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 Aether DW Ranged Sperllbinder added 26/08/31.
Edit: The Aether 2H Ranged Spellbinder added 26/09/11.
7a] Aether DW Ranged Spellbinder
GT Link: Spellbinder, Level 100 (GD 1.3.0.7) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
- Active skills - Heathen’s Assault, Mirror of Ereoctes, Mark of Torment and Ghastly Retreat
- thanks to new FoA Amulet “Heathen’s Decree”, any Aether build has its own DAR, Default Attack Replacer!
- 4/5 Krieg set (without the helm) is used
- WPS coverage - 100% ; 50% (2x25%) Aether Spread, 100% native passthrough, 25% Reaping Strike, no passthrough, 25% Necrotic Edge, 100% native passthrough
- Health - 18K (heavily boosted with 5x Ascended Bonuses with +150 health +25 Defensive ability)
- 27% Attack Damage Converted to Health (three Ascended bonuses used 14%+13%)
- Attack Speed - 200%, 4,05 attacks per second, in Belt and all accessories and both guns the Ascended Bonuses for Attack speed are used
- OA 3300 (boosted with 2x Ascended Bonuses with 5% ADCTH and 20 Offensive Ability); DA 3000 (heavily boosted with 5x Ascended Bonuses with +150 health +25 Defensive ability); AR 2200/100%
- Primary Resistances - 80% (or a bit more) with +40% overcap, Aether Resist a bit lower, but resolved by Overload, the node of Iskandra’s Elemental Exchange, Physical Resist 12%, no Ascended Bonuses used to resolve any resist
- Secondary Resists - Energy Leech Resistance and Sleep Resistance are 0%, other are higher, Stun Resistance and Freeze Resistance are 80%, Reflect Resist is 42%
- Aether Resistance reduced by -77% (gear + constellation skill) and 20%/2 secs (through Heathen’s Assault DAR)
- Damage reduction 22%/5 secs by the Ghastly Retreats
- Items - Average Item Level = 91
- Guns - other options available, but at least one Rutnick’s Blaster as DW enabler, second one can be also Rutnick, or Mythical Dissenter, Awakened Soulflayer or new FoA set item Needle of Fates Unwound
- Rings - other options available, but I use Mythical Aetherlord’s Signet and Awakened Veilwarden Band
- Chest - other options available, but Krieg’s one is a solid option too
- Pants - some options, but Mythical Wraithborne Legwraps are the best
- Belt - other options, I use Mythical Spiritseeker Cord
- Amulet - new FoA item, Heathen’s Decree, it is mandatory for the new DAR aether skill
- Medal - other options, I use Mythical Mark of the Dreadblade
- Boots, Gloves and Shoulders - many options, I chose Krieg’s ones
- Helm - many options, I chose Ascended Casque for Maiven’s Sphere bonus and Spectral Binding bonus
- Devotions - Hydra and Widow are MUST, other ones depends on individual decisions
- Playstyle
- You shoot everything what is moving towards you and you shoot it with 100% WPS coverage, and the 50% is covered by Rutnick’s WPS, which shoots almost behind a corner, 3/4 WPS are 100% passthrough
- If the situation is critical, you cast Mirror of Ereoctes and you have 5 secs (! yes, five secs thanks to two Rutnick’s Blasters) to resolve the trouble, or to port back to town
- the build is the biggest surprise, because the DAR helped the dmg tremendously, it is a decent facetanker, it is a decent kiter, the AoE through WPS, especially Rutnick is also nice
- Usage of Ghastly Retreats is situational (if you plan to use it, you can bind some devotion skill to it)
- Facetanking of bosses - doable with caution
7b] Aether 2H Ranged Spellbinder
GT Link: Spellbinder, Level 100 (GD 1.3.0.8) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
- Active skills - Heathen’s Assault, Mirror of Ereoctes, Mark of Torment and Ghastly Retreat
- thanks to new FoA Amulet “Heathen’s Decree”, any Aether build has its own DAR, Default Attack Replacer!
- 4/5 Krieg set (without the helm) is used
- WPS coverage - 57% ; 29% Reaping Strike, no passthrough, 28% Necrotic Edge, 100% native passthrough
- Health - 18K (no Ascended Bonus used)
- 19% Attack Damage Converted to Health (no Ascended bonus used)
- Attack Speed - 208%, 4,01 attacks per second, in Belt, Helm and all accessories and rifle the Ascended Bonuses for Attack speed are used
- OA 3100 (no Ascended Bonus used); DA 2800 (in slots of chest, legs, boots, gloves and shoulder armor, +2% Defensive ability to Maiven’s Sphere of Protection Ascended Bonuses are used); AR 2600/100%
- Primary Resistances - 80% (or a bit more) with +40% overcap, Aether Resist a bit lower, but resolved by Overload, the node of Iskandra’s Elemental Exchange, Physical Resist 19%, no Ascended Bonuses used to resolve any resist
- Secondary Resists - Life Leech Resistance is -25%, Energy Leech Resistance and Sleep Resistance are 0%, other are higher, Stun Resistance, Freeze Resistance and Slow Resistance are 80%, Reflect Resist is 75%
- Aether Resistance reduced by -77% (gear + constellation skill) and 20%/2 secs (through Heathen’s Assault DAR)
- Damage reduction 22%/5 secs by the Ghastly Retreats
- Items - Average Item Level = 91
- Rifle - other options available, but Fleshwarped Carbine provide lovely modifier for Arcane Will and Reckless Power, the suffix could help with skill support, you can use Mythical Dreadscorcher for another WPS
- Rings - other options available, but I use Mythical Aetherlord’s Signet and Awakened Veilwarden Band
- Chest - other options available, but Krieg’s one is a solid option too
- Pants - some options, but Mythical Wraithborne Legwraps are the best
- Belt - other options, I use Mythical Spiritseeker Cord
- Amulet - new FoA item, Heathen’s Decree, it is mandatory for the new DAR aether skill
- Medal - other options, I use Mythical Mark of the Dreadblade
- Boots, Gloves and Shoulders - many options, I chose Krieg’s ones
- Helm - many options, I chose Ascended Casque for Maiven’s Sphere bonus and Spectral Binding bonus
- Devotions - Hydra, Kraken and Widow are MUST, other ones depends on individual decisions
- Playstyle
- You shoot everything what is moving towards you, WPS are 50%, so an individual approach to enemies is the key
- If the situation is critical, you cast Mirror of Ereoctes and you have 3 secs to resolve the trouble, or to port back to town
- the build performs decently in both facetanking and kiting
- Usage of Ghastly Retreats is situational (if you plan to use it, you can bind some devotion skill to it)
- Facetanking of bosses - doable with caution
1a] Physical DW Ranged Tactician
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
7a] Aether DW Ranged Spellbinder (this thread)
7b] Aether 2H Ranged Spellbinder (this thread)
8a] Chaos DW Ranged Mystic
8b] Chaos 2H Ranged Mystic
9] Physical 2H Ranged Warder