First Time Playing - Looking for a DW (No Guns) Fast Attack Speed Build

[RiversAlone]

Was wondering if someone could help me with a build that’s end game viable with the following requirements:

Dual Wield
Fast Attack Speed (with life leech if possible)
Fun to play

Thanks in advance!

[ya1]

Best all round dw melee would be Cadence blademaster with Shattered Guardian set and Reaver Claws.

[RiversAlone]

Thanks , I’ll take a look into that build!

Does anyone have any other ideas or recommendations ?

Thanks!

[RxJunkie]

ya1 is on-the-money here. See @banana_peel’s budget starter build for a nice guide using faction equipment.

[1.1.4.2] American dream: from 0 to beating endgame with scrap metal and bare hands (For beginners, Faction gear, Pure DW melee, SR75, Crucible 150-170)

[rocky1] beaten-up player ready to quit Grim Dawn So you are near the endgame and your build just doesn’t come together, you are out of luck. In fact, you can’t catch a break: every big item you find is for someone else. The plan you had in mind (maybe you’ve been following some guide) falls apart because the game is almost finished and you can’t even farm lower shards or Crucible waves. Maybe you feel like trading is cheating or maybe you are just shy? Maybe you don’t like any of the existin…

Later on you can DW Reaver’s Claws and use the SR set.

[RiversAlone]

Thanks! Looks like I’ll do an alt version of these!

I’ll let you guys know how it goes!

[banana_peel]

BM is the cheapest to assemble but there are several fun DW builds consisting of purple items and most of the DW builds people post here have capped attack speed. From what i played personally for me the most fun was this:

[1.1.4.2] Rah'binger DW Witch Hunter revisit. 0 greens, consistent, relaxing and stylish 151-170(3+1) x 3, SR76+

I’ll try to make it short because obviously i’m not inventing anything here. Chaos has few viable melee setups. DW Witch Hunter is one of them - it combines two chaos sets and strong 1h weapons living together to produce unparalleled levels of flat dmg. You can find the [1.1.3.0] version of the build done by @afanasenkov26 in the Compendium. The latest attempt with ditching the 'binger part was done by @AlexGoldFish_322 not long ago. There were many other versions but for older patches. As an…

As a bonus, 9 out of 14 items are crafted and the others are pretty common.

[Ungoliath]

Some acutal DW builds i play atm. Just to give you a taste. Just examples.

Blademaster DW cold + frostburn
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/b289JkGV

Dervish DW acid + poison
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/xZynjx0N

[Adam_Bomb]

Krieg Death Knights are usually recommended to beginners for good reason. Its still very strong and the set can be target-farmed. Mindwarps are BiS but lacking that, you can farm Theodin’s mace as a substitute.

This is an AoM guide but is still relevant now. Only a few adjustments needed. The guide claims 9 min crucible but with practice, it can be done in around 6-7 mins.

[1.0.6.1] Warpblade - Krieg DW Aether Cadence Death Knight, Gladiator farmer (9 minutes)

[image] Hello, wonderful people! This is my approach to make a Krieg melee fighter. Nothing new: full Krieg set, double Mindwarp plus slight refinement. Contrary to good classic shield-wielding Krieg this one became an ultimate slaughter machine. Meet the Warpblade. >> Grimtools << no green items used >> Grimtools << with shield >> Grimtools << dedicated DW setup for Ravager of Flesh It’s a Death Knight using Cadence fully converted to Aether and partially to Vitality. Shocks and stomps…

[RiversAlone]

Thanks everyone! All these variations are a huge help!

I’m starting off on veteran and having a blast!