Hi guys,
I just bought Grim Dawn today, and wanted to start playing, but first i wanted some advices. I will start directly on HC (normal/veteran) but I really don’t know which class to choose and how to build it. So I’d want your suggestion? Which class should I play?(maybe give me 2 classes so I’ll try out an hour so I can choose better)
I usually play ranged characters (high dmg, low def), or melee but only assassin (no tank, i don’t like them).
Hey Lionix 
Hope you’re going ot have some fun! and don’t mind losing your first few toons 
Easy peasy ranged classes I’ve enjoyed leveling and are now in ultimate are:
Dreeg Evil Eye spamming mage (Occultist + arcanist), max DEE, and everything else is defensive.
Eastern Mage (Arcanist + Demolitionist). running Trozans Metors, and stun jacks (transmuted later to quick jacks).
Melee classes are harder because they can be so gear reliant for high def high HP and high damage. need lots of good items…
Blade masters are common (nightblade + soldier), and you can either go for the piercing cold style, or the physical cadence style. either way get circle of slaughter to 12/12, so you can more easily face tank bosses (50% fumble chance).
But if you get stuck, there’s classes all through this forum by various people. JaJaJa’s builds tend to be solid as hell. He’s one smart dude and eeks out the best you can with the limited resources available. There’s also a sticky thread build compendium that lists all the builds out for you
Hop eyou enjoy yourself! 
A dual pistol pyromancer is ranged, crazy deeps, and survivable enough for HC. It works well enough that you dont need super specific gear to get it going, other than an item that lets you dual wield pistols.
edit: sorry, pyromancer is a demolitionist/occultist combo…since you said you were new
Ranged gun: Primal strike occultist+shaman, level as shaman
Dual wield: Dual wield firestrike saboteur nightblade+demo. Very high dps and decent survivability. Make sure to side with Kymon’s faction for their fire swords
2h melee: Savagery (level with primal strike till other shit covers loss of aoe from the switch of main skills) shaman+demo. Semi tanky (cause of sustain, not a real tank at all), sicko damage late game. Great w/o items
Caster: Evil eye occultist+nightblade (arcanist instead of occultist works, but is worse). Squishy, but high damage caster. Sick aoe and single target damage
Caster: Panettis + Devastation sorc arcanist+demo. Safe, looks cool, and very tanky with a proper devotion setup
Phantasmal blades nightblade+arcanist is a nice caster too cause it’s one of the few spells that can provide significant lifesteal. Not a terrible strong build w/o items though
If a class combo has arcanist or shaman in it you should level with those classes. Shaman’s primal strike and devouring swarm and excellent leveling skills. Arcanist’s flash freeze will wipe entire screens in the 1st difficulty
I recomend shield soldier mixed with occultist or commando. Cadence as primary attack. Very tanky
Thanks for all the answers, didn’t think this was a so active community
Anyway, i’ve looked into your classes and what appeals me the most are: Stillsingle “Dreeg Evil Eye spamming mage (Occultist + arcanist)”
and
TomoDaK “Caster: Evil eye occultist+nightblade”
From what i’ve seen the first deals pure dmg, while the last is a poison build? Have i missed something? And on the last build, i’ve seen a melee kind of class and not caster (at least on youtube).
I’ve also seen the build compendium V in sticky: there are really a lot of build but actually only 3 for this version of the game 1.0.0.6… most are for 1.0.0.4 or 1.0.0.5.
Thanks again for the help