Suggestions for a new player

Hi guys,

I’m still very new to GD and am currently leveling my first toon: A 2H lightning elementalist, currently around lvl 60.

Already thinking of what my next char will be and thought I’d ask you guys for suggestions.

Basically, I’m looking for something with high DPS and fair survivability with good movement speed and possibilities to escape when shit hits the fan. So, no glass cannon, but doesn’t have to be a fat tank either - clearing speed, fun and DPS is more important.

I think I prefer something caster/spell based, i.e. not melee attacks. Doesn’t matter if it’s a build that’s heavy on the GPU/PC.

As I’m still new, I don’t have a big range of legendaries, so builds that are dependent on specific legendaries to work well might not be the best.

Any ideas and suggestions? Thanks a lot! :slight_smile:

Sorcerer is the simplest among the casters. It can handle every game content. Leveling and farming progress are very good with non-geared dependant.
You can play any one of masteries to clear veteran difficulty then choose the next mastery in elite.

With high-end gear. There is a build that has highest success rate solo farming in crucible DLC in hardest mode(which only few builds can handle it. and those don’t have 100% success due to many factors).

No doubt why it’s the most popular casters for all player. I think most veteran players have it.

Thanks! So, uh, what’s the build? :smiley: Do you have a name/link for it?

Make a vitality Ritualist or Cabalist. From these two, I would recommend you go Cabalist because:

  1. BoD/AotG offers protection against the most dangerous damage type in the game (i.e. poison).
  2. You have enormous item support.
  3. You have a broader damage spectrum, meaning you can focus on other damage types besides vitality if you get unlucky with the drops.
  4. Sigil > Devouring swarm during leveling.
  5. You can reach 3.5-4k OA.

Thanks! Not sure if I’m knowledgable enough to make my own build based on this, but I’ll see what I can find out :slight_smile: (To provide some context, I had no idea what BoD and AotG was until I Googled it just now)

Don’t worry, m8. Just start with Occultist and rush the Sigil of Consumption spell. Put 1 point into CoF and 5 into Vulnerability. Afterwards, pick Necro and go for 1 point into Bone Harvest and Dread. Attach a Mark of Dreeg onto your tome or weapon in order to apply the resistance reduction through Bone Harvest. Apply a riftstone to your tome or scepter for mobility.

In terms of constellations, go for bat (attach to Sigil) and Wendigo.

Have a nice day !

What stats would you level up?