How is this channel only at 3.9k subs. The sheer amount of GD content is bonkers. As a brand new, 1st time ever GD player, these videos are phenomenal. TYVM for this. Following your one-shot-boss guide from lvl1. now lvl20 and will continue on. TY again
Cheers for the support. I enjoy making GD content but it’s quite an old game now (2016) and it was always a bit of a niche game so I never expected massive views and subs - I appreciate any I get so yours is much appreciated 👊🙂
I have destroyed ARPGs starting with Diablo. My warder that I still havent looked things up on is doing great, but I am out of ideas for doing characters. Mechanics, appearances, concepts, all of it I am not in love with. BUT, doing this is the most fun I have had in an ARPG in forever. It's like, "hey! check this cool way of doing things out!" Love it , man!
Thanks, I know exactly what you mean. I wasn’t completely sure how the ‘single big skill’ on Occultist would work out, so I tried it and quickly realised I had to share the results because it’s such a crazy powerful build almost immediately using gear that is just so easy to get. As for fun, yes indeed.
Amazing video, really informative. I opted to finish everything untill Broken Hill's portal, so my character was 4 levels above yours and the Vile Scepter and Raiment that drop were level 40. Thank you for your dedication, this series of videos is excelent.
Thanks for the comment, it’s much appreciated. Yeah, the order of doing things is down to personal preference. I like to start earning FG faction rep as soon as possible, and it’s easy to dip into the FG area as and when, once Krieg is out of the way. I’ve got more of this build video content coming soon, cheers for the support 👊🙂
It’s a decent item for Nightblade/Oathkeeper but doesn’t directly buff any of the skills on an Occultist or Arcanist. It does buff acid/poison damage but that’s all really.
following this from the previous video, only just realized i've had colorblind settings on all the way through so far LOL anyway thanks for the vid, will probably continue to follow this series throughout the game. very helpful to a new player
Just wanted to say, thanks again for the extra effort with this video. The little text notes for clarification is making my experience that bit easier :)
Yeah, you’re going to want acid/poison damage buffs and nothing that converts acid damage to another damage type. Later (through Elite and Ultimate) you will be looking for some of the Monster Infrequent items to drop with significant resistance buffs - this will make life much easier. Also cheers for the comment, it’s much appreciated 👊🙂
Been watching alot of your content. Great work!. currently playing a duel pistal build you showcased. Am wondering if there is a simple build like the lightning build. one or 2 button type, but uses cold damage instead of lightning?
There are probably several. We need to get Travis on here to tell you about his cold Blitz build but I'm not sure if it requires Season 4 (mod) items. To be honest, I'm going to be full-on with this "one shot" build and related videos for a while as it's getting a fair bit of interest and I'm having a lot of fun with it.
@@Arcadelife1 T tried for 5 plus hours yesterday trying to get that offhand from them snake orcs to no avail. ended up lvl 24 and still not gotten that offhand drop, no luck of the irish here lol
@@williamcahoon2711 That’s extremely unlucky. I went back there yesterday and had two of those offhands drop in one run around Burrwitch Outskirts. Are you definitely killing the snake clan witch-doctors around Burrwitch Outskirts? One thought - you haven’t accidentally turned monster infrequent items off in loot filter?
@@williamcahoon2711 I was 35 and they were dropping them - your higher level won’t stop them dropping so no need to create another character to farm them.
Follow up question to this section: I am following your guide and just got to Ronaprax. I'm lvl 23 and got an amulet w/ a lvl 32 req. Is that normal in your experience? Again, I really appreciate your vids. Thank you, sir!
Yeah, I’m sure it’s mentioned in one of the videos that the Ronaprax amulet has a minimum level of 32. Just put it in stash and equip it when you reach 32. Thanks for following the guide and trying the build. 👊🙂
just picked up the chosen raiment and the vile scepter, but they have a level requirement of 40, what's up with that? they only require level 20 in your video. i was 37 when i got them, does the game scale level requirements based on what level you are when you receive the item?
Yeah, unless you're low level (under 35) you're going to get the level 40 version. The best way to get the level 20 would be in Shattered realm but I couldn't see much point doing that as the earlier items (Pusquill tail etc) will carry you easily to 40.
@@user-yf9xe2xo7l Heres the final levelling video - ruclips.net/video/kypvdq3UVjM/видео.html - links to all the other episodes are in the description of that video. Thanks for the interest in this 👊🙂
+3 on weapon, +3 on offhand, +3 on chest armour, +1 all skills on amulet. +Ten to a skill is the most you need if you already have 12/12 from skill points. Check the linked level 33 Grimtools in the description to see exactly what gear I’m using.
