That guy comes here to call me a poser when he can’t even clear ultimate with his bad build and posts vids of failed boss runs.
and he thinks he invented the pyromancer class or something… and then Crate was like No.
lol
its adorable really.
I appreciate the build, was rolling a sorc then I switched to this build. The difference 
Was wondering if you could suggest some components that you think is necessary. Sometimes its hard seeing them on the gear inthe pics.
Going to give this a shot as my first gun related build. Any chance you could throw up a grim calc without all of the plus skills? Not counting the obvious ones, I suck at deciphering where the other 50 or so points went.
looks like he keeps having my posts deleted because he has nothing to say against them or something, yet his own post of personal attacks is still in my thread…but in case people are wondering.
this very person accusing me of plagiarizing his build is now using MY devotions:
i suppose i’ll take that as a compliment
gun#1 mark of dreeg
gun#2 general purpose = devil touched ammo, switch to purified salt, imbued silver as needed for specific areas
chest: chains of oleron
neck/medal: arcane lens / attuned lodestone
boots: mark of mogdrogen
helm: the +4% hp leather thing, not sure full name. or sanctified bone for cthonics/ud areas.
hands: unholy inscription
rest of it are specific resists, use w/e depending on whats needed in your current setup
rings: mark of illusions, or corpse dust
done, see original post
Offtopic, your “Tseps of Sorment” video highlights why GD is in such a bad state and feels pointless to play and basically why I have stopped
Grim Dawn ‘endgame’:
Go dungeon
Skip EVERY mob bar Heroes/Boss
Pop Chests
Exit session and remake.
or
Run a Nemesis route
Skip EVERY mob bar Heroes/Boss (sometimes you even skip heroes as you cbf)
Hope Nemesis is there/kill if so or get annoyed searching
Exit session and remake
Outcome? possible slightly better loot to run aforementioned scenarios possibly slightly faster.
Worse than Baal runs… least I was getting XP during them runs
edit: See signature for proof of concept
thats a common problem to all single player games, once you’ve explored all aspects of it, you can’t do anything competitively.
well except
…
“possible slightly better loot to run aforementioned scenarios possibly slightly faster.”
make videos of slightly faster clear and brag about them in a build post^_^
…its shame GD doens’t have dedicated servers, GD is so much better than all the shit that blizzard spews out nowadays after their sellout.
I would literally pay $500 a month to play if they had dedicated servers like wow. heck its still less than half of my monthly car payment and I sure as heck play this game alot more than i drive my car.
I hope crate reads this and makes dedicated servers, SIGN ME UP I WILL DONATE. Crate you can have my money, my liver, and my kidney! (not my hand i need it to play)
I was in the same situation as you. Willing to sign up, pay extra whatever. shit I just realised after this post - ive been paying 12$/month for Xbox live for the last 2 years but dont even have an xbox anymore. Thats 288$ or 10+ copies of GD, heh
Im just kinda done now…the release version IMO was a complete letdown and exactly the same thing prior. A re plastered game with 2 additional unbalanced difficulties we spent 2 months testing to amount to a GREAT but unsatisfying game dont get me wrong ive gotten tonnes of value for money but I wanted more than the story mode x 3
But many Single player games have lots of replay…but this is a multiplayer game as well. So replay value COULD be endless but its not unless you constantly remake characters since level cap is too easy to hit and BoC/SoT are simply boring after 5 runs.
Im a sucker for ‘needing to progress’ especially in aPRGS. I dont play them for a ‘thrill’ I like continually upgrading, getting better, doing harder things.
Grim Dawn offers all of this until you hit this certain point and you flatline. Then you get 0 upgrades from drops, barely any from skill upgrades. Character gets sour and you realise you are only repeatedly making new classes to keep it interesting. GD has a good early game…too good imo. I do really like PoEs hard start as it makes it more rewarding when you start destroying mobs…much more satisfying than other aRPGs (especially when its a weird build you create and didnt know if it would even work)
Ive played GD for 200-300 + hours since Elite/Ultimate came in (700 in total) and ive never even seen 90% of the legendaries in this game.
Did you honestly find those guns legit? because ive only seen a Havoc 50+
I wish Crate would add some additional leveling system which gave me an excuse to keep playing, even if it was ‘1 stat point per level’ or even some HP/Energy JUST SOMETHING.
Anyway nice build. Never tried a Pistol user past lvl 30 as I kept getting bored shooting the same skill and went back to Shadowstriking if I start playing again I may try this
Hello, do you think the build would work with a rifle?
