Best God Of War: Ragnarok NG+ Builds

God of War: Ragnarok NG+ mode is available now, which makes the game more challenging but also adds new armor sets to help you defeat your enemies. In this God of War: Ragnarok guide, we go over some of the best NG+ builds that you can use to finish the game once again.

God Of War: Ragnarok NG+ Builds

The following are some of the builds that we recommend using in God of War: Ragnarok NG+ mode:

Best Class Cannon Build

The glass cannon build allows you to deal more damage, but you also take more damage. This is ideal for players that can dodge and parry well and are not going to take hits from enemies.

Armor	Zeus armor or Gauntlets of Zeus Cloak of the Black Bear Belt of Radiance
Enchantments	Meign Vanaheim Set Bonus Sigil of Doom Emblem of the Nine Realms Memento of the Ailing Emblem of Elusion Boon of Valor or Boon of Wrath
Weapons Attachments	Leviathan Axe: Grip of the Nine Realms Blades: Anything prioritizing Strength stat. Spear: Anything prioritizing Strength stat. Shield: Anything prioritizing Strength stat.
Relic	Hilt of Hofuð
Spartan Rage	Valor or Wrath
Companion Weapons	Atreus: Jötnar Bow Freya: Mardoll
Companion Accessories	Runic Potency III Nocked Proficiency III Sigil Amplification III
Companion Runic Summon	Atreus: Falcon’s Dive Freya: Player Preference

Armor

The best armor for this build is the Zeus armor which includes the Cuirass of Zeus, Gauntlets of Zeus, and Warbelt of Zeus. This set allows you to deal 80% more melee and runic attack damage, but you also receive 180% more damage.

If you do not want to go all-in with the class cannon build, then you can pair the Gauntlets of Zeus with the Cloak of the Black Bear and the Belt of Radiance. The Cloak of the Black Bear increases your immunity duration when evading and last second evades fire a volley of Bifrost shards at enemies. With the Belt of Radiance, last-second evades create a realm shift that slows down enemies for a short duration.

Enchantments

• Meign – Strength/Cooldown stat boost. 
• Vanaheim Set Bonus – Melee damage against status effected enemies buff
• Sigil of Doom – Axe and Blades Melee attacks against Hexed enemies have a high Luck chance to trigger bonus Sigil Explosions
• Emblem of the Nine Realms – Increases Melee damage during Realm Shifts
• Memento of the Ailing – Permafrost, Immolation, and Maelstrom charge faster when hitting status-afflicted enemies
• Emblem of Elusion – Gain a burst of speed and distance when evading
• Boon of Valor or Boon of Wrath – Spartan Rage – Valor heals less but provides extra Strength and Lifesteal for a duration/Spartan Rage – Wrath’s activation shockwave consumes Status Effect on enemies to deal damage

Weapons Attachments

• Leviathan Axe: Grip of the Nine Realms
• Blades: Anything prioritizing Strength stat.
• Spear: Anything prioritizing Strength stat.
• Shield: Anything prioritizing Strength stat.

Relic

We recommend using Hilt of Hofuð for this particular build.

Spartan Rage

You can use Valor or Wrath for this build, depending on what you prefer.

Companion Weapons

• Atreus: Jötnar Bow
• Freya: Mardoll

Companion Accessories

• Runic Potency III
• Nocked Proficiency III
• Sigil Amplification III

Companion Runic Summon

• Atreus: Falcon’s Dive
• Freya: Player Preference

Best Status Effect Build

This build is ideal if you like to inflict status effects, use bare hands or shields, and like to use your runic and rage attacks frequently.

Armor	Giptumaðr’s Breastplate Lúnda’s Lost Bracers Fate Breaker Belt
Enchantments	Lúnda’s Engraving Boon of Wrath Stunning Fang Vanaheim Set Bonus Svartalfheim Set Bonus
Weapon Attachments	Leviathan Axe: Grip of Weighted Recovery Blades of Chaos: Cursed Empress Handles Draupnir Spear: Hind of Weightless Recovery Shield Rönd: Player Preference
Relic	Hilt of Garm
Spartan Rage	Wrath

Armor

For this build, we recommend pairing Giptumaðr’s Breastplate with Lúnda’s Lost Bracers and Fate Breaker Belt. Giptumaðr’s Breastplate has a moderate luck chance that using a runic attack or relic will immediately restore 70% of its cooldown. Lúnda’s Lost Bracers allow you to deal increased damage against poisoned enemies. The Fate Breaker Belt increases the rate of Rage gain.

