PS Archon I built Struggling, Help Pls?

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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Here is the build. Pretty much the title, SR 65-66 is hard without dying (not a piloting issue, I have played a fair amount of SR recently with my other builds, with good success). Good kill speed but seems glassy af. Physique dump would help a bit I know. I know pierce and bleed res are low with gear choice. Any pointers or tips will be greatly appreciated.

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Try this

Archon, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.2) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator

  • I changed devo to fix your slow res by using 3p :hourglass: (that could totally have been killing you)
    and include Korvaak for OA debuff and stuff

    • not sure of that but I put on Devils so that they proc it quicker than Guardians (?) if you have 3 of them
      or maybe better focus on Chain Lightning proc and test which pets proc it better on 1 target dummy
      since Korvaak debuff is 5s anyway

  • fix resistances so that all are good and decently overcapped (wth were these single augments)

    • wep aug and 1 jewellery aug got a tad weaker offensively but it’s not a huge deal

  • bump Physique a bit so you’ll have 240 + 130 (Korvaak) more DA

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I’m normally on team fuck da but when I tried ultos conjurer 2300 was a death sentence, 2600+ was noticeable different, so I second the phys investment

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Thank you very much ! Will test shortly.

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Yeah spirit dump feels waaay better on Ultos Warder.

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@tqFan build feels MUCH better now in SR, thank you.

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Maybe some would like to make 2h Melee Aether and Cold Primal Strikes with buffed conduits?

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It would be great for Cold PS if Ultos pieces support cold damage instead of physical.

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Challenge accepted:

CD primal strike + Trozan Druid “caster”
Primal Strike + Blitz Warder

What do you think? I also thought of Conjurer but I’ll leave that option for someone else.

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You don’t have damage reduction anywhere, you can probably use Rune of Korvan Swiftness leap for that purpose, at least for bosses.
Also I don’t know how good uptime Ascension has, maybe dropping some points from Clarity of Purpose to max out Haven for more hp and life steal is worth it.

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Ascension has about 50% uptime, a little more actually. Build needs oa pretty badly, which is why I maxxed Clarity of Purpose. Does Haven affect lifesteal? I had no idea. Thanks for the advice regarding DR. One of the reasons Warder feels so much better.

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Increased healing effects include attack damage concerted to health, you can pull 2 points from Clarity and put them into Haven, you shouldn’t be losing too much. I forgot that Ultos set has a lot of cdr.

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