How to Submit Your Build: Player Build Submissions Guide 2026
Bottom line: Got a loadout you're proud of? Share it in the community Discord using your subclass, skill picks and stat priority. Below we walk through what a good submission looks like and show three example builds — built by us from real subclass and skill data as a template, not testimonials from actual players — so you know exactly what to include in yours.
Why share your build
Vampires vs. Werewolves gives every character two layers of skills: a 130-entry base race tree shared by all Vampires or all Werewolves, and a ten-skill subclass tree unique to one of six subclasses — Blood Mage, Shadow Assassin and Dark Knight for vampires; Moon Warrior, Pack Shaman and Berserker for werewolves. That's a huge number of viable combinations, and the fastest way the community figures out what actually works is players comparing notes on real loadouts.
There's no dev-curated "meta" list here. What exists instead is an active Discord where players post their stat allocations, skill rotations and gear choices, and other players stress-test them in practice.
How to submit your build
- Post it in the community Discord — discord.gg/vvw is where build discussion actually happens. Drop your loadout in the relevant channel and expect other players to poke at it.
- Or reach the team directly — use /contact.html if you'd rather send it privately or ask a question first.
A submission that gets useful feedback (and actually gets used by other players) tends to include:
- Race and subclass — e.g. "Vampire → Blood Mage" or "Werewolf → Berserker"
- Skill picks from both trees — which base race skills (the V- or W-prefixed skills every character of that race can learn) you're running alongside your subclass tree skills
- Stat priority — what you're maxing first and what you're dumping
- Purpose — PvP, PvE, solo leveling, or group/support content — the same subclass plays very differently depending on the goal
- Reasoning — a sentence or two on why each pick matters beats a bare list of skill names
Example builds (illustrative — not player submissions)
To make the format concrete, here are three example builds we put together from the actual subclass and skill data in the game files. These are examples showing you how to structure a submission — they are not quotes or testimonials from real players, and no specific player is credited with creating them.
Sample Blood Mage PvP Burst Build
Race / Subclass: Vampire → Blood Mage. Passive: +25 INT, +20% skill damage, -15% cooldown, at the cost of -15% DEF and -10% STR — a pure magic-damage subclass that trades survivability for burst.
Base race skills: Blood Strike (V1, ATK ×1.2 + 5% life steal) for early sustain, and Vampire Bite (V4, ATK ×1.3, 8% life steal, -5% target DEF) to soften a target before your subclass burst lands.
Subclass skills: Open with Crimson Bolt (BM2, 200% ATK magic damage that ignores all DEF) to punish armored targets, follow with Sanguine Surge (BM4, +50% INT for 4 turns plus 20% life steal) to buff before the big hit, then unload Blood Ritual (BM6, sacrifices 15% of your own HP for a 250% ATK magic strike) as the finisher. Eternal Hemorrhage (BM9, a passive that stacks permanent 5%-per-turn bleed on wounded enemies) is worth slotting once you're consistently landing hits, since it keeps damaging targets that try to disengage.
Why this shape: Crimson Bolt's DEF-ignore solves the classic Blood Mage problem of tanky targets shrugging off magic damage, while Sanguine Surge's life steal offsets the HP you spend on Blood Ritual. The whole line is built around a short burst window rather than sustained trading, which fits the subclass's -15% DEF penalty — you're not meant to stand and fight for long.
Sample Berserker Sustain-Damage Build
Race / Subclass: Werewolf → Berserker. Passive: +40% ATK below 50% HP, +30% STR, and immunity to stuns — offset by -25% DEF and -20% HP. The subclass is designed to get stronger the closer you are to dying.
Base race skills: Bite (W4, ATK ×1.2, 4% HP/turn bleed for 2 turns, +8 Rage) and Feral Rend (W7, two hits at ATK ×1.2 each, +12 Rage per hit) both build the Rage resource fast while chipping away at the target.
Subclass skills: Pain is Power (BE3, a passive granting +5% ATK permanently for every 100 HP lost) turns the subclass's HP penalty into a damage engine. Layer Wild Rage (BE1, +60% ATK for 3 turns at -20% DEF) on top once HP starts dropping, and hold Berserker's Heart (BE6, a passive that doubles ATK and makes you unstunnable below 20% HP) as the safety net that turns near-death into your strongest window. Juggernaut (BE5, 350% ATK that completely ignores enemy DEF) is the go-to finisher once Pain is Power stacks are up.
Why this shape: Because the Berserker passive already rewards low HP, stacking Bite and Feral Rend's bleed/Rage generation with Pain is Power's permanent ATK stacking compounds instead of fighting the subclass identity — you're leaning all the way into "the more damage I take, the harder I hit" instead of trying to play safe with a subclass that penalizes DEF and HP anyway.
