Combat plays a significant role in V Rising, and to aid you in that endeavor are the plethora of spells that you can learn, all with their own playstyles. This page will give you an overview of our suggestions for the best spells in V Rising.

Best Spells and Skills¶

We are going to throw our suggestions for the best spells in V Rising by breaking it down into different sections. We have a few we recommend for PvP, PvE, boss fighting, travel and other features of the game. More so, there are abilities that belong to different spell schools that will affect your builds. It’s something to think about.

V Rising has six spell categories, and each will focus on a different task. You’ll start with just a few spells in Vardoran, but upon defeating the various V Blood Carrier Bosses that are scattered all over the land, you’ll usually get Spell Points, with each boss granting a spell point to various schools so you can unlock a spell you want to use. You can read more about the V Rising Bosses, their rewards, and locations in our separate guide.

With the addition of the Gloomrot update, and then the full release, magic did get a overhaul. Gloomrot added unique spell mechanics to each school to help separate identity. Furthermore, the full release gained passives that further enhanced certain aspects of that playstyle. When you pick the spells we’ll be getting to in a moment, keep in mind the passives and the magic school features and how you want to interact with the combat system in the game.

Your loadout will include a Travel Ability, two Basic Abilities and one Ultimate. With that in mind, we have a few suggestions for each slot when we come to determining our choices for the best spells. The best spells we list below also have links to our V Rising interactive map with the rough locations of the bosses you can find.

TOC:

1. Travel Spells
2. Basic Spells
3. Ultimate Spells

Best Travel Spells¶

Your Travel Ability is how you dodge the many incoming attacks you’ll face in V Rising. All of these are useful, but there are some that have more useful effects for the tougher encounters in the game. We’re recommending three that better fit certain boss fights more, or are a better fit for builds.

Veil of Chaos is by far the best Travel Ability in terms of getting around the battlefield. As you progress further into V Rising, you’ll notice that a lot of the bosses have the ability to get across the battlefield quickly or are so large that their attacks cover a wide range. Veil of Chaos allows you to do a second dash after your first, allowing you squeeze a little more distance between you and your foe. On top of that, it’ll also explode, dealing some damage to anyone who happens to be in close proximity to the illusion left behind.

Veil of Frost is another Travel Ability that really shines late on in V Rising. You can deal quite a bit of damage with it, and you also get a frost nova effect to Chill enemies. It makes it very handy for a movement skill you can easily kite foes with, handy for comboing into other spells later. It’s also great for boss add phases, open world fights, and even in PvP to get control on your opponent. If you’re not running some form of defensive spell, then Veil of Frost can be a great option for you.

Veil of Storm is a perfect movement spell if you’re all about comboing enemies with your favorite weapon types. The 20% increased attack speed is huge and you get a nice damage boost alongside Static, for even more damage with your follow up attacks. It’s arguably the best DPS movement spell in V Rising that easily plugs in and plays with almost all builds. Further improving your static damage and chain lightning procs via the Shock passives can make this movement skill even better, even if you’re not playing a Shock focused build. You can check more info on the shock passive via the shock spell list.

Best Basic Spells¶

You get two slots for these, and these are your bread and butter of your loadout in V Rising. There are a lot of really useful spells to select here, many of which are highly situational, so we’ve selected eight spells for a few playstyles, build types, and niches. In some instances we even talk about great gem upgrades you can do for some better explanations. Below is a table with the spells we recommended, with a bit more of a meta analysis with our reasons why below that.

Void is perhaps one of the best CC (crowd control) spells in the game. The ability to place an area down and drag enemies towards it, no matter if they are PvP or PvE enemies is incredible. You can then run any weapon you want or other spell and combo them for a significant damage. It’s easily one of the most reliable forms of setup for comboing anything you want with it, hence its spot on the list. It keeps with lots of Frost spell mechanics, You can make Freeze more reliable than this spell with very certain end game build paths, but, Void for the most part is plug in and play.

If you’re looking for one of the outright best damage basic spells in the game, Ball Lightning can hit up to 450% magic damage, and continue to reapply Static to targets. Static can then proc for more magic damage on your attacks, and even cleave with chain lightning. It’s a perfect spell for nuking groups of enemies, and doing large damage to a single boss type enemy. The downside is you need some setup, which is where things like Void, Chilled or Frozen can come into play.

Corrupted Skull is another Unholy spell making the list. The reason why is because Corrupted Skull is a great way of spawning undead minions, useful for more damage or tanking enemy threats. You also easily apply Condemn for bonus damage, and you get an execute type mechanic when the enemy is low enough. The damage this spell can ramp to can be incredibly strong, especially with it being a tier 1 spell. Further upgrades to its damage or charges can make it even better.

