AA Builds Good Anymore?

Caught red-handed. Fixed.

converting Pierce damage on this character has insane value.

Maybe.
I don’t see a reason to invest into dual blades (for cold, acid) anymore, personally. So that brings the value down.
But it’s easy enough to get a Spectral Longsword and just see if the damage goes up, over an axe or dagger.

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Shame we don’t have full Phys conversion for these axes :frowning:

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easy if you dont’ max wps with them :sweat_smile: Infiltrator, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator use a comp for 15% instead

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Cold Shadow Strike is another build I converted fully Pierce like that Trickster, Level 100 (GD 1.2.0.5) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator but not with Spectral because I needed Loxmere. No testing was done. There’s double dipping here too because of Shadow Strike Pierce damage. I guess it doesn’t have a point now when Necro has Cold RR not only Soul Harvest.

@HonorabruSudoku oh, and be both fucked up damage wise by not taking Mythical Crown of the Winter King.

Yeah, I was briefly checking out hats, looked at Namadea’s and said “whatevs I’m not redoing all the skills again”.
It’s should be winter king for sure.

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Not all dw melee builds can attain 20k hp without unreasonably sacrificing other essential stats.

Take belgo BM. Always been a single target monster with decent phys res and armor. Cant get 20k (this sentence is a straight up lie, thanks Gnomish lol).

So don’t worry too much about “meta” and just impove where needed. As mentioned, meta post in top 20(1) will help a bit. And also, just because a build isnt in said top 20 doesnt mean it can’t shred in SR for reliable and fast farming.

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Blademaster, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator strange, looks like lee is breaking the fabric of space time :thinking:

but yes, 20k isn’t like a hard rule, like with everything in life there is nuances, so it’s more like something to aim for, the goal, but some times we get a lil under, sometimes we get moar

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Caught…red handed. Interesting. And here i thought i was a true belgo fan, playing every iteration and flavor.

check the res :wink: (his regular “non-calla specific” version: Blademaster, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator)

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Lolz i dint even notice

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@tqFan @Gnomish_Inquisition

Made some adjustments from the advice you guys gave. Infiltrator, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator

Winter King hat looks good but that 8% DA loss is rough, idk if that is worth.

Attack to HP is still low at only 10% but I have a ton of HP regen now.

Seal. I dont get why people like to pump that. The damage absorb is so tiny, I dont need the elemental resist, and I guess the health regen is good. Maybe if I was drowning in extra points then I would say its worth. Am I missing something with seal?

I think I can add more of the 4% HP augments depending on how high rolled my resists are on gear in game.

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enemies have more lifsteal res now on Ult, so 10% might not feel comfy enough even with a bit of regen
Seal is good because it’s last layer of defence before hp, and it acts on all incoming damage including separate dmg instances in a single attack, so it can end up being quite a bit of total combined mitigation more so in conjunction with other absorbs (prismatic diamond, phoenix, barrier etc)

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I tweaked your devo very slightly to have Crab. It’s really good with Turtle, they have synergy. Crab with lower cooldown goes first and then Turtle. Also Crab has great passive stats. I change free Amatok node to the one with damage too. If you have a squishy build, Seal can be a big difference against shotguns in SR but it depends. :crab: :turtle: can be a replacement for Seal I think.

Amatok on Execution is not the best, bind to sth else. It’s a single target attack. I’d choose Seal.

If you’re fighting against single target boss, it’s better to swap proccers of RR in comparison to what you have because 2 Blade Spririts will not maintain Murmur but they will maintain Elemental Storm (15% vs 25% chance + 4s vs 5s duration). And you personally can maintain Murmur no problem with Beronath’s Fury.

But in SR Blade Spirits can proc Murmur on multiple targets wherever the fuck they are and it spread so it’s better. And you proc Elemental Storm precisely where you are rather than have it proc by Blade Spirits on the other side of the screen.

I’d pull some points from Veil of Shadow, Vigor, maybe deadly aim dunno what you consider least important and put a bit more into WPS. It actually makes a big difference in damage output. I remember gaining like 10s vs Ravager after doing that after Mad_Lee advice (put more points into Smite and Shattering Smash on Oathkeeper).

I was shocked. It’s actually hard to make tweaks to the build and gain even a second on Ravager usually. WPS shouldn’t be an afterthought imo. After this experience I always put a lot of point into WPS if it’s a WPS focused build. Would it have as much impact here? Not sure but you can always test it later in-game if you want.

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That is good advice on the WPS I will try it out.

The Amatok honestly doesnt fit in consistently anywhere, probably going to drop it. It rarely procs from seal unfortunately. It does proc suprisingly often on execute considering its a WPS but sometimes i go 10+ seconds with no proc.

I like the crab, never used it before but it looks good. I will try that too.

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Yeah, Amatok will only proc well from Seal if there are multiple targets.


Another thing you could try that I sometimes do is

Because of two 85% chances. Actually I think it might be even more than 97.75% because Nightfall might be a proccer too? And then you could put Amatok on Blade Spirits. I personally like Amatok. I think it deals good damage but it needs to be procced well to be worth it for sure.


Or Amatok on Whirlwing Death since it hits up to 8 targets.
Or Amarasta’s Quick cut because it does 3 hits to single target while Execution only 2 hits to single target

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OA is going to be very low when Deadly Aim isn’t up, which it often won’t be. I would consider using Nemesis in place of Nidalla’s, as the DA shred is effectively more OA for you. And perhaps a Gargoyle Waistguard with OA and some resists - something like Aggressive of Shadows. You would lose some flat but gain OA and the option to smuggle in another couple of Lifescent augments.

Also +1 to this:

I am using Amatok on SS right now and wow I love it. Really like how intentional it is. Also added crab as recommended, working great.

@Toxophilix Farming up a Reaper’s Ilgorr’s Eternal Vigil, I think this helps fill some gaps with lack of chaos resist and frees up more points for WPS pump… Same philosophy of the belt swap Infiltrator, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator