Yeah....a lot of the skills in the game have underwhelming animations (not all...but like half) and I was struggling to really get into the game because of it. I didn't get Primal strike at first because the idea of adding lightning damage to my basic attacks just didn't sound all that interesting, but once I did.....I never looked back. Next thing I knew I was level 70 something on the Forgotten Gods expansion. One of the most satisfying ARPG experiences I've ever had.
I found this game on sale in the steam store kinda late but man when I say your video is just what I needed to get start on a build I love how detailed you are appreciate the time energy and effort you put into making this vid
please continue these. This is the hardest part f the game as leveling new chars. We already have end game equipment to gear them, its surviving until then. Good stuff
I stumbled across this guide after I've had my warder rolling for awhile. He's lvl 69 and mows through content. It is amazing how effective using a 2-hander with Primal Strike is!
@@ZERAT00L Shaman is one of my favorite sets in Grim Dawn. What secondary you choose depends on what playstyle you are after. For melee, Soldier is a great team with Shaman (Warder). For using the totems, good secondaries are Occultist or Alchemist. There's just so much goodness in this game!
@@BigBurly68 That speaks of being good people :) If I agree, it all depends on what style of play you are looking for, and that it is not monotonous. At the same time don't die repetitively lol. Shaman for me is weak melee is a good option soldier. But I prefer to have better secondary options and give the game another perspective, more dynamic. Thank you my friend!.
Did you find that the difficulty drastically got higher around level 34-37? I'm following this guide and at mentioned level somehow enemies got 4 levels higher than I am and much more difficult to kill. Still having fun though!
@@glacialimpala Yes, there's a point when the grinding intensify. But it also depends if you're are a completionist or if you skipped some quests/areas.
Props for excellent guide sir. Have followed it so far to level 80 - chose Arcanist as 2nd mastery at 50, so Druid now. Using only SSF gear and it's been going great. You are the man!
Glad you like it! :) For more leveling content you can check out my speedleveling videos aswell (for shaman e.g. the Vindicator), but keep in mind I'm most of the time using lots of speedleveling gear, which you won't have access to on your first char. That said, the skills I use for speedleveling can be used almost the same way as a new player.
hello again - I just checked out weapon for 2H melee / ranged PS shaman - damn it - ranged weapon is soo much weaker then the melee counterpart, at level 94 melee wepon dmg range starts where ranged weapon dmg range end :( will it have a negative impact on Ultimate difficulty? as main skill is the same but the damage is just half less onn raged? well, ranged feels off anyways, and melee rules *evil grin* and Vindicator or Druid is better suited for melee....vindicator has a skill i particularly like - censure aura, but arcanist has so much OA... cheers!
very thorough and informative! 2H melee Primal with Korvan is on the level of 2H FW with The Cleaver? Basically, I need a malee build almost ssf on the level of my all-green physical FW Warlord. cheers!
Does this guide cover what attributes to spec into? I've hit a wall on my first Shaman damage/survivability wise but I felt like I've spent my attribute points wrong like spreading them out across Physique, cunning and spirit.
kinda late answer but, no matter what build you are using, always put attribute points to physique. there are some exceptions like if some item requires cunning or something you could put few points to them.
I looove the Primal Strike skill, its such a shame there are not more items / weapons that support it properly. After farming for the halberd I'm still seeing my damage drop off around mid Elite which is annoying, cos I don't want to give up the skill haha 😭😭
You gotta farm a higher level version of the same halberd when damage falls off :) Areas scale with your level up to a certain max and all the way to 100 in ultimate.
Just put all in physique unless you need cunning/spirit to equip gear, but you shouldn't need any as long as you put enough points into the mastery bars.
Hello, ty for the awesome info. How about attribute points? What do you recommend for end game? Mainly physical for the armor/health or spirit since it increases the primal dmg?
I Love this guide thank you. But in order to get 6 green for arcane bomb devotion, you have to get the spider devotion (completion is 6 green) instead of scholars light (gives only 4 green), you said scholars light was an option which is incorrect, you will still need 2 more green.
Thanks for the video! Also are there any options for a ranged 2-handed Druid? I've got that primal strike 2h Ugdenbog Sparkthrower but can't figure out what to do for the rest...I have a partial Ultos set but am not sure if that's the best way to go yet.
Hy, nice video as always!! Is it worth to invest into Hydra Constellation as a ranged shaman? I already have Kraken btw. Thanks for advance and keep going!!!
Hello protos! I have been watching your videos recently and they have helped get back into playing Grim Dawn. I used to play the game a few years back but I stopped ever since I lost to the Superboss/Celestial Avatar of Magdrogen. I made a Primal Strike focus Shaman and lost. What class combo and what damage do you suggest if I want to beat this boss?