Enchantments

• Lúnda’s Engraving – Bare-handed attacks, Parrying, and Blocking have a chance to deal bonus damage and poison enemies, lowering their Power Level.
• Boon of Wrath – Spartan Rage – Wrath’s activation shockwave consumes Status Effect on enemies to deal damage
• Stunning Fang – Hitting stunned enemies unleashes shockwaves and has a chance to stack STR and Stun Damage
• Vanaheim Set Bonus – Melee damage against status-affected enemies buff
• Svartalfheim Set Bonus – Stun damage buff

Weapon Attachments

• Leviathan Axe: Grip of Weighted Recovery 
• Blades of Chaos: Cursed Empress Handles
• Draupnir Spear: Hind of Weightless Recovery 
• Shield Rönd: Player Preference

Relic

We recommend using Hilt of Garm for this build.

Spartan Rage

We recommend using the Warth rage for this build.

Best AoE Damage Build

This build is ideal if you want crowd control, like to use your runic attacks and relic frequently and like to swap between your different weapons.

Armor	Giptumaðr’s Breastplate Berserker Gauntlets War Belt of Zeus
Enchantments	Vald Mannvit Hjartablóð Guiding Light Engraving Fallen Stars Engraving Attuned Runic Gem Seal of the Runic Storm Boon of Wrath Eir’s Armaments Radiance Engraving
Leviathan Axe	Grip of the Nine Realms Light Runic: Winter’s Bite Heavy Runic: Mists of Helheim
Blades of Chaos	Attachment: Pommels of the True Flame Light Runic: Flame of Anguish Heavy Runic: Meteoric Slam
Draupnir Spear	Attachment: Hind of Weightless Recovery Light Runic: Whisper of the World Heavy Runic: Vindsvalr’s Windstorm
Shield	Dauntless Shield Rönd of Expedition
Relic	Hilt of Hrotti
Spartan Rage	Wrath

Armor

For this build, we recommend pairing Giptumaðr’s Breastplate with Berserker Gauntlets and the War Belt of Zeus. War Belt of Zeus increases melee and runic damage by 20% but also increases the damage you receive by 40%. Giptumaðr’s Breastplate has a moderate luck chance that using a runic attack or relic will immediately restore 70% of its cooldown. Berserker Gauntlets can create would explosions and retore cooldown to the relic. If you do not have the War Belt of Zeus, then you can check out our guide on how you can get the Zeus armor set.

Enchantments

• Vald – Cooldown/Strength stat boost.
• Mannvit – Runic/Cooldown stat boost. 
• Hjartablóð – Vitality/Luck stat boost.
• Guiding Light Engraving – Chance to increase Strength, Runic, and Luck of Kratos’ weapons. 
• Fallen Stars Engraving – Greatly reduces damage taken when using a Runic Attack or Relic.
• Attuned Runic Gem – Increases the damage of Runic Attacks when Permafrost, Immolation, or Maelstrom are fully charged
• Seal of the Runic Storm – Using Runic Attacks of three different weapons in quick succession grants a buff of increased Stagger Resistances and creates a storm of Bifrost
• Boon of Wrath – Spartan Rage – Wrath’s activation shockwave consumes Status Effect on enemies to deal damage
• Eir’s Armaments – High Luck chance to grant a Health Burst on and Runic Attack Kill
• Radiance Engraving – Chance to grant a Blessing of Runic on any last-second evade.

Leviathan Axe

• Attachment: Grip of the Nine Realms – Chosen for stat boost, do not use Momentous Shift unless necessary as it will consume your Permafrost gauge.
• Light Runic: Winter’s Bite
• Heavy Runic: Mists of Helheim

Blades of Chaos

• Attachment: Pommels of the True Flame
• Light Runic: Flame of Anguish
• Heavy Runic: Meteoric Slam

Draupnir Spear

• Attachment: Hind of Weightless Recovery 
• Light Runic: Whisper of the World
• Heavy Runic: Vindsvalr’s Windstorm 

Shield

• Dauntless Shield
• Rönd of Expedition

Relic

For this build we recommend the Hilt of Hrotti.

Spartan Rage

We recommend using the Wrath Spartan Rage.

These are some of the best NG+ builds that we can recommend in God Of War: Ragnarok. If you want to learn more, then you can check out our guide on how you can get the Spartan Aspis Shield. For more content, check out our God Of War: Ragnarok guides hub.