Belgo BM - Callagadra 5m

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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Finally !!! my first love …

GT : https://www.grimtools.com/calc/qNYxARJZ [1.1.1.1]

Calla fight vid (no buff pots)

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Intro

  • Wanna facetank & kill Calla w/o buff pots ?
  • Not a fan of Warlord & Shield ?
  • Huge fan of DW & Carnage ?

Yes ? Ok, let’s do it :slight_smile:

Core

  • 100% armor piercing => all flat physical damage from Deadly Momentum (DM) converted to piercing => then you have flat Piercing + % Piercing . And DM is an ‘Affect all attacks while active’ skill => boost all damages from other skills, devotion procs
  • Ridiculous armor for Blademaster, Huge OA & ADCTH combine with enough Damage Absorption

Cycle of Life

To survive Calla (specially phase 2) , you must combine things to build a cycle , mess it up ? => you’re done !

[QUOTE]Pneumatic burst & healing potion > Ghoul proc > Blade Barrier > Belgothian’s Carnage (reset CDR) > Nature’s Guardian > Turtle Shell > Fighting Spirit

Remember : Huge OA & ADCTH => don’t be shy
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Moar Vids

My old build from 1.0.7.1 , Rav + Mog => same setup & no buff pots, but not same with Calla build

Ravager vid : https://youtu.be/_qk8gKkmlxs

Mogdrogen vid : https://youtu.be/hi_K01Ledh4

To Crate, Calla has pushed my patience to a whole new level , that was an exhausting experience !!! But, thank you :slight_smile:

Edited : and now, the server , too :slight_smile:

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Moar blah blah about… ‘End game Auto-attack’ thing

Auto-attack replacer skill + “affect all attacks while active” skill + WPS skill => boost your dam to higher level (they should be same damage type)

Auto-attack replacer : like Cadence, FireStrike, Savagery, Belgo Strikes, Fleshwarped Strikes (Heart of Theodin Marcell), Touch of Chaos (Rah’zin set), Runic Bolts , Shard of Beronath, Troll Rage… => boost your normal attack

Affect all attacks while active skill : like Deadly Momentum, Lethal Assault , Soul Harvest => boost all attacks from other skills, item skills, devotion procs…an universal buff

WPS : like Execution, Markovian Advantage, Belgo Shears, Whirling Death, Amarasta Quick Cut, Reaping Strike, Smite … => it requires auto-attack replacer to proc, more AS more damage

For examples

Physical Damage

[quote] Cadence + Lethal Assault (100% cold converted to physical via Beronath Sword) + Execution - JOV’s legendary build

or

Cadence + Soul Harvest (100% cold to physical via Beronath Sword) + Physical WPS

or

Righteus Fervor + Deadly Momentum + Physical WPS

or

Physical Savagery (via Avenger’s Crusher) + Deadly Momentum + Physical WPS

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Piercing damage

[QUOTE]Belgothian Strikes + Deadly Momemtum (100% physical to piercing via 100% armor piercing) + Execution (100% cold to piercing via Belgo set)

or

Piercing Savagery (Brutallax) + Lethal Assault (Pack of Treacherous Means & Bladetwister Signet) + Piercing WPS

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Acid Damage

Acid Righteus Fervor + Lethal Assault + Acid Nightblade WPS

Cold Damage

[quote]Cold Savagery (Korba set) + Lethal Assault + Cold Nightblade WPS

or

‘Cold’ FireStrike (Chillflame Evoker) + Lethal Assault + Cold Nightblade WPS

or

Cold Cadence (Executioner’s Judgement) + Lethal Assault or Soul Harvest + Cold WPS

or

Shard of Beronath + Soul Harvest + Cold WPS

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Vitality

Vitality Savagery (Bloodrender) + Soul Harvest + Vitality WPS

Chaos

Touch of Chaos (Rah’Zin set) + Lethal Assault (90% cold dam converted to Chaos) + Cold Nightblade WPS converted to chaos

Aether

Fleshwarped strike + Lethal Assault or Soul Harvest (100% elemental converted to Aether items) + Cold WPS

Best Condition

Get free auto-attack from the set (eg Belgo Strikes) => save a lot of skill points => real advantage

2 masteries both have RR or item support for RR

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Ahhhhhhhhhh… Callagadra fight

  • Must have : at least 30% phys res & 5000 armor + 12/12 Blade Barrier skill + 2x Lifegiver Signet ring + > 3400 OA + Belgothian’s Carnage relic + Ghoul , Nature’s Guardians, Turtle devotions + Chausses of Barbaros pants + Oleron’s blood
  • Should have : Reaver’s Claw, Dire wolf Crest Medal, Golemborn Greaves