Which secondary class did you choose on your Shaman? Many builds can defeat mogdrogen including primal strike shamans, but mogdrogen is very lightning resistant, so it's not the best damage type vs him.
I haven't played Avenger Warder myself, but from reading about and comparing other people's performance and experience, I would say no. Avenger Warder is at best just as good, but not better than Leviathan DK. Some melee primal strike warders might be better actually, but I'm still leveling mine right now, so I can't really give you proper feedback on that yet either.
Hello, I played a Arcane Shaman about a year or so ago up to level 65. Being old, I forgot most of how to play this game but it's slowly coming back to me. Question on the weapons. I currently have a Korvan Storm 2Her that requires level 55. How often do you recommend going back and farming for a better weapon? Last question, mythic cannot be target farmed I believe, what difficultly level do I need to be for them to start dropping? I'm currently on elite. Thanks!
great vid! and its not "this build is 85 sr viable" vid which i appricate! if you had to pick a secondary, which of those u mentioned would be your fav secondary?
Con que otras clases puedo combinar al shaman? Lo estoy haciendo así eléctrico y la vrdd está fuerte, apenas empeze a jugar este juego y antes de ver este video era más difícil, me ayudó mucho lo que haces tu gracias.
Mira al 19:39, estos son las clases preferentes por un shaman eléctrico. Inquisior, Occultist, Soldier y Arcanist son los mejores. Demolitionist es bueno tambien. Las otras no tienen ningun support por un shaman eléctrico, pero se pueden jugar si quieres jugar un otro tipo de damage. ¡Estoy feliz de que mi video pueda ayudarte! Lo siento por mi español horrible :D
Hey, i ran through your builds and guides and now i`m eager to try out your druid caster with the ludrigans set...is this build still solid or got it some major nerfs?
Primal Strike Druid is still great for a beginner build and Ludrigan Druid is one of the best endgame builds that can do all content with proper kiting.
New to Grim Dawn, and I have all the expansion packs. I just beat the warden. I would like to go for korvan storm lvl 20. Will that item still be viable after I go through all the forgotten content to get to where I can farm the korvan? Like heading to the expansion to get an item kind of has me confused. Should I just skip it and wait for ugdenbog sparkthrower?
All the green Monster Infrequents (MIs) have also higher level versions, which you can also refarm. For example the lowest korvan storm halberd is level 20, but there is also a lvl 40 version, etc. all the way to level 94. This just means that you might have to refarm this weapon every ~20ish levels. In Grim Dawn monster level depends on area level and area level depends on your character's level. On normal difficulty the Forgotten Gods areas scale from lvl ~20-60 so you can refarm at least the first three versions of the korvan storm halberd. For higher level versions you will have to go to higher difficulties (elite/ultimate). What this also means is that you should never spend too much time trying to get your MI while leveling. Just try to get one with any affixes. Don't be top picky because you might have to refarm it in ~20 levels from now anyway. Farming for the perfect affixes is only worth it at lvl 94+. Both halberd (for melee) and sparkthrower (for ranged) are viable at all stages of the game, you just need to have a version that's appropiate for your level. When it comes to getting the korvan storm halberd right after defeating Warden Krieg: You might have to do the entire Forgotten Gods act to even get a single halberd, so only do it if you also feel like you wanna do the act, otherwise you will also be fine proceeding to Arkovia with any other 2hander with attack speed and/or lightning damage. You will be a little weaker compared to having the halberd, but primal strike should still carry you just fine.
@@rektbyprotoss That explanation helped a lot thank you. I ended up going to the conclave of three, and proceeding to Temple city of Osyr. I got the drop off a yellow mob grim tools listed (alacrity) 😁. Super happy, I'll just farm another one in another 20 levels or so like you mentioned. Thanks again!
I have trouble with melee builds for some reason, even with over 3k DA and armor with decent life steal, I have trouble surviving high SR. But the guides always say it can do SR 75-76. What can I do to survive a bit better?
The people that say "easy SR 75+" on the forums usually use the aggro abuse mechanic, unless they specifically say "no aggro abuse". This basically means that try to pull the bosses one by one and instead of fighting all four bosses at the same time, they fight four bosses 1v1 four times. This obviously makes things a lot easier.
@@rektbyprotoss Yea I kinda figured, except 80% of the time I get the circular room that instantly aggros 2-3 bosses, whereas all the videos ppl post are in that lava room. I just can't seem to find a build other than retaliation that can consistently solo high SR regardless of the room you get.
