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I don’t understand the affixes / suffixes / prefixes

So, I made this video … Maybe i’m just dumb.

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Hey,
affixes are stat modifiers you find on gear. They improve your character by boosting things like damage, defense, or utility.

Since you said you already understand how classes work, let’s build on that. Your base class, like Mage or Primalist, gives you access to certain skills and a passive tree. Later, you pick a mastery (your subclass), which unlocks more specialized skills and passives.

Each skill in Last Epoch has tags. These tags tell you how the skill scales. For example, if a skill has the tags “spell” and “fire”, then stats like increased spell damage, fire damage, or intelligence will make it stronger. If a skill has the “dexterity” tag, then stacking dexterity on your gear will help that skill do more damage.

When you’re choosing affixes, it’s important to look at the tags of the skills you’re using. That way, you can pick gear that actually boosts the abilities you care about.

Also, every gear slot has its own pool of possible affixes. Some affixes are universal, like health or resistances, and can appear on many item types. Others are item-specific. For example, movement speed only appears on boots, and throwing attack speed only shows up on gloves. So you won’t find movement speed on a helmet, and you’ll usually see minion damage on wands, rings, or amulets.

Affixes also improve survivability (like health, armor, dodge), resource management (like mana regen or reduced mana cost), and quality of life (like potion drop rate or pickup radius).

Can you follow`?

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Here is a breakdown. An item exists of a number of mods:

  1. Implicits = Mods inherent to the item and the subtype of the item. E.g. all “Leonine Greathelm” as in the example below have Armor and Reduced Bonus Damage Taken

  2. Affixes = Mods additional to the implicits. Affixes = Prefixes + Suffixes

  3. Prefixes = You can have 0 up to 2 Prefixes. Mostly offensive mods and “Attributes” (Vitality, Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Attunement).

  4. Suffixes = You can have 0 up to 2 Suffixes. Mostly defensive mods.

  5. Sealed Affix = You can move 1 Affix to the sealed slot using Glyph of Despair, freeing up 1 more space for an Affix of your choosing (when crafted)

  6. Primordial Sealed Affix = You can move 1 T7 Affix to the primordial sealed slot using “Rune of Evolution”, making the exalted item a Primordial item. Also frees 1 more space for an Affix of your choosing.

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The other people left fantastic info on the topic. Just coming to say that if you are curious about a topic, you can press [G] in game to open the game guide which will have lots of info on many topics.

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