Fire Primal Strike Elementalist
Blazerush allows us to convert lightning damage to fire damage fully if we play as a Demolitionist. And we can thus convert Shaman’s Primal Strike. Physical damage on Primal Strike is also converted with this weapon. Both classes have access to health regeneration and so the defense will lean into this and items as well. Ideally you want two Gollus’ rings. Additional healing is from ADCtH and Wendigo Totem. Haunted steel is also important for healing when things get tough. It unfortunately converts some physical damage to vitality but DPS loss is negligable compared to the healing. There is damage absorption from Primal Bond and Blast Shield. Giant is bound to Blast Shield for healing when it is actually needed. Rune skill also provides damage reduction to enemies. It is not consistent but at least it is there. There are four circuit breakers from Serenity, Ghoul, Prismatic Diamond and Blast Shield. Build also uses Meteor Shower from devotions. You also have Wind Devils and Cinderwind proc from the gloves. Thus there is a lot of mayhem on the screen and unfortunately you often don’t see the enemies much due to this. Other items are chosen to complement the build for their additional bonuses. Build has access to resistance reduction from both masteries and total RR can be up to -137 %. This build can clear SR 80-81 fine and also SR 85 consistently.
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Elementalist, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.2) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
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This build is just a template. Customize it to your own liking. Instead of Gollus’ rings you can also use Mythical Combustion Band and Mythical Eternal Band. Other option for medal is craftable Mythical Volcanum. But the build will be weaker with these choices. Arcane Spark is necessary for energy sustain.
SR
I finished SR 80-81 5 out of 5 times within the timer. Damage output is good. Some enemies can be dangerous. Benny’s hits are dangerous. During Valdaran’s aura use Bloodthirster. Use Bloodthirstier proactively in appropriate moments. You also have damage reduction from the rune skill. Use it. Due to a large AoE you sometimes agro more bosses in boss rooms than just one. Due to many effects it is hard to see bosses.
In SR 85 I finished 4 out of 5 times within the timer. You can get away with one death usually and still finish within the timer. In half of the succesful runs I did not die and in the other half I died once. You can always finish it. Benny can oneshot you if you are sundered. Physical hitters are dangerous. Grava is not a big problem.
I tried to climb to SR 90 but around SR 88 deaths start to pick up and I gave up. Build would need consistent damage reduction for it to be able to do SR 90. Damage is good though.