@@Emsee87 Which is why all this "easy SR75+" is completely ridiculous to me. My highest personal SR without any aggro abuse I did on HC was shard 70 on my fire RE Oppressor (kiting around). Using aggro abuse as part of "consistent SR farming" is imo a joke. If you wanna farm gear in SR consistently, imo farming 65-66, 60-61 or even 50-51 is already very efficient. Literally the highest you have to be able to get to is 60 (for SR set) and the devs have already said that they won't try to balance anything above that. Problem is that people on the forums have started to wave their "SR 75+" tags like e-peen enlargers, so they won't stop boasting with that. Sorry for the semi-rant, but there are so many people that think getting higher than SR 60 is mandatory in some way, which it isn't at all.
But why should you then go for soldier as a second class, if you want just to spam Primal Strike? Dont get it. It would be then more sensefull if you go arcanist or inquisitor, or not?
Thanks for the vids! I am wondering if the main attack skill actually scales with attack speed or casting speed like the soldier's skill? Since it isn't a default attack it seems like you would want casting speed.
Great guide, Rekt. I'm having a lot of fun leveling my Druid based off of it. Do you have any recommendations on which Shaman skills to soft cap? I currently have some gear that is pushing my maxed skills over the edge and wanted to see if I can reallocate some of those for an earlier jump on my Arcanist skills.
I would never overcap Heart of the Wild, 10/10 is all you ever need. You can put down Mogdrogen's Pact to a onepointer if you have enough +skills to it. Raging Tempest and Oak Skin are ok to overcap, but have diminishing returns (compared to pre softcap points), so you can put them down to softcap for now and maybe later overcap them after taking all other desired skills from your second mastery of choice.
I did decide to soft cap Oak Skin and (if I remember correctly) Raging Tempest. My Druid is currently only level 47 or so, but is cleaning house nicely so far on Veteran. I just switched from melee (40 Korvan Spear) to Ranged (40 Sparkthrower) and it's working nicely, although the ranged setup is turning out to be more of an energy sink. I'm hoping that as I'm speccing through Arcanist, some of that will get mitigated in the process.
By the way, at 17:00, as far as Revenant devotion goes, what type of ability would you bind it to as we already have Primal Strike attached to Arcane bomb.
Until you find another yellow or green 2hander with better DPS. You can trust the DPS number as long as you have Primal Strike on your left or right mouse button and move to on the other mouse button.
Hello RektbyProtoss. my only charachter is a lightning Primal Strike Warder ,and the component i use on the weapon is Seal of corruption. i have know moments ago that the debuff -25% cast/attack speed dont affect bosses . Because of that, should i continue use that seal becaseu of the stats that gives and the damage ? if no ,can u suggest any good one ? i see some ppl using seal of blades ,but i dont know if is really good for this build.ty alot
I would probably switch it over to a seal of blades or seal of might now, unless you were using seal of corruption to reliably proc a devotion skill. The best thing about seal of corruption was the resistance reduction and that got removed.
Go full physique except for the points you need in spirit and cunning to wear lvl 94 jewellery (~400 spirit) and a lvl 94 ugdenbog sparkthrower (~550 cunning).
You can still respec to lightning primal strike at lvl 20, no problem. Just visit the Spirit guide in Devil's Crossing, you can respec all skill points and devotion points.
I tried levening with melee 2h primal strike, but when I was around level 28-30 in act 2 I was missing alot even against white monsters, especially against ghosts. I was allocating most of my attribute points in physique and only some points went in cunning/spirit for item requirement. Loosing alot of mana when my attacks are missing is the thing that I dislike most with this skill. Does range Primal Strike has a better chance to hit monsters?
If you miss attacks, you probably had not enough offensive ability. You should try to have offensive ability on a high enough level to have at least >95% hit rate. Shaman doesn't provide any OA outside of savagery's tenacity of the boar buff, but you can get OA via components, items and devotions. Also if you haven't tried ranged primal strike at all yet, go for it, it's one of the best ranged playstyles in Grim Dawn imo.
@@rektbyprotoss Thank you for elaborate explanation. I tried to compare 2 hander melee Primal Strike ability with 2 hander Force Wave, and was not pleased with the fact, that it has such a high chance to miss at leveling phase and it takes your mana even if you miss a hit. Nonetheless, I will try to play with range Primal Strike in nearby future using your tips, as soon as I finish my Conjurer playthrough. Once again thank you, and I wish you all the best!
hello love this guide it help me a LOT this is my first caracter that i am trying to go for endgame. i will like to ask how log will i use falcon's claw it drop for me i am lvl 27 now and i am still using it not sure for how log so far the only way to see if it is a bter wepon then the drop ones is to just hover over it and see if it tell me that it does more damange. (sorry for my bad eng).
You can use falcon's claw for a pretty long time until you find a good green storm halberd from act 7 or an empowered version of the falcon's claw. Hovering over an item and checking the green/red numbers works fine as long as you have primal strike on your left mouse button (or right mouse button one, if you have move to on the left).
