So I’m wondering about a few class combinations that I want to ask if they would work. Yes, I know there’s the build compendium, but how good are these combinations?
Occultist/Demo
Occultist/Nightblade
Demo/Nightblade
Nightblade/Shaman
Demo/Shaman
Thanks for any tips 
I know demo and nightblade make an awesome elemental dualwield build, I think occu+witch-hunter makes for a few good poison, bleed or similar builds and Demo shaman can probably make for a lightning build of some kind. Shaman nightblade can do dualwield lightning and probably a few more too
It really depends on what build you’re trying to make. Mastery choice is secondary to the build idea.
Like any Occultist/x can work if you look at it from a summoning angle, but trying to make a Dreeg’s Evil Eye poison/acid build using Occulist/Demo is not something I’d recommend.
Haha yeah that makes sense. I think I’d want to try the Demo/Nightblade build. Just seems like it could be interesting.
Also unrelated question but kinda sorta related…do you have to be Nightblade to dual wield anything, including pistols?
Nightblade only get Dual Blades as a skill, no mastery gets dual pistols out of the box but there are various ways to add this ability to your character
Occultist+Demo - usually is used for ranged attack characters (both dual-wield and 2-handed)
Occultist+Nightblade - usually is used for poison/acid builds (DW melee, caster or hybrid)
Demo+Nightblade - usually is used for DW melee builds (fire+lightning-based, or pierce)
Nightblade+Shaman - not sure about this one.
Demo+Shaman - probably should be used as lightning caster.
I can speak to trickster (shaman/nightblade) at least a little
I’ve done bleed and lightning with trickster (in 1.0.0.7) and I liked both but I found bleed to be more enjoyable if slightly difficult to use against resistant enemies and RR has been nerfed since then. If I want to do lightning I go 2hander with stormreaver and if bleed, dual wield with bloodsong and brutallax.
Trickster’s most obvious strength is savagery+dw skills but it can be built for ranged attacker as well if you try ranged primal strike or ranged blade burst. I found the performance on ranged a bit lackluster but I didn’t put much effort into that variant.
I’m working on a Trickster build right now. The Trickster is definitely one of the least-used classes, since I assume most people don’t expect a class that focuses on 2-handed melee weapons to mesh with the one class that focuses on dual-wielding melee. I’m sure those same people don’t see how combining those two classes can produce an absurdly tanky/lethal caster build, either.
I haven’t unlocked elite/ultimate for my Trickster character yet, but I have a build that’s doing amazing work in Veteran. Essentially, I’m following the same general principles as JoV’s PB Witch Hunter build, but using the Shaman’s Grasping Vines+Devouring Swarm instead of the Occultist’s Curse of Frailty.
I think one of the amazing things about Grim Dawn’s classes is that they can potentially share at least one damage type with any other class. I mean, sometimes certain combos will pigeonhole a character into one playstyle (e.g. trying to make a 2handed melee build with the Warlock might give you a bit of trouble) but there is always at least 1 solid, viable build for all hybrid classes.
What I’m trying to say is that pretty much every hybrid class can be considered good in its own way - what really counts is where you invest your points.