Update: PLEASE GET AS MUCH DA AS POSSIBLE. DA IS SOOOOO HUGE ON ANY CASTER. Don’t just focus on OA because we all love seeing those crits xD
Update: I dropped Reckless Tempest and picked up Arcane Bomb and Aether Fire… I think this is probably the most proc build one can make at this point.
You might look at my title and sneer:“huh? Greatest power? I doubt this build is gonna be more powerful than X build.”
And most likely you’re right. There are so many builds out there that once you acquire the BiS gears, nothing can stand in your way. And honestly, my knowledge about this game is too limited to make the strongest build.
But we’re not talking about the strongest build here. We are talking about POWER.
And when you play this build, oh boy, are you gonna feel like the most powerful character ever.
Take a look at Grimtool and you’ll understand what I mean.
http://www.grimtools.com/calc/qNYPmLlZ
Reason One to play this build:
Essentially, this is an insane devotion proc build. You’ll have
- Arcane Bomb
- Aether Fire
- Flame Torrent
- Fissure
- Meteor Shower
AND - Hand of Ultos
all of them proccing at the same time. Your screen will be filled with so many things that you’ll truly believe just how powerful you are.
Reason Two to play this build:
I didn’t put together this build simply because I love devotion procs (who doesn’t), it’s also because that there is crazy amount of synergy:
- -40% Fire and Lightning resistance from Thermite Mine
- -35% Elemental resistance from Wind Devil
- -35% Lightning resistance from Arcane Bomb
- -25% Flat Elemental resistance from Agonizing Flames
- -25% Reduced elemental resistance from Hand of Ultos
Everything is working with our fire and lightning damage perfectly
Reason Three to play this build:
Since we already have soooo much raw damage, this build really doesn’t need any particular gear, therefore, it’s also extremely beginner friendly. The only thing I would recommend (but not required) are:
- Groble Sky Idol (rare item) - you want it because a good one will allow you have FOUR storm totem up at all time. You can farm it from Asterkhan Valley. (Note that the lv95 version requires 724 spirit so you probably need to put 25 ~ 30 attributes into spirits depending on your gear. Not a big deal though you can still easily hit 12k+ hp late game.)
- Any gear that reduce stun/entrapment duration. You want to run around while keep tossing out your skills
Reason Four to play this build:
Despite how many strong devotion this build has, you can actually acquire most of the important ones such as Meteos and Ultos by end of act 3 on Elite. You can even speed up this process by starting in crucible for 4~5 devotion points.
What does this mean? Grim dawn is about enjoying the build while making it. And the sooner you’ll get to enjoy end game devotion, imo, the better. (Don’t you hate sometimes that you would have to get to mid Ultimate difficulty to unlock the devotion that you’ve been chasing for the whole game??)
Reason Five to play this build:
Despite how much offense this build has, it actually has good defense as well:
- Stun from Hand of Ultos
- Stun from Fissure
- Confusion from Aether Fire
- Stun from Cracked Lodestone (Component)
- Stun Jack (We are not transmuting it so it can give up to 5 seconds of stuns!)
- Giants blood
- Blast Shield
- Flashbang + Searing Light
- Vindictive Flame + Ulzuin’s Wrath
- Reduced OA from Blackwatercocktaiil
- Impair aim from Wind Devil
- Wendingo Totem
- -OA from Arcane Bomb
And that’s just purely from devotions, skills and one component.
Reason Six to play this build:
This build has ridiculous clear speed. Picture this: you toss down a bunch of skill and they start proccing devotions and you just keep running forward and watch your exp rises. I link my storm totem with Meteo Shower and it’s insane how strong it is. Hell, I would like to make a claim here that this is THE fastest clear build ever. (Think about it, the equation has always been more devotion procs = faster clears speed, and this build uses five of the strongest devotion procs).
As requested, I am gonna briefly go over the leveling path:
- As soon as you start, put points in Devouring swam. This skill is just so good for leveling early game.
- Try to max devouring swarm while progressing towards wind devil and storm totem.
- Once you get to the totem, focus on progressing towards Thermite mine and Maelstorm while putting some points into the totem as well. Thermite mine is insanely strong when linked with the devotion Flame Torrent. Feel free to spec out of devouring at this point.
- After maxing out Thermite mine, you are far enough into the game and strong enough that you can do w/e you want at this point. I would probably max heart of the wild first for that extra HP.
For devotion path, I would get Flame Torrent first, then get to fissure asap. After that, you would want to rush to Meteo and then Hand of Ultos. Get Tempest last because it’s out of the way and will delay us getting the more powerful devotions like Meteos and Ultos.
Make sure you link the devotion like I did in my Grimtool. I played around it and find this set up provides the most consistent amount of procs.
Let me know if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy this build as much as I do. 
Note: on pg.2, Kobu provided a link to the potential full gears. Take a look, I doubt if I gear this guy up I could go any further than that version.