@@rektbyprotoss yes that is what hapen i keep it all the way till the newer expesion and found a charge kovad storm halvard of alacrity ( i am sure i kill the spelling). now i am lvl 61 it when sooo eazy omost no deaths i only die when in stede moveing i was attking, as for 2 job i when with solder no i am thinking of goin elite. i LOVE LOVE your guide.
Mostly physique. Cunning & Spirit you only need to put as much as you require for gear. There are some builds for which it's better to put more cunning or spirit, but on a shamans it's generally not that good.
@@rektbyprotoss Cool. I will look into using those. I am brand new to this game and your videos are very helpful. I was just looking for a highly mobile build that is a bit busy with it's rotation. I got my Shaman to level 20 and this has been very effective but I think I might have to get a second mastery for a more interactive build.
Cool video but incase anyone new sees this, turn on CC if you’re having a hard time understanding this dude 😅 It helped a lot to understand what’s he’s saying at times. Dude you talk to fast so it’s like some of the words you say are jumbled together because your accent is very heavy lol
@@ellewoodford262 it's not supposed to have random drop gear on it, only gear that you can targetfarm. Click the book in the bottom right to check out the skill and devotion distribution.
@rektbyprotoss it literally used to have all the gear in all the slots, and all of it was farmable. I farmed it a few months ago and came back to it being useless. Now there's just the weapons
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Primal Strike might be the most satisfying skill Ive ever used in all ARPGs. Thanks for the guide!
Yeah....a lot of the skills in the game have underwhelming animations (not all...but like half) and I was struggling to really get into the game because of it. I didn't get Primal strike at first because the idea of adding lightning damage to my basic attacks just didn't sound all that interesting, but once I did.....I never looked back. Next thing I knew I was level 70 something on the Forgotten Gods expansion. One of the most satisfying ARPG experiences I've ever had.
I found this game on sale in the steam store kinda late but man when I say your video is just what I needed to get start on a build I love how detailed you are appreciate the time energy and effort you put into making this vid
Welcome to Cairn, Taken!
I just got this game yesterday and decided this would be my first-time build. Thanks for the guide.
Welcome to the Grim Dawn, Taken!
This is so insanely well structured. I am very impressed.
please continue these. This is the hardest part f the game as leveling new chars. We already have end game equipment to gear them, its surviving until then. Good stuff
I've never once even made it to end game 😥 5 years I've had this game lol
@@nathanbarnhart7823 120hours in, my most leveled char is lvl 76 on elite difficulty lol. never been to ultimate yet.
I stumbled across this guide after I've had my warder rolling for awhile. He's lvl 69 and mows through content. It is amazing how effective using a 2-hander with Primal Strike is!
what is the best secondary class to shaman??? i cant decided yet .... im lvl 50 shaman...
@@ZERAT00L Shaman is one of my favorite sets in Grim Dawn. What secondary you choose depends on what playstyle you are after. For melee, Soldier is a great team with Shaman (Warder). For using the totems, good secondaries are Occultist or Alchemist. There's just so much goodness in this game!
@@BigBurly68 That speaks of being good people :) If I agree, it all depends on what style of play you are looking for, and that it is not monotonous. At the same time don't die repetitively lol. Shaman for me is weak melee is a good option soldier. But I prefer to have better secondary options and give the game another perspective, more dynamic. Thank you my friend!.
very well structured video, best guide I've seen.
Did you find that the difficulty drastically got higher around level 34-37? I'm following this guide and at mentioned level somehow enemies got 4 levels higher than I am and much more difficult to kill. Still having fun though!
@@glacialimpala Yes, there's a point when the grinding intensify. But it also depends if you're are a completionist or if you skipped some quests/areas.
@@Bloodybubble86 A friend helped me understand it was due to not using any components in my items so my resistances were poor 😅
@@glacialimpala haha, makes sense
I'm currently 85 and struggling a bit as an Elementalist. Trying to farm more Ultos gear, this build is so much fun!
Thank you for that video, devotion part helped me a lot!
Props for excellent guide sir. Have followed it so far to level 80 - chose Arcanist as 2nd mastery at 50, so Druid now. Using only SSF gear and it's been going great. You are the man!
Glad you're enjoying it! :)
Thank you from the year 2021. This guide has made Shaman my favorite levelling class, replacing Demolitionist.
Glad you like it! :)
Exceptional piece of work, Sir! Studying every detail!
Glad you enjoy the content!
this was incredibly helpful, thank you so much.
This is very useful. Thank you.
Great stuff I just started a shaman. Great info can use that! Thanks for the vid.
Going to apply this to my HC build so far lv56. Keep up the good work
That was a great intro to Shaman, cheers ;)
i'm really tempted to get this game. :)
It's definitely worth every penny imo.
Do it
Did u ever get it? I just bought it. Played for 2 hrs so far
Your guides are awesome
Great guide that’s comprehensive. Thank you!
