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I’d run 4pc Ultos and try to get a double rare Ugdenbog gun. Doable with vendor farming; a Skyfallen of Torrents or something like that. But for ranged PS Vindicator would probably be better. Or can always go the classic VoS Druid approach.
the weapon, during levelling use
and get Hydra devotion too
rest you can pretty much still use (assuming it’s a warder ofc, otherwise swap in Arcanist/Inquisitor/Oathkeeper as you please instead of Soldier)
Ok thanks to you and Gnomish. Ill look into vindicator as well. I had that ranged weapon in mind already but i thought it would be a much more involved process to swap over to ranged lol
i’d almost think you could just take the devotions 1:1 from the top20 evoker vindicator 
*obv don’t copy the skill distribution since the wps are useless on primal strike 
Is this build viable in 1.2?
of course it is!
Hi everyone,
I just tried this build and I like it a lot! But I am confused about the Elemental Storm procs. I tested it multiple times and could not see a proc with Wendigo Totem. With War Cry or Wind Devils it works just fine.
Do you think this is a bug or do we need to find another skill for Elemental Storm?
If you tested in on dummies than you need to use pet attack because Wendigo Totems don’t attack dummies in a way. But on normal monsters they proc perfectly fine.
Good evening,
Thank you for this fantastic in depth guide. GD newb here and I’ve been experimenting with my own builds but also viewing multiple different guides for similar chars and comparing. Can I just ask why Toad devotion over say quill? Is it the minor health regen rly that good over all that Ele damage? Just wondeting as it seems to have most bonuses for pets but I thought the wind devils were more fotr debuffing than damage.
Also, how are you staying alive effectively at level 50 because I’m at level 44 and nearly all my regen is coming from a few points in blood pact off the wendigo which I can see you’re not running.
Looking for education 
TY
Toad over Quill due to 3% attack damage converted to health (it works with Primal Strike)+ racial damage to beasts
Try pumping more points into Mogdrogen Pact and Veterancy, they will give you health regen.
Take Menhir’s Bulwark as exclusive skill - it grants flat phys damage (which should be converted to lightning once you have items with physical damage converted to lightning), damage absorb and again health regen.
Go and farm Gollus for his rings - they give health regen, +3 to Mogdrogen Pact and +3 to Menhir’s Bulwark, being best in slot for lightning warder in my opinion.
As for devotions:
Get Behemoth devotion for it’s health proc + either Wayward soul (for another heal) or Harvest Scythe (for another source of flat health regen).
Get Crab for flat absorb.
You should have Arcane Bomb from Widow devotion bound to Primal Strike and Elemental Storm from Rhowan’s Crown devotion bound to Wind Devils, it should help you immensely with your damage.
Also have a look at your resistances, you should try and patch them up as much as you can at least with components (make sure you buy all available component blueprints from the faction vendors).
Thank you so much for the detailed response.
I assumed it was for the Health regen, just seemed like ALOT of damage to give up but I guess the point of warder is to live and win by out-surviving your foe isn’t it. makes sense.
Level 40 something currently. Not even begun soldier tree yet. Sticking pretty much to the guide above for my build currently.
Farming Gollus in a couple of minutes. Was wearing 1 already but never realised they were not uniques and had different variants. DERP. Gone back to find Electric/Lightning versions of the item. Thanks
Didn’t have Behemoth as I was using the guide above but will consider it. Not having an issue with survivability yet so will keep it in the back pocket. Blood pact and wendigo totem putting in work and next Dev point is “toad” so between them I should be laughing to be honest
Crab is on todo list
Arcane bomb is indeeed bound to PS. Rhowans not yet unlocked.
As for resistances, not paying attention much YET as I’m not struggling but I understand how important they are. I’m used to POE and I know resi is key
Thank you so much for the time you took to educate and respond. Appreciated very much
hi , im new to grim dawn (v1.2.0.5) and currently following this guide and going wonderfully , but i wonder if i should keep going since its made for an older version of the game or is it irrelevant ? cuz i couldnt find any beginner lightning ps builds for 1.2
thank you
You can follow this Warder guide but I would change / follow modern Health Regen devotion from this endgame guide [1.2.0.0] Thunderbolt - The Primal Strike Warder [c+] [sr+] (you can also get Gollus rings when they are available for even more Health Regen)
You can also follow this Elementalist one (also with Health Regen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXad2LecuvI&list=PL-7HuL5PyGEIX0zRAdBllfQADSQZqe3xl
If you play Steam, I recommend game’s branch to Test one Public Testing FAQ because you will have permanent Wind Devils then which is great for QoL
Other than that, it shouldn’t matter if a beginner build is not 100% optimal / up-to-date
oh thank u , will check those out , so i keep going with the one im following and respec later or advised to respec now to one of the modern ones ?
also no steam , can i get perma wind devils elsewhere ?
its working so far, but im starting to die often now lvl 45 atm
then your only options are waiting for when the next patch is officialy released
or modding devils so they are permanent (best to ask on GD Discord / modding section for that if you’re interested)
fix your resistances with components and greens that have a lot of resistances ← the most important
get Health Regen devotions
maybe use Wendigo Totem (although probably not necessary with the above)
thank u , i will check dc
so i got some answer from dc on how to edit the skill file , but i have no clue on how to get there in the first place , do u happen to know ?
i have another question regarding attribute points , ive dumped all of them into physique , i couldnt find where to distribute them , am i going the right direction ?
2 ways here: 1-physique for some da in general, 2-spirit for % dmg
Hi, I’m on my first playthrough using this build. I’m not sure what has changed in the game since your original post. I had a question about the transcendent relic I’m supposed to be using. It looks like the “Desolation” Relic was updated. It gives +1 to all shaman skills now in addition to its lightning based dmg bonuses. Would this relic be better than arbiter? ( also @tqFan @Gnomish_Inquisition )
Thank You,
