CoF and Eldritch Fire (and Flashbang)

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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Hi,

reg. Gunslinger Pyro 1.o.o.8

I had Eldritch Fire attatched to Flashbang and it was a good combo.

But now I finally picked Occultist for HP and cunning / spirit and started fooling around with some skills.

I now have CoF at slvl 10 with Eldrich Fire and this is the the most sick combo I have ever seen ! the range is huge and the slow is awesome :slight_smile:

But again a few questions:

  • the mechanics - sometimes EF goes off immediately, sometimes it needs a sec or two to trigger on numerous mobs - why?
    -does movement speed penalty from CoF and EF stack? Do I get a total of 69% slowed?
  • I got vulnerability at slvl 2 - does the res reduction from it stack with EF? so now I have a total res reduction of -19% to fire (10 from Vulnerability + 9 from EF)

And now - the Flashbang - has it become redundant now? its 14 points, so maybe I should respecc? btw, this is what a look like now wit 8 free points:

http://grimcalc.com/build/1008-bpi65P

Could you please suggest something with regard to devotions?

cheers!

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To have a better view about strength of CoF/eldrich fire+FB/ele storm combo I will just tell you that I cleared whole Port Valbury by just using those two things on my bomber pyro in bit less than 14 mins.

So keep FB :slight_smile:

Devotion vise try to get elemental storm for flat rr.

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Eldritch Fire has a 15% chance to proc during each second of Curse of Fraility. That’s why it sometimes procs right away and other times takes a few seconds to proc.

Vulnerability does stack with Eldritch Fire and i suggest putting it at level 10.

Flashbang is never redudant. The Defensive ability reduction to enemies is always awesome and pick Searing Light. It has a chance to fumble enemy’s attacks (the fumble works on every enemy) and it also has a chance to impair the aim of the enemy.

Dunno if the movement speed debuffs stack though.

@Jov; That pyro build sounds hilarious (seems similar to the BWC Sorcerer).

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Try the Invoker’s Shard + Elemental Balance rings combo with that.

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Will do, but Im more to burn dmg so IK set + Ulzuins pyroclasm + Wb gloves supported by tome of names -20% elemental rr and warpfire -20% fire :slight_smile:

P.S. I made sick obliteration build :smiley:

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Some pretty sick builds I can see here :slight_smile: cannot wait to try all these tips and tricks :slight_smile:

Unfortunately, I am playing selffound and I do not have most of the gear you mention :frowning:

This Pyro is my 2nd toon in GD.

Do you think it will be possible to switch between my gunslinger pyro and your builds, shard + balance , and this CoF / Eldritch FB / ele storm? will it be a huge item challenge - swapping gear between the three builds?

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Always stick to one build per character. Swapping builds is extremely difficult and honestly really annoying.

Swapping in my opinion is only useful when you have a melee weapon and just want to swap to a ranged weapon to do some kiting or swap to an off-hand so that you can cast a skill that requires an off-hand.

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I agree, but I have have absolutely no self-consciousness about duplicating items in order to make different builds without having to use stash and buy new augments every time. I just don’t use two identical items on the same char…

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I have 2 x Exterminus but with different stats, one crafted one dropped . Wanted to get my hands on Deviltongue but no success so far…knowing my luck it will never drop :frowning:

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Be thankful you got Exterminus first cause it has RR

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Right, -20% res reduction to both chaos and fire :slight_smile: It shall stack nicely with CoF + Eldritch Fire. Do you think it shall provide enough res reduction? Because I have this funny feeling at the end of Veteran that later on survivability might be a bigger issue then dmg output…

Maybe on Devotions I should go heavy on survivability then?