Great video and very helpful guide man! Very rare on youtube... Thank you!
This would make a great series!
I just started my shaman as new player in GD but it was a disaster hahaha, thank you for this guide.
Thank you so much for this, really helpful
Trully outstanding guide. Thank you
Thank u! Pls more of that leveling content:) i am new and this helps much
Glad you like it! :)
For more leveling content you can check out my speedleveling videos aswell (for shaman e.g. the Vindicator), but keep in mind I'm most of the time using lots of speedleveling gear, which you won't have access to on your first char. That said, the skills I use for speedleveling can be used almost the same way as a new player.
Awesome vid Protoss
hello again - I just checked out weapon for 2H melee / ranged PS shaman - damn it - ranged weapon is soo much weaker then the melee counterpart, at level 94 melee wepon dmg range starts where ranged weapon dmg range end :(
will it have a negative impact on Ultimate difficulty? as main skill is the same but the damage is just half less onn raged?
well, ranged feels off anyways, and melee rules *evil grin*
and Vindicator or Druid is better suited for melee....vindicator has a skill i particularly like - censure aura, but arcanist has so much OA...
cheers!
Thanks the guide is amazing but i spotted a little mistake. you need 6 greens for the widow not five so the scholars light route does not work
Scholar's light route can still technically work for kraken at least, but you are right. It's better to take spider anyway for attack speed.
another great video, thank you!
Hmmm,what would be stronger -2H melee or 2H range? both have nice grren weapons :D for 2H ranged best support would be Inquisitor? and for 2H melee?
You can also weapon swap between ranged & melee. Best for that are probably +Inquisitor/+Arcanist/+Occulist.
@@rektbyprotoss TY!
insanely useful vid
very thorough and informative!
2H melee Primal with Korvan is on the level of 2H FW with The Cleaver?
Basically, I need a malee build almost ssf on the level of my all-green physical FW Warlord.
cheers!
Pretty much on the same level, yea. Maybe even more dmg, but forcewave does have the advantage of being a medium range ability.
@@rektbyprotoss thank you!
Does this guide cover what attributes to spec into?
I've hit a wall on my first Shaman damage/survivability wise but I felt like I've spent my attribute points wrong like spreading them out across Physique, cunning and spirit.
kinda late answer but, no matter what build you are using, always put attribute points to physique. there are some exceptions like if some item requires cunning or something you could put few points to them.
I looove the Primal Strike skill, its such a shame there are not more items / weapons that support it properly. After farming for the halberd I'm still seeing my damage drop off around mid Elite which is annoying, cos I don't want to give up the skill haha 😭😭
You gotta farm a higher level version of the same halberd when damage falls off :) Areas scale with your level up to a certain max and all the way to 100 in ultimate.
Did I miss what to do for attribute allocation? What should I do for leveling attributes?
Just put all in physique unless you need cunning/spirit to equip gear, but you shouldn't need any as long as you put enough points into the mastery bars.
Video was cool, thankyou bro
Hello, ty for the awesome info. How about attribute points? What do you recommend for end game? Mainly physical for the armor/health or spirit since it increases the primal dmg?
Mostly physical as you can aquire the 2 other attributes thru other means from my research so far
I Love this guide thank you. But in order to get 6 green for arcane bomb devotion, you have to get the spider devotion (completion is 6 green) instead of scholars light (gives only 4 green), you said scholars light was an option which is incorrect, you will still need 2 more green.
yea scholar's light is only an option to get to kraken asap, but not for widow, you are right about that.
So anyone know which second class is gonna be the best at this moment for dps at 2hand mele,storm shaman ?
Thanks for the video! Also are there any options for a ranged 2-handed Druid? I've got that primal strike 2h Ugdenbog Sparkthrower but can't figure out what to do for the rest...I have a partial Ultos set but am not sure if that's the best way to go yet.
I would definitely use 4 pierce ultos set + sparkthrower for a ranged primal strike druid.
Pls make range primal strike build works...
Thanks!
Thank you for your support!
Hy, nice video as always!! Is it worth to invest into Hydra Constellation as a ranged shaman? I already have Kraken btw. Thanks for advance and keep going!!!
Hydra is generally pretty good for ranged, yes. It's not a must have on this build imo, but a very good option.
@@rektbyprotoss thanks man, I just asked the same question for your recent video. Sorry! 😔🤔😂 And keep going
Hello protos! I have been watching your videos recently and they have helped get back into playing Grim Dawn. I used to play the game a few years back but I stopped ever since I lost to the Superboss/Celestial Avatar of Magdrogen. I made a Primal Strike focus Shaman and lost. What class combo and what damage do you suggest if I want to beat this boss?
Which secondary class did you choose on your Shaman? Many builds can defeat mogdrogen including primal strike shamans, but mogdrogen is very lightning resistant, so it's not the best damage type vs him.
