Those are all just theory-crafted builds. Have seen very few builds posted that have been tested and finalized.
Been waiting on someone to post a good Aegis build. Any damage is fine but would like a cooldown of about 1 second. Prefer Paladin or Sentinel for the self heals.
I finally got the full Virtue set, and while I def am not optimized, Iām not sure how much further I can take Aegis damage wise. I do get procs of 200K+ once in a while, but you canāt throw it that often and thatās only 15% of hits (crits) anyways. I def need to revisit my Devotions, but I canāt see where I can improve it all that much.
Honestly Iām not that impressed with Aegis 
Not sure why it says my build is invalid, but hereās the link:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/lV7qm35N
This is kinda a silly comment, while you can have fun with most any build, and a lot of builds work, thereās absolutely top tier builds/combinations that will objectively outclass other builds in any activity.
Aegis does need a lower cooldown. Someone theory-crafted a build to get Aegis to as low a cooldown as possible. https://www.grimtools.com/calc/62axn1BN sounds interesting but I doubt it would survive long. Skill modifier that converts the fire damage to physical but ALSO takes Path of the Three that converts Fire to Acid.
Just want to be clear itās not horrible or anything, and you can clear ultimate easy with it, but in high level crucible, shattered realm, against nemesis, and against the really tough special bosses itās going to be slow.
I dunno, def would love to know if anyone has any suggestions for my build though 
As for the skill itself Iād love to see it pumped up abit. Doesnāt have to be cast time either, maybe have the shield āexplodeā on each enemy it hits. Or give it some really nasty burn damage so it tears through enemies while you wait to throw it again.
right now i leveled a deverish and a warlord, warlord is lv81 and deverish 100.
Deverish is a great acid build you hit the enemy and run away and they die in seconds but with the build i did he died a lot. I did an acid ABB build with rightous fury ontop build converted to acid and poison it was so much dps over time so you could hit the enemy and move onto the next and he died chasing you down. Def very squishy and needs double rare mis to fix resists but it def is fun for those who love hit and run chars
warlord:retaltation melee, massive 1.5k hp regen a sec, over 80% block chances and over 100k if an enemy hits you and counter hit doing 30k, and this is before my lv94 gear ya i can see this working, the rightous fury hits for 15k and targo anvil hammer hits for 15k, its not a bad tank even if enemies with projectiles hit you and i havent seen his full power yet lol. Takes awhile to get going though cause the first good retalation set the petriodion lv40 set comes then and until you equip that full set you should be leveling via forcewave or cadence. lv75 you can equip the dawnguard set minus the weapon and get even more retalation. some purples give retalation which help on the way up to lv94 where you can equip the stoneguard set for a massive dps boost
Personally Iām awaiting someone to make a Dervish built around the Mythical Gravetouch shield. Only found a single theory-crafted build that needs more OA and DA http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showpost.php?p=713703&postcount=998. Donāt really like how the build dumps 25 points into Vireās Might either.
Also been looking for an updated retaliation build that takes advantage of the new retal added to attack mechanic. Most of the builds Iāve seen donāt even hit 120K regular retaliation damage when the highest I ever saw was a Tactician that had 420K retaliation max.
ya im sure there are other deverish builds but i went with the obv one, acid build using the vemon set. For most of normal once you get the summons of oathkeeper and add the transmution to make it do acid and then max the resist down, those 2 destroy normal mode and you dont even have to attack but you can attack anyways, and those 2 continue to do good damage provided the resist down add on is maxed and scale with your acid damage. Though early ultimiate you do have to fight alongside them cause the summon dps alone at that point isnt enough.
