Armor sets that could - and should - get some love

  1. Krieg’s Armament

build for reference: Spellbreaker, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator

my oh my. I get it, it’s a beginner set yada yada but: does it stop the set from having extra defence?
3 set pieces have only 1 (one) resist except phys. no cc-resists whatsoever. while, say, non-set aether or phys boots have 4 lines of resists. sth to think about.

I think giving the mask/gloves/boots at least one extra resist/cc-resist will go a very long way.

  1. Goredrinker

build for reference: Tactician, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator

the saddest of the 3 SR sets. resists are tight, no bleed duration, no conversion for WoP. DA is also low.

Suggestions: add 4% DA on shoulders. add 50-100% bleed duration as a 2-part bonus, add 100% ele>pierce conversion for WoP as a full set bonus.

so, any opinions on these two? or any other sets that deserve a bit more love?

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Octavius should be spam forcewave

Valgur is kinda forgotten since Dark One seems superior atm

Don’t really get what Targo wants, but feels weak and never seen anyone in multiplayer rocking it since it’s introduction

Runebinder, even after 10 reworks still is akward set, too many options on it, ending up with 10 different skills

Light defender, still no a single physical resist, even Justice has 5%

Venomblade pact set is also akward position, it wants bloody pox for some reason but has other skill all at once.

Korba was in top 1, now it seems a bit redudant

Dawnguard blue set used to be pretty decent despite having no a single modification but now it has nothing in it

EDIT: forgot to put Allagast in too, the set should make storm box holdable by button.


all this is my personal opinion, some definitely would argue if some of these sets are godlike but to me they do lack some simple path to follow.

Harra’s it just lacks points for P Blades and is very over shadowed by its bigger brother Demonslayer

Wait why?

It provides significant bonuses to Internal Trauma (the damage type, not the skill), which receives no benefits from spammability.


Light’s Defender could do with some love, yes.

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The Grey Knight kinda does that if I want to focus on trauma forcewave, octavius used to be in top charts too, but something tells me it would look cool and feel cool to have spammy shield version not only two-handers.

The benefit is to apply the dot to all ennemies on the battlefield when there is a lot of ennemies

As for the benefit vs single target, I guess depending on how it’s balanced, %damage converted to Hp might be interesting

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A more detailed feedback thread will come after further testing, but the Bysmiel’s Set is sorely lacking in multiple ways. For starters, it is highly concentrated in the Occulist and Summon Raven specifically, but it’s the only class that doesn’t get a +1 to Mastery skills. The flat damage to pets bonus appears inconsequential since as Elemental damage, it’s further divided by 3, so you’re equipping 3 pieces of a set to get something like 8 flat damage and 24 DoT damage.

Grimtools links and video testing will be shown later.

Haven’t tested it recently in the PTR but agree with this statement on live. One of the reasons I always wanted the proc on the set to be more akin to Pyran as opposed to a proc that doesn’t seem impactful to how Targo is designed (IMO). On the PTR the reduced CD on the proc, on paper, seems to not do much.

I feel I would try and use the set if the weapon wasn’t required. 4p while leaving the weapon as is but not a apart of the set or 5p while changing the 5th piece to a different slot, such as gloves.

This or something else, +1.

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And it needs a BLUEPRINT!!!

  • Amen for ele to pierce on goredrinker!

  • venomblade: maybe a skill issue but I just dont find a way to make it work properly, it ends up poor in both survival and damage

  • targo: same as venomblade

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Talking of which. Whenever I try to put something together with this I come out lacking in survive-ability. Might be I’m doing something wrong, but it appears a little flimsy to me.

Feel like they should add a skill damage modifier on the 4 piece set Briarthorn or any of blight fiend if the intent is focusing only necro or shaman pets based on that amulet