[1.2.0.3-1.2.1] The Ghostmaster - Diviner Vitality Pet Ritualist [endgame] [full game content+] + Budget Setup


THE GHOSTMASTER


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FOREWORD


Since pets now suffer against supers, I decided to experiment with immortal pets. The problem is: pets are immortal, but I am not. And I tried to solve this problem.



THE BUILD


Grimtools

Recommended (DG)

Devotions map

Progression in Grimtools

Text guide

Crossroad-Rurple>Shepherd’s Crook>Remove - Crossroad-Rurple
Crossroad-Blue>Lizard>Remove - Crossroad-Blue
Crossroad-Pink>Rat
Crossroad-Green>Behemoth>Remove - Rat
Crossroad-Yellow>Crane
Stag
Panther
Eel
Ishtak
Staff of Rattosh
Jackal
Aeon’s Hourglass
Crossroad-Rurple
Remove - Shepherd’s Crook>Remove - Crossroad-Rurple
Dying God


Some gear explanation

Set: Diviner’s Vision - the core of the build. Allows to summon up to 5 Reap Spitits

Rings: Mythical Spiritbinder Glyph x 2 - 100% elemental to vitality conversion for pets, +OA and +% vitality damage for pets.

Gloves: Mythical Bonescavenger’s Deathgrips - 100% physical to vitality conversion for all pets, up to 60% acid to vitality for Primal Spirit’s DoT and some additional :ghost: pets.

Medal: Mythical Mark of Unlife - nice DA bonuse, %crit damage for pets and useful proc.

Relic: Bysmiel’s Domination - % physical resist for player, +OA, +crit dmg and +OA for pets.

Amulet: Death-Watcher Pendant of Mending - target farmable neck. Passive 5% total speed, 15% heal, +2 to Mogdrogen’s Pact and +1 to Necro. AND +5 second duration to Call of the Grave.

Weapon: Salazar’s Sovereign Blade - target farmable weapon. Additional pet with decent damage and -12% to all resists aura.

Belt: Lunal’Valgoth’s Waistguard - target farmable with pet affixes. % stun reduction and some resists.

Pants: target farmable Taskmaster’s Bysmiel-Sect Legguards. Acid resist, trap resist and pet affixes.

Vile Tincture and Wrath of the Beast Tincture as additional dmg boosts.

Also don’t need to spend hundreds of hours chasing one specific affix just because it’s recommended. The build works even without any affixes on MI:

Video (fxd link): Unaffixed Ravager of Flesh, Callagadra and Crate of Entertainment (uncut run)



BUDGET STEPPING STONE SETUP


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This setup was made as a stepping stone for easy totem/dungeons farming and climbing lower levels of SR (up to 66). Only basic low-level components,augs and gear were used.

Even with unaffixed MI (but with 2 mandatory green prefixes on weps (for 23+ Reap spirit) and 1 optional suffix for more health regen :slight_smile:) , this setup can clear SR65-66: VIDEO



FRESH HARDCORE SSF LEVELING EXPERIENCE


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It’s not a real leveling guide, but a showcase of leveling possibilities.The goal was to get as close to a Budget Steping Stone Setup as possible and make pre-endgame setup for successful farming.

TL;DR: Finished MC+AoM+FG on Ultimate, setup can farm Lokarr. I’m too lazy so I didn’t climb SR or Cr (yet).


Grimtools 1-100 lvl

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46 lvl, finished MC
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90 lvl, Ultimate, finished Homestead questline
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100 lvl, finished Ultimate MC + AoM start and finish
100 lvl, finished FG, final setup


Notable loot: target farmable items, quest rewards, faction items and craft
1-30 lvl, Main campaign

MI and quest reward:

Weapon: Warden’s Judgment
Offhand: Karvor’s Conjuring Bone
Head: Milton’s Casque
Shoulders: Isaac’s Spaulders
Pants: Dreeg-Sect Legguards
Rings: Slith Primal Ring, Viloth’s Ring
Neck: Putrid Necklace
Medal: Halion’s Crest
Relic: Bone Talisman Equilibrium

Craft/Random:

Set: Explorer’s Garments
Note: Only 2 items from the set can be crafted and one of the items also requires a blueprint with random drop.
Belt: Shockweave Sash Bounty Hunter’s Girdle
Note: Random BP drop.



35-40 lvl, Main campaign

MI:

Weapon: Korvaak’s Burning-Blade - totally random drop from totem in Temple of the Three. Gamechanger: allows to convert physical+vitality damage to fire

Offhand: Bloodsworn Codex
Shoulders: Rhowari Shoulderguard
Chest: Rhowari Cuirass
Gloves: Rhowari Handguards
Head: Spectral Crown
Neck: Death-Watcher Pendant - BiS
Rings: Bloodsworn Signet

Craft:

Belt: Solar Belt
Relic: Hysteria



40+ lvl, AoM/FG

Each list contains only those items that you can start looking for at these levels. You can continue to farm them at higher lvls, including new faction items at 65-70-90 lvl. There’re no items with completely random drop/craft (with a few exceptions) or which require a high-level reputation.


Video: Fresh HC SSF Leveling - Highlights: Normal, Elite, Ultimate



PERFORMANCE


1.2.1 video

Recommended - Crate of Entertainment
Recommended - Callagadra
Recommended - Ravager of Flesh
Recommended - SR90 Suicide Run
Recommended - SR120 - No deaths - With timer



1.2.0.3-1.2.0.5 archive

THE BUILD


Grimtools

Note: Live is my current legit gear after 30+ h gameplay.

Maxed is a perfect gear for this build.


Some gear explanation

Diviner’s Vision - the core of the build. Allows to summon up to 5 Reap Spitits. Head crafed for slow res.

