Hi folks. I just picked up this game a week or two ago and made it through Elite following Squib’s “Tank-Cannon” Warder guide (http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42423)–thanks to Squib if you’re out there for a very well-written guide! Per his leveling advice, I’ve been using a Blade Arc/ physical build, and it worked pretty well up until the last few bosses in Elite.
If I keep following his guide, I’ll need to re-spec to Savagery / lightning soon. The more I look over that form of the build, though, the more it seems like it may be heavily gear-dependent–and this being my first play-through, I don’t have any of the gear :-). The re-spec he calls for is pretty intensive, so I hate to do it and find out it’s unworkable with what I have. Any thoughts on this? Any suggestions for alternative Warder builds that are Ultimate-viable and don’t have heavy gear requirements?
Note that I have considered just sticking with Blade Arc / physical, but I have two issues with that. One is that it’s become pretty squishy against bosses late Elite / early Ultimate (though boosting my resistances more would probably help some there). The other is that while the AOE damage is fantastic, it seems pretty weak for single target.
Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for any advice.