Summary: Chaos/Vitality damage rifleman with a Hellhound to help Grim Dawn Pyromancer (Occultist/Demolitionist) Build - Witch Time Pets allow you to go for a minionmancer build or just have a distraction, making them quite solo-friendly. Occultists specialize in Chaos, Poison, and Vitality damage along with their associated DoTs. Occultists skirt the line between true casters and summoners, able to make use of both.

Ring of Steel 16/16 > Circle of Slaughter 12/12.

Dual Blades 16/16 > Belgothian's Shears 8/8 > Amarasta's Quick Cut > 8/8 > Whirling Death 8/8 > Execution 8/8.

Invest in constellations such as the Assassin's Blade and Blade of Nadaan, since you'll mostly use one-handed swords. Spirit lets you equip trinkets as well, so don't forget it. Most points go into Physique, but have enough Cunning to wield top-tier one-handed weapons. Your other actives and passives make you the Magic Bullet of Grim Dawn builds.

Try to proc Amarasta's Quick Cut for juicy triple attacks. With 5 Mastery Points, consider upping Cadence, Phantasmal Armor, or putting points into Deadly Momentum in the Soldier tree. You'll want to enhance Piercing/Bleeding damage and increase your resistances for higher difficulties.

This means adding attributes to two weapons, of course, giving you a bit of flexibility. Summary: Quick, Lethal Piercing/Bleeding AttackerĬompared to the Commando, the Blademaster is more nimble, using two one-handed weapons. Grim Dawn Blademaster (Nightblade/Soldier) Build - Blender White Noise 10 Hours They can specialize in Physical, Cold, or Poison damage depending on their setup. Typical Nightblades use two one-handed weapons, dancing in and out of combat. Field Command 12/12 > Squad Tactics 12/12Ī rough analogue to your archetypical rogue, the Nightblade has a variety of illusory blades and prefers surgical strikes to prolonged fights.Fire Strike 12/12 > Explosive Strike 12/12 > Searing Might 3/3 > Static Strike 12/12 > Brimstone 12/12.Devotions that boost Fire damage will help, so check out Kraken and Ulzuin's Torch. Spirit is needed for some jewelry as well. Mash into a fine paste and bake at 375° until crusty.Īs a melee build, most points will go to Physique, but 20 or so level-ups into Cunning will let you get reliable critical hits. Try to acquire an Infernal Brimstone, a unique two-handed mace that grants Rain of Fire on critical hits and boosts all of your Demolitionist skills. Field Command and Squad Tactics give some hefty bonuses, and will be repeated in other Soldier builds. Many points are passives, but they'll pull their weight. Use again to chase down stragglers and clean up. Open fights with Blitz to approach and bash down enemies. Trozan's Sky Shard 16/16 > Frozen Core 12/12.Olrexa's Flash Freeze 12/12 > Absolute Zero 12/12.This build leaves 3 Mastery Points left over. Drop many of your stat bumps into Spirit (about 24 should be enough) and the rest into Physique. Supplement with constellations such as Empty Throne for your defenses, and reassign as needed. Maiven's Sphere of Protection and Pneumatic Burst make you quite durable for a caster.įor Devotions, Tsunami is a good early choice for the Cold damage, and try to build for Amatok the Spirit of Winter. TSS has impressive range, so drop it on a group of enemies, freeze the stragglers, rinse, and repeat. Boost your Cold damage and cooldown reduction, and keep your resistances up for higher difficulties. This gives it decent burst, so keep the cooldown for TSS rolling. This spellcasting build takes advantage of Cold damage, relying on Olexra's Flash Freeze, Blade Spirit, and Trozan's Sky Shard to do most of the work.

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