through armor are not accounted for in this table.

1st Weapon 2nd Weapon
Hatchet ImageHatchet Great Axe ImageGreat Axe
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Best Perks and Equipment

Perks and Equipment Stats
PerksBest Perks
Weapon Icon Stats: Soldier
(Strength)
Shield Icon Type: None
Stats: -
Headwear Icon Weight: Heavy
Stats: Soldier
(Strength)
Torso Icon Weight: Heavy
Stats: Soldier
(Strength)
Gloves Weight: Heavy
Stats: Soldier
(Strength)
Leggings Weight: Heavy
Stats: Soldier
(Strength)
Boots Weight: Heavy
Stats: Soldier
(Strength)

Build Playstyle

This build is recommended for players who just want to go in and fight their opponents. Both weapons scale off of Strength, which makes it easier to allocate your stats and maximize the damage output.

This build is good for taking down single targets and groups of enemies. On top of the insane damage you can do to your enemies, the self-sustain of Hatchet's Berserk, coupled with its Defy Death and the life steal you get from Great Axe's Reap. This makes it hard for you to die even if you charge headlong towards groups of enemies.

It's also easy to level these weapons up, as most of the time, you'll be pulling large mobs towards you using Great Axe's Maelstrom and Gravity well. If you're starting out with this build, make sure to ease on the aggression until you get Defy Death later on. Otherwise, you will die quickly pulling mobs if you aren't very careful.

Void Gauntlet / Ice Gauntlet CC Build

Void Gauntlet & Ice Gauntlet CC

Build Purpose
General (PvP & PvE)
Strengths Weaknesses
・Both weapons scale off Intelligence
・High Burst Damage
・Lots of CC and AoE
・Requires good mana management
・Requires proper set-up for combos
・Squishy

Build Stats and Skills

Stat Priority Intelligence → Constitution
Strength
5
Dexterity
5
Intelligence
165
Focus
5
Constitution
35

Stats obtained through armor are not accounted for in this table.

1st Weapon 2nd Weapon
Void Gauntlet ImageVoid Gauntlet Ice Gauntlet ImageIce Gauntlet
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Best Perks and Equipment

Perks and Equipment Stats
PerksBest Perks
Weapon Icon Stats: Scholar
(Intelligence)
Shield Icon Type: None
Stats: -
Headwear Icon Weight: Light
Stats: Scholar
(Intelligence)
Torso Icon Weight: Light
Stats: Scholar
(Intelligence)
Gloves Weight: Light
Stats: Scholar
(Intelligence)
Leggings Weight: Light
Stats: Scholar
(Intelligence)
Boots Weight: Light
Stats: Scholar
(Intelligence)

Build Playstyle

This build uses the ice and void gauntlets to inflict crowd control effects and deal heavy damage to opponents. Void Gauntlet will be your primary weapon against your opponents. Orb of Decay is a powerful tool against enemies as it is an AoE attack that can also explode using the Detonating Orb perk.

If you hit an opponent and detonated it correctly afterward, it can acquire two stacks of Void Essence, which can potentially reset all your skills. Successfully landing a Petrifying Scream at your opponent will disable their movement and make it easier to land your combo. Applying Baleful Tether prior will also help maximize the DPS to delete a chunk of their health or kill them outright.

Then we use the Ice Gauntlet mainly as a support weapon as It can fill your mana back, place down AoE to slow opponents, and inflict DoT and crowd control effects to your opponents. This makes it easier for you to land your Void Gauntlet skills, making it an ideal support weapon to pair it up with.

DPS Starter Builds

AoE Axe Duo Build

New World - AoE Axe Duo Build

Build Purpose
PvE
Stat Priority
Strength → Constitution
Strengths Weaknesses
・Good against multiple mobs
・High Damage output
・Can be easily swarmed by enemies if not prepared
・Limited movement options

Build Skills

1st Weapon 2nd Weapon
Great Axe ImageGreat Axe Hatchet ImageHatchet
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Best Perks and Equipment

Perks and Equipment Stats
PerksBest Perks
Weapon Icon Stats: Barbarian
(Strength → Constitution)
Shield Icon Type: None
Stats: -
Headwear Icon Weight: Heavy
Stats: Barbarian
(Strength → Constitution)
Torso Icon Weight: Heavy
Stats: Barbarian
(Strength → Constitution)
Gloves Weight: Heavy
Stats: Barbarian
(Strength → Constitution)
Leggings Weight: Heavy
Stats: Barbarian
(Strength → Constitution)
Boots Weight: Heavy
Stats: Barbarian
(Strength → Constitution)

Build Playstyle

This is a semi-tank DPS build that specializes in inflicting AoE damage. It is a good starter build for PvE that lets you grind your way to end-game by allowing you to deal with hordes of enemies without much trouble.

