Withered Knight build
Official Beginner Setup — Greatsword
Bellring Games' official starter loadout for the Greatsword Withered Knight, from the official Discord.
OfficialBeginnerGreatsword
Bellring Games' recommended beginner setup for the Greatsword Withered Knight, published in the official Mistfall Hunter Discord. The official loadout selects Radiant Retribution, Breakthrough Charge, Parry on the skill side, allocates 8 talent points, and flags 5 affixes as the gear priorities to hunt for. Open it in the editor below — skills and talents come pre-filled exactly as published, and any change you make becomes your own shareable link.
Selected skills (3)
The setup selects these on top of the weapon's basic kit — each class's core weapon actions are always available and are not part of the selection.
Radiant RetributionGreatsword
Rapidly swing your greatsword, performing three wide slashes in quick succession. Each attack counts as a Light Strike, and hitting enemies charges your weapon. When fully charged, it applies Judgment to the target. The final strike has a brief Super Armor effect.
Breakthrough ChargeGreatsword
Can perform a two-stage dash attack. Stage 1: Thrust forward with your sword. During the recovery, press Major Action or Minor Action to perform a branch attack (second stage). Stage 2: Major Action Branch - Dash in a leftward arc, sweeping enemies. Minor Action Branch - Dash in a rightward arc, sweeping enemies.
ParryGreatsword
Assume a defensive stance to parry frontal attacks (negating damage), recovering Energy with each successful parry. This stance lasts up to 5s or until you parry 5 attacks, whichever comes first. Shortly after a successful parry, press Major Action or Minor Action to perform different branch attacks: Major Action is a sweeping strike against enemies in front, while Minor Action is a long-distance dash slash. Both branch attacks apply Wither on hit. Parry has a shorter base cooldown in trio mode.
Talent allocation (8 points)
Grouped by the in-game talent rings. Prerequisite chains in the official allocation are complete — the whole set loads legally into the editor.
Weapon Specialization
Greatsword SpecializationLv 5
When wielding a Greatsword, you can equip one additional skill, but the Polearm and Shield has one skill slot disabled.
Core Archetype
CrimeLv 2
Execute with a Greatsword no longer consumes Wither (but damage is slightly reduced) and extends the duration of Wither.
Bad KarmaLv 2
Wither applied by a Greatsword also inflicts a linked debuff. When Execute extends Wither's duration, additional linked debuffs are applied. Up to 3 linked debuffs can be applied, in order: slightly reduced Movement Speed; slightly increased Vulnerability; slight Health loss over time. When Wither is removed, all linked debuffs are removed as well.
Martial Arts 1
MomentumLv 9
After Breakaway, the weapon is instantly fully charged with Judgment energy.
Parry Enhancement
Tactical PrepLv 4
A successful parry greatly reduces this skill's remaining cooldown once.
Radiant Retribution Enhancement
Long RangeLv 3
Radiant Retribution's displacement distance is increased.
WhiplashLv 3
The final strike of Radiant Retribution can execute enemies affected by Wither.
Breakthrough Charge Enhancement
CataclysmLv 6
The sweeping attack from Breakthrough Charge's second-stage branch can immediately execute enemies affected by Wither.
Key affixes (5)
The gear priorities the official setup calls out. The source lists them without slot assignments, so they are shown the same way here — hunt for them on whatever slots roll them.
Stoic(Defensive) — When Health is below X%, increase Physical Resistance and Magic Resistance. Upon reaching a certain level, when Health is below X%, restore Health. Cooldown: Xs.
Tenacious(Defensive) — Increases Maximum Health. Upon reaching a certain level, increases Healing.
Valor(Offensive) — Increases Attack. Upon reaching a certain level, also increases Defense Penetration.
Wrath(Offensive) — When Health is below X%, increase Physical Damage and Magic Damage. Upon reaching a certain level, when Health is below X%, increase Attack.
Burst(Offensive) — Increases the damage of Withered Knight's Wither Execution.
Outgrown the starter setup? Fork it — change anything, and the link becomes your build.
Open & fork this buildLoadout as published by Bellring Games; validated against game data as of the 2026-08-06 update. Skill, talent and affix text is in-game text © Bellring Games. Affix values are intentionally not tracked — check exact numbers in game.