@@Arcadelife1 thank you! I started with GD again yesterday. I tried several times (nearly 50h over several month and years!), always no clue what I am doing. I was clvl 50 with different chars, but weak. Thanks to your awesome guide, I do understand so much more. I even enjoyed the grind for a good Chosen Raiment (+3 DEE & +2BB). I needed 2 hours, but in this time I watched your guid over again and again and again... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK!
You want to get Sailor’s Guide for the blues and then Murmur/Rumour. Eventually get enough of whatever colours you need to reach Behemoth and Abomination. I’m sure there’s a full devotion guide in the first episode’s description but it might not be the final version of devotions. Hang on, I’ll link the level 76-100 video, that’s got a full walkthrough of populating the devotions.
Have a look at this video, go into the description and use the timestamps to find the devotion bit where I reset the devo points and allocate them all from the start in a quick walkthrough - ruclips.net/video/kypvdq3UVjM/видео.html
@@Arcadelife1 Your awesome sir! love this build. I have done 8 runs now and that damn chosen raiment wont drop that you got in the 20-33 video I killed chosen you killed in the videoso much im level 36 lol
@@brianlovesjesus7056 Thank you! The drop rate for the normal (non-boss) monster infrequent items was reduced in patch 1.2 (about a month back on Nov 16) so you’re not going to see those Chosen Raiments drop very often. They still do drop, so it’s worth farming Sister Crimson and the others in that tomb of Sethan.
@@Arcadelife1 Corrosive crimson vile sceptre of corrosion. This drop was nuts 133% acid 142% poison. Got this while farming raiment. lol sadly it and the chest are both level 40
The thing that is really, really, really getting on my nerves about Grim Dawn is the bosses just Spam dash at you. Like how is there no mechanics to avoid a boss jumping and dashing at you with apparently a zero second cooldown. I have leapt up and over entire sections of map that would require 20 seconds of walking, but here comes the boss now transformed into the Flash half a second later to slam right next to me and continue it's ownslaught. I have searched the forums, reddit, everywhere and NO one talks about this. How is this normal or acceptable, it makes no f*cking sense and it drives me insane when I am just trying to buy myself two whole fucking seconds to get an ability off before I am destroyed or chain cc'd into oblivion. I have watched a boss spam his dash literally 20 times in under 30 seconds to get to me. It's a f*cking joke.
Ok, I’ll try to answer this but… first, I don’t really know which boss/attack is being described so I have to guess. And … I have no idea which boss this might be unless it’s a Nemesis like Kubacabra in which case he’s not meant to be easy. Next, I have to disagree that there are no mechanics to counter specific attacks. True, no build is an absolute master of everything so you will almost certainly encounter enemy types or situations where the game feels harder than you might expect. I’m not completely clear on how you would be “leaping over entire sections of map that would require 20 seconds of walking” so I can’t really respond to this. Where you say “NO one talks about” the aggressive bosses, do you mean you haven’t seen any of the online content about hard Grim Dawn bosses or do you mean nobody else is complaining about bosses “transforming into the Flash”. I’d agree with the latter - nobody else has ever said that, to my knowledge. Overall, from the comment, it sounds like you’re not enjoying the game. Nobody can force you to enjoy it and I’m sorry I can’t help resolve the cause because I don’t understand which boss(es) you’re talking about.
@@Arcadelife1 I am not talking about any specific bosses just the overall boss that gets aggroed off the screen. This happens in open world, shattered realm and crucible. For example sometimes I will be on a bridge and an ability like Mortar Trap, Aether ray or some long ranged ability will clip a skull boss from far away and he charges at me. However the pathway to get to me from where the damage clipped it is a ridiculous distance but the "charge" animation does not STOP until they hit you. So basically regardless of any character you are playing it seems kiting is 100% pointless unless its one of the few lumbering bosses that doesn't have this dash. I have even had the leap allow me to jump off the bridge even though it shouldn't and the boss dashes the whole entire path back again. Like the moment their dash slams into me I jump...and they dash again. Does dash just have a zero second cooldown and you cannot evade enemies. It's frustrating because unless it's a very specific boss I don't even see the point in cc in the game because of this spammable dash mechanic that is unavoidable regardless of what you do. I do enjoy the game, but this mechanic makes zero sense to me. Like the dash should only go so far, not forever and a day.
