Greetings everyone,
I have recently started Grim Dawn and am looking for a good caster build to level up with and start farming.
I have looked through the builds posted and most of them are all end game builds and many require certain items to make them work. As a new player with nothing to support my character but what i find where should I start?
Like I said I prefer playing a caster but if that’s not really possible as a first time play through I don’t mind going a different route.
Any tips will be appreciated!
Vranje
There’s lots of different types of casters but, assuming that a straightforward magic-missile thrower might be just what you are looking for, I would suggest to just start playing a mastery combination that contains the “Arcanist” mastery and use “Panetti’s Replicating Missile” (“PRM”) as your main skill.
This mastery basically contains all that you need for the first fifty or so levels, it has got several damage options, several mob-control options, several extremely useful utility skills, and it is pretty easy to equip as you can profit from fire, cold and lighting damage bonuses, as well as from aether (and even, to some extent, from chaos and vitality) bonuses.
PRM also is a very satisfying skill for me and one that has got immense crowd-clearing capabilities; and, for the bosses, “Trozan’s Sky Shard” and “Devastation” go well with it.
There are also a lot of devotion constellations that can be useful for the build, with “Rowan’s Crown” being the only one you will probably really wanna have if you concentrate on dealing elemental damage.
You might delay selecting a second mastery, see if you find items that nudge you in a certain direction, and choose your second mastery accordingly.
In any way “Demolitionist”, “Inquisitor” and “Shaman” would all work very well with it; depending on your style of play, of course.