Darklord Build Guide – Legend Of Mushroom

Their innate magic control is unmatched; the Darklord is arguably Legend of Mushroom‘s most ruthless class in terms of Skill use.

Enjoying bonuses to their Attack and Skill Criticals, Darklords imprint fear onto their enemies. If that sounds exactly like your Shroomie, here's our recommended Darklord build you should consider adopting.

Best Darklord Builds

Among Legend of Mushroom‘s six (6) end-game evolutions, the Darklord's kit is the most powerful due to its passive buffs prioritizing Skills. As you know, Skills boast tremendous single-use DPS in the game, dwarfing Basic Attacks, Counters, etc.

Still, this comes at the cost of their survivability and defensive capabilities, making them one of the game's squishiest classes. Nevertheless, you can circumvent this weakness by introducing different Skills or Pals into your setup, such as Shroom Shield (Skill) or Hipster Tortoise (Pal).

As such, here are two (2) of the best Darklord builds we recommend you try:

Paralyzing Devastator Build

Similar to the Prophet, your Darklord's Active Skill, Galaxy Dive, enhances Stun effects on foes, rendering them immobile for slightly longer. This can be used to your advantage if you're equipping gear maximizing your Stun chances.

Couple this with your mighty Skills, you can overwhelm enemies more frequently, as is the Darklord's main appeal (unlike the more tanky Martial Sage and Warbringer).

Stats

Playing into the Darklord's strengths, these stats are the obvious ones you should be getting values into via your gear, Skills, and Pals.

This build aims to improve your Stun Chance while destroying both mobs and Bosses (even other players) using your preferred Skills. Although certain other stats matter (HP, Defense, etc.), specific ones such as Combo or Counter will only waste your Darklord's potential.

Skills

Skill	Effect(s)
Star Array	Deals more than 4000% damage while increasing Skill Critical Rate by 10%. Every 1% Skill Critical Rate increases Skill Critical Damage by 3% (5s). Cooldown: 19 seconds
Crimson Moonfall	Inflicts more than 2000% damage. For each successive cast, increases Skill Damage by 50% (stacks up to 3 times). Cooldown: 8 seconds
Wild Gust	Inflicts upwards of 2000% AoE damage while increasing Attack by 15% (5s). Cooldown: 16 seconds
Dazzled	Causes more than 3000% AoE damage before inflicting Stun on enemies (1.5s). Cooldown: 19 seconds
Meteor Fall	Deals more than 1400% AoE damage while increasing every Skill Damage by 30% (5s). Cooldown: 13 seconds

For this Darklord build, these are the best Skills you should do your best at getting.

Star Array and Crimson Moonfall are extraordinary end-game Skills that are very difficult to acquire, but the others should already be in your get-up somewhere around Level 80 or above, like the underrated Meteor Fall.

Pals

Pal	Effect(s)
Alpine Fox	Extends Stun duration by 30%. Stunned enemies receive 25% extra damage.
Treasure Dragon	Increases Basic Attack Critical Damage by 50% and Skill Critical Rate by 20%.
Fiery Tail	Increases Skill Damage by 60%.
Warlord Hydrosprite	Increases Active Skills’ Energy Regeneration by 25%.
Cat Prince	Deals 200% AoE damage to enemies after using Active Skills.

For the best Pals, these are the most ideal, although there is still room for adjustments if you wish to diversify your build (e.g. equipping the Hero Bird for more Attack Speed to improve your overall Stun Chance).

That being said, the Alpine Fox and Fiery Tail are the most important because they directly complement your Darklord's Stun and Skill Damage.

Relics

Relic	Effect(s)
Demon's Mask	Increases Skill Critical Rate by 5%.
Thundercaller Kite	Summons lighting dealing upwards of 200% damage after using Active Skills.
Metamorphic Crystal	Increases the Attack Speed of Dog, Fox, and Octopus Pals by 5.56%.
Flame Book	Upon entering battle, Attack is increased by 1% every second (up to a maximum of 10%).
Stellar Statue	The duration of Hundred Slashes, Worldly Snare, and Star Array is increased by 50%.
Abyss Necklace	Increases the damage of Dragonic Resonance, Windborne Arrow, and Crimson Moonfall by 30%.

When it comes to your Relic choices, these are what you need.

All of them combine to make your Darklord as menacing as possible, Skill-wise.

Souls

Soul	Effect(s)
Bloodstained Blade	Global Attack + Healing Rate +
Eye of the Abyss	Critical Damage Bonus Skill Crit Damage +
Blade Duo	Combo Damage + Boss Damage +
Wildfire Piercer	Basic Attack Damage + Skill Damage +
Attack	Attack +
Skill Damage	Skill Damage +
Skill Critical Damage	Skill Critical Damage +
Boss Damage	Boss Damage +

Souls are another high-tier component of your Darklord build. They're hard to acquire due to RNG but play a huge part during the end game.

