Lies of P: Best builds for all playstyles

Lies of P lets you fight your way through Krat using a wide range of weapons, Legion Arms, and elemental attacks. But not every build is worth your time.

Some setups hit harder, scale better, and carry you through tough boss fights with less stress. This guide covers the best builds in Lies of P across Motivity, Technique, and Advance.

Each one includes stat priorities, soft cap targets, early-game weapon options, and full late-game loadouts. It doesn’t matter if you’re just starting out or heading into DLC content; these builds are strong, reliable, and easy to follow.

Overall strongest build in Lies of P

Lies of P supports a variety of builds, but the strongest ones focus on Motivity, Technique, or Advance. If you want raw power or you’re new to the genre, the Electric Fate build is the best place to start.

It trades speed for strength and adds electric damage to keep enemies stunned and vulnerable. There are other strong options, but this one offers the most reliable path through early and late-game content.

Preparing your build

Lies of P offers three starting paths: Sweeper, Bastard, and Cricket. Each one supports a different playstyle, so pick the option that fits your build from the beginning.

You won’t have all the gear right away, but you can work toward each setup as you progress. These builds are strong even before they’re fully complete. There’s no fixed meta, but the ones below are some of the most effective in the game.

Best Motivity build

The best Motivity build (Strength) is one we’ve named the Electic Fate build.

• Starting class: Path of the Sweeper
• Main weapon: Electric Chainsaw Blade + Greatsword of Fate Handle
• Legion Arm: Fulminis / Aegis
• Amulets: Nameless Carrier’s, Leaping
• P-Organs: Pulse Cell Recovery, Increase Pulse Cells
• Stat targets: 30+ Motivity, 25+ Vigor, 35 Capacity

It’s tanky, but makes use of electric shock damage on top of pure strength. This ensures the build doesn’t fall into the classic trap that so many new Soulslike players make, creating a strength build purely out of power and health while neglecting the rest of the game’s offensive mechanics. Or, attempting to create a balanced strength build that results in an ineffective Jack of all trades, master of none.

To craft the Electric Fate build, select the Path of the Sweeper and prioritize your Motivity, Vigor, and Vitality to ensure you have enough strength, stamina, and health. You’ll also need to ensure Capacity is sufficiently leveled as we’re going to be equipping some heavy gear towards the end of this build. You can ignore Technique for this build, but we’d recommend putting a few points into Advanced to ensure your secondary offensive skills are optimized. After all, this is a build that uses strength, plus electricity to create a deadly combination of abilities.

You’ll be able to buy the Electric Chainsaw from the Wandering Merchant soon after killing the King of Puppets, but until then, use the Greatsword of Fate handle on any other weapons that allow you to make use of a Motivity build. Anything that gives your electric attacks a boost is also welcome while we wait for the Electic Chainsaw. Combine the two when you can for a legendary weapon that’ll fry and slice your enemies.

For your Legion Arm, use Fulminis to imbue your attacks with electricity. However, you can switch out to Aegis once you obtain the Electic Chainsaw. It depends on how much you want to lean on Advanced or electric attacks. The Chainsaw may be more than enough.

The endgame of this build should see you using the following gear:

Gear Slot	Item
Weapon	Greatsword of Fate Handle + Circular Electric Chainsaw Blade (with Motivity Crank)
Legion Arm	Fulminis, Aegis
Amulets	Nameless Carrier’s Amulet, Leaping Amulet
P-Organs	Increase Pulse Cells, Pulse Cell Recovery

Best Technique build in Lies of P

• Starting class: Path of the Bastard
• Main weapon: Tyrant Murderer’s Dagger Handle + Electric Coil Stick Head
• Legion Arm: Puppet String
• Amulets: Dancing One’s Amulet, Iron Wall Amulet
• P-Organs: Increase Stagger Duration, Enhance Fatal Attack ATK
• Stat targets: 30+ Technique, 20+ Vigor, 25+ Capacity, 10–15 Advance

For this build, which we’re calling the Tyrant Zapper, first, select the Path of the Bastard and get ready to go all out on speed and power, causing maximum damage before rolling out of harm’s way in what may be the perfect build for no-damage runs. You’ll not be able to unlock the Tyrant Murderer’s Dagger until late in the game. So, until you can unlock it, stick to the Wintry Rapier Handle and upgrade it as far as it’ll go.

You’ll unlock the Puppet String Legion Arm very early on, so you’ll be able to have the bare bones of this build ready soon after the first boss. The Puppet String Arm will mean you can pull enemies towards you, stun them, and control the flow of battle in ways that other Legion Arms don’t allow.

