[V1.0.0.9]LifeSteal DW Witch Hunter

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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LifeSteal DW WitchHunter
Crucible Gladiator extra spawn

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Hi. I’m sorry I am not good at English.
I introduce DW WitchHunter based on lifesteal.
I cleared Gladiator extra spawn;)

1. Video (Gladiator etc.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgYRWebhBXA (Gladiator extra spawn140-150, Bosses are easy pattern:D)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4M3Dhgf1Jc&feature=youtu.be (Gladiator140-150, Bosses are easy pattern:D)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmPpB5tLYso (Main campagin)

2. Thanks to
http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51902 (Thrasheur, Jagermeister)
http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51368 (Weyu’s tooltip)

3. Concept
Damage type is chaos, vitality and a bit of poison.
Survivability by lifesteal.
Sigil of Consumption + Wendigo’s Mark + Fang of Ch’thon provide much ADCTH, and Haunt(relic) reduces lifeleech resistance.
Master’s Spellblade of the Abyss reduces all resistance and damage.
I think this build is not as strong as tier1 build.

4. Crucible
Challenger
- This build can clear Challenger without Defenses, Celestial Blessings
Gladiator
- High survivability and facetank Fabius & Iron Maiden combo
- If Mad Queen or Shar’ Zul spawns, it is very hard to clear :undecided:

5. Status
Pneumatic Burst + Blood of Dreeg

Pneumatic Burst + Blood of Dreeg + Dying God

6. Grimcalc skills and devotions
http://grimcalc.com/build/1009-7vPutR
change log:
drop BS,NHH,WD
get Ring of Steel & Circle of Slaughter
->use Circle of Slaughter when fight against Mad Queen

7. Devotion binding
Wendigo’s Mark -> Haunt
Eldritch Fire -> Curse of Frailty
Guardian’s Gaze -> Shard of Beronath
Twin Fangs -> Sigil of Consumption
Hungering Void -> Shadow Strike

8. Reduce resistance
Eldritch Fire - chaos
Haunt - lifeleech/vitality
Curse of Frailty - vitality/poison
Fang of Ch’thon - chaos/vitality
Master’s Spellblade of the Abyss - all resistance

9. Gearing
Main hand: Fang of Ch’thon (Shard of Beronath)
Off hand: Master’s Spellblade of the Abyss (Haunted Steel)

Head: Eldritch Gaze (Leathery Hide)
Shoulders: Stanching Fabius’s Shoulderguard of Kings (Scaled Hide)
Chest: Resistant Murderer’s Breastplate of Vitality (Kilrian’s Shattered Soul)
Hands: Voidsteel Gauntlets (Consecrated Wrappings)
Waist: Girdle of Stolen Dreams (Dense Fur)
Legs: Empowered Legplates of Valor (Ancient Armor Plate)
Feet: Footpads of the Grey Magi (Mark of Mogdrogen)
Amulet: Wretched Necessity (Arcane Spark)
Rings: Entropic Coil (Corpse Dust)
Rings: Thunderstruck Cronley’s Signet of Mediation (Corpse Dust)
Medal: Mark of Divinity (Arcane Spark)
Relic: Haunt

Master’s Spellblade of the Abyss

My gearing is not best.
Other affix of Cronley’s Signet, Solael-Sect Legguards, Benn’Jahr’s Pauldrons is better, but I do not have nice one.:cry:

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Looking good! :slight_smile: Defensive setup is needed in Crucible for sure. But why the Haunt Relic? Because, I think, the Life Leech% RR does not work on ADCTH, which is your main source of gaining Health back.

Solael’s Decimation would boost your OA/Damage a lot; Necrosis is very useful too, depending on Setup.

The missing gear with nice affixes and prefixes will drop sooner or later. But I dig your Gladiator build, well done!

What is your AS sitting at atm? The more AS, the more ADCTH.

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@OP Build is good
And pretty creative imo cause you built around Haunt
You need more OA imo
Amulet looks shit (sorry but true), get Peerless Eye

I love how you did your best to not remove Haunt from the setup and imo you shouldn’t drop the relic cause it makes the build shine

@Jager
Haunt’s Life Leech debuff helps with enemy ADCtH resist

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Hi Jagermeister.
AS means attack speed? attack speed is 171% (without Dying God)
I tried Solael’s Decimation and Necrosis, but lost tanky and did not clear Gladiator(main campaign is ok).

Hi Chthon.
Yes, I think Peerless Eye is better, but my resistance and health become low.
When I get nice affix MIs, I will use Peerless Eye.

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Oh, nice. Learned something new today. :slight_smile:

Yes, Attack Speed. Try to farm Cronley for a while for a nice AS bonus Signet. It will boost your DPS and your survivability.
Your Amulet is fine, I toyed with it for a while too. Peerless Eye grants more damage and OA, but for a defensive setup, I like your choice.

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But the eye itself helps reduce enemy OA which is pretty good defensively not to mention the plus skill

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True, but you’d lose a good chunk of HP and Resistances, if you can’t compensate those by MI stats. And the flat Vit Damage is nice too. Nevertheless, I prefer Peerless Eye for sure. But doing Gladiator runs, I’d maybe consider Empowered Wretched Necessity for myself (or even Avenger of Cairn).
Some other Amulet I might try out some day is Thread of Mortality. The stats sound fitting for a Chaos/Vit WH.

But I’m a damage freak, so, Peerless Eye all the way. :smiley:

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Nice build, smart gearing i never thought about that relic ill have to try it now! always happy to see some chaos/vitality chars around, looks badass imo :cool:

Also glad to learn it can be crucible viable, i must say i wasnt having doubts but never took the time to try so …

And thanks for mentioning my build, thats nice of you

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Don’t like the points in belgothians, whirling death, and hidden hand. Belgo/WD are single target dps loss and you’ve got enough aoe. Don’t see nhh adding much damage here. Besides that looks good

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Jesus, your OA is scarily low!

I would seriously recommend trying to get that up for some juicer crits. I have 3300 on my dual wield wb and couldnt imagine being 1200 less. Can you put Chains of Oleron in your chest by chance without losing anything too important?

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What TomoDak said

My advice

Hit soft cap on Quick Cut and drop Whirling Death, Belgothian and Hidden Hand
You can refund 2 points from Solael Witchfire and from Possession and invest them elsewhere
1 point into Ring of Steel and make sure Circlue of Slaughter is at level 4
If you can get Veil of Shadows for enemy OA debuff

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I recently deskilled WD in favor of BS. It’s definately faster with BS, to my surprise (did multiple Nemesis runs to compare), despite the long attack animation. WD %Weapon Damage is just too low. But my WH inflicts more Acid Damage, so NHH hits hard.
Not having a multi hit WPS with this build is a no go imo. It lacks AOE Damage.

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Hi all, thank you for your advice!

Okay, I will slightly change skills.
Regarding OA, I need nice MIs and have to farm a lot!

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Hi, I cleared Gladiator Extra Spawn and posted video.
Thank you for your advice.

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congrats ! :cool:
glad some of us could help

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Спасибо за прэкрасный билд:cool:
Awesom ! Thank you ! I like your build.
Love u .:stuck_out_tongue:

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How essential is Haunt to this build? I don’t know of any other source of Life Leech RR, but I hate the idea of having to use something where only one stat is actually relevant.

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Haunt reduces lifeleech and vitality resistance.(two stat)
I tried Solael’s Decimation and Necrosis, but lost tanky and did not clear Gladiator.
If you don’t like Haunt, use Solael’s Decimation or Necrosis like this guide.(Thrasheur, Jägermeister)