Ice spikes is your filler while the runes are the main. I wanted to do a mine build that was tanky enough to clog groups and then blow em up.
this is what i got so far
You can just go with Shaman instead, and get shield with +25% physical res etc. RoH is nuts for damage so no need of doing things in between rune casts 
Also, use Ugdenbog leather and Runebound Topazes for more DA
You will not have “enough” resistance reduction with your setup, no Aura of censure, Soldier cant give it, and no elemental storm or Murmor. Your build will not deal damage at all basically. You only have pierce > cold/elemental conversion from the gloves, so this is another source of damage that you will miss.
yeah i tried to get some RR through the weapon and the rest is just out of mats. but that is 15 % from weapon 10% from the relic. Your saying better pick aura of censure instead of conviction? i did this mainly because of the physical res
Get murmor and elemental storm. Bard’s harp is dope for Energy regen. Get Behemot instead of Tree of life.
Get Nightscorn or legandary alkamos rings for more pierce > cold conversion
I can make a GrimTool proposal for you later
about elemental storm i didnt pick it cause i found it an annoying effect. The rings i cant replace yet and also no ugden leather yet but i went shield and still do damage so in my book thats an achievement. The shield helps with my physical res and defenses. Energy with the harp is awesome. Cant believe i havent considered that before.
but this is what it looks like now
I was actually about to recommend that shield LOL
I can try to make something for you that you can “aim” for.
Elemental storm is dope, who cares if it is “annoying” it will boost your damage quite a bit.
NOTE: the reduced damage from War Cry and Aura of Censure do not stack.
oh damn they do not stack? what now i can remove the skill entirely warcry?
For Aura of censure they have to be inside radius, same with War Cry, but war cry has larger radius and it has skill disruption so still a useful skill. I would ditch war cry entirely though.
btw, I would use the Silver Sentinel Set - at least the helm since it gives loads of Pierce > cold conversion.
You can read my beginner/budget Vindicator guide perhaps http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79103
Otherwise, I will try to make you a tactician build to aim for later today and perhaps link to some other Rune-tactician builds (some of them are pretty sick LOL)
Alright buddy I made a build that you can aim for so to say
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/YZevx9kN
Note, best in slot rings are the mythical Alkamos rings, but they are extremely hard to get compared to Nightscorns.
Boots: I just took golemborns, they are pretty tanky and common.
another pair of good boots are Mythical final march (phys and slow res), Windshear greaves and Runeguard greaves
Devotions I added the bat, very good healer for you and will become better the more pierce > cold/elemental conversion you get.
I also got some of the nodes in Ultos, for some extra dmg and OA. You can get the proc in that constellation if you ditch Solemn watcher (you’ll loose some good DA though) but you will get another proc that have wpn dmg that can heal you.
I am note sure if that 6% weapon life steal is enough, since your wpn dmg is pretty low - might be hard to sustain via Chillspikes. You could put Seal of the Night in shield then, and get Seal of Blades in wpn, or something… you’ll notice if lifesteal from Chillspikes will be enough or not.
Here is something I am aiming for when I have leveled up my second Tactician btw: http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72875
yeah silver sentinel looks nice dont have it though ^^ im working on getting nightskorn. About the lifesteal, no not really enough i was thinking revenant but i cant get it in. Thank you for your help so far.
I have like 8 full sets of silver sentinel and loads of nightscorns (I am planning a giveaway on my YT channel so that is why I stockpile them LOL)
Nothing wrong with Runebinder set, it gives loads of +skills for the utility skills, silver sentinel set is more focused on pure Rune damage.
If you want, I can make a build to Aim for that uses the silver sentinel set too
i would love to buy one of those rings of you as i already have one. I guess the pierce to cold conversion is really critical in this build, because i really like the fire and ice set rings. Also the purple fire and ice rings look so nice + 2 in artifact handling
yeah but +1 or +2 more in artifact handling ain’t gonna ditch out significantly more damage unless you more or less fully convert that unused pierce damage to cold/elemental
PM me your steam, and I can add you and give you one Nightscorn and Silver sentinel set
im trying to keep up but i got quite a bit here now from what you posted. Not exactly the same but you know. i dont get how you have more life than me in what you posted. ow i see you are using some wendigo augment i dont know
Armor augments and maxing military conditioning
the armor augments with just pure pierce resistance is pretty crap, try to use those that have dual resists so that you can overcap som resistances (in case you get a debuff on you)
so i got 2 pieces of the silver sentinel set in one run. only need the helmet. hopefully it will work in my current setup without too much hassle
Helm is the most important piece, it is that piece that has pierce > cold conversion
for now im satisfied with what this build can do ill let you know once i get the helmet what the blue version will do for me
So i did find the whole set but it would take a complete overhaul to make it work. I dont wanna ruin this build now that i finally screwed it together :rolleyes:
oa is mainly what he struggles with the resistances on the blue silver sentinel set are nice though so in that regard i like it.
Do remember that you have an insane DA shred from biting cold and loads of +%crit damage
And going from 40% pierce > cold conversion to 70% pierce > cold conversion is about 20% more direct cold damage (and you get RoH at higher rank too) so the loss of OA is actually not that big of deal. Also the silver sentinel set grants you another source of cold resistance reduction.