The Gnome's (silly) nook

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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Maxes Shadow Dance and WoR instead of Deadly Aim and Arcane Empowerment :thinking:

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good point, tho i like shadow dance bonus avoidance :sweat_smile:
and kinda feels like the dmg gain from deadly aim and arcane empowerment was very minimal already (they had way less points before) - but indeed a solid option to dump some useless DA into those :+1:

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Isn’t it better to spend the points in Circle of laughter instead?

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the fumble gain after 4 points is very small, i rarely go higher unless i have free +points on gear, but also an option over 1% avoidance/WoR heal/dmg reduct i suppose

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aaand diving in to the realm of non-Rah’zin Chaos Blade Arcs we have

really kinda curious if in anyway Chaos BA Blademaster could be optimized to actually deal dmg, and not have rock bottom HP, tho maybe losing half dmg on not having BA helm is just too big a loss to overcome :thinking:

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i bring to you my “Template” Arcanist “Death From Above” approach
“1 half to make a whole” https://www.grimtools.com/calc/lV70DYvZ

the main idea was basically the good ol’ mass “devastation” using outcast hood and apocalypse neck, then pair it with more fiery death from the sky procs
Combine it with “anything fire/elemental”, demo, inquis etc etc/“whatever” and it will work and be fun because base stats are already sorted, so “anything” just improves upon it and boosts it into being better

also plenty room for swap items or devos ofc, can use eternity relic or aldanar offhand for more CDR if not caring for phys conversion or max procs (max procs basically just being the lulz gimmick)
vanquisher shoulders is also an option, likewise Herald scepter and Blazeseer set is only “mandatory” as far as the rain of fire meme goes

cold version still needs bit more work/isn’t as straight forward and solid as meteor storm - but i’m hoping it can get there :thinking:

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you ever sit at 5am wondering, “could i take something that already works, and make it completely mediocre ?” :thinking:
don’t worry, i’ve got you covered
the Reaping half Smiter Aether Oppressor https://www.grimtools.com/calc/pZrdY8j2
-and yes in its current iteration/pre-nerfed relic state, you can can completely slot Reaping Arc as your main attack, move all the wps points into buffs and passives, and the build will do about 45% better :rofl:

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i did a take on an Aether Reaper, making something green with greens and green procs
it’s fun, it’s fast, it’s squishy (greedy/low DA setup), and free to use whatever affixes you like, not even sure mine are that good, - i just thought the aether missiles were hilarious :smile:
Heralding the Reaping Reaper https://www.grimtools.com/calc/p25az7l2

think 1pt in SS for mobility might be well warranted :thinking: - also didn’t do RoS fumble because felt too lazy for extra piano @_@

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how can you make more than 3 consecutive replies in a thread? I can’t do that in my beginner compendium :frowning: it just says “let someone else talk” lol

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Because they’re scattered over a period of time: 7 days ago, 6 days, 9 hours and 9 minutes. That’s my guess anyway.

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i didn’t get those, but when i do get those on another discourse forum it’s a “suggestion”, not an actual block
no idea why it’s not happening here/now, maybe because there aren’t that many others, or time in between replies? :thinking:
also seems weird to have happen in your own thread :smile:

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more green on green stuff
85% Aether Phantasmal Blades spamming Infiltrator https://www.grimtools.com/calc/nZoygEl2
much cheers to TomoDak for some conversion inspiration :+1:
not as fast as could be i think :thinking:, i did cruci in 6mins with buffs and banners. Obviously chewed lokarr up completely and also cleared sr 80 (tho way comfier a couple shards lower),
Aleks and Valdy is no problem despite getting a Weakened and Aetherwarped mutator apparently :sweat_smile:

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and perhaps to try end the green on green greens stuff (for now)
a Binding Reaping Turret Arc https://www.grimtools.com/calc/nZoygpk2
yes you are seeing correct, it is indeed a total scud build featuring 10x Aether Missiles, with a “tiny” Reaping Arc in between :ok_hand:

only downside is the build has no zoomzoom skill, (at least i’m using ishtaak), and the movespeed is on the lower end :snail:, but it kills just about everything

but ye, i think that concludes my Arcane Blaze trip, for the moment :+1:

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How do you get aether PB? The transmuter will convert all pierce damage to vitality on PB and has higher prio than the conversion on the swords. You will only get aether damage via nether edge and heart seek. Good enough damage?

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full chaos conversion on nether edge with good cold conversion (avg 80%), high vitality conversion on Heart Seeker (80%avg),
main PB is basically just to increase WD and projectiles as much as possible and then just stacking aether where possible
the daggers are purely for RR (and to fudge affixes to make it even more derp, dat sweet sweet abyss :blush:)

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Chaos EoR Dervish https://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2EEjnb2
it’s not super fast, and phys res aint exactly grand, DA on the lower side, likewise RR,
but despite that it feels fairly “tanky” and actually managed SR 80 reliably, - even if takes a little while for the mutt Rreaper to lay down :pensive:

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Done did a 2h Chaos Cadence thingy
0 greens, more RR+WD but less OA/DA and no hardcapped Cadence/Markovian https://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2EEAD32
Fudgy greens, less RR but more OA/DA + hardcapped Cadence/Markovian https://www.grimtools.com/calc/0V0mP1XZ

wasn’t paying attention, but apparently one of them hit 1.7mill cadence when i was doing SR 75/80, despite getting the chaos res mutator everytime, :face_with_raised_eyebrow:
and i’ve actually no clue if the green version is worth it, losing that much RR/flat for getting Cadence and Markovian hardcapped :thinking:
Jens also suggested weaving Touch of Chaos for DmgReduct+RR instead of Warcry, personally i didn’t enjoy that, despite having 196% speed the Cadencing already felt surprisingly slower than usual

-and searching just before posting is see @Duchy’s 1.1.8 version - veeery similar stuff going on :sweat_smile:

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I was just gonna say that, smells like Duchy

Anyway, I theorycrafted very similar build, but with the rhazin granted skill :stuck_out_tongue: Was not happy with what I saw, so gonna paint it green and se if I like the stats better

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it’s so sad when i look at sheet, Touch of Chaos is like at 100k while cadence is at 200k (without deadly momentum/abom), and since i don’t even have markovian capped/low wps %, it just felt weird using Touch of Chaos
But still feels off, low mods/+targets whatever since getting +4 Fighting Form was basically impossible even with Rylok, wonder if Markovian Medal might be worth a try, tho doubt it’s gonna do anything big :confused:

Fudging greens to get “moar” while not losing that royal ton of RR might be the next attempt, possibly, mebe, if this 2h Oblivion build doesn’t divert my attention :smile:

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How? I have 1H “sword and shield” witchblade with touch of chaos and its like 100k dps without procs. https://www.grimtools.com/calc/RZRd4KK2 surley the 2H version should have more sheet dps than this one?

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