What's a build that can do dungeons and SR <40 reasonably?

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
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If end game content is what you wish to tackle, abandon all notions of spin2win templars.

EDIT: Pet builds work too. Maybe @maya can chime in. She(…?) is awesome.

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Oooof :((((

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Maybe this will be useful to you…but here’s how I view GT’s:

  1. Beginner friendly: These revolve around faction gear, and target farmmable sets, with a sprinkling of epic/legendaries. Nothing crippling if you don’t have them.

  2. Realistic late game: These are all purple sets, with maybe one M.I with non-essential rare affix/affixes. When I say non-essential, I mean any affix which maybe gives the build an edge, but can still be swapped for something else. If, however, a build is relying on a godly green to fix 90% of its resistances, then that would be an essential green item.

  3. GDstasher’s wet dream: You’ll see these a lot from some crafters - typically those who have just gotten into GDstashing, or those who are trying to push a concept as far as it can go. While there’s nothing wrong with that, I would call these threads “showcases,” and not “guides,” because no one will be able to build them without GDstash.

Most builds fall within category 2 because it takes a butt tonne of work to do a beginner’s guide.

Crafters have to level the damn thing, talk about skill point distribution, item alternatives, etc. etc.

But I digress. If you stumble across a build which makes you say, “hey! that’s cool! I want to try that!”

Don’t level a new character immediately. Take a step back and ask yourself how realistic the build is.

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Conjurer pet builds are probably the most consistent for all stages of the game, from level 1 to 100.

My most recent success with SR 75-76 is with a conjurer pet build. I don’t want to say too much more because I am afraid of the nerf.

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You’ll be fine I’m sure. Zantai doesn’t have designs on gimping pet builds purposefully. The only way that’s going to happen is if something about the build is truly ‘broken’ and unintended.

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…like untargetable birbs?

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Beats me… I don’t ‘know’ the particulars of pet builds honestly as I rarely play them unless I do so to make a point to someone about the feasibility of something.

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I see, well, my conjurer is level 35 or so, I will continue with that one :).

Also, why dont you have a picture and just a “S”?.

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Because I’m too lazy to get a picture. I’m guessing the S is because it’s the first letter in my username.

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that Zantai’s comment, lmao

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Here ya go…

superman-34-563836

Upgrade your S.

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I do upgrade my S. It’s called the squat rack.

P.S - that picture made me snort milk out of my nose. :rofl:

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Or…

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:slight_smile:

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Mate, I’d change the picture, but I’m just too damn lazy. Powbam wins by default. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Lol… looks good. The spanking one would be pretty damned funny tho.

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What do you mean by that?, my poor birds die all the time :frowning:

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He must’ve fixed it. :stuck_out_tongue:

Pet builds are still strong. They just aren’t immortal anymore. ^^

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Nothing to show for dmg but this is a rough example of only-faction (and 2 magic items) build of Templar that will clear the content you have requested.

https://www.grimtools.com/calc/4ZD4zopZ

Of course, you have several items to improve it, like faction gloves and boots are very bad and the weapon choice is awkward.

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Good looking out. Should point out that on some of the items you need to “scroll” down while hovering over the item to view components/faction augments hidden by GD’s infamous walls of text.

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Thanks for that!, I will take a look.

Not a fan of right clicking builds, but if I can farm dungeons with that I will give it a try.