Ward of the Damned is a defensive type spell that makes a case for being on your bar at all times. You can generate a number of skeletons using this spell by timing your defensive right. Moreso, these skeletons apply Condemn, meaning you have a permanent damage buff on your target via minions. Flooding an area with minions means more passive damage, and they can take a hit or two for you, which is handy on all difficulties for PvE content. It’s genuinely really effective for controlling enemies and being a defensive spell at the same time.

Death Knight is a spell that can deal a moderate amount of damage in an area when placed well. However, if you get decent gems for this, you can create skeleton mages with pretty decent magic power scalings. You can essentially get two for one with minions to add up to some nice damage over a long period, alongside more assistance for potential flooding the board with other threats for when you fight adds or bosses, which is why we’re ranking this in our best spells list.

Sanguine Coil is the only standout blood spell on this list, and that’s for a few reasons. The first is you get three charges of it. The amount of charges, fused with its damage, leech and healing potential for yourself and allies is incredibly good for tank builds, or those looking for a cheat code to surviving tough fights. Further gem upgrades can even make it do more damage, grant an extra charge, or increase healing. So, no matter what you’re using it for, know that Sanguine Coil is a fantastic spell in V Rising for tanky or bruiser type playstyles.

Phantom Aegis is an illusion spell we highly recommend running if you’re a supportive player. This spell grants a 200% spell power shield, perfect for those who want to aid their allies with chunky shields. No other spell comes close to the amount of shielding this gives, bar the ultimate spell Iceblock, which does the most shielding in the game. You can also apply Weaken to enemies near your shielded self or ally, which lowers damage output of enemies. So, it’s genuinely a great support spell to use for those wanting that role in the party.

Chaos Barrier A lot about the Chaos tree got nerfed going into the full launch of the game, yet, the Chaos Barrier is still an incredible source of damage. Don’t let its defensive nature fool you, as if you can use this defensive correctly, you can churn out some incredibly strong chaos bolts from mitigating tons of attacks and damage. If you want defensiveness, while still doing lots of damage, this spell will go on your bar.

Best Ultimate Spells¶

The best ultimate spells in V Rising largely depend on your playstyle or gameplay needs. There’s some solid utility ultimates, PvP ultimates, and general big damage ultimates to choose on, each with their own niche, focus and preferred style of play. Again, there’s a table below with the ones we recommend, along with a further explanation as to why they are worth looking into.

Volatile Arachnid is perhaps the best ultimate in the game from a damage and utility perspective. The large damage it can deal on its initial cast, the snare it can also do to guarantee a hit, followed by spiderlings that also blow up and inflict Condemn is huge. If you can already apply condemn to a target, your ult does even more damage, and the spiderlings can reapply the debuff while also benefiting from the original debuff. All in all, it’s a very powerful ultimate for pure damage, and arguably the best for it in most situations.

Chaos Barrage is a simple one to explain, it’s all the goodness of Chaos Volley but doubled. Instead of two fireballs, you’ll sling four fireballs that will hit over a wider area, all inflicting Chaos Burn too. The damage of each one is 200%, followed by an AOE for clumped up add cleave too. Pair it up with Void to really get the best out of the Void tree. It can do lots of damage, rivaling both Arachid and Typhoon, so it is a matter if this fits your playstyle better or not.

Ice Block is a new ultimate in the full release, combining the old frost haze and basic ice block skill into one. This spell grants one of the best shields in the game at 450% spell power, and you also become immune to CC for a short time. While encased in the shield, you also deal sizeable damage, that inflicts Chilled and can Freeze enemies. It’s perhaps the best support or tanking ultimate, making blood and illusion spells envious for those reasons.

Lightning Typhoon is another incredibly strong ultimate when looking at raw spell power numbers. The 800% spell power, the Static bonus damage, and the random sparks of lightning for even more damage make this insane for its DPS output. There’s some skill to getting the most out of the static procs, and the lightning can be hit or miss, but the potential is there with the right skill, tactical timing and combos with other spells. It can exceed the likes of Arachnid in damage if you can play it right. If you don’t want the challenge, then the Arachnid or Chaos Volley are the better options.

Raging Tempest is another fantastic ultimate, arguably the best ultimate for cleaving enemies in the game. Due to the nature of charging around add heavy boss fights, or even fighting an enemy clan in PvP, this ultimate’s dashing about and damage split mechanic with added CC makes it very good for those moments.

And there you have, that’s our full list of suggestions for best spells in V Rising.