Passive damaging auras

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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So i guess it won’t end up in a final version

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Honestly what I am most excited about is that Grimtools currently lets the aura on it bind to attack devotions. If this is actually true, hello lazy Phoenix Fire activator.

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Another good way for aura build would be Demo + inquisitor.
Here’s some interesting items :

Gaze of Empyrion :http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8131
Ascendant Conduit (MI scepter) to reduce the CD of Vindictive flame by 0.5 sec : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8498
Mythical Heart of Ulzuin amulet adds fire damage to Vindictive Flame : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/9007
Mythical Pyroclasm Mark medal adds lightning damage to Vindictive flame : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8951
Mythical Pagar’s Betrayal although the added damage to vindictive Flame is chaos : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8890

If you wanna go 2h weapon :
Mythical Infernal Brimstone, it adds burn damage to Vindictive flame : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/9426

To a certain degree theses glove and it convert around 25% fire to lightning damage:
Cindertouch : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8045

A nice belt:
Cinderplate Girdle with a nice proc with a 2 sec Cooldown (it’s low yes!) :
http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/7987

2 shoulders with fire based procs :
Mythical Blazeborn Mantle : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8291
Embercore Shoulderguard : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/8293

Rings:
2 options!
Mythical Reign of Ice and Fire although the proc the way it described might be spiriling towards your ennemies, not necessarily around you : http://www.grimtools.com/db/items/7922

If it’s not around you than there is the Mythical Elemental Harmony set :
http://www.grimtools.com/db/itemsets/79

Some more items might exist for procs or items to enhance auras. Also, I tried to stick to fire damage the most, and lighning. I posted one items that addded chaos damage which would be possible too if you go fire/chaos with firestrike for exemple. Hope it helps :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yeah im curious if thats just a bug or it will work like that , same thing for tainted ruby amulet and whirling blade component.

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Does deadly momentum add flat physical damage to these damage auras?

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No, since there is no %weapon damage on them.

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I personally don’t like Vindictive Flame because you have to get hit for it to proc - i will take Night’s Chill for auramancer anyday. On top of that Nights chill reduces cold res which stacks with aura of censure. You get the ability to dual wield.
Hopefully those Mythical Reign of Ice and Fire spin around you if not then blue ones will propably be better - curiously blue ones have %weapon damage and short cooldown but legendary has no cd and no %WD. I guess if legendary spins around you then no cd and no %WD might still be better - the amount of damage sources you will have might generate tons of procs.
EDIT: I also forgot to mention Shadow Strike for insane mobility :slight_smile: Nightblade > Demo for this build

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My rough draft. http://www.grimtools.com/calc/YZelD0V8

Still a lot of points to flesh it out more. Of note is using the Mageslayer set for the neck’s effect and the frostburn to veil of shadows for the set bonus. Also a very simple plan in devotions of grabing every tier 1 and 2 constellation elemental damage node. May have to give one up for a defensive constellation if pneumatic burst and word of renewal don’t cut it.

Alternatively, if the item based skills remain bindable to attack devotions, the option to bind one to Gaurdian Gaze exists. Not ideal damage types on the proc but if your goal is a spinning projectile apocalypse…

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Not sure if you can use 2x whirling blade - in grim tools if you add devotion to it , it switches on both icons. For a second weapon might use haunted steel for leech or some other new component.
Also not sure if its worth it to go that deep into nightblade since your dmg will be mostly spinning around you and not shadow strike - maybe if there are spare points left. Personally im not sold on the mageslayer set , you sacrifice 1 dmg aura from amulet - i guess some1 would have to do the math and calculate if additional procs from having another source of dmg is better then RR and other bonuses from mageslayer neck. Unfortunatly we won’t be able to decide on BIS items based on character sheet.

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My main reason for going that deep for nightfall is the ae with weapon damage aspect. It serves as a near guaranteed devotion proc, and weakly spreads the %elemental resist reduction from Viper in an ae fashion until you can reinforce that with ring of steel.

The damage to health and chance for extra ae cc are nice perks as well.

Besides with 8 bonus points from gear feeding into it, even treating it as a 1 point wonder is attractive.

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I guess im not really worried about clearing thrash mobs and for single target SS works pretty much the same with or without nighfall - just a dmg difference. Anyway im going for a bit diffent gear but with +8 from items it might be worth it as you said.

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I have an elemental Tactician (lvl 94) using aura of censure…at~2300% fire damage it hits for 6-7k.

It looks like several of those scale from elemental damage, I might need to try a full bunker aura build lol. Any Inquisitor build is camping out inside the godmode seal anyway.

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I just figured out ( kinda late ) that going fire for auras is far better then cold - you have more devotions you can use and all the auras from items are fire with some chaos or lightning etc. On top of that for some reason items with fire dmg have better procs then cold ones. Right now im toying around with Deceiver build : http://www.grimtools.com/calc/O2GWw852
all those fire devotions basicly autoproccing just by running next to mobs. Pets on defensive mode just for dmg buffs. Currently still trying to gather items so i didn’t test this yet but i got Horns of Ekketzu on my infiltrator with Blizzard attached and it is real fun to clear packs just by running throu the mobs.

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Looks fun, might meet some problems with gear requirements though

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Do you have all the nice +censure skill level items? What level is yours currently at?

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here is my auramancer build: http://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2ELbKlN
can you guys help me make it better?

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Does somebody knows if it would be viable to have Aura of Censure + Vindictive Flame (as stated above) dealing a reasonable damage (enough to kill trash mobs) in a build that the main focus is the fire damage itself (not auras or retaliation)?

Also, what buffs Aura of Censure damage? All the “+% fire damage” stuff?

My idea was to “punish” the minions that come closer and retaliate those who attack, but still keeping the main sources of damage in skills like BWC, Rune of Kalastor, Fire Strike or even Flames of Ignaffar. Maybe an elemental Cadence (if going Commando instead of Purifier). But I don’t have enough knowledge of the game to figure out if something like this would work as I intend.

Thanks for any help!

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Here is my new Aura build that I am working on. Link below is to the character in its current state, but I will give a link for the future endgame version, and the leveling version as well.

Paladin, Level 100 (GD 1.2.0.2) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator (current version) still more than capable of melting through ultimate!! No pun intended (Fire Damage)!!

Guide - skills and synergies

  1. Vire’s Might (skate around map, and skate through enemies when its off cooldown) (1.2 second CD)
    combo this with burning rift skill for insane map clearing speeds. Since the Aetherfire devotion procs have no CD, there will be a lot of them that trigger from the volcanic stride effect.
  2. Cast Ascension for retaliation damage / damage bonus / damage absorption.
  3. Cast Judgement for Phoenix Fire devotion procs (retaliation damage / damage absorption), and for Heart of Wrath DOT (scales with retaliation damage).
  4. Cast Inquisitor’s Seal for Damage absorption. (Sensing a theme of damage absorption here.)
  5. Cast Storm Box of Elgoloth for Arcane Current devotion procs.
  6. Let Guardians / Eldritch Fire / Aura of Censure reduce enemies fire resistances by 76% total. Plus reductions from weapon if you have it.
  7. Let all trash mobs get melted by Volcanic Stride / Aetherfire / Aura of Censure / Flame of Gar Dal / Kilrians Flame / Ring of Flame x 3 / Stormfield / Ingnaffar’s Combustion / Whirling Blades x2 (90% piercing damage converted to fire)
  8. Profit!

Paladin, Level 100 (GD 1.2.0.2) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator - Future Version (Endgame)

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Paladin, Level 100 (GD 1.2.0.2) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator - Leveling Version (Earlier game gear)