Warder build - feedback wanted

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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My build as a newbie, what you think?

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Suggest to follow this thread, it has all answers you seek.

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I will update this [1.1.9.3] Thunderbolt - The Primal Strike Warder [c+] [sr+]
With 1.2 release, if you need endgame build

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Looking forward to it as i am currently leveling Shaman for hardcore achievements and have not decided if i should take Soldier or Oathkeeper as second class.
Oathkeeper has OA + health + passive source of RR by means of Guardians, while Soldier has oa, da, heath, physique, Damage Reduction (War Cry), resists, and circuit breaker (Menhir’s Will).

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Warder is better for HC-18% damage absorption+8.4k hp regen

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Thanks, you mean if going for physical savagery via Avenger set?

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Lighting PS

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Thanks for the build! Warder it will be. Sacrificing Stormcaller pact is painful, but dying on hardcore is even more painful.

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You don’t need it. I got tons of tests and bulwark better here-it gives you regen, damage absorption, flat phys, which converts to lightning (you got 66-84% conversion phys->lightning)

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Thanks. I was thinking about following devotion map:

main idea is to add Turtle for damage absorbtion + Chariot for another heal.

What do you think?

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It’s possible to take turtle instead of crab but you will lose in damage and regen. And it’s already kills ravager, calla and sr90+

Your devo road is not so good

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Thanks. One question remains: since you can’t leach via Thunderous Strike (or can you), why seal of blades as component? For Pierce res + armor?

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Both and you can leech with PS

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curious why you thought PS couldn’t leech :thinking:

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As description says it cannot trigger WPS skills like Feral Hunger, Zolhan Technique, etc, i thought it does not benefit from global adtch. Glad i am wrong.

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ahh, but triggering wps/“not being a default attack replacer” is not what determines lifesteal, weapon dmg is
any skill/attack/spell with %weapon dmg in it can apply global lifesteal like ghoul or seal of blades, and is then scaled by %wd if lower than 100%, but up to max 100% effect for 100 WD

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This can be very confusing to people, I played for a long time before I really understood it. There should be a huge sticky explaining this and other critical core concepts.