@@rektbyprotoss It was a long time ago so I do not remember. I will try a Vita build against him. Will post later.
Given your extensive expertise in GD, do you think an Avenger Warder is stronger than Leviathan Death Knight? Looking to do my next character.
Thanks!
No 10chars
I haven't played Avenger Warder myself, but from reading about and comparing other people's performance and experience, I would say no. Avenger Warder is at best just as good, but not better than Leviathan DK. Some melee primal strike warders might be better actually, but I'm still leveling mine right now, so I can't really give you proper feedback on that yet either.
Hello, I played a Arcane Shaman about a year or so ago up to level 65. Being old, I forgot most of how to play this game but it's slowly coming back to me. Question on the weapons. I currently have a Korvan Storm 2Her that requires level 55. How often do you recommend going back and farming for a better weapon? Last question, mythic cannot be target farmed I believe, what difficultly level do I need to be for them to start dropping? I'm currently on elite. Thanks!
For a 2h melee is it still better option Spear of heaven than Ultos? Thanks for your videos
Great video thank you :)
great vid! and its not "this build is 85 sr viable" vid which i appricate! if you had to pick a secondary, which of those u mentioned would be your fav secondary?
Con que otras clases puedo combinar al shaman? Lo estoy haciendo así eléctrico y la vrdd está fuerte, apenas empeze a jugar este juego y antes de ver este video era más difícil, me ayudó mucho lo que haces tu gracias.
Mira al 19:39, estos son las clases preferentes por un shaman eléctrico. Inquisior, Occultist, Soldier y Arcanist son los mejores. Demolitionist es bueno tambien. Las otras no tienen ningun support por un shaman eléctrico, pero se pueden jugar si quieres jugar un otro tipo de damage.
¡Estoy feliz de que mi video pueda ayudarte!
Lo siento por mi español horrible :D
Take a shot everytime he ends a sentence with "right?" or says "like"
Have you tried vitality primal strike with the Rotgheist set? i want to give it a try and it will be easy if i had a guide to follow :)
Not yet actually...
Hey, i ran through your builds and guides and now i`m eager to try out your druid caster with the ludrigans set...is this build still solid or got it some major nerfs?
Primal Strike Druid is still great for a beginner build and Ludrigan Druid is one of the best endgame builds that can do all content with proper kiting.
Thanks
VERY helpful, ty.
New to Grim Dawn, and I have all the expansion packs. I just beat the warden. I would like to go for korvan storm lvl 20. Will that item still be viable after I go through all the forgotten content to get to where I can farm the korvan? Like heading to the expansion to get an item kind of has me confused. Should I just skip it and wait for ugdenbog sparkthrower?
All the green Monster Infrequents (MIs) have also higher level versions, which you can also refarm. For example the lowest korvan storm halberd is level 20, but there is also a lvl 40 version, etc. all the way to level 94. This just means that you might have to refarm this weapon every ~20ish levels. In Grim Dawn monster level depends on area level and area level depends on your character's level. On normal difficulty the Forgotten Gods areas scale from lvl ~20-60 so you can refarm at least the first three versions of the korvan storm halberd. For higher level versions you will have to go to higher difficulties (elite/ultimate). What this also means is that you should never spend too much time trying to get your MI while leveling. Just try to get one with any affixes. Don't be top picky because you might have to refarm it in ~20 levels from now anyway. Farming for the perfect affixes is only worth it at lvl 94+.
Both halberd (for melee) and sparkthrower (for ranged) are viable at all stages of the game, you just need to have a version that's appropiate for your level.
When it comes to getting the korvan storm halberd right after defeating Warden Krieg: You might have to do the entire Forgotten Gods act to even get a single halberd, so only do it if you also feel like you wanna do the act, otherwise you will also be fine proceeding to Arkovia with any other 2hander with attack speed and/or lightning damage. You will be a little weaker compared to having the halberd, but primal strike should still carry you just fine.
@@rektbyprotoss That explanation helped a lot thank you. I ended up going to the conclave of three, and proceeding to Temple city of Osyr. I got the drop off a yellow mob grim tools listed (alacrity) 😁. Super happy, I'll just farm another one in another 20 levels or so like you mentioned. Thanks again!
whats the game plan for DW primal strike when the patch drops? got a GT for that?
Got some ideas, but no GT yet.
At what level should i start leveling my 2nd class
I'd suggest around lvl 35-40.
@RektbyProtoss soo...What is the best secondary class to shaman??? i cant decided yet .... im lvl 50 shaman...
Inquisitor/Soldier/Arcanist are all good :D
@@rektbyprotoss thanks a lot.
I have trouble with melee builds for some reason, even with over 3k DA and armor with decent life steal, I have trouble surviving high SR. But the guides always say it can do SR 75-76. What can I do to survive a bit better?
