[1.2.1.6] Hybrid Sorceress - Elemental

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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Pets for single-player agro and buffs for multi-player.
SR36 solo average 6 minutes remaining. Multiplayer 10+ with average players.

Perhaps my best build. I have several similar Battlemage builds, however, it somewhat depends on the builds of the other players. You will take priority of the buffs due to max in the first of the skill tree so similar classes will sill benefit from the enhancements gained from your gear.

I do not mean to create conflict. Best in game in the video title to me is not the same as it is for others. It simply means best in my personal experience with my specific play style and test conditions. I update as I find other builds, but I don’t actively search. It’s very possible I am out of date.

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you’re doing the same here as with the WH btw :sweat_smile: saying it can do X solo, but then cutting before it clears chunk 1, to a MP carried clear instead. - you can just record a full solo run

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Heresy! Because then you’d have to actually show your “best” solo performance, not just claim it.

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This is true for all the videos, which doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.

And others have recreated his builds with Gdstash and said they weren’t good.

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Oh no! You guys have changed everyone’s mind! :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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is that “everyone” in the room with us now?

You will get rightfully blasted here for posting those hack jobs, there is no way around it.

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Ok let me try some constructive criticism:

-this is not a hybrid build, it doesn’t mix multiple modes of attack in any way, mechanically it is a ‘normal pet’ build, where the pets do the combat and the player only applies buffs and debuffs.

-your titles are very unclear, ‘elemental sorceress’ could be a hundred different builds and the last one people would expect is a build that only uses item pets. People who only click on the video will also miss this, because it is not explained in the first minute. So when you start talking about gear details your viewers will still have no clue what they are actually looking at unless the first study the build GT. I recommend at least making clear in the title it is a pet build.

-if a build only uses item pets with two classes that are not pet classes, you may want to warn less knowledgeable players that this is very hard to level. you can’t level it as is, you have to play a completely different sorcerer without pets and then convert it into a pet build later when you have the requirements for the items.

-there are plenty of builds that are only rated SR26 that got a better reception, if your build is a meme build or just for the campaign or just for multiplayer then you should explain that in the first paragraph. Instead if you name them ‘best’ or ‘SR36’ then people want to see proof and you invite these kinds of reactions

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Let’s face it as it is:
It’s Clickbait. :rofl:

As long as you claim that you present the “best in game” builds, you will have to contend with the criticism that comes along with it. And create controversy.

If you named it “My best hybrid sorceress” nobody would bat an eye.
‘Okay, it’s not a great build, but it’s his best, so whatever.’

Lord knows, even the Top20 thread creates controversy, and at least those builds perform well.
I don’t know why put yourself under that same scrutiny, instead of just trying to present some “fun builds” that aren’t exactly competitive meta builds.

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Can we talk about how this build wastes 40 points getting to and capping hellfire mines with zero benefit instead of investing them into more defenses? That’s 16% of the skill point total doing nothing.
EDIT: 30 points, my bad. Still weird.

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considering automator normally don’t take stuff like mirror, he actually took “more” defence this time, my guess is since it’s a MP focused build hellfire is for party buff bonus as usual, so rather normal in his GTs if/when there is nothing left buffing pets or auras.
*speaking of GT, OP is missing char link

probably from the non-specific GD notion where some refer to hybrid pet"class" as anything that isn’t using 2x traditional pet classes, contra "hybrid build"dmg where there’s actual player dmg+pet dmg
There should be a book where the rules are written in stone, so GD terminology is fixed for all :sweat: :sweat_smile:
*i know i’ve seen and used both too, while being confused at the same time about being non-descript enough

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It’s a “doesn’t exist outside of MP training wheels ecosystem” focused build. No armor absorb, 0 heal/regen, no full conversion for at least any single pet dmg type etc.

You know what? I even hit my head on a wall a couple of times and gave birth to this abomination, which can successfully (slow af, damage is nearly zero :grin:) kill SR36 on PT.

Also good news: “time remaining” bs will disappear after the 1.3 ver full release. It’s just impossible now to infinitely bumping your timer by killing only white trash crowds for “10 minutes on the clock” after a 1h run :grin:

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obviously your mistake was not maxing Flashbang for more DA shred and taking unnecessary stuff like softcapped nulli and inner focus :scorv:

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This change to the SR timer will affect exactly one person , rest of us use a real timer to time our runs

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Glad you liked it :smiley: