Cold fw battlemage upd. 18.03.22 (see first post for more information)

so I have got second ring

Dread Sigils of Alkamos
for14% DR should : (14%reduced target’s damage for 2 seconds)
1 monster stay in cold ring (I see broken weapon on dummy)
2 me stay in cold ring
3 we both
?
also does it stack with nullification? (10%reduced elemental damage for 12-16sec)
also how does it stack with 32%damage absorbtion? (from maiven sphere and menhir’s bulwark)

looks like stack with some formula because I can now tank celestial altar bosees w./o moving

now we smth around 200k dps, I change devotions to get 3k OA

after MI belt 250k should be maximum, I think

still no answer for formula with DR (does it stack or not with absorb and nullification?. I cant find information(
btw regen/s bottles are crazy even +5hp/s (frow wasps) gives from 11%to 12%/s
SR will run with full bottle regen setup, now just chillin and farming some MI double greens if I die later, also later want to get finish cronley fraction

also I have a sound bug (after patch update) when using yelllow totem. sound of monster appearance is jams (dont know how it in english but it looks like the sound is repeats many many times in one second)

DR doesn’t stack because it’s the same category of debuff, %reduced (think of it how viper RR doesn’t stack with Ultos) - so what happens is you have 14% DR 2 seconds, and, assuming you don’t reapply that (all)DR again, Nullification (ele only DR) will “take over” for remaining 10-14secs
they are also different layers of defence/mitigation from absorb, you can see the order of defence in the game guide Grim Dawn - Crate Entertainment
as you can see DR is 4th layer defence, coming before resistance, and before %absorb like Maiven, making it(DR) one of the most effective mitigations

so it doesn stack with nullification I understand
but absorb and dr is different categories so it should stack, are not they?
i MEan damage reduced and then reduced damage absorbs

it stacks in the same sense that resistance stack with DR, or amour, or racial reduct, just further down the totem pole, so multiplicative of sorts, but the value depends on your prior layers of defence amounts

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i have one more question (im sorry)
is there a way to move HC character to softcore?

download GDstash and under "char editor"tab; untick the HC box,
or vice versa if going from softcore to HC (make sure to set death count to 0 then)

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also for not to start new topic
about new changelog
Forcewave: increased base % Weapon damage to 90% and increase its scaling with rank to 240% by rank 16, 290% by max ultimate rank
Tremor: increased % Weapon damage penalty to -80%
it looks like step back in theorecrafting when you just use items with +1 to fw for no matter what.
I mean the pool of items you can use will be less.
for myself thats mean that i should change any boots for Stonewrought Groundbreakers
to get same dps as before

it’s a dmg increase to CD forcewave builds, and a 0 dmg increase 0 dmg loss for 2h spam forcewave
the 20%WD difference on tremor for 2h is madeup for on the 16th point and remains until hardcap
9.5 FW
tremor -60%wd
16pts 220%wd
26pts 270%wd
9.6 FW
tremor -80%wd (ie extra minus 20 from 9.5)
16pts 240%wd (+20)
26pts 290%wd (+20)

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ok ty. I thought its not just simple wd (240-80) instead (220-60) but global reduce (im sorry) 240%(1-0.8) instead 220%(1-0.6)

Is it ok that Acedian Aldric ~ Champion of the Pit’s Storm Box of Elgoloth doing A LOT damage?
I think its around 40k damage maybe more and can one shot even with 83% LR
IM not getting one-shot only while using nullification on him
also swap undying oath to crimson heart helped
also sometimes he dont use it at all

Aldric it is destroying your defensive ability, i recommend you read this guide

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Hmm ok the only removable things on me is pants and belt, I will think about more DA later
minmaxing in this game are wonderfull

changed a bit devotion 1%regen/s for +100 DA
hmm,no change mind, I shouldnt be distracted of regen HP setup. it is my main vector. IM caster and shuold just avoid his Storm Box. I killed him under menhir’s will
first time meet fabius and it was easy

btw craft green gloves (sad w/o DA) Battlemage, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.5) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
now I dont need slow res on MI’s

as I understand cast speed cant be overcapped so no point to get it more than 200%

aldric does a lot of physical dmg too, so low armour and low phys res is bad if you eat his stun jacks

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I think it almost depends of his gear like wtf is this. he deal 0 dmg to me

also there are 2 aldrics on grimdb

probably second one is dangerous, looks like a joke from developers, one is easy, second one can one-shot

thats a fight with strongest one
basically he killing himself of MoE

first try
only 2 totems and +80%hp buff for 160 crucible (gladiator) is ok for meme (first) build that didnt even do 3 act of ultimate ? (HC BTW)

last vendigo boss was a bit scary and I stoped also want to sleep. will full buffs and finished MI’s belt and pants i think could finish crucible
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just a question not about my build…
that flat 4-31damage will stacks with savagery charges?

im slow doing main quest with farming MI’s in some areas, but its my first build and I dunno what MI’s are good and what Mi’ are bad
if it stacks I think its worth keeping in stash

looks like that kind of questions better ask on steam forum (or test myself… with copying main character with files and respec with gdedit)… also no reaction on build…im sad
i will fight all strong bosses later but 160 hc crucible should be evidence.no? or every character could do it with white weapon?

killed avatar of mordrogen for 2hours lmao w/o rip
it almost looks like my set never proc
if I use this spreadsheet it should be around 7% but it almost never proc. I have 3100 OA, AoM 2828 DA, im pretty sure he has more DA than it write in grimtools

… looks like I need 3400-3500 OA. its still possible becouse I still didnt change MI’s pants and belt


if anyone need video I could upload later
if set will proc I think could kill ~30min. its not about dmg problem , just need crits

also I collecting items for my second build that will be aether EoR+Devastation