- [Caster] [1.2.1.6] The Causticabalist (Ralfhskz)
- Damage: Acid, poison
- Active Skills: Dreeg’s evil eye, ravenous earth, curse of frailty, blood of dreeg, call of the grave, mark of torment
Hail to you, grimmers!
I theorycrafted an acid cabalist some time ago, and after the latest changes on patch 1.2.1.6, this char became even more viable!
The idea here is a toxic nuker that can safely melt all things on his way doing poison damage over time (DoT), while it can kite safely when needed (but tbh this char can facetank a lot, has decent health regen , phys resist and mark of torment can save your ass on dangerous situations).
The skill rotation is simple: debuff enemies with curse of frailty, bloody pox and cast DEE (dreeg’s evil eye) and ravenous earth on your enemies.
Remember to keep blood of dreeg always up (not only heals you, but gives great acid dmg boost, poison and physical resist)
Char stats
I leveled this char this way:
Lvl 1-10 Cabalist, Level 10 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
Started as occultist.
Spend your first points on DEE and on the mastery bar. You’re gonna melt all mobs very fast!
The first item you’re gonna farm is the Pusquill’s Tail on putrid den, near the lower crossing rift
After getting the focused gaze node on DEE line, attach an mutagenic ichor on your weapon for now, you’re gonna use the spammable poison bomb skill granted from it, while the DEE is on cooldown.
Lvl 10-20 Cabalist, Level 20 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
Another good starting item is the Groble Toxic Effigy, you can farm it from the groble mobs on burrwitch outskirts.
After getting the 6 first devotion points, complete the akeron’s scorpion (bind the proc to poison bomb)
Lvl 20-30 Cabalist, Level 30 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
After defeating warden Krieg, head straight to old arkovia to farm our main amulet, the Ronaprax’s Sting on the stirring hive.
After farming the amulet, go to the Forgotten gods DLC, we will farm another items there!
Our build’s main weapon, the Crimson’s Vile Scepter will be farmed on the tomb of sethan, near the infernal wastes rift
Sister Crimson can drop our main chest armor too, the Chosen Raiment, just keep farming her until it drops.
Don’t forget to spend points on the necromancer’s mastery bar until you get ravenous earth skill. Start spending some points into it (on spectral wrath too).
On devotions, complete the wretch and behemoth.
Lvl 30-40 Cabalist, Level 40 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
You should be getting close to complete the vanilla campaign (defeat the loghorrean).
On devotions, complete the tortoise, murmur (bind proc to curse of frailty), manticore (spend a point on bloody pox and bind the proc to it), hammer, (remove akeron’s scorpion), start spending points on harvestman’s scythe.
Lvl 40-50 Cabalist, Level 50 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
After defeating the loghorrean, go straight to ugdenbog!
You can farm build’s main off-hand and medal there.
The Leafmane Horn can be found with the leafmane mobs and the Basilisk Crest with the venomgaze mobs. But the easiest (fastest) way is paying a visit to vinelton’s shop on ancient grove and buying them.
On devotions, complete the harvestman’s scythe (remove hammer, remove wretch), then complete chariot of the dead and rat.
Lvl 50-60 Cabalist, Level 61 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
I started elite difficulty at lvl 54.
Upgrade your gear, cap your resistances and don’t forget farming monster totems.
On devotions, complete the raven and complete abomination (why the vitality branch from abomination, you may ask? well we have full vitality to acid conversion with the offhand and chest armor).
obs:
Ty @tqFan for reminding me of this! I think it’s best swapping the bloody pox to ravenous earth on manticore’s and tainted eruption procs, specially for bosses fights.
Lvl 60-70 Cabalist, Level 70 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
I started ultimate difficulty at lvl 72.
Don’g forget upgrading your gear, checking resistances and check your reputation with factions, you should buy their writs just right when you get honored with them.
Lvl 70-80 Cabalist, Level 80 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
At this lvl, you should be completing Vanilla campaign and the AoM and FG DLCs. As soon as you reach revered status with malmouth faction, buy some potions of clarity from them, they help a lot speeding up the leveling!
Lvl 80-90 Cabalist, Level 90 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
Time to begin the endgame gear farming.
You know where to farm your weapon, off-hand, medal,amulet and chest armor already.
Buy your shoulder armor and gloves on the rovers faction shop.
Buy your boots from the homestead faction shop.
You can craft your belt. Buy its blueprint from the rovers faction shop.
You can farm your rings on ugdenbog. (Fastest way is buying them on vinelton’s shop)
Farm your pants from the dreeg’s guardian near devil’s crossing.
You will find your helmet near the korvan sands rift, on the the maw of enaht’s entrance.
CHAR LVL 100 SPEC 
" Allright i hit LVL 100 and i’m fully geared… now what?"
This char can easily and quickly farm all skeleton key dungeons and is a good and fast SR26-27 farmer.
If you don’t have all the endgame celestial killer build’s items, you can use this spec to farm them easily.
Some video proof:
Rashalga
Kra’vall
Korvaak
Theodin Marcell
Morgoneth (Full run)
Gargabol (full run + kuba fight)
SR26
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Now what??
This char can kill all celestials with this endgame spec
Cabalist, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.6) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
The skill rotation remains the same here! Just be careful with celestials sunder debuffs if you’re playing HC.
Mogdrogen (used stormshroud ointment for lightning resist and hp regen pharma to be safe)
Callagadra
Ravager of flesh
Crate of Entertainment
Thank you for reading! Feel free to comment and help improving this guide!
It’s going to be so much fun
