Vengeance

Midnight — APL Optimization Report

Updated 2026-02-24

Top Builds

Aldrachi Reaver
Brand + Vuln + SC (Apex 4)
108,925 weighted
Patchwerk 1T 55,116DRoute 43,974Patchwerk 5T 156,678Patchwerk 10T 255,712
Annihilator
Brand + Vuln (Apex 4)
187,949 weighted
Patchwerk 1T 67,953DRoute 48,015Patchwerk 5T 293,263Patchwerk 10T 512,347

Hero Tree Comparison

By Scenario

Best build DPS per hero tree at each target count.

Patchwerk 1T
55,116
69,395
+25.9%
DRoute
43,974
48,015
+9.2%
Patchwerk 5T
156,678
293,263
+87.2%
Patchwerk 10T
261,586
512,347
+95.9%
Weighted
108,925
187,949
+72.5%
AR Aldrachi ReaverAnni Annihilator

Apex Scaling

Weighted DPS gain by apex rank (best build per hero tree), relative to each tree's rank 0 baseline.

0%10%20%30%40%50% Rank 0Rank 1Rank 2Rank 3Rank 4 104,910 (+0.0%)105,542 (+0.6%)107,879 (+2.8%)106,525 (+1.5%)108,925 (+3.8%)136,345 (+0.0%)146,407 (+7.4%)147,796 (+8.4%)147,027 (+7.8%)187,949 (+37.8%)
AR Aldrachi ReaverAnni Annihilator

Build Rankings

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

Patchwerk 1T 45% · DRoute 15% · Patchwerk 5T 25% · Patchwerk 10T 15%
Brand + Vuln (Apex 4) Anni 67,95348,015TOP293,263TOP512,347TOP 187,949TOP
Brand + Vuln + SC (Apex 4) Anni 69,395TOP47,893289,828494,807 185,090
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 4) Anni 63,34845,436278,331478,481 176,677
Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 4) Anni 66,71446,722260,976436,679 167,775
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 2) Anni 55,03946,926228,356392,672 147,796
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev + SC (Apex 2) Anni 55,29646,350226,435392,713 147,351
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 3) Anni 54,88247,080227,386389,477 147,027
Full Build (Apex 1) Anni 54,95345,743226,412388,091 146,407
Brand + Vuln (Apex 3) Anni 54,54246,148220,219382,446 143,888
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 3) Anni 52,73345,634219,002376,703 141,831
Brand + Vuln (Apex 1) Anni 52,91945,044214,721364,392 138,909
Full Build Anni 52,04445,073209,548358,518 136,345
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 1) Anni 47,64042,624204,719351,871 131,792
Brand + Vuln Anni 50,19744,354199,101339,860 129,996
Brand + Fel Dev Anni 45,00641,901189,479325,847 122,785
Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 1) Anni 50,47242,686176,372294,295 117,353
Vuln + Fel Dev Anni 47,78641,831163,021272,108 109,350
Brand + Vuln + SC (Apex 4) AR 55,11643,974156,678255,712 108,925
Brand + Vuln (Apex 4) AR 54,47343,698153,743261,586 108,741
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev + SC (Apex 2) AR 53,15143,485155,388257,273 107,879
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 2) AR 52,41643,189152,873261,218 107,467
Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 4) AR 54,55842,840153,041253,290 107,231
Brand + Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 3) AR 52,78543,200151,217256,586 106,525
Brand + Vuln (Apex 3) AR 53,03643,627151,175251,111 105,871
Full Build (Apex 1) AR 51,46242,911152,481252,178 105,542
Full Build AR 51,62543,208152,045247,906 104,910
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 4) AR 49,09842,120152,299254,354 104,640
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 3) AR 50,89142,610148,139253,829 104,402
BA + Untethered Rage + Focused Cleave #10 AR 50,83440,801141,600242,520 100,773
Brand + Vuln (Apex 1) AR 50,55042,713143,413229,989 99,506
Brand + Vuln AR 50,42142,677143,305229,584 99,355
Brand + Fel Dev (Apex 1) AR 44,33740,363138,819229,698 95,166
Brand + Fel Dev AR 44,08540,309138,293227,381 94,565
Vuln + Fel Dev (Apex 1) AR 48,31040,590134,329218,347 94,162
Vuln + Fel Dev AR 48,00540,406133,520217,195 93,622

Talent Impact

Defensive Talent Costs

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

AvgAnniAR
Calcified Spikes
-8.11% -12.01%-4.21%
Last Resort
-8.12% -12.85%-3.38%
Void Reaver
-8.18% -12.18%-4.18%
Soul Barrier
-9.37% -11.98%-6.76%
Sigil of Chains
-9.98% -14.13%-5.82%
Roaring Fire
-9.98% -14.12%-5.84%
Sigil of Silence
-9.99% -14.16%-5.82%
Revel in Pain
-10.01% -14.27%-5.74%
Feast of Souls
-10.07% -14.19%-5.94%
Feed the Demon
-11.83% -16.20%-7.47%
Painbringer
-12.16% -16.70%-7.62%
Soulmonger
-14.35% -18.92%-9.78%
Ruinous Bulwark
-14.37% -17.49%-11.25%