These Souls focus on empowering your Darklord further, particularly Skill Damage and Skill Critical Damage.

Prayer Statue

The Prayer Statue is an underrated aspect of your Shroomie's overall build, and its affixes significantly bolster certain randomized stats, especially if you have multiples (e.g. two Global Attack+ affixes)!

RNG also factors into the Prayer Statue's affixes, so make sure to lock those that align with this Darklord build, like those showcased above.

Pure Destruction Build

For those looking to optimize the Darklord's Skills even more, this build caters to that need.

Instead of increasing your Stun chances, you're now making your Skills insanely more brutal, pulverizing foes as soon as you enter a battle!

Stats

For this Darklord build, you can replace equipment loaded with the Stun attribute with others offering Skill Damage, Skill Critical Rate, or Skill Critical Damage, depending on which you deem more important.

This build also aims to devastate tough Bosses, especially those awaiting you in end-game Dungeons.

Skills

Skill	Effect(s)
Star Array	Deals more than 4000% damage while increasing Skill Critical Rate by 10%. Every 1% Skill Critical Rate increases Skill Critical Damage by 3% (5s). Cooldown: 19 seconds
Crimson Moonfall	Inflicts more than 2000% damage. For each successive cast, increases Skill Damage by 50% (stacks up to 3 times). Cooldown: 8 seconds
Blitz Assault	Deals upwards of 5000% damage before applying a 3-second damage immunity (invulnerability). Cooldown: 24 seconds
Wild Gust	Inflicts upwards of 2000% AoE damage while increasing Attack by 15% (5s). Cooldown: 16 seconds
Meteor Fall	Deals more than 1400% AoE damage while increasing every Skill Damage by 30% (5s). Cooldown: 13 seconds

Because of this build's renewed focus, Dazzled is replaced by Blitz Assault, switching the Stun effect with nearly double the damage and brief invulnerability.

The other Skills remain the same, making it easy for you to switch Darklord builds.

Pals

Pal	Effect(s)
Alpine Fox	Extends Stun duration by 30%. Stunned enemies receive 25% extra damage.
Treasure Dragon	Increases Basic Attack Critical Damage by 50% and Skill Critical Rate by 20%.
Fiery Tail	Increases Skill Damage by 60%.
Warlord Hydrosprite	Increases Active Skills’ Energy Regeneration by 25%.
Cat Prince	Deals 200% AoE damage to enemies after using Active Skills.

Although this Darklord build lessens your Stun priority, you still have the Active Skill, Galaxy Dive, on hand. Thus, the Alpine Fox is still one of the best Pal choices compared to the others.

Hence, your Pal selection stays the same, including the Alpine Fox. That is until new ones get introduced into the game, of course!

Relics

Relic	Effect(s)
Demon's Mask	Increases Skill Critical Rate by 5%.
Thundercaller Kite	Summons lighting dealing upwards of 200% damage after using Active Skills.
Magic Box	Increases Cat and Deer Pals' damage by 16.33%.
Beasthide Book	Increases damage dealt to Bosses by 20%.
Crystal Statue	Improves the effects of Coin Bomb, Slime Bomb, and Meteor Fall by 30%.
Abyss Necklace	Increases the damage of Dragonic Resonance, Windborne Arrow, and Crimson Moonfall by 30%.

Coming to your Relics, you can swap the Flame Book and Stellar Statue with the Beasthide Book and Crystal Statue respectively.

These ensure your Skills deal significantly more potent damage to mobs and Bosses, but you can always change them back if you feel they're slightly less dangerous for PvP.

Souls

Soul	Effect(s)
Bloodstained Blade	Global Attack + Healing Rate +
Eye of the Abyss	Critical Damage Bonus Skill Crit Damage +
Blade Duo	Combo Damage + Boss Damage +
Wildfire Piercer	Basic Attack Damage + Skill Damage +
Attack	Attack +
Skill Damage	Skill Damage +
Skill Critical Damage	Skill Critical Damage +
Boss Damage	Boss Damage +

In terms of Souls, there isn't much difference to be made, if any. The reason is simple; both builds emphasize your DPS, primarily those affecting Skill values!

Prayer Statue

The Prayer Statue's affixes aren't set in stone, so you'll frequently receive bonuses irrelevant to your current Darklord build.

So, as soon as you get any of the affixes listed (or others related to your Attack and Skills), lock them immediately!

Conclusion

Joy Nice Games continues to add new content in Legend of Mushroom, even today! So, you might find new ways to empower your Darklord builds in the future, such as the latest Runestones utilized for your in-game Artifact.

In general, though, these are our picks you might be interested in experimenting with right now, so give them a go!