Next Thing Discussion

[Maya]

I am not sure what is going on here, but since the birb was summoned, for those looking into cold pets using Bys trinkets -

[1.1.6.2-1.1.8.1] The Winter Birds! Cold Pets (2x Familiars) Bysmiel Conjurer

[winter-raven-deby-dixon] My bird is prepare to eat the nasty pests! Introduction First of all you’re not that drunk and I am Nery and not Maya So it’s my first ever pet build. Since I prefer Crucible and that’s not their strength it’s kinda expected to have interesting results. For unknown reason this build feel more satisfying in Crucible than SR, what can I do? This build have few more skills to play with than standard pets, so requires little more wo…

Boro already linked my lazy budget pet conjurer for those who just want to run around and collect loot most of the time. The endgame version of that -

Mnemosyne - Pet Conjurer

Foreword: Sometimes, you just want the game to play itself for you and compromises can only go so far. That is when you decide to go for a walking simulator instead. But Pets make everything better. So why not take your pets out for a stroll through the world of Grim Dawn [image] Note: Requires both Ashes_of_Malmouth & Forgotten_Gods. Build is HardCore viable. Note II: If you want something to actually do ingame, do not go for this build. Note II: This was inevitable. The Ice Cream demand…

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In the AoM era you could summon 2x Birbs with just a single item - Mythical Will of Bysmiel - Items - Grim Dawn Item Database
You could combine it with full Beastcaller for 2x Familiars + 2x Briarthorns and this was when Birbs had 100% all resistances by default and you could summon both with a single click.

Forgotten Gods saw the 2x Birbs thing being moved to a full set and when I was killing superbosses and doing SR with mono class pet builds (Birb Occultist), I made the mistake of asking a certain someone to let us start in higher shards in SR (which much later came as Death’s Waystone) and he was like “hm… birbs have too much resistances and it is from a bygone era, so lets nerf that”.

I still haven’t recovered from it.

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Winterking weapon cold pet trickster - Many have tried, including myself, but while I cannot comment on its current state, it was underwhelming back then. I have no idea why.

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