1.0.0.6 Witch Hunter 2Hands Poisons "The Taipan".

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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Hey!

I made a build whith acid/poison witch hunter. Not really eccentric except that i decided to do it around 2hand melle weapons. And i was surprised to see that it works nice!

Let’s talk about:

PROS
-Nice damage over time
-Dynamic gameplay
-New player can easily ending ultimate
-Don’t need full set.

CONS
-Less than 10K life then be careful (i have a little more than 8.5k)
-You don’t have the DW line and reduced Cool down on pneumatic burst.
-You’ll sometimaes have to hit and run.
-Aether resistance is hard to get. And to much poison resist…

GRIM CALC (without +skill)

http://grimcalc.com/build/62IvWNA

Actualy i’m not using Dreeg evil eyes but with “focused gaze” it reduce target’s physical damage and it’s good for survival (by the way the text is false on grim calc, check in game)

Veil of shadow+night chill is really interesting for survival and damage. And as we don’t have to spend point in the DW line we can take more point in this one which is also good to trigger our weapon’s passive skill (http://gracefuldusk.appspot.com/items/8485-Nightshade’s-Reach)

SHadow strike : if you want to do more damage you can max it.

Lethal assaut if fine for Acid/poison damage on other skill than ABB. Then i took 12/12. By the way if you have head/chest of venomblade you’ll have cold/pierce damage converted into acid.

DEVOTION

You can see the one i’m actualy using on previous link. At the begening i was also using “Affliction” instead of life devotion. But with only 7400 life it was too much dangerous. Particulary in BOC.

I think you can take more defence if you want but like this it’s enough to do SoT and BOC. I didn’t tried nemesis yet.

Tainted eruption is a very good AOE skill. I linked it to dreeg’s infinite gaze (composant from weapon) which make it trigger often. I think it’s a good choice to take this devotion quickly for the leveling.

Acid spray : on ABB.

Scorpion sting : shadow strike.

Gardian’s gaze : curse of frailty

Twin fang : ring of steel

Turtle shell : wherever you want:)

Don’t hesitate to make other suggestion, i’ve tested many combination but maybe there’s better one. It’s not easy cause there is many skill to trigger.

ITEM

I show all my item on video.

But i think one is essential:http://gracefuldusk.appspot.com/items/8485-Nightshade’s-Reach with +2 to all nightblade skill it’s a very good one if you want 2H build. I’m using mark of dreeg on it.

Venomblade head and chest are very good for the build but if you don’t have it the build can works.

One ring, amulet, belt and shoulder i’m wearing are for resistance. But if you want more damage you can take some other with acid/poison damge or more OA

Relic: Malediction seems better than dreeg’s affliction…

VIDEO

This first one was at the end of leveling, not exactly like my guide but but fine for ultimate i think:

And the actual build on the begening of SOT (my gear on the begening):


(the final boss is easy to facetank, easier than Ilgorr the eternal that is on video)

Sorry for my low english, i hope you’ll enjoy this build and don’t hesitate to bring some suggestions! :slight_smile:

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So, I’ve been playing a Nightshade’s Reach Witchhunter for a few weeks based on some conversations with Avatar of Dreeg, and your build is similar in many ways but took a philosphical left turn I think makes it weaker.

Nightshade’s Reach is not a fast weapon. Poison is not fast damage. Facetanking and holding down RMB are not the best ways to take advantage of this character’s strengths. Consider an alternative build based entirely around massive cooldowns:

  • Replace Malediction with Dreeg’s Affliction, for a 25K poison DOT in place of some flat damage
  • Train DEE up to 12/12 or better, for another 13K DOT

Those two plus the massive DOT from SS+NJE, Tainted Eruption, Scorpion Sting, the Toxic Gas Cloud from Apostate, and any other poison sources you have, mean that you should never have to stand in one place holding down your ABB button; you can just SS in, dump a lethal dose of poison, and walk away as the bodies hit the floor.

Here’s my build nakedand bonused, and my equipment list. They look a lot like yours, but I think the differences along with a difference of playstyle make an important change in how it plays.

Here’s a video of Avatar of Dreeg playing this build in the cooldown style I mention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zNo8l8zLxE . There are more linked from that one if you explore his profile.

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does decent damage , i am willing to try it hehe

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Hey gurzak. Thanx for your advice.

I i will test it soon. At the moment i don’t have really the need because i don’t have nemesis and i can facetank all other boss (except madqueen and sharzul, sentinel is fine). But for nemesis it could worth the change.
I’ve seen some video from your link but i did’nt saw his build. I think it’s near of what you talked about.

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why doesn´t your skills show up in the grim calc, when I click the link it turns up blank with not even a class selected ?

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why doesn´t your skills show up in the grim calc, when I click the link it turns up blank with not even a class selected ?

Sorry i don’t know i checked angain and it still works for me… (you can check the begening of the second video and you’ll see it)

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I’ve been playing this build alongside a buddy who is playing Dreeg’s Champion. Total poison chaos :slight_smile:

Thanks for posting, great build.