Chaos Gunslinger [v. 1.0.1.1]

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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[i][RIGHT]“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”[/RIGHT][/i]

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Grimtools
http://www.grimtools.com/calc/RVvxvGNE

Overview
I was very inspired after reading Stephen’s King “Dark Tower”, so I decided to create a character with resemblance to Roland - main hero of book novels.

Skill set
Curse of Frailty with Solael’s Witchblade constellation – main debuff skill. 12/12 points are enough to curse 1/3 of the screen full of monsters. The constellation skill adds more slow effect and also DoT.

Fire Strike with Abomination constellation (it’s chaos half) – after you slowed your foes, time to finish them off. Just hold the LMB and watch how they die. Constellation skill makes you stronger every 18 seconds.

Blackwater cocktail – secondary debuff/aoe damaging skill. I have found it useful to deal with several waves of monsters: throw it in one group then shoot in another group. For the more healthy enemies like heroes and bosses, damage output is not too big, but debuff from Agonizing flames is very useful.

Demon’s Breath from Devil-Touched Ammo component – short wave of flames. Good for dealing with pack of monsters with white names and regaining some portion of HP

Solael’s Flame from Symbol of Solael component – another aoe debuff. Radius is not too big, so it’s good for inflicting additional vurnerability ob heroes and bosses.

Solael’s Witchfire with Chariot of Dead constellation – for chaos damage and attack speed. Also autohealing from constellation’s skill.

Possesion – for even more damage. I like the animation.

Blast Shield – for additional protection.

Vindictive flame – for additional movement speed and fire damage.

Flame Touched with Behemoth constellation – For additional dps, OA and autohealing.

Basic gameplay
Buff yourself, go into wilderness, see a lot of angry monsters. First throw a cocktail, then curse them, then start to shoot. Easy.

Pros and cons

  • Good dps, good speed, good selfhealing not bad lifesteal, good survivability.
  • Absence of “panic” skills like Mirror of Eroects or Blade Barrier. So you have to be carefull.

Videos
Killing Anasteria
Killing Benn’Jhar, the Colossal
Killing Valdaran, the Storm Scourge

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Nice, but considering all those precise shots R.D. pooled, character inspired by him should have much more OA :wink:

P.S.
You wasted to many points into BWC line (agonizing flames as example) they would be much more suited in Fb/searing light, termite mines/helfire mines or in flame touched and vindictive flames even.

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You have 0% lifesteal and 2000 OA with only 1600 is not quite ideal. DPS is also on the low end for Firestrike pyromancers.

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I dont know how, but I am regaining some health from attacks anyway

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The proc on Deviltongue has some ADCtH but with low OA, you won’t be seeing it happen often against bosses as it relies on landing a crit.

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You should grab at least the first two nodes of Ulzuins Torch. You meet the requirements and they are great.

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I have better version of skills Hi

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My version of this has about 19000 more DPS.


(Blood of Dreeg is active)

Grimtools link

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Thank you for feedback. Tweaks are coming soon. I just need to get golemborn greaves

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Anathema2741, your pyro looks pretty sick. How does it do in ultimate and crucible?

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Ultimate is easy. Almost everything dies easily. I wouldn’t try Shar’zul though, probably a bad idea. I have cleared Challenger Crucible with this character, but I haven’t tried Gladiator with it yet.

Demon’s Breath from Devil-Touched Ammo is used as a trigger for Meteor Shower because it has almost the same cooldown and a 100% activation chance. Wave skills can now go uphill properly so good news! Consider it your Meteor Shower button. Empowered Alazra’s Ruby is a major DPS boost over the Peerless Eye of Overratedness. Too bad it doesn’t drop when you’re max level. Hope you get one while leveling. Righteous Flame is a good second choice. It’s all about that additional damage conversion.

It’s important to remember if you want to max your Pyromancer’s damage is that Fire and Chaos are equally important. Don’t ignore one or the other. My Fire Strike is actually about 51% Chaos even though my Fire bonus is bigger. Solael’s Witchfire and Possession are big DPS boost for Chaos damage. Consequently, I believe Curse of Frailty is a waste for this build since it does nothing for Chaos damage. Between the Darkflame proc and Eldritch Fire, we have plenty of resistance reduction for the damage types we actually do.

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Updated first post.
Found new boots, tweaked some skills, added video.