Sword and Board w/o Cadence?

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
1

Hi,

is there no real alternative to cadence for a default attack char? i mean its kinda easy to stack a good chunk of flat physical damage.

the popular melee builds right now (witchblade, commando) just look to go for cadence with warborn/markovian set if possible (not talking about ranged / caster). chars get crazy dmg while still tanky as hell.

this is no rant, please dont misunderstand me. but i wonder if there is any sword and board without cadence who is able to compete with these.

2

Only choices left are Forcewave and Blade Arc.
Would do fine I guess but I wonder what gears it’ll need.

3

You could try the Fire Strike tree from Demolitionist mastery.

4

in terms of raw power firestrike is not able to compete with cadence imo and neither is savagery. forcewave also lacks damage in comparision

5

I think a friend of mine tried it but switched to 2h
It’s doable imo