Global Conversion of Soulrend

Grim Dawn Ideas and Feedback
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With the 1.2.1.6 update, the addition of cold RR to Necromancer has made it much easier to build cold-based Reapers. In particular, Soulrend — with +2 to all skills for both Necromancer and Nightblade — opens up a lot of possibilities for creative and powerful builds.

Here are some builds I’ve experimented with:

  • Bone Harvest + Reaping Arc

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  • Winter King + Ravenous Earth

However, the current global Physical to Cold conversion on Soulrend is nearly useless for Reaper builds. I’d like to suggest considering a change to a different type of global conversion that would better synergize with Reaper skills:

  • Pierce to Cold
    → Benefits both Nightblade skills and Bone Harvest’s pierce damage.
  • Vitality to Cold
    → Synergizes well with Necromancer skills and can be combined with Gargoyle Waistguard for 100% conversion.
  • Aether to Cold
    → Useful for Spectral Binding, Reap Spirit, and more.
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conversion is likely a relic of “older” times where most magical dmg weapons had base phys dmg,
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conversion was probably kept for “thematic” reasons (or just forgot) and not for balancing/“being useless” to cold Reapers

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So, no need to make it even more powerful? :smiley:

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I need more power.

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