GrimTools: Shieldbreaker, Level 100 (GD 1.2.0.5) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
Move or die is the motto of this build! With low armour, a measly 17% physical resistance, mediocre HP and next to no damage absorption, this build takes hits hard. But it often doesn’t matter because it obliterates everything on the screen within seconds. A true glass cannon, Squishy Crit Mortars reigns firey death across the battlefield using a range of powerful magics and artifacts:
- 4x buffed, wide-hitting mortars with 128% crit damage on them
- 3x angery firey hammery boiz (Summoned Guardians of Empyrion) with phys damage converted to fire
- Multiple other sources of burn dot damage.
- 114% global crit damage, so everything does a nice amount of damage.
Video: SR 76 (with death)
This video showcases the strengths and shortcomings of the build. If you want to play a high-stakes no risk/no reward build that will keep you on your toes and light up the screen with firey magic, then look no further.
That said, due to the low armour/phys resists of this build, there are a couple of enemies that are plainly hard to fight. Iron Maiden and Fabius are tough. But, many other nemesis bosses are absolutely fine (as demonstrated in the video). Multiple sources of movement (3x movement abilities including evade) serve as a primary defense for the character. Biggest crits that I’ve seen iwth the build are around the 500k mark, likely from The Big One dropping. But, it’s common enough to see crits of 200-300k from regular mortar shells which plainly, is a decent amount of damage when you have four of them. And of course, that doesn’t include the other sources of damage.
This build is designed to be paired with any of the following builds, that boost the damage and defensiveness of Crit Squishy Mortars:
In particular, Squishy Crit Mortars is significantly less squishy in the presence of Support Pets (link above) or Rimetongue Sniper.
Enjoy!