Hey guys, got another build for your viewing pleasure. Had a ton of fun building this, but I will say that it still feels a little “off” just due to the lack of hardcaps on the primary damage source and its modifier, as well as the choice to go without the -% fire res offered by the Solael’s Witchblade devotion. I may come back and optimize the shit out of it at some point, but for now I’m having a great time balancing Fire Strike being an excellent vehicle for procs with Canister Bomb/Ulzuin’s Chosen’s streaky damage potential. The dopamine hit from an Ulzuin’s Chosen chain is something I haven’t found in any other build to date. Pretty awesome watching high SR nemeses just MELT when the stars align.
Anyway.
Updated Grimtools: Purifier, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.3) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
Save file (slightly out of date): _Jerry.zip - Google Drive
No temporary buffs screenshot:
According to my own experience, somewhere in the neighborhood of 2850-2900 DA is the breakpoint for avoiding crits (not accounting for debuffs) from nemeses in SR30-31 - based on Grimtools this shouldn’t be necessary, but I’m assuming that I’m overlooking a mechanic where nemeses have access to pieces of gear capable of boosting OA or something along those lines. Maybe an SR modifier I haven’t clocked. Resistances are cutting it pretty close, but with Word up they are very manageable.
Got some awkward-looking gear choices at present - the ring set and Cindertouch probably aren’t necessary, but for a build primarily looking to puke bright colors at enemies they certainly do the job. I’m a bit torn on the relic and belt slots. +1 to all Inquisitor doesn’t make as much sense as Demo here, so those will likely be the first two things I look at when I get around to optimizing, mostly for the sake of hardcapping CB. The roll I got on Aleks’ Chausses is far from optimal, but it’s the best DA roll I’ve found so far.
SR30-31 is fun and smooth. Most situations can be facetanked with a Seal down, just need to watch out for the obvious stuff (Grava’thul in a pack, 2x+ boss with access to both a nuke and sunder, multiple defense layers on CD, etc.). Have not tried Celestials yet, but that’s not really what I’m looking to do with this one.
Thanks for taking a look! I may revisit this soon as it is genuinely the most “pure” fun I’ve had since I started building for ultimate SR. I’d be very interested to hear about your own experience with Ulzuin’s Chosen-focused builds.
Changelog:
Edit 1 - Removed Seal of Might/1 Runebound Topaz in favor of Seal of Resonance/another Bloodied Crystal. Adjusted augments to fix resistances.