Lightning Albrecht’s Aether Ray Druid
I decided to try lightning AAR build. Druid is not a typical combo for AAR but it seemed to have good synergy now when you don’t have to recast Wind Devils. This build is enabled by two items - Crimson’s Arcane Scepter and Mythical Stormseer Sapphire. Defensively this build uses ADCtH to AAR from Pulsing Shard, high health regeneration, many defensive devos with high cooldown reduction and Gollus’ rings, Maiven’s sphere for damage absorption and Wendigo Totem for additional healing. For AAR tanking is important and thus you build around it. It also uses Mirror of Ereoctes and Nullfication when needed. Total lightning RR is up to -104 %. Build also uses crit damage to AAR - total is up to 98 % crit damage. This build can clear SR 36-37 if played well. For higher SR build would need more damage mitigation and DPS. High healing is useless against split second damage spikes in SR 38+.
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Druid, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.3) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
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SR
I managed to finish SR 36-37 3 out of 5 times within the timer. If you die you will be on edge with the timer. Killing some nemeses is slower. Avoid big physical hits. You can get oneshot by them. Don’t be hit by bosses like Benny, Gargaban, Theodin etc.
In SR 38 you can sometimes finish it within the timer but not consistently enough. You must not die and it is tough to manage that. Build lacks more damage mitigation here, especially for physical damage. Great regen and healing cannot compensate for split second damage spikes. And it is slow here, more DPS would also be better.
Celestials
Ravager of Minds can be killed without pharma. It is a slow and annoying fight due to constant avoiding of his null and sunder.
Callagadra can be killed without pharma. It is slow but fine if you avoid tornadoes and sunder.