I have no idea how good warlord gets as im not at lv94 yet but its destroying normal even if enemies arent melee as the spinning hammers and the damage added to counter hit and rightous fury destroys those. And many bosses have a melee hit and they wreck themselves on you really fast. right now he has 17k hp and a ton of hp regen when healing rain turns on, he cannot steal life very well so i made him regen hp via life regen and this combo can get a lot. Soldier passives help with resists as well. Even in elite, melee enemies 1 or 2 shot themselves and archers die eventually when they make me spawn in too many hammers from that proc and counter hit procing a couple tiems ontop that righteous fury dps. Though i have to close the distance and let the melee enemies chase me down cause they will die anyways to the reflect then the hammers and retaliation added to atk kill the ranged
The strongest oathkeeper build and in general the brokenest build in the game ever (beats old binders, 7.1ās N&Os, Stormreavers, vitality tanks, doesnāt even bother to laugh at paladins - itās beneath him, murders everything and never dies) is Octavius warlord. He clears crucible in 6 minutes with blessings/banner, 9 minutes naked and no kiting (like really wtf), beats celestials on the march (no tweaks needed, even Mogdrogen with some patience) and at shard 70 he doesnāt even take dmg yet.
He got 300k+ ticks on Iron Maiden 70 shards deep. Bow to King Octavius, peasants! Who said heās not impressed with Aegis? Itās broken af. Itās the strongest nuke by far now and itās sure gonna be the first thing to go next patch.
So Octavius is not only empereror,but Gladiator and realms farmer also:rolleyes:.Is kinda expected considering all the physical damage(IT),shield support and toughness both classes provide.Paladin should be decent class,too.Btw for people from upper comments-please donāt play Dervish with shield!
I want to build Archon, Lightning/Fire EoR. I even have a build prepared, but canāt post it yet.
Do you think Octavius Paladin has some merit for Rune of Kalastor or are you sacrificing too much defensive capabilities for that?
Seems like a fun build on paper but also like the build itself is made out of paper relative to Warlord.
Threw together a build http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82651
And another user linked to their very similar one http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82229
Guys, uāve made a lot of mistakes in āArchonā word
What you write there is strange, I expected better performance from a full set with 26/26 skill. I am using it as a secondary skill at 21/16 and my highest crit is 280K.
Regarding your build, your devotion does not have a plan. You need to decide what you do more carefully, its getting more damage (and then you need more fire devotions and what to proc them with) or more defenses (then shield and damage absorption devo).
Remove points from smite and shattering smash, thats WPS for autoattack replacers (firestrike, righteous fervor). Relocate points from resilence to blast shield, its more useful with enough investment. Relocate points from safeguard to temper (DA would be more valuable than damage and both have flat damage to stack). Consider what you need mortar for, if its damage it need more points.
You have crazy crit damage and AoM has crit damage modifier to it, you need to crit more, get more OA and DA debuff (either flashbang or crushing verdict).
Get more resistance debuffs, demo has thermites and BWC, or perhaps you can use Rhowanās crown.
AoM can lifesteal by the way, if you get adcth it improves your healing capabiltiy considerably together with all the devotion procs that have %weapon damage.
I canāt really speak for octavius, but I was levelling with Aegis, and indeed it is so powerful and the DoT is quite massive.
I can also confirm that hybrid retal is so goooooddddd. I have achieved 600k Max damage in campaign with not BiS gear and only wps.
Strange iāve done 396k crit and i donāt even have that set. My aegis is at 22/16
And my build is not even optimized for maximum Aom damage.
Can you post your build?
I have a fully equipped in purple Octavius warlord and I donāt feel neither safe nor overpowered.
OA is non-existant and you have to squeeze every bit out of gear rolls, components and devotions to make it at least 2.7k. More is only possible with some illogical sacrifices and decisions like chariot, dying god, etc.
Sustain with cd forcewave is also close to nothing (no adcth in natural gear or devotions, all %wd skills are with 1sec+ cd), so you survive on pots.
Resists are hard to overcap.
Sure itās strong in the end but I wouldnāt say itās as OP. You are not fully invincible, like binders under mirror, and not even half invincible like under MoT. No sustain, no controllable heals, no invuls.
I would like to see a nerf in the +crit dmg on Aegis āavenging shieldā tbh. It is ātoo muchā
Combined with Divine mandate it sure feels like a tad too much.
Paladin, warlord, oppressor, archon are all rock solid atm.
How about shieldbreaker? I have seen some pretty dope ones