Only on Elite/lateACT4 but somehow I found rifle does a bit more damage
my melee shs version of this build is in the works, it will be so much better than this one, just wait a few days^_^
i like the need to progress too, the old wow type play.
yes i did find these guns legit. i run fabius more times than i’ll ever admit.
making a paragon system like d3 wouldn’t be bad. since the stat/per lvl thing has such a minimal effect on builds in the present, they just dont give enough.
an infinite difficulty challenge dungeon system like d3, but with increasing better drops perhaps?
I think the dps increase is because you’re specced offensive devotions+gearing more offense as your defensive stats are ALOT lower than mine in that setup. but remember, exterminus gives u -33% resist, which is about 20-25% extra overall damage multiply that by my 33k and the dps isn’t that far apart while having MUCH better defense in my 2pistol setup.
i don’t think rifles are TERRIBLE but im fairly certain dw pistols is still better.
Can you recommend purple rings for this build? Its really hard to craft good green items. Can you share the transfer.gst file for the rings if they’re BiS? I also want info about augments please.
Hey there! That’s a fuqen overwhelming build, nice job!
But r u sure that firestrike’s %damage doen’t scale up bonuses from brimstone/static strike etc??
1 page back he answered my question on components
Thank you very much!
Thx for the reply, I’m planning to go more defensive in Ultimate for sure just went off to get quick over Elite. My knowledge is quite limited about the game, so my reasons may be kinda-sorta noobish. Anyways, the reasons I started using 2h weapon that:
I can use the firestike transmuter
I bumped max points on firestrike as 2h have high(er) base dmg so at 21/12 the weapon dmg part (129%) is around 4.5k-5.5k
Since 2h has high weapon dmg I found lifesteal working better
The shoulder armor (wich gives +4 to Brimstone) has a 2h skill on it
I found the 2h constellation quite strong
And I’m using Silverbolt weapon on chtonian areas and the damage output I experienced is just brutal. Getting 40-43k yellow crits with basic attacks (at only 2000 OA) (while has around 42k sheet dps with that weapon)
Hello,
very nice guide.
Unfortunatly i have to ask a really stupid question.
How do u dual wind? what item gives u that ability?
empowered gunslinger coat
LOL. You’re react bros incognito aren’t you? Better get a patent on titles…
/sarcasm.
Good build.
uhh what?
it’s not about patenting, it’s just that ‘how to play (x), (y) in (z) seconds etc’ is exactly how i title my build threads, and seeing how jajaja has openly praised my theorycraft skills i’m going to assume it was an intentional reference
i don’t have a problem with it at all, i just initially thought he was making fun of me until we cleared the air
2h silverbolt is a really good idea for chthonic areas, it will probably out damage dw pistol for chthonians now that i think about it.
as far as hellborne, keep in mind that large portion of the gun’s damage is physical even if it has some conversion, physical portion of your damage is nearly useless because 1. armor reduces phys dmg by a flat amount, so phys dmg in relatively small amounts are mostly blocked by armor and 2. you are stacking -fire/chaos resist debuffs, which does not amplify the physical portion of your attack. so even tho dps sheet is higher, it might not tell the whole story.
i agree with stacking mostly dmg in veteran/elite , once you hit ultimate you’ll need proper defense. remember in autoattack builds, time spent running/kiting is time spent not dpsing. so a squishy character with 100k dps who is kiting or running away 70% of the time is gonna do less damage than a character with 50k dps that can facetank and hold down left mouse.
another thing with going all dmg devotions during leveling is that, say you respec to tree of life/behemoth at lvl 75, those skills are gonna be lvl1, and will be really annoying to level up. i prefer to do it at the sametime as leveling and start early.
yellow rings are just fine, you can vendor run for decent ones, look for IAS/OA ones with 2ndary stats like resists or ideally demolitionist’s with +static strike. i think the purple ones arent that good for this build but i havne’t looked at every single one. crafting is a waste of money, dont do it
i don’t share save files, i’m a purist and play 100% legit, and sharing save files ruins the fun for you and not me. also as i had mentioned, my rings suck 
fairly certain, i’ve looked at my damage with FS being at lvl 1 vs. lvl 12. its a minimal difference. you can test yourself, throw 11 points in and see how much ur dmg goes up.
What are the exact mechanics of blast shield? Let’s use this scenario:
You have 1000 HP, Blast Shield block value is at 500. You get hit by a 500 damage attack. Will blast shield absorb any damage on the hit that activated it?
If the answer yes, the next scenario of interest is:
You have 1000 HP. Blast shield block value is 800. You get hit by a 1500 damage attack. Will blast shield save your life or will you die first?