Builds

In Hell Clock, a Build is the synergistic combination of your character’s Relics, Gear, Trinkets, Skills, and passive choices (from the Infernal Bell and Constellation Map) designed to maximize effectiveness, define a unique playstyle, and overcome the challenges of the dungeons. Crafting a powerful build is central to progression and success in the game.

Core Components of a Build

A successful build in Hell Clock integrates several distinct systems:

Relics

Relics are the cornerstone of your build, offering powerful effects that define and amplify your abilities. They are placed in a grid-based inventory called The Reliquary and come in various shapes with randomized affixes. Relics are key to creating strong synergies.

Gear

Gear (such as weapons and armor) provides your character’s fundamental and raw stats, including base damage, life, mana, and resistances. While less flashy than relics, solid gear provides the foundational numbers that all other percentage-based bonuses scale from.

Trinkets

Trinkets are passive bonuses acquired during a run that automatically enhance various aspects of your character (e.g., damage %, life %, attack speed). They are not manually controlled but provide critical in-run scaling.

Skills / Abilities

Your active Skills are the primary tools you use to engage enemies. A build often revolves around a core skill, with all other components chosen to enhance its damage, utility, or defensive capabilities.

The Infernal Bell

The Infernal Bell is a meta-progression system that provides permanent passive bonuses across all your runs. Investing points here allows you to tailor your character’s fundamental strengths, boosting your build synergies from the very start.

Constellation Map

The Constellation Map is an endgame progression system that allows you to further specialize your character’s overall direction (e.g., focusing on Dexterity, Strength, or Magic pathways). Choices here significantly impact your build’s potential.

Recommended Builds

Here are some of the most effective and popular builds, tested and detailed for your success in Hell Clock. Each guide provides a deep dive into skills, relics, gear, and strategy.

Rosary Minion Swarm Build An endgame summoner build that overwhelms the screen with minions and projectiles. It achieves pseudo-invulnerability and massive DPS through high Conviction and a swarm of auto-casting Rosaries.

Whirlwind Lightning Build A tanky melee build that unleashes massive AoE lightning damage with the Whirlwind skill. It crushes groups of enemies and sustains itself through robust Life Leech.

Flaming Repeater Build A fast-paced build that converts the Repeater skill's physical damage into fire damage. It leverages enemy deaths to trigger cascading plague effects for exceptional area clearing.

Reflexes Lightning Build A mobile build centered around the Reflexes skill, which summons an orbiting ring of spectral knives. Damage is converted to Lightning and scales with critical chance, allowing for constant pressure while moving.

Creating Your Own Build

Feeling inspired? Use the principles above and the detailed guides as a template to craft your own unique build. Experimentation is key to discovering the next powerful combination in Hell Clock.

Establish a Core Concept
Start with an idea that will be the backbone of your build: a spell you enjoy, a damage type you want to focus on (e.g., fire, lightning), or a defensive strategy (e.g., high life, dodge).
Align Skills and Relics
Select skills that support your chosen focus. Then, prioritize relics that enhance those skills or provide complementary effects.
Optimize Gear and Trinkets
Look for gear with base stats that support your build. Allow trinkets to passively fill in any gaps.
Leverage Meta-Progression
Use your Soul Stones and Memory Levels to permanently empower your character, making future runs and builds even stronger.