Focus your level-up stats on Technique, Capacity, and Vigor primarily. This will allow you to bounce around bosses with ease. You can completely ignore Motivity, but don’t forget to put a few points into Vitality and Advanced to make sure you’ve got enough stamina and that your electric attacks cause enemies some real damage. You’ll be the ideal combination of speed and power.

By the end of the game, have the following gear equipped:

Gear Slot	Item
Weapon	Tyrant Murderer’s Dagger Handle + Electric Coil Stick Head (with Technique Crank)
Legion Arm	Puppet String
Amulets	Dancing One’s Amulet, Iron Wall Amulet
P-Organs	Increase Stagger Duration, Enhance Fatal Attack ATK

Best Advanced build

• Starting class: Path of the Bastard
• Main weapon: Tyrant Murderer’s Dagger Handle + Electric Coil Stick Head
• Legion Arm: Fulminis
• Amulets: Triumvirate Amulet, Transformation Amulet
• P-Organs: Increase Stagger Duration, Enhance Fatal Attack ATK
• Stat targets: 30+ Advance, 20+ Technique, 20+ Vigor, 30+ Capacity

For this build, we’re going to see a combination of the two above builds, but with more emphasis on electric damage. Of course, there are other elements to use in the game, such as Acid and Fire, but Electric attacks just seem the most useful and overpowered, so we’re doubling down on them. However, you can create this same build with other elemental attacks, just switching out the weapon and Legion Arm to something more acidic or fiery. Your boosts to the Advance skill and elemental attacks should still carry over.

We’re naming this build Electro Tyrant, as it makes use of classic Dexterity attacks, aka Technique along with vast amounts of elemental damage. So once again, select the Path of the Bastard as we’re crafting a classic Dex build in many ways. We’ll stick with the best Technique weapon, the Tyrant Murderer’s Dagger combined with the electric Coil Stick Head. However, if you feel this is too much electricity, you can switch out the Electric Coil Head for a blade more suited to Technique weapons, but the purpose of this build is to make a seriously OP Advance build.

To ensure you’ve got maximum electric power, go with Filminis as your Legion Arm, but also feel free to switch out to another if you feel you’re doing enough Advance damage. As for your stats, ignore Motivity, and primarily upgrade Advance, Technique, and Vigor, while making sure your Capacity and Vitality aren’t ignored. This build is essentially the closest thing Lies of P has to an elemental battle mage.

By the end of the game, have the following gear equipped:

Gear Slot	Item
Weapon	Tyrant Murderer’s Dagger Handle + the Electric Coil Stick Head (along with the Technique Crank)
Legion Arm	Fulminis
Amulets	Triumvirate Amulet, Transformation Amulet
P-Organs	Increase Stagger Duration, Enhance Fatal Attack ATK

Best Fire build

• Starting class: Path of the Bastard
• Main weapon: Salamander Dagger Blade + Salamander Dagger Handle (with Advance crank)
• Legion Arm: Arch Guardian or Flamberge (for defense or fire damage)
• Amulets: Flame Resistance Amulet, Triumvirate Amulet
• P-Organs: Boost Legion Arm Burn, Increase Stagger Duration

For this build, we’re swapping lightning for fire. Fire weapons got a solid bump in viability after the Overture DLC, and the Salamander Dagger quickly became one of the best Advance-scaling options in the game. It comes with the Ignite fable art, adding bonus Fire ATK and pressure potential, especially in areas where enemies are weak to burn.

It plays like a glass cannon version of the Electro Tyrant, with faster strikes and elemental burst damage. You’ll still start with the Path of the Bastard and focus on Advance scaling, but here you’re prioritizing fire over electricity.

Use Flamberge as your Legion Arm to double down on burn effects, or swap to something more defensive like Aegis if needed. Boost your Advance and Capacity first so you can stay mobile while applying constant elemental pressure. Technique can stay low unless you plan to mix in pokier movesets from other handles.

By the end of the game, have the following gear equipped:

Gear Slot	Item
Weapon	Salamander Dagger Blade + Salamander Dagger Handle (with Advance Crank)
Legion Arm	Flamberge
Amulets	Triumvirate Amulet, Flame Resistance Amulet
P-Organs	Boost Legion Arm Burn, Increase Stagger Duration

For more Lies of P content, check out our guide on the Main story length & completionist run, if Lies of P has an easy mode, if Lies of P has multiplayer, and How to level up.