I would take what he said with a grain of salt. It sounds more like bravado than anything.
Can you expand on these?
Can you expand on these?
Is there any reason to start with Normal instead of Veteran? I switched to Veteran for my newest alt (Occultist) and it didn't seem much harder.
Demolitionist has Dual-Wield Firestrike/Brimstone builds that so far has the highest recorded damage (68k) in a single strike (for a spell).
Demolitionist has Dual-Wield Firestrike/Brimstone builds that so far has the highest recorded damage (68k) in a single strike (for a spell).
The second build is a Canister Bomb/Grenado/Stun Jacks build. Canister Bomb has extremely high damage for crowd control and it stuns everything it hits. Grenado is a great single-shot skill but loses its touch during mid-elite and I usually swapped to Stun Jacks which worked great with Canister Bomb. Once you get enough mana to sustain Quick Jacks, it's best to swap to that for your primary damage.
Nightblade has Phantasmal Blades/Frenetic Throw that completely obliterates everything so long as you stack one or two damage types. PB can use bleeding, vitality, chaos, and piercing, so if you just focus on one or two of those damage types, you won't ever have any issues.
Nightblade has the highest single-target DPS with the Blademaster for pure physical damage.
Nightblade also has perfect synergies for a brutal two-handed/dual wield poison build.
The last build is really odd but Nightblade and Soldier can achieve an extremely high amount of retaliation and reflect damage. There's a build at the official forums (although he switched it to Warder for higher end-game retaliation and HP) that features a reflect/retaliation build where he let most of the bosses kill themselves - he doesn't even attack most bosses.
I've personally tested all of these builds except the retaliation/reflect build and I can vouch for these builds being viable for Ultimate. Some builds rely on very specific gear but the builds I've made can easily be done with self-found gear.
Veteran just gives more experience and a higher chance at better loot at the cost of stronger enemies. Honestly, there's absolutely no reason to play on Normal unless you just don't want a challenge. Considering I killed The Warden at level 9 on Veteran for the achievement, it doesn't say much for Veteran mode being a challenge.
I tried a dual wield Firestrike/Brimstone build. It went well until Elite. I am too squishy and die too much.
What DW Firestrike / Brimstone build hit for 68k max for a single spell? The build I saw had 68k dps on the sheet.
Blademaster piercing builds hit hard. My Blademaster hit for 265k. I finally saw a build, made by a Spellbreaker, hit for more than my BM did by around 300 damage. I actually helped a little (relic and answered some questions he had) on the build with talking to the guy before he made his Spellbreaker. He is a darn good build maker. I really like his Saboteur build.
I have been thinking about making an Elementalist that uses guns and lightning. It just looks hard on the healthpool and may be too squishy.
He is a darn good build maker. I really like his Saboteur build.
Are you talking about "jajaja" from the GD forums?
Following the modding tools update, you can look forward to the Hidden Path, which is an upcoming free content update for Grim Dawn, featuring new lore, new bosses and a new dungeon. With this update are also three new Monster Infrequents, four new Epic items and two new Legendary items.
^^ Both fights can be won with a DoT component/spell and lots of running/kiting.
I wouldn't spec into Occultist just for Salazar unless you want to make a hybrid lightning/chaos build, but I wouldn't recommend it. Going full Druid (Shaman/Arcanist) will grant you the highest damage output for a lightning-based character. Also, when I made my current Druid (lightning caster), I was able to kill Salazar fairly early with a melee build. I didn't have the mana to sustain a caster build, so I built him as a Primal Strike melee character. It was a tough and very long fight, but ultimately I won.
http://grimcalc.com/build/zRqd9e
This is my old melee build I used right before I swapped to a caster.
Elementalist is also pretty good to up Lightning damage as well.
Elementalist is also pretty good to up Lightning damage as well.
True, but since he's going with a melee build, I think he might want the extra defense from Maivens and the "oh shit" Mirror button. Not to mention Inner Focus adds a ton of OA which is necessary and a maxed Elemental Balance add 25% Crit damage. Arcane Will is also a very nice touch for when a hero or boss nukes you, it gives you a very nice boost to your damage. For the final touches, you can toss in Olrexa's Flash Freeze with Absolute Zero for some nice crowd control and massive debuff. Granted, it only helps with physical damage, but when you're up against an Electrified hero or a boss with maxed out Lightning resistances, OFF with Absolute Zero will make a noticeable difference.
Elementalist has the upper hand in that you can mix fire and lightning (which have great synergies, especially from Kymon's Chosen) and you get Flash Bang which does wonders for crowd debuffs.
Been playing SC2 with my gaming buddy but need to go back and check out all the changes that have been made in this game.
What is this Dalia quest mentioned above? Not sure if I ever did that one...
EDIT: Also, anybody know how to edit the thread title? I am going to change this to **OFFICIAL** GD thread status since everything seems to be here. But cannot figure out how. Can change first post title but not thread title.
Started a new game yesterday. Gone with Shaman as my first class. Gonna do a full melee beast with heavy Shaman and some Arcanist splash in it or maybe go with Soldier as my secondary and just go Passives for some random outbursts...
I know passives were rarely the way to go for huge FPS spikes but the Soldiers ones seem quite nice.