Build Intro:
So I tried making something out of Mythical Soulare’s Helm and well…I think I can understand why this wasn’t a more popular item. It’s workable, but it certainly doesn’t beat the Warborn Bastion set.
Pros & Cons
PROS
- Good Crowd / AoE Damage
- Relatively High Health & Durability ; Can sustain well with life steal
- Good Mobility
- Simple Playstyle
CONS
- Average Single Target Damage
- Overall damage feels kind of lacking at the Endgame
- Has some Energy Issues during prolonged fights
Leveling
For leveling, I referred to this guide [1.1.9.0] Pure Soldier [HC] Beginner Forcewave 1-75 Leveling Guide + Endgame Options and Class Combos
There are other ways to get to level 94, but an Obsidian War Cleaver with decent affixes and suffixes is extremely easy to farm. Most notably, it grants a significant damage bonus to Forcewave which turns it into a devastating skill.
Before moving on, here is how I recommend distributing our skill points following each Level Up:
- 2 points into Soldier / 1 point into Oathkeeper Skill Tree (Level 2 - 50)
- 1 point into Soldier / 1 point into Oathkeeper Skill Tree (Level 51 - 90)
- If you are done with the soldier tree, then focus completely on the Oathkeeper Tree
Soldier tree Skill allocation is as stated in the guide, though you might want to consider these options from the Oathkeeper Tree as well:
- Presence of Virtue
- Haven
- Ascension
- Summon Guardian of Empyrion (1 point only)
- Celestial Presence
Leveling to 94 was done on Normal & Elite for my case, so the above skills should be more than enough. The linked guide gives a lot of good advice for gearing. And as for devotion pathing, you may follow the above guide or read below for my choices which pertains to this particular build (Recommended, since it allows you to level up some of your celestial powers sooner):
(Pre Level 94 Devotion Path)
- Green Crossroads
- Spider
- Blue Crossroads
- Eel
- Widow (Bind to Blitz)
- Red Crossroads
- Ghoul (Bind to Mehir’s Will)
- Behemoth (3 Nodes only, Bind to Field Command)
- Yellow Crossroads
- Assassin’s Blade (Bind to Forcewave)
- Purple Crossroads
- Toad
- Hammer
- Ulzaad, Herald of Korvaak (Bind to Warcry)
- Lion
- Azrakaa, The Eternal Sands (5 Nodes only, Bind to Rebuke- Mythical Stonefist Rebuke Item Skill)
- Refund Blue, Red & Purple Crossroads
- Kraken
Once you have hit level 94, please continue reading and prepare to respec your skill points.
Build
Warlord, Level 100 (GD 1.1.9.7) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator : Final Build
Attribute points- Physique / 12 Cunning / 95 Spirit / 0
Well, I don’t really need to comment much on the playstyle- Just get in there and spin like a Beyblade. Though you do need to keep an eye out on your health, Energy and Lingering Area Effects / Damage Floors. Use Blitz and Displacement often to reposition and back off whenever required. Judgement and Ascension are great for when you need more damage.
Since we are on the subject of EoR builds, this particular setup is only about half as damaging as these ones:
- [1.1.4.1-1.1.9.3] Physical Spin2win EoR Warlord. 150-170, SR 75 viable, no greens
- [1.1.9.4] Gutsmasher Warlord/2H Physical EoR. SR 90/Ravager of Minds
A very similar build to mine is [1.1.4.2] Eye of the Storm, Temporal Arc Blade EoR Archon SR 75+ , but the above two are still better by a huge margin.
Devotion Pathing
- Green Crossroads
- Spider
- Blue Crossroads
- Eel
- Widow (Bind to Eye of Reckoning)
- Red Crossroads
- Ghoul (Bind to Mehir’s Will)
- Behemoth (4 Nodes only, Bind to Field Command)
- Sailor’s Guide
- Viper
- Kraken
- Spear of The Heavens (Bind to Stormcaller Aura)
- Jackel
- Wendigo (4 Nodes only)
- Refund Green & Red Crossroads
- Revenant (5 Nodes only)
Final Words:
Well, I’d say that in the end, I managed to come up with something that is ‘Functional & Passable’ rather than ‘Awesome & Powerful’. If you wanted me to rank this build, it would be a C grade at most.
I started out thinking that Mythical Soulare’s Helm was a very interesting option to build around and decided on an Eye of Reckoning build since it was something new for me. Initially, I tried it on the Templar Class (Oathkeeper + Arcanist) & then the Spellbinder (Necromancer + Arcanist), but quickly found out that I had to put most of my attribute points into Physique, meaning that My OA was below 3k. This felt unacceptable to me, given that I didn’t have a high damage output to begin with, so a compromise on Crit chance was a No No.
So, I switched to a warlord instead. This was what I was trying to avoid, but I was feeling pretty irritated at how my stats were screwing me over. I believed that the extra physique per level up along with veterency would help me to solve my dilemma. Thankfully it did, but it did leave me wanting for more damage. Considering that I did a whole lot already for an entire afternoon, I just kind of went with what I had since I do have a few other builds who are able to complete the campaign on Ultimate Hardcore with a similar damage output.
All in all, I spent a whole lot of time theorycrafting, but didn’t get lot of success in return. But I think that’s just because Soulare’s Helm should have its own item set. It clearly has potential, but the sacrifices needed to build around it certainly warrant some kind of set to give it more offensive power. Lightning themed EoR is certainly viable, yet it pales in comparison to an EoR build centered around the Warborn set.
you would indulge and enlighten me to what i’m missing/see the key points 
