You know how sometimes you make something and then you just forget it? That’s my case with some of my builds. Five years ago I was on a road to make 1 pet conjurer build for each type of damage, following the popularity of my Bysmiel’s Trinkets lightning build and my obsession with the conjurer class as a whole. One of these builds was a fiery pet conjurer using the new added Khonsar rings, the Korvaak’s Burning Blade dagger and the Nature’s Call set (even tho by that time the set didn’t raise the summon limit for the Hellhound yet) [you can check the old video in the “videos” session]. Now, years later, I’m reminded of that build and, after some changes, it became one of my strongest builds yet. I’m still using the Nature’s Call set and the Khonsar rings (which were the actual reason I started theory-crafting the build) but the weapon was changed to Dracarris, which makes more sense now that Nature’s Call can summon 2 hellhounds. As you’ll see in the videos, this build can do basically all content without ascended affixes; even Uber N’erfatal! Anyway, I hope you guys like it. I’m actually really proud of this one.
Grimtools links:
*You can change augments for rings/amulet to Mogdrogen’s Blessing if you want more aggressive pets.
Ascended affixes version: coming up once I min-max it
Old build: Conjurer, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.1) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
Videos:
Celestial kills:
Uber N’erfatal kill (no ascended affixes - 3m52s):
Uber N’erfatal kill (with ascended affixes - 3m):
1.3.1. Uber N’erfatal kill (with ascended affixes - 3m [again]):
Old video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwmIX2YcI4
Levelling:
This build is pretty easy to level; this is the case for most pet builds, actually.
Levelling with pets is pretty fluid, you can easily change things along the way so don’t take this small session as law. Sometimes a good drop will change everything levelling-wise.
Start by maxing out Briarthorn and Hellhound, picking up debuffs like Curse of Frailty and buffs like Blood of Dreeg, Mogdrogen’s Pact and Bonds of Bysmiel. Also pickup stuff from Shaman, of course - Devouring Swarm may help you while levelling up, until you start equipping items that convert your pets’ damage into elemental; then, put some points into Ragin Tempest (Wind Devil node). Don’t spend attribute points as soon as you get them, since they can (and will) be useful helping you equip items. Prioritize items that have the “Bonus to all pets:” stat on them.
I guess this is it for now, if you want more details on the levelling aspects of pet builds in general, I believe @Maya’s guides are the best. Kudos to every creator that do levelling builds and guides; I sure appreciate their efforts - people normally don’t get how much work and time goes into making guides, even more levelling ones.
Devotion order:
+1 Crossroads Order
+3 Lion
+4 Panther
+3 Eel
+4 Stag
+1 Crossroads Chaos
+4 Viper
+5 Fiend
+6 Staff of Rattosh
+1 Crossroads Eldritch
+3 Hawk
+5 Bysmiel’s Bonds
-3 Hawk
-1 Crossroads Eldritch
+5 Solael’s Witchblade
-1 Crossroads Chaos
+5 Ulo
+6 Ishtak
+4 Tree of Life
If you read til the end, bonus image