Setup & Gameplay

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Phase 1 (Callagadra 100-51% HP)

Fumble Calla with Circle of Slaughter => Reduce his damage by Oleron’s Might

Keep your HP >= 2/3 , let the ADCTH (mostly from 2xLifegiver + Seal of Blades + Ghoul node) & Nature’s Guardians & Armor proc from the Greaves + damage reduction from Oleron’s Blood do their jobs , ready to press Pneumatic Burst or R button (Tonic of Mending) anytime => try to save Ghoul proc , avoid HP <= 45%

Dont underestimate Oleron’s Might, Reducing damage is a must for Celestial fight , besides, it’s also a huge nuke (100% physical converted to piercing and Deadly Momentum buff)

Normal Oleron

With Deadly Momentum

Phase 2 (Callagadra <=50 % HP)

Insane damage + more absorption for Calla => not enough ADCTH to survive . It 's time to combine things to build a Cycle of Life : Blade Barrier + Ghoul proc + Nature’s Guardians proc + Belgo’s Carnage Relic + Fighting Spirit & Turtle proc

12/12 Blade Barrier : 16sec Skill Recharge , 3 sec duration => so we must survive in 13sec

Ghoul proc : 30sec , 5s => we must live in 25s

Nature’s Guardians : 15s, 6s => must survive in 11s

Belgo Carnage Relic : reset CDR after 4.5s (33% chance on crit) , very helpful for Blade Barrier CDR - a key to survive Calla Phase 2

How to do that ? When HP is at 45% => Ghoul proc => waiting for 5 sec => ready to press R to use Healing potion or press 2 to use Pneumatic Burst anytime (keep you alive for 2-3s) => wait Nature’s Guardians (NG) procs for 0.5s - 1.5s =>if NG procs, wait for 6s => Combine with 12/12 Fighting Spirit , you will have enough ADCTH keep you alive more 1.5-2.5s, if NG does not proc and you’re going to die => active Blade Barrier => keep attacking Calla & wait for Belgo Carnage proc , focus on Blade Barrier CDR => again wait for next Ghoul & Nature’s Guardians proc

In darkest situation (Blade Barrier & Ghoul, healing skills, healing items & Nature’s Guardians on cooldown and you’re going to die) , Turtle Shell & Fighting Spirit will be your best friend => 4700 damage absorption and ~ 3800 OA + 200% all damage combine with 34% chance to fumble => buy your precious time to wait next Ghoul + Blade Barrier proc

Ironic reality

Replicate this build and we have 100% winrate ??? No !!! It depends on how good you control the Cycle of Life

And if Calla strays away too much , your winrate will be low (specially phase 2)

Right build + Right EXP + Right Eyes & Hands => just 80% winrate

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Ravager Tactics

  • Must facetank him, if you run away (even little) => he will use AOE DOTs to shred your DA (Ravager of Minds), fumble you (Ravager of Souls), burn your mana (Ravager of Flesh) => harder to kill them . So keep facetanking him, dont be shy . If you facetank him, he just use basic attack & RR . Sometimes, even you dont run away, 10%-15% chance he still use his AOE :eek:
  • Must have : at least 25% phys res & 2500 armor + Good Cycle of Life + Huge OA & ADCTH

If you can beat Calla, Rav is just a breeze to you , 95% gameplay same with Calla fight, again bases on Cycle of Life, nothing new

99% my Rav-kill builds (no buff potions) based on NightBlade such as : Blademaster, Infiltrator, Spellbreaker, Witch Hunter , Dervish => so Circuit Breaker (Blade Barrier) is a key to build Cycle of Life => fight Celestial effectively

For illustrating , this is 3-runs Rav fight by Dervish (no buff pots)

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Mogdrogen Tactics

You can beat him with 83% or even 80% lightning res cap (must > 150% lightning res to deal with his RR, specially Phase 2)

Phase 2 : big damage absorption for Mog, specially when he’s alone => not ADCTH to facetank him => you must kite for 0.5-1.5s => waiting for his mobs appear again => ADCTH on his mobs is a key to survive

This trick is useful for Jack-of-all-trades build since you dont need Ultos gem (current imho) :slight_smile:

For illustrating , this is 80% light cap res - Mog fight by Retal Warlord (no buff pots), eg. 4:37 5:04

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