Rings: Mythical Spiritbinder Glyph x 2 - elemental to vitality conversion for RS, +% crit dmg and +% vitality damage for pets.

Medal: Mythical Mark of Unlife - nice DA bonuses, crit dmg for pets and circuit breaker.

Relic: Bysmiel’s Domination - physical resist for us, +OA, +crit dmg and +total spd for pets.

Amulet: Death-Watcher Pendant - target farmable neck, passive 5% phys res, 15% healing and +1 to Necro. AND 5 second duration to Call of the Grave. BiS.

Weapon: Bargoll’s Core - target farmable, “2 Second Duration to Call of the Grave; Increases Health Regeneration by 100% to Call of the Grave; 15% Physical Resistance to Call of the Grave”. With Death-Watcher Pendant - increases the duration of Call of the Grave to 17 sec. With +СDR% and Time Dilation - the buff becomes permanent.

Belt: Lunal’Valgoth’s Waistguard - target farmable. w/ pet affixes or Mythical Spiritseeker Cord.

Pants: target farmable Dominator’s Bysmiel-Sect Legguards or Mythical Wildshorn Legguards

Vile Tincture and Wrath of the Beast Tincture as additional dmg boosts.


PERFORMANCE


Live


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Ravager of Flesh
Ravager of Minds
Ravager of Souls
Callagadra
Crate of Entertainment
SR80-81

Maxed


video

Callagadra
Crate of Entertainment + full pharma and cluster

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Updates

06.19.24: updated to 1.2.1

06.20: fixed Unaffixed Run link;

07.04: added 1.2.1 videos for Recommended setup

07.11: added Budget Stepping Stone setup

07.16: added Devotions map guide

07.20: added Fresh HC SSF experience

08.29: spelling

Reserved /10char.

11iii11

I did not expect time dilation of all things to make a comeback :smile:

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btw - if you can’t find a good Bargol roll during the endgame you can use Cryptstalker as a stand in, also gives some more skill points and RR :wink: Yes, it misses some things, but it’ll work for SR75-76 etc. Which in turn will give you the iron to buy this double rare Bargol’s Core from the vendor. Which is going to be exceedingly expensive. Like over 500K iron expensive.

Though any Bargol core with a pet roll should be useful for levelling.

Now as for levelling this beast - Skeletons, Skeletons, Skeletons, which combined with Devouring Swarm will carry you well through until you can unlock Reap Spirit. So max those out then go for the higher level skills and fill them out as need be.

Bargoll’s Core with literally any affixes + Death-Watcher Pendant with literally any affixes > all.

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…And I just managed to pass SR90-91 with this build very easily, despite getting that bloody boss room on 91. No issue though, just ran around and directed the ghosts one nemesi at a time.

Suspect this can push SR100, but I’m too gumby to try that.

Definitely one of the best pet builds available at the moment (sorries Maya) and relatively easy to play once it’s geared up it seems from my button fumbling runs today.

Findings from SR90-91.

  1. You will be slower at killing stuff, unless you use tinctures etc. But still not as fast as SR85-86.

  2. You can die now lawl. So try not to tank everything and draw enemies out when need be.

  3. Kaisan is now actually a threat, so either destroy his crystals or get away from them.

  4. Outcast etc are now also a much more serious threat, so use pots and play smart.

  5. Seeker of the Damned is still a total push over though and can be 1 phased, suspect Manifestations will be slightly harder. Gazer Prime is still a total waste of time though as you have to carve a path to it or die from lightning DoT stacks.

  6. Potentially can reach even deeper, but I’m beyond the point coffee can make me functional, so wont be plumbing the depths today.

  7. Oh and Wendigo Rush works well here, since it’s fast recharge makes you more mobile. Only used it because I was too lazy to craft Dark Progenitor, but mobility matters a lot more in deep SR so you can escape incoming threats.

And youtube finished processing early, so here’s one of my 3 SR90-91 runs:

And now to see if coffee can revive me, I have a feeling it wont…

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I can help with that :stuck_out_tongue: - https://i.imgur.com/8mnrPzB.jpeg

Build has insane dps even at SR 130 :drooling_face:

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GSA which version of this build is better Live or Maxed.

Maxed.

Live is my legit gear after 30+ h gameplay.

Maxed is a perfect gear.

I should add this to the description. :slight_smile:

Btw @The_Mess used Live, @Maya used Maxed.

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This looks awesome for the ritualist I just leveled using Maya’s Ishtar as a base. Thanks! Already have most of the gear and got super lucky with that exact pair of MI pants last night. First decent set of double rare sect pants.

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1.2.1.0 PT: the build was heavily nerfed in survivability and damage w/o any compensation. Since high damage is based on aggressive playstyle and tankiness, the build is probably dead. not so bad after some improvements. The build will lose a lot of damage and survivability, but hopefully it will still be alive.

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Added 1.2.1 videos for Recommended setup

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Unfortunate, given that the build wasn’t too OP to begin with. Needed agressive and yet very careful playstyle. But I guess that’s the price you pay for “winning the game”. Though, by today’s standards 7.5s dummy isn’t too crazy anymore.

Um, pre 1.2.1.0 it was stupidly strong in deep SR and could beat Crate with no pots.

Which is why it got hit with nerfs to bring it back to more standard pet build strength.

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I recommend checking out a “1.2.1 video” section. :ghost:

Also I spent a lot of time during PT and on live to get the build to its best.

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Hello, is this a good first build if I just want to beat celestials as a personal achievement? Seems the 1.2.1 videos are pretty good. Can I use the final layout as levelling? I have a Necromancer at the moment just chilling with Skeletons only.

The greatest pet build I’ve ever seen while I’m playing grim dawn. Thank you for making this build.

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