The people that say "easy SR 75+" on the forums usually use the aggro abuse mechanic, unless they specifically say "no aggro abuse". This basically means that try to pull the bosses one by one and instead of fighting all four bosses at the same time, they fight four bosses 1v1 four times. This obviously makes things a lot easier.
@@rektbyprotoss Yea I kinda figured, except 80% of the time I get the circular room that instantly aggros 2-3 bosses, whereas all the videos ppl post are in that lava room. I just can't seem to find a build other than retaliation that can consistently solo high SR regardless of the room you get.
@@Emsee87 Which is why all this "easy SR75+" is completely ridiculous to me. My highest personal SR without any aggro abuse I did on HC was shard 70 on my fire RE Oppressor (kiting around). Using aggro abuse as part of "consistent SR farming" is imo a joke. If you wanna farm gear in SR consistently, imo farming 65-66, 60-61 or even 50-51 is already very efficient. Literally the highest you have to be able to get to is 60 (for SR set) and the devs have already said that they won't try to balance anything above that. Problem is that people on the forums have started to wave their "SR 75+" tags like e-peen enlargers, so they won't stop boasting with that.
Sorry for the semi-rant, but there are so many people that think getting higher than SR 60 is mandatory in some way, which it isn't at all.
Very helpful, I am destroying the campaign so far :D
But why should you then go for soldier as a second class, if you want just to spam Primal Strike? Dont get it. It would be then more sensefull if you go arcanist or inquisitor, or not?
Soldier is good for 2h melee if you are looking for general tankyness and attackspeed.
Kinda curious how vit primal strike speedleveling would work
with the new rylok marks.
Thanks for the vids! I am wondering if the main attack skill actually scales with attack speed or casting speed like the soldier's skill? Since it isn't a default attack it seems like you would want casting speed.
In this case primal strike scales with attack speed.
Great guide, Rekt. I'm having a lot of fun leveling my Druid based off of it. Do you have any recommendations on which Shaman skills to soft cap? I currently have some gear that is pushing my maxed skills over the edge and wanted to see if I can reallocate some of those for an earlier jump on my Arcanist skills.
I would never overcap Heart of the Wild, 10/10 is all you ever need. You can put down Mogdrogen's Pact to a onepointer if you have enough +skills to it. Raging Tempest and Oak Skin are ok to overcap, but have diminishing returns (compared to pre softcap points), so you can put them down to softcap for now and maybe later overcap them after taking all other desired skills from your second mastery of choice.
I did decide to soft cap Oak Skin and (if I remember correctly) Raging Tempest. My Druid is currently only level 47 or so, but is cleaning house nicely so far on Veteran. I just switched from melee (40 Korvan Spear) to Ranged (40 Sparkthrower) and it's working nicely, although the ranged setup is turning out to be more of an energy sink. I'm hoping that as I'm speccing through Arcanist, some of that will get mitigated in the process.
By the way, at 17:00, as far as Revenant devotion goes, what type of ability would you bind it to as we already have Primal Strike attached to Arcane bomb.
I would either one point grasping vines and use that to proc it or use an ability from your second class.
Why switch from stormcallers pact to censure aura? The ele res on enemy?
Yes, the ele res reduction is more important for endgame.
What's the website u pull up the gear to see what piece drops where or how to get it?
www.grimtools.com/
@@rektbyprotoss thank you. I'm new to Grim Dawn like 3 days ago new fresh player.
@@ryansmith4626 Welcome to Grim Dawn, Taken :)
@@rektbyprotossthanks I'm actually enjoying it. I'm playing the 2H Primal Strike I'm doing it alittt different then how u were doing it I think
Which fraction should i choose? :)
Generally kymon's chosen have the better augments and better gear for primal strike.
how long should i be using that first 2h you picked up
Until you find another yellow or green 2hander with better DPS. You can trust the DPS number as long as you have Primal Strike on your left or right mouse button and move to on the other mouse button.
Hello RektbyProtoss. my only charachter is a lightning Primal Strike Warder ,and the component i use on the weapon is Seal of corruption. i have know moments ago that the debuff -25% cast/attack speed dont affect bosses . Because of that, should i continue use that seal becaseu of the stats that gives and the damage ? if no ,can u suggest any good one ? i see some ppl using seal of blades ,but i dont know if is really good for this build.ty alot
I would probably switch it over to a seal of blades or seal of might now, unless you were using seal of corruption to reliably proc a devotion skill. The best thing about seal of corruption was the resistance reduction and that got removed.
@@rektbyprotoss OK Ty alot.
Thanks for the guide! Super new to GD, when do you suggest putting points into the 2nd class? I'm planning on taking solider.
