Its an SSF Hc char and i feel like i can’t do much more about the gear, around 50 hours in.
I avoided defensive abbility as much as possible to make good use of all my retal bonus so i stacked up armor on everything i can and i still feel like i can die from some nemesis if i close my eyes 2 sec xD.
So first, does armor is useless on big boss ? I want to do ravager for his head but i’am fairly sure i won’t survive at all since some nemesis can alrady bring me to mid life in one hit even with 20% armor potion up.
Is it even possible to beat him with this build ?
Also should i use 2x enchanted flint or 2x seal of destruction ? Not sure if enchanted flint benefit me more.
Blast Shield is very good. Also if you’d like to have a great boost to sustain on demand, I can recommend Haunted Steel weapon component. Imo mandatory on a Fire Weapon damage build if not playing around Health regen.
8% ADCTH normally and additional 24% on demand.
Your rotation could be
fight till normally, have Blast Shield proc due to health yoyoing
activate Haunted Steel when Blast Shield goes on cooldown and you become vulnerable
have Blast Shield procced again probably after Haunted Steel duration is finished etc.
@BoGriDru Also if you want more damage, this weapon is the way to go I think
Damage are really strong on this char i think, i might even reduce celestial presence from 14 to 12 so i max blast shield.
I never seen that weapon but i keep it in mind.
Here is the new version : Shieldbreaker, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.0) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
I removed 2 points in Rowan’s crow so forced to put 3 in hawk then so i can completly remove hound and put two points in berserk. Feel WAY tankier and even got a damage boost on top.
I will play a bit like that and maybe try haunted steel if needed. Thanks a lot
edit : I save your calc for when i loot that weapon
Here is an update now that i have killed ravager in elite but it appears that the guy only drop blue head instead of mythical
I’am almost ready to make a try on ultimate when i get a better pants with 6% instead of 4.
So my last questions are :
Enchanted flint x2 or Seal of destructions x2. I’am going to put haunted steal x1 for ravager but for the rest of the content i wont need it.
And since i apply damage reduction with judgement through shield i don’t need it on soulfire so maybe should i remove it completly and invest even more in crushing verdict ? I tried to max soulfire but its useless for damage anyway.
edit : also does reducing DA a bit to add some life is worth at this point ? I use 30 DA augment but can switch to 16da 160 life
Armor is weaker VS bosses, but it’s still far from useless. However, it works the best with various skill that reduce enemy damage (Soulfire debuff, % damage reduction skills like Maiven’s Sphere of Protection, Manhir’s bulwark, etc, and physical resistance).
Also, your Defensive Ability is very low, so boss has 100% chance to hit you and can crit you even!
Not to mention you need crazy amounts of HP sustain to beat Ravager, and you have… what, 7% attack damage converted to health, which gets reduced to 3% by EoR? That wont do at all, even VS trashmobs!
And the main issue of your build is that Fire EoR is inherently weak in endgame due to lack of proper gear support. Try lightning EoR instead, it has Cyclone set, at very least. Though EoR is till far from the best build to beat Ravager.
Thanks for the reply, here is the last change i made : Shieldbreaker, Level 100 (GD 1.2.1.0) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator
I’ve just cleared SR70 with that setup, and tryed ravager (using haunted steal) but blast shield proc so fast i stoped before loosing the char.
At this point i can’t find what to uprade to do that damn boss. Damage are really good, i’ve got my %reduce target damage from judgement, changed bloodied to > runebound topaz, i’ve got max roll %attack damage to health on pants and amulet.
Or facetanking ravager with shieldbreaker EOR using 1hand/shield is simply not possible ?
Have you ever beaten Ravager in SC? Personally I cannot imagine learning Ravager’s mechanics (for example dodging Sunder / Leech pools in case of Ravager of Flesh) in HC unless you a super tank build for which everything is easy.
Not sure what you mean by facetanking (Evade is definitely needed) but I think someone could definitely do it. Maybe not with your setup but after some modifications. Maybe with backing off for a few seconds for cooldowns to lower every now and then Maybe with pharma and cluster
No never but i killed him with that char on elite, not using EOR at all but blaze rush from medal + dodge just after , not sure i can do his phase 2 with that technique on uItimate though. I want to try using his head and see how it play since the 20% lighting conversion on my helm are useless for my setup.
edit : In your video the guy is using all potions too, its not possible now. But i think i don’t have enough confidence to go from 100% to 20% life like he does in the fight.
Might abandon the project now that i’ve seen this ahaha.
It’s quite a recent change for the purple helmet to be only available in Ultimate.
Btw I’d copy your char to SC and practice there. After that you could determine if it’s possible for you.
Also you could try Health Regen sustain route.
He is playing super aggressively / tanking Sunder though. You don’t need to do that. Health yoyoing doesn’t mean one cannot have 100% consistency against Ravager. But learning that on HC doesn’t seem possible to me.
@BoGriDru but this game has so many options that I think you could kill Ravager with virtually any concept of a build but it might require more experience
Ravager done !!! In the worst way possible, ONLY using Rune blazing end for 99% of my damage output + instant evade.
Without haunted steal because no matter what i do the guy proc my blast shield in two hit in phase 1 and since phys res is really rare, its just not possible with how i want to play fire EOR.
I had to do 5 min pause during phase 2 because of my hand shaking too much
If you want / are curious, you can send me your save file (upload _charname.zip here for example) and I can try making a less kiting fight (and tweaking character if needed + fighting more bravely in SC) not changing the Sword + Shield concept. Cannot play atm but will be able to in a week or two.
