Build Objective: To take Blade Spirit to its maximum potential while adding some Fire Chakram for more whirling blades.
Sources of RR:
Elemental Storm - 32 Elemental RR
Demon Hunter Entangling Shot - 33 Elemental RR
Solael’s Witchblade - 23 Fire RR
Total: 88 Fire RR
Equipment and Devotions: Demonblade, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.3) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator (Diablo 3 Classes Mod)
The previous Blade Spirit build used the Unseeing Assassin set to maximize Blade Spirit damage while converting all of its damage to Pierce. However, after various Grim Dawn updates, the equipment that granted those conversions was no more, leaving the build in limbo. Thankfully, as the D3 mod kept being updated, more equipment supporting Chakram was introduced, giving us an opportunity to invest in both Chakram and Blade Spirits.
This build is definitely a kiting caster, letting Blade Spirits and Chakram doing the work while you only have to worry about letting the RR stick to the opponent. Due to being a single RR class, you run into problems with very high-resist enemies like Shar’Zul, but with two healing skills, it’s easy to mitigate the damage. Additionally, Blade Barrier is a very nice fit to this build, as all of the damage is coming from the Blades anyway, so the immobility of the skill doesn’t dumpster your DPS.