Torchlight Infinite Commander Moto – Ultimate Guide

Torchlight Infinite has finally arrived, and we’re currently in the process of covering every aspect of itin a series of guides, with a focus on the characters themselves. This Torchlight Infinite commander guide focuses on your favourite dwarven hero, Moto, who’s a bit of a tinkerer. This is the defacto minion class in new Torchlight, and will appeal in particular to those that loved the Engineer in Torchlight 2.

This latest entry in the action RPG series brings Torchlight to mobile for the first time ever, and in a free-to-play format. It features five playable characters, most of which are entirely new to the series, alongside all of the monster slaying you dreamed of. If you love watching monsters burst into colourful gore, collecting showers of loot, XP, and gold in the process, you’ll love this.

In the meantime, we recommend checking out the official site to learn more about the game. Following that, make sure to check out our Torchlight Infinite codes list for freebies, Torchlight Infinite classes guide to learn more about them, our Torchlight Infinite tier list to learn who’s best, then our Torchlight Infinite builds guide to help you progress once you’ve picked. We’ve also put together a guide on how the Torchlight Infinite multiplayer and Torchlight Infinite controller support works.

Torchlight Infinite Commander Moto

Below, we’ve recommended the best equipment, traits, talents, skills, and pact points for the Torchlight Infinite Commander.

Equipment

Your build really starts with equipment, which provides you with statistical bonuses that help define your play-style.

• Helmet: Fallen Knight Helmet
• Armor: Unbreakable Armor
• Necklace: Truth
• Gloves: Elder Sage’s Long Gloves
• Belt: Night Conqueror’s Light Belt
• Boots: Imperishable Feet
• Ring 1: Embrace of Eternal Sleep
• Ring 2: Frostfire Ring
• Weapon 1: Twisted Branch
• Weapon 2: Twisted Branch

Torchlight Infinite Commander Traits

Traits tweak certain ability effects, fine-tuning your build to behave a certain way.

Order Calling

• +100% Overload Effect
• Minions last ten seconds longer when receiving Overload
• Your Minions will prioritize the last enemy you hit

All In

• +180% Overload Effect
• Minions’ Overload Effect – 9% per 0.2 second, up to 180%
• Overload grants +50% Critical Strike Rating

Veteran

• For every Overload received, +6% enlarged physique, up to +30%
• For every Overload received, +5% Minion Damage up to 25%
• For every Overload received, +4% Minion Maximum Life, up to 20%

Brothers in Arms

• Each enemy killed by your minions grants one of your minions Overload
• Prioritise minions with no active Overload effects
• For each enemy you and your minion defeats, gain +10% Overload up to +50%

Go for Broke

• Minions lose 30% current life when receiving Overload
• Overload grants +200 base critical strike rating

Pact Points

Rather than list every single pact point to spend, we’re going to list the desired pact effects you should aim for:

• -9% damage taken
• +120% minion maximum life
• +261% minion damage
• +18% minion damage if summoning skills have been used recently
• +40% minion attack and cast speed

Torchlight Infinite Commander Active Skills

Skills are the bread and butter of your build, and the active component of your play-style.

Blurry Steps

Here are the auras we recommend using:

• Mass Effect
• Cooldown Reduction
• Cost Conversion
• Extended Duration

Summon Machine Guard

Here are the auras we recommend using:

• Mechanical Modification
• Steamroll
• Precision Strike
• Tendonslicer
• Critical Strike Damage Increase

Dark Gate

Here are the auras we recommend using:

• Pain Amplification
• Cooldown Reduction
• Extended Duration

Machine Army

Here are the auras we recommend using:

• Pain Amplification
• Cooldown Reduction
• Extended Duration

Passive Skills

These are the best passive skills for the Commander:

• Energy Fortress
• Fearless
• Steadfast

Torchlight Infinite Commander Talents

Similar to pact points, we’re not going to list the individual talents you should unlock, as it would be quite the list. Instead, here are the stats we recommend to aim for in each tree:

Warlock

Aim for these stats with your talent choices:

• Intelligence: +132
• Dexterity: +44
• Strength: +44

And select these skill effects:

• Merciless:
  • 20% of bonuses or reductions to attack speed also apply to cooldown recovery speed
  • 20% of the effects on cast speed is applied to cooldown recovery speed
• Off The Beaten Track:
  • +3 support skill level
  • Support skill’s mana multiplier is set to 105%

Machinist

Aim for these stats with your talent choices:

• Intelligence: +68
• Dexterity: +34
• Strength: +68

And select these skill effects:

• Boss:
  • +1 maximum synthetic troop quantity
  • +50% synthetic troop duration
• Kinetic Conversion:
  • -20% extra damage taken while moving
  • Regenerate 1% life per second while moving

God of Machines

Aim for these stats with your talent choices:

• Intelligence: +60
• Dexterity: +30
• Strength: +60

And select these skill effects:

• Shrink Back:
  • +50% chance to gain Barrier when taking damage
• Mighty Guard:
  • +2 minion skill level
  • -25% minion aggressiveness

Glen Fox

Head of Editorial

Glen has over a decade's worth of experience in gaming journalism, writing for Pocket Gamer, Pocket Tactics, Nintendo Life, and Gfinity. When he's not badgering everyone about the dangers of passive text, you can probably find him playing Wild Rift.