Glad you like it and welcome to the Dawn, Taken! Usually I'd say around lvl 40 or whenever you maxed out your first mastery.
I'm playing this setup with a 2h gun. How would you allocate attributes for that?
Go full physique except for the points you need in spirit and cunning to wear lvl 94 jewellery (~400 spirit) and a lvl 94 ugdenbog sparkthrower (~550 cunning).
Hm this seem more fun than my bleeding conjurer build. but i cant start over when lvl 20 -.-
You can still respec to lightning primal strike at lvl 20, no problem. Just visit the Spirit guide in Devil's Crossing, you can respec all skill points and devotion points.
I did just that. Very good guide. I will check your guides out. Hope you make more. Have a sub +1
what set and itens shhould i use for vindicator 2h melee?
For primal strike, Ultos set. I kinda like Light's Defender + Mythical Stormreaver with totem+savagery more for Vindicator though.
I tried levening with melee 2h primal strike, but when I was around level 28-30 in act 2 I was missing alot even against white monsters, especially against ghosts. I was allocating most of my attribute points in physique and only some points went in cunning/spirit for item requirement. Loosing alot of mana when my attacks are missing is the thing that I dislike most with this skill. Does range Primal Strike has a better chance to hit monsters?
If you miss attacks, you probably had not enough offensive ability. You should try to have offensive ability on a high enough level to have at least >95% hit rate. Shaman doesn't provide any OA outside of savagery's tenacity of the boar buff, but you can get OA via components, items and devotions.
Also if you haven't tried ranged primal strike at all yet, go for it, it's one of the best ranged playstyles in Grim Dawn imo.
@@rektbyprotoss Thank you for elaborate explanation. I tried to compare 2 hander melee Primal Strike ability with 2 hander Force Wave, and was not pleased with the fact, that it has such a high chance to miss at leveling phase and it takes your mana even if you miss a hit. Nonetheless, I will try to play with range Primal Strike in nearby future using your tips, as soon as I finish my Conjurer playthrough. Once again thank you, and I wish you all the best!
@@MightyBrosky You're welcome and good luck with your chars! :-)
hello love this guide it help me a LOT this is my first caracter that i am trying to go for endgame. i will like to ask how log will i use falcon's claw it drop for me i am lvl 27 now and i am still using it not sure for how log so far the only way to see if it is a bter wepon then the drop ones is to just hover over it and see if it tell me that it does more damange.
(sorry for my bad eng).
You can use falcon's claw for a pretty long time until you find a good green storm halberd from act 7 or an empowered version of the falcon's claw.
Hovering over an item and checking the green/red numbers works fine as long as you have primal strike on your left mouse button (or right mouse button one, if you have move to on the left).
@@rektbyprotoss yes that is what hapen i keep it all the way till the newer expesion and found a charge kovad storm halvard of alacrity ( i am sure i kill the spelling). now i am lvl 61 it when sooo eazy omost no deaths i only die when in stede moveing i was attking, as for 2 job i when with solder no i am thinking of goin elite. i LOVE LOVE your guide.
what attributes do i lvl cunning and spirit? or health?
Mostly physique. Cunning & Spirit you only need to put as much as you require for gear. There are some builds for which it's better to put more cunning or spirit, but on a shamans it's generally not that good.
@@rektbyprotoss thanks man !!!!!!
So until level 32 you are just pushing one button?
Pretty much, yea. If you like to push more buttons earlier, feel free to get wind devils, storm and wendigo totem earlier.
@@rektbyprotoss Cool. I will look into using those. I am brand new to this game and your videos are very helpful. I was just looking for a highly mobile build that is a bit busy with it's rotation. I got my Shaman to level 20 and this has been very effective but I think I might have to get a second mastery for a more interactive build.
how do you 2hand a weapon?
You equip a 2hander.
@@rektbyprotoss my bad yeah i just started i thought 2hander means dual wielding 😅
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which attributes do u go though?
cunning/spirit only what you need for items, everything else into physique.
@@rektbyprotoss thank you!
Cool video but incase anyone new sees this, turn on CC if you’re having a hard time understanding this dude 😅 It helped a lot to understand what’s he’s saying at times.
Dude you talk to fast so it’s like some of the words you say are jumbled together because your accent is very heavy lol
Sorry about that lol :D
i love how your grimtools build is literally useless
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@@rektbyprotoss it just has the wespon now. It's broken
@@ellewoodford262 it's not supposed to have random drop gear on it, only gear that you can targetfarm. Click the book in the bottom right to check out the skill and devotion distribution.
@rektbyprotoss it literally used to have all the gear in all the slots, and all of it was farmable. I farmed it a few months ago and came back to it being useless. Now there's just the weapons
@@ellewoodford262 very weird, I haven't touched the links at all. I'll check them out in further detail when I have the time.
ty sir
Great video man thx