You start by luring all the enemies you can see around you by using the Hatchet's throw attack perk with the Berserk buff active. Once you've caught all their attention, switch to your Great Axe and use Maelstrom to keep them in one place. After which, cut them all down using your Whirlwind with Reap to finish them off.

Musket / Rapier Build

New World - Musket / Rapier Build

Build Purpose
PvE
Stat Priority
Dexterity
Strengths Weaknesses
・Good amount of DPS.
・Very good with
・Uses ammo that you have to buy/craft.
・Very squishy.

Build Skills

1st Weapon 2nd Weapon
Musket ImageMusket Rapier ImageRapier
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Best Perks and Equipment

Perks and Equipment Stats
PerksBest Perks
Weapon Icon Stats: Ranger
(Dexterity)
Shield Icon Type: None
Stats: -
Headwear Icon Weight: Medium
Stats: Ranger
(Dexterity)
Torso Icon Weight: Medium
Stats:Ranger
(Dexterity)
Gloves Weight: Medium
Stats: Ranger
(Dexterity)
Leggings Weight: Medium
Stats: Ranger
(Dexterity)
Boots Weight: Medium
Stats: Ranger
(Dexterity)

Build Playstyle

A Musket build that aims to maximize the damage using the Shooter's Stance. Powder Burn is a better DPS skill compared to Power Shot. It provides some nice bonus to our damage while our enemies are burning via Backdraft. Back it Up helps with kiting, and Weakened Defense is great for enemies using shields.

Use Sticky Bomb to engage your enemies, then apply DPS following it up with a Fleche execute. While the Bleed extension is wasted on the Rapier setup, we are still able to get a steady counterattack combo via Flurry and Riposte. The Finalize stagger also makes finishing the fight with Fleche much easier.

For the Rapier, we focus on utilizing Fleche's cooldown resets since we initially deal damage from afar and we let enemies approach us for the execute once they're in melee combat. Lure with high burst from the Musket then kill!

Rapier / Gauntlet Bleed Build

New World - Rapier and Ice Gauntlet Combo

Build Purpose
PvP
Stat Priority
Dexterity → Intelligence
Strengths Weaknesses
・Perfect for annoying people
・High Survivability
・Low Damage Output
・Enemies with high constitution are harder to kill

Build Skills

1st Weapon 2nd Weapon
Rapier ImageRapier Ice Gauntlet ImageIce Gauntlet
Active Skills
Passive Skills

Best Perks and Equipment

Perks and Equipment Stats
PerksBest Perks
Weapon Icon Stats:Trickster
(Dexterity → Intelligence)
Shield Icon Type: None
Stats: -
Headwear Icon Weight: Light
Stats: Trickster
(Dexterity → Intelligence)
Torso Icon Weight: Light
Stats: Trickster
(Dexterity → Intelligence)
Gloves Weight: Light
Stats: Trickster
(Dexterity → Intelligence)
Leggings Weight: Light
Stats: Trickster
(Dexterity → Intelligence)
Boots Weight: Light
Stats: Trickster
(Dexterity → Intelligence)

Build Playstyle

This build mainly focuses on applying DoT to your enemies using Rapier's bleed while using the Ice Gauntlet to stall for time.

We make use of Rapier's Tondo to inflict bleed to your opponent while using the Ice Gauntlet's Ice Storm and Ice Pylon to slow their advances. Rapier's Evade and Riposte will make it harder for the opponent to attack you and Ice Gauntlet's Entombed makes sure that you have a constant supply of mana and protection against attacks.

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Best PVE and PVP Weapon Builds
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Fire Staff BuildsFire Staff Life Staff BuildsLife Staff Ice Gauntlet BuildsIce Gauntlet Void Gauntlet BuildsVoid Gauntlet

Comment

2 Anonymousabout 3 years

Whoops! Yes, that's right — the second one is supposed to be Backdraft. Our Musket/Rapier table should be displaying the correct skills now. Thank you very much for pointing this out! :)

1 Tzorukabout 3 years

For the Musket / Rapier, you've put 2 times critical reload (instead of 1 backdraft i guess ?)

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