Embertide is one of five classes added to Dungeon Lootr in Update 1.5, sitting in the Exotic rarity band as a Magic archetype. Its whole identity is fire and water used together, described in-game as commanding “flame and water through erupting fissures, swirling tides, and explosive spells.” In practice that means big elemental area attacks, a lot of crowd control, and a basic attack you will rarely want to lean on.
Quick answer: Embertide is an Intelligence-scaling Magic class built for clearing packs of enemies. Put your points into Intelligence, pair it with Tempest or Ruin, and use it for dungeon waves rather than single-target boss damage.
Embertide skills and what each one is for
The kit is four skills deep, and it is entirely cooldown-driven. Embertide’s M1 chain does very little damage on its own, so your damage output is measured by how often your skills come back up rather than how long you can stand there swinging.
| Skill | Role in the rotation |
|---|---|
| Flame Stump | Fire-based area damage |
| Swirling Whirlpool | Pulls and bunches enemies together; the standout crowd control tool |
| Blasting Descent | Explosive area damage |
| Tidal Tempest | Water-based area damage |
Swirling Whirlpool is the one that changes how you play. Group a wave into the vortex first, then dump the rest of your cooldowns into the pile. Lead with the damage skills instead and you will spend the next several seconds tapping M1 into a spread-out mob.
Embertide stats, aspects, and title setup
Intelligence is the stat that matters. Embertide is a Magic class, so Strength and Dexterity allocations do nothing for its skill damage, and gear rolled for physical damage will noticeably undersell the kit. If your gear is still a mix of leftovers from a Strength build, expect numbers well below what the class can do.
For aspects, Tempest and Ruin are the two worth chasing. Tempest is the natural fit because it builds off skill usage, adding 5% skill damage per cast up to 40%, then firing a lightning storm for 200% damage and resetting the stacks. Ruin works differently, sundering a single target for up to 75% increased damage, though only basic attacks build the mark, so it asks more of a class whose M1 is its weakest point.
Fulmin is another aspect you will see rolled on Embertide. It gives basic attacks a 10% chance to call a lightning strike for 400% damage across a large area with a seven-second stun, on a 15-second cooldown. It is a strong proc, but it fires off M1 hits rather than skills, which makes it inconsistent on a cooldown-reliant class.
Titles follow the same logic. For any Intelligence-based class, S3.Paragon and The Storm carry the best Intelligence bonuses, with The Storm unlocked by reaching Mastery 50 on Awakened Devil EX.
How Embertide performs in dungeons and raids
Against waves, the class does exactly what it advertises. A solo run through City of Mages on Endless difficulty is comfortable, with the whirlpool grouping mobs and the remaining three skills wiping them out. The dungeon boss, Demagios, the Arcane Sovereign, goes down at a total damage figure around 52.28M on a level 50 class with a level 175 character.
Boss fights are where the gap shows. In The First Test raid on Impossible difficulty, against the Dark Professor, Embertide’s damage output drops off sharply once there is only one target to hit. Nothing in the kit converts wide area damage into concentrated single-target pressure, and the weak M1 means the downtime between cooldowns is genuinely dead time.
| Area | Rating |
|---|---|
| AoE mob clearing | 8/10 |
| Visual design | 9/10 |
| Single-target damage | 3–5/10 |
Where Embertide ranks after Update 1.5
Embertide lands in A tier. That puts it alongside other strong but non-meta options such as Cryomancer, Dark Professor, Hellfiend, Honored One, Jetstream, and Awakened Devil EX, and below the S-tier group of Dragoon, Dreadlord, Sinister Trigger, Spell Breaker, Shadow Vagrant, and company.
Update 1.5 shipped Embertide together with Dragoon, Hellfiend, Hollow, and Blade of Draconia, and it also cut Sinister Trigger down significantly. Of the new arrivals, Dragoon is the one that landed in S tier, while Embertide’s ceiling is capped by that single-target weakness rather than by its clear speed.
Note: none of this is affected by Class Items. Pieces like Cursed Shrine or Infinity Core replace a class’s entire skill set, so any assessment of Embertide assumes you are running the class kit as-is.
If your main problem is grinding dungeon waves and Endless runs, Embertide solves it cleanly with an Intelligence build and Tempest. If you are queuing into raids on Impossible and need a boss to melt, it is not the class to bring, and you will get more out of one of the S-tier Exotics instead.
