Nice guide for the best class! 
of Scorched Ends maybe?
Why so greedy? 
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Really epic journey, which can lead to nice build.
I like the gear versatility of physical EoR and lot of people can have decent build with or even without Warborn set.
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You say to put points in to cunning but I don’t have enough physique to use weapons, do you mean “enough” physique and then dump the rest in to cunning?
yes, thanks, I’ll edit the tip to be more clear
The tips might be a bit rough so feel free to ask / correct them if needed.
Sweet, you got back to me fast, thanks for that. This is my first character I downloaded the game about 6 months ago and played a soldier to 40 then got sucked back in to another game. So I’m pretty fresh, it might just be common sense to people with a little more time.
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There are some potions later to reset Attributes so they don’t need to be perfect while leveling.
I linked other endgame builds in the OP:
- Endgame builds
Hi everyone, new to the game here. Quick equipment question, I’m farming the Sandclaw Slicers and I got some drops but the damage output (on paper) is much lower than what I currently have equipped. Do the stats outweigh the actual DPS or should I keep farming for better drops? Lvl 28 Warlord who just killed Cronley btw.
I believe nothing could beat them (unless maybe it’s great vs trash affixes). But I never look at the DPS meter.
Do you have Presence of Virtue at 1p at least and activated? If you want, you can make some screenshots of these weapons or wear them and import in Grim Tools calc for me (and others) to have a look at them.
@SmokeSouls Also what DPS counter do you mean? A general one or a specific one for EoR?
Hi tqFan, i’m newbie in grim dawn. I appreciate this immensely thorough guide, and the extent to which you lay this out with such care and detail. I really like this description. I will try to follow the description, I really like it so far. I successfully managed to kill him Loghorrean. My character Warlord, Level 50 (GD 1.1.9.7) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator.
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First time player here… What is the reasoning for skipping the expansion content until higher difficulties? Is it just to speed things up?
yes but if you prefer doing the whole Normal Main Campaign it’s totally fine - won’t need to do bounties in Ultimate then most probably. I wouldn’t do expansions in Elite though, just move to Ultimate as soon as possible.
Hi @tqFan thanks for the quick reply. I didn’t mean any third party DPS meter I simply meant the stat on the weapon item itself saying “-470 Damage per Second (If Equipped)”. I know I’m comparing a one-hand with a two-hand but I think with dual wielding it would still be less. Should I generally ignore this stat?
Please look at this value instead, I think it’s not the same
(you need to have EoR on either LMB or RMB for this comparison. This indicator is not flawless and can be misleading too
Yes, DPS tooltip for EoR is bugged and counts DoT damage several times, resulting in a wrong, bloated number, particulary so if you have items with massive DoT damage bonus for EoR.
If you decide to complete FULL content in Veteran, you’ll be at ~70 level when you finish it, massively overleveling your foes. If you do the same for Elite, you’ll probably reach 100 level before Ultimate… All while overlevelling your foes and getting bad loot. And wasting a lot of time on that too.
So, yes, to speed it up, you shouldnt clear full content until Ultimate. Obviously, it also depends on how strong your build is - if it’s too weak and your damage/resistances suck, then it might be a wise option to clear more content to get stronger first.
Clearing full content on Veteran is fine, but then you should just rush through Elite. Alternatively, you can clear only AoM content in Veteran and only FG content in Elite.
First time I’m playing GD, on Veteran, this build is just shredding everything. I just walk through levels and everything dies. I’m a little overleveled granted, but wow. I also really appreciate your recommendations for tools, because I’m a big tool person as well, and I really love the tools you are using.
This game is pretty awesome!! This build makes it feel super easy, but I’m sure I’ll be challenged eventually, haha!
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Glad you like it. Actually it’s not THAT damaging, especially early on (I played on Normal for that reason). Later when you get Beronath at 70 it’s better but still not your top damaging beginner build. But it’s fine. Maul is mandatory against beefy enemies.
Feels like Physical EoR is a bit more gear dependant (you do need to get through all this armor enemies have), also a bit weaker against single target. But it also depends on experience - the more you play the higher expectations you have.
Durability / sustain is its biggest advantage. Unfortunately It might be hard for you to actually be challenged if you follow every suggestion 
Damn, this is a less damaging build? I killed the Warden on Veteran in like 30 seconds with 1 health potion, just stood there and EoR’d him. It feels like Normal would be pretty much identical, except maybe I’d save a few seconds on bosses.
I’m sure I’ll be able to manufacture some challenge in Crucible or Shattered Realms, if I go high enough! I guess that’s ARPGs though, if you have a good build, it’s tough for there to be too much of a challenge, even in huge ones like PoE.
I’m going to go all the way with this build and then use it to farm up some other builds. I feel like I’ll get more out of GD than I’ve gotten out of a game in a long time. Thanks again for being such a pillar of this community, I’m realizing 90% of the posts I’m using were authored by you, hahaha!
Oh totally, I meant just Main Campaign excluding the hardest superbosses.
If it’s your type of game / nothing annoys you very much, you can spend a lot of time with Grim Dawn.
If one likes experimenting / theorycrafting & testing / building many characters, there’s infinite content.
There are also some greats mods out there.
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1000000% my type of game. Gives me hope for the future of gaming. I wrote this whole thing about how much more of a spiritual successor to D2 this game seems to be than PoE, but I didn’t want to derail your thread too much 
Looking forward to spinning my way to 90-100 and giving something else a shot. Thanks again for everything, even though you say the guide is poorly laid out, I’m finding everything I need 
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I’m spinnin’ through, just finished elite at level 56, very nice build! Just had a question about devotion points. A lot of your devotion point distributions seem literally impossible, by which I mean I cannot discern how you meet the requirements for all of your constellations. In many of your builds, I cannot even undo points, sometimes in the only type of constellation you have, when you only have the bonus from that constellation, but that constellation has a requirement you have not met. Your level 100 version is no exception, and let me use a simple one as an example.
You have Jackal, which requires 1 red point and rewards 3 for completion. However, you only have the 3 from completion. I cannot deselect any of these, the builder will not let me. Is this actually possible in the game? If so, how? I’ve never been able to achieve it by undoing points or anything, is there a trick?
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