What build for first character?

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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Hello I am new to Grim Dawn. I played Titan Quest before but not excessively.

I am wondering now what build would be advisable for the first character? I would think it would be one that isn’t much dependent on gear. And probably one that allows for fast and safe farming (for the other chars).

What would you recommend?

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There are a number of strong builds with low gear requirements on the forums here. Look for the Beginner’s Physical Warder build and the Lazy Pokemon Master pet build in particular.

With that said, different characters play very differently and nobody knows what your personal idea of fun is. You might be better served with playing a variety of different characters through Normal difficulty before choosing one to go all the way with.

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I would go with either the phys warder: http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41810 or the updated saboteur: http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42521

I personally think the saboteur is more dynamic and fun but I have no idea what your preferences are so ¯_(ツ)_/¯.

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I’m not into summoners, but they never seemed gear independant to me. Given that there’s no truly gear independant builds, between attack damage builds like Blademaster and Warder with relatively low gear dependancy and casters that are usually very gear dependant, Lazy Pokemon Master would be in the middle, maybe somewhat tilted towards casters. I may be wrong though.

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Physical warder and poison cooldown have some of the lowest gear/skill thresholds to clear all content and nems with good farming speed at all levels.

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Vitality conjurer has least gear problems, very easy to play and newbie friendly with lots of heals and aoe. But dont expect fast kill speeds endgame

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Pick Shaman --> Pick Devouring Swarm = You Win

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Thank you all for your replies and advises.

My preference in Titan Quest was physical dmg. But I am open minded.

So either a vitality conjurer or physical warden would be best suited? If I understood correctly the physical warden would kill faster in endgame farming?

I am currently looking at jajaja’s “Beginner’s Physical Warder Build”.

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I’m now a level 20 Physical Warden. I maxed Primal Strike and Torrent, also took Thunderous Strike and now I’m rushing to Primal Bond. I follow jajaja’s guide.

Does anyone have a suggestion regarding the devotions? I read, that its a good idea to take kraken asap. So I startet with the tsunami devotion, because I thought: +39% lighting damage and another small proc, why not? After that I would probably go for the raven.

Is there a better route?

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The suggested devotions are in the grimcalc for the build. The beginning progression would be:

Falcon
Hawk
Eel
Kraken
Behemoth
Panther
spec out of Eel

This assumes you add/remove points from crossroads as needed.

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Thank you very much. I will orientate on this.