Greetings and welcome to my Valguur Cabalist guide!
If you look for piano-like “not-very-tough” Vitality caster, which is not Dark One and Radaggan, but tries to compete nonetheless, then this is the right place. No more words, here is the build!
1. Grimtools link
Cabalist, Level 100 (GD 1.1.8.0) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator - old setup with Bone Harvest
Cabalist, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator - new setup with Oblivion relic
2. In-game character stats
general stats, only passive and Blood of Dreeg buffs are active
Vitality damage with Dying God and modified Call of the Grave procs
defence parameters
3. Gear/Build explanation
Cabalist has great Vitality support, from percentage and skills to Resistance Reduction both sides. Unfortunately, the class lacks CC resists (except Disruption) and overall weak in OA/DA department. Valguur set does not help much as well. So almost every item in this build is basically core (except for shoulders, we can use Dark One shoulders and juggle with resistances on MIs). MI Suffixes “of Readiness” or “of Attack” are almost mandatory . It is good that those items can be farmed on one route. So…good luck
. Craft for Stun/Freeze resistance (blacksmith in Steelcap District, Malmouth).
And what do we get? A dark wizard, who curses enemies and drains their life through full Vitality Sigils of Consumption and Siphon Souls (with an impressive display of violence). Weak-willed ones crawl away in confusion and die by dozens, while strong ones cannot even hit him, only watch in frustration and despair at their health bars going down. Really nice .
About Resistance Reduction. Total amount is ~134% (-29% from Curse of Frailty modifier, -35% from Spectral Wrath (when hit), -25% from Rattosh constellation, -15% from Siphon Souls set modifier, -10% from Cursebearer ring (when hit) and 20 flat from Scales constellation (when hit)). Looks good (if we forget that many hard enemies have huge Vitality Resistance ).
4. Gameplay
As I said, piano-like. Rotation “Curse of Frailty → Ill Omen (if there are many tough enemies) → Sigil of Consumption → Wendigo Rush (if needed) → Siphon Souls → spam Oblivion”. Repeat. If you need extra damage - Call of the Grave. Uptime Blood of Dreeg and do not forget debuffs. Stack Sigils under bosses, use Siphon and you will be OK (most of the time). Mark of Torment for dire situations.
5. Videos (done with Bone Harvest setup)
Avatar of Mogdrogen
Callagadra fight
(for those who like watching someone's suffering and pain)
Valguur Cabalist vs Callagadra part1 - YouTube - part 1
Valguur Cabalist vs Callagadra part2 - YouTube - part 2
Valguur Cabalist vs Callagadra part3 - YouTube - part 3
Lokarr
Mad Queen
Ravager of Flesh
Crucible 150-170 (4 buffs, 3 T1 Stormbeacons)
Crucible 150-170 (4 buffs only, different map) (1.1.8.0)
SR 75 Boss room (not the best run, bad mutators)
Thank you for visiting this topic. Hope you found it interesting and useful . As always, any suggestions/critics are welcome!