Sample Pack Shaman Group-Support Build
Race / Subclass: Werewolf → Pack Shaman. Passive: +30% to ally bonuses and +25% debuff duration, +20 INT, at the cost of -20% STR and -15% personal damage — a subclass built to make everyone around you stronger rather than to carry damage itself.
Base race skills: Claw Strike (W1, ATK ×1.3, +10 Rage) as a basic filler attack, kept mostly for Rage generation rather than damage, since this build isn't chasing personal DPS.
Subclass skills: Open fights with War Howl (PS2, -30% enemy ATK/DEF, +20% ally ATK) to swing the fight in your party's favor immediately, follow with Totem of Strength (PS3, summons a totem granting all allies +25% STR for 5 turns) to sustain the buff, and use Ancestral Blessing (PS6, heals allies for 30% HP and grants +30% DEF for 3 turns) whenever the party's HP dips in a group fight. Grand Shaman (PS9, a passive making all your debuffs 50% more effective) is worth prioritizing once you're consistently applying War Howl and Hex Bite, since it compounds every debuff you already run.
Why this shape: This build accepts the subclass's -15% personal damage penalty on purpose and builds entirely around the +30% ally bonus passive instead — War Howl and Totem of Strength stack a debuff-plus-buff combo on the whole fight, and Ancestral Blessing gives the party enough sustain to outlast fights a pure-damage comp would lose. It's the kind of build that looks weak on a solo damage meter but wins group content.
What happens after you submit
Posting in Discord gets your build in front of other active players immediately, and that's where most of the real back-and-forth happens — people will ask about your gear, tell you if a rotation order is wrong, or suggest a swap you hadn't considered. There isn't an automatic pipeline that turns a Discord post into a blog article; the site's existing complete-build guides (linked below) are written and maintained separately by the team. Sharing your build is about the community conversation, not a guarantee of a feature.
A note on honesty in build write-ups
The most useful submissions are specific about trade-offs, not just wins. If your Berserker build dies fast to burst classes, say so. If your Pack Shaman build can't solo anything, say that too. Builds that only list strengths get picked apart in Discord faster than ones that are upfront about the weak points — and it makes the whole comparison thread more useful for everyone reading it later.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I submit my build to the community?
Post it in the community Discord at discord.gg/vvw, or reach the team through /contact.html. Include your subclass, skill loadout, stat priority and the reasoning behind your choices.
What should a good build submission include?
Your race and subclass, which skills you slot from both your base race tree and your subclass tree, your stat priority, and a short explanation of what the build is for — PvP, PvE, solo leveling, or group content.
Are the example builds in this guide from real players?
No. The three builds below are illustrative examples written by the VvW team to show the submission format using real subclass passives and skill data from the game files — they are not quotes, testimonials, or submissions from named players.
How many subclasses are there to build around?
Six: three vampire subclasses (Blood Mage, Shadow Assassin, Dark Knight) and three werewolf subclasses (Moon Warrior, Pack Shaman, Berserker), each with its own passive bonuses and a ten-skill tree.
Do build submissions need to include both race skills and subclass skills?
It helps a lot. Every character has access to their base race skill tree (Vampire or Werewolf) in addition to their chosen subclass tree, so a complete build write-up should say which of both you're actually slotting.
What is the Blood Mage subclass passive?
Blood Mage grants +25 INT and +20% skill damage with 15% cooldown reduction, at the cost of -15% DEF and -10% STR. It's a pure magic-damage vampire subclass built around AoE and drain effects.
What is the Berserker subclass passive?
Berserker grants +40% ATK when below 50% HP and +30% STR, plus immunity to stuns, at the cost of -25% DEF and -20% HP. It's a high-risk werewolf subclass that gets stronger as it takes damage.
Can I submit a PvE-only or leveling build, not just PvP?
Yes. The submission process doesn't require an arena or PvP focus — leveling builds, solo-dungeon builds and group-support builds (like a Pack Shaman healing/buff loadout) are all valid and welcome.
Will my submitted build get featured somewhere on the site?
Builds shared in the community Discord get seen and discussed by other players there. There's no automatic publishing pipeline from a Discord post to the blog — the team reviews community activity and existing class guides separately.
Where can I find official complete build guides instead of community submissions?
The blog has full write-ups per subclass, including berserker-complete-build-2026.html, blood-mage-complete-build-2026.html, moon-warrior-complete-build-2026.html, pack-shaman-complete-build-2026.html and dark-knight-complete-build-2026.html.