Hi to all!
Foreword
Recently, I made a thread called “Gun and Rifle friendly Skills”, which aim is to help new players to understand, which skills does work with guns, which works with some limitations and if the skill is DAR (Default Attack Replacer) or not, and what the player needs to do to use the skill. If it is mastery skill, if it is an item skill, complete set skill or skill obtained from component.
Today, I am starting with the builds, some of them are purely theorycrafted, some are inspired from builds, previously made by other users. All of them are at least field tested on Ultimate against Krieg, Theodin and Korvaak (some Nemesis bosses were met during the way, or some section bosses, like Valaxteria or Dead Krieg). I don’t make the builds for Shattered Realm or Crucible, so feel free to update the builds for that experience!
Due to my spasms, which I suffer from if I play any game extensively, I can’t play “piano builds”. I do play gunners / riflers and one AAR char. The aim is to have from 4 to 6 skills. LMB, RMB and +4 skills max.
Edit: The Physical DW Ranged Tactician added 26/08/31.
1a] Physical DW Ranged Tactician
GT Link: Tactician, Level 100 (GD 1.3.0.8) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
- Active skills - Cadence, War Cry, Doomforce, Word of Renewal and Ulzaad’s Madness
- no Inquisitor Seal - I had a difficult times trying to play with this skill, monsters and me were in move most of the time, out of those Seals, so I skipped those
- WPS coverage - 102% ; 45% Markovian’s Advantage, with added passthrough, 22% Zolhan’s Technique, passthrough in default, 35% Chill Rounds, passthrough in default ; just three points spent in all three WPSes, other points obtained through gear
- Health - 25K (when Word of Renewal is ON and heavily boosted with 6x Ascended Bonuses with +400 health)
- 33% Attack Damage Converted to Health (only one Ascended bonus used)
- Attack Speed - 208%, 4,63 attacks per second, in all accessories and both guns the Ascended Bonuses for Attack speed are used
- OA 3200 ; DA 2900 ; AR 4300/100% (when Word of Renewal and Deadly Momentum are ON)
- Primary Resistances - 80% (or a bit more) with +40% overcap, Aether and Chaos Resistances are lower, but solved to 80% + 40% formula with Word of Renewal, Physical Resist 13%, no Ascended Bonuses used to resolve any resist
- Secondary Resists - only Energy Leech Resistance and Sleep Resistance are 0%, other are higher, Stun Resistance, Freeze Resistance and Slow Resistance are 80%, Reflect Resist is 48%
- Physical Resistance reduced by -52% (gear + constellation skill) and 43/5 secs (through War Cry)
- Damage reduction 30%/5 secs (through War Cry) ; 25% by Ulzaad’s Madness
- Items - Average Item Level = 90
- Guns - Mythical Havoc x2 is, I would say, mandatory
- Rings - Mythical Ring of the Black Matriarch and Mythical Sigil of the Stone Thane are very strongly recommended, because they lower the Physical Resistance by %
- Chest - other options available, but Awakened Zolhan’s Battle Plate provides a nice aura
- Pants, Belt and Amulet - many options, I chose Chausses of Barbaros, new item from FoA Mythical Smoldersteel Girdle and new item from FoA Awakened Midwinter Memento
- Medal - other options available, I chose Mythical Vaultkeeper’s Mark for the passive bonus and skill support
- Boots, Gloves and Shoulders - many options, I chose Mythical Boneshater Treads, Mythical Turin Grips and green “Bloodbound Shoulderplates” (FoA item, of Oleron’s Wrath affix for skill support)
- Helm - many options, I chose Fleshwarped Casque for War Cry cooldown redux, the item is quickly obtainable, chosen prefix and suffix could help with supporting the skills
- Devotions - Hydra and Assassin’s Blade are MUST, other ones depends on individual decisions, Ulzaad and Oleron provide physical damage support
- Playstyle
- You cast War Cry and shoot everything what is moving towards you, the AoE coverage of the build is low, but the passthrough and individual approach to enemies is maneuverable, the best tactics is to shoot the monsters in any narrow paths, because they are in a row and the passthrough do the business
- Don’t forget to refresh Word of Renewal
- Usage of Doomforce and Ulzaad’s Madness is situational (if you plan to use those, you can bind some devotion skills to it)
- Can facetank Theodin on Ultimate, can facetank Korvaak through phases 1 and 2 (not the 3)
1a] Physical DW Ranged Tactician (this thread)
1b] Physical 2H Ranged Tactician [tbd]
2a] Cold DW Ranged Reaver
2b] Cold 2H Ranged Reaver [tbd]
3a] Fire DW Ranged Sorcerer
3b] Fire 2H Ranged Sorcerer [tbd]
4a] Lightning DW Ranged Druid
4b] Lightning 2H Ranged Druid [tbd]
5a] Acid DW Ranged Witch Hunter
5b] Acid 2H Ranged Witch Hunter [tbd]
6a] Vitality DW Ranged Cabalist
6b] Vitality 2H Ranged Cabalist [tbd]
7a] Aether DW Ranged Spellbinder
7b] Aether 2H Ranged Spellbinder [tbd]
8a] Chaos DW Ranged Mystic
8b] Chaos 2H Ranged Mystic [tbd]
9] Physical 2H Ranged Warder