Hey, starting this ladder a bit late, which warlock build should i be playing?

If at all possible my choice would be echoing strike though im not sure how good it is after changes to warlock.

Will be doing p8 chaos runs and tz farming.

according to maxroll i should be going either fire or echoing strike, are the maxroll builds ok to follow specifically the mf versions?

maxroll guides are slop content. i think it's abyss lock, or magic as llama calls it.

taint lock

Taint
Bow
Fire

If u don’t have enigma tainted is best followed by fire

This post was edited by ahyp on Jun 28 2026 12:38pm

taint lock sounds interesting, can you guys link a guide guide where i can find more info on it? also bow lock sounds like it could be good will google as well

Just bind a lancer and make your tainted really strong

id say fire is better if going for an economy build. don't even need gcs or enigma. throw on hysteria armor,, a self crafted ammy and rare rings either gambled or from ormus, non-rotw fire sunder, flickering flame on self, and a random insight to self wield and you are good to go. The most expensive item for this build is really any random diabolos book and cta. infinity does help loads though, but pretty sure you could get by with enough -fire res from items and maybe a plague a5 merc if you really needed some more -res.

This post was edited by Gilgameshed on Jun 28 2026 01:45pm

Yea a sunder and flickering flame go a long way
You can just play naked playing tainted tho

I thought tainted needed a whole gc inventory and enigma to be worthwhile?

it’s strong even with no gear