@@Wintercourse This is fascinating, seriously, because I can’t honestly think of a single time when this happened to me ….. and I didn’t just kill the boss and move on. Sorry. But if I had to say how many times it had happened to me it would be low single figures. Sorry it’s causing you so much grief. If it’s any consolation, multiplayer is and always has been a glitchy mess but I still keep playing it because it’s so unintentionally funny.
This is true; returning to places where you've died or dungeons you've had to exit for any reason means you might get spammed in many different ways. Being rushed like this by faster bosses happens a lot. You need debuff skills and maybe even a pet (some items give them). With my sorcerer, I wait until they're almost at "punching" distance and spam all my debuffs. This usually freezes or slows heroes or makes bosses more resilient to fire damage, for instance. Then, I just wallop them and rely on my hp regen per attack to take most of the damage and help me tank. You also have to get used to the "rhythm" of melee attacks; there is always a momement to step away, heal, and regroup, though they're very brief. I also use a shield spell that absorbs damage temporarily (forgot the name). As a ranged character I wait for the punch, move out of its way, debuff, then kite and shoot, and rinse and repeat. But you have to have an answer for that rush attack that can give you some space. Every class has some kind of debuff or defense/movement skill. It's not a perfect game, but the tools are there, just hard to find and recognize. This game does have a very deep learning curve as well as its janky elements and things like this are relatively "obscure".
there is now an Evade button:). especially good when combined with dash skills or some Seals on medals, in practice, if i see a boss animation, dash through them and they will miss you. quite funny actually i linked evade on a mouse side button.
19:28 North-West, not North-East. Sorry.
my vile scepter is at lvl 40 😑
How is this channel only at 3.9k subs. The sheer amount of GD content is bonkers. As a brand new, 1st time ever GD player, these videos are phenomenal. TYVM for this. Following your one-shot-boss guide from lvl1. now lvl20 and will continue on. TY again
Cheers for the support. I enjoy making GD content but it’s quite an old game now (2016) and it was always a bit of a niche game so I never expected massive views and subs - I appreciate any I get so yours is much appreciated 👊🙂
I have destroyed ARPGs starting with Diablo. My warder that I still havent looked things up on is doing great, but I am out of ideas for doing characters. Mechanics, appearances, concepts, all of it I am not in love with. BUT, doing this is the most fun I have had in an ARPG in forever. It's like, "hey! check this cool way of doing things out!" Love it , man!
Thanks, I know exactly what you mean. I wasn’t completely sure how the ‘single big skill’ on Occultist would work out, so I tried it and quickly realised I had to share the results because it’s such a crazy powerful build almost immediately using gear that is just so easy to get. As for fun, yes indeed.
Amazing video, really informative.
I opted to finish everything untill Broken Hill's portal, so my character was 4 levels above yours and the Vile Scepter and Raiment that drop were level 40.
Thank you for your dedication, this series of videos is excelent.
Thanks for the comment, it’s much appreciated.
Yeah, the order of doing things is down to personal preference. I like to start earning FG faction rep as soon as possible, and it’s easy to dip into the FG area as and when, once Krieg is out of the way.
I’ve got more of this build video content coming soon, cheers for the support 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 It's kinda nice having someone hold your hand, especially if its been years since I've played this. Well done!!
the speed up gunshot and then the "eeeaaahhhh" are hilarious 😂
bit like wilhems scream
There’s a whole load of that nonsense from around 11:40 👊😂
Brand new GD player and all of your guides are top tier, thank you so much!
Thanks for the comment, always much appreciated. Also always good to hear this stuff is useful 👊🙂
@ 25.09 to the left of that dungeon there is a HUGE Scorpion boss that drops an awesome weapon for this setup/class
It’s a decent item for Nightblade/Oathkeeper but doesn’t directly buff any of the skills on an Occultist or Arcanist. It does buff acid/poison damage but that’s all really.
following this from the previous video, only just realized i've had colorblind settings on all the way through so far LOL
anyway thanks for the vid, will probably continue to follow this series throughout the game. very helpful to a new player
Your videos and walkthroughs are top tier, sir. Always a pleasure to watch. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for the comment, great to hear this stuff is useful 👊🙂
Just wanted to say, thanks again for the extra effort with this video. The little text notes for clarification is making my experience that bit easier :)
Glad you like it. I tried to make it the way I would have wanted to see a build guide when I was starting out playing the game.
Thank you and right on time!
gr8 video and tutorial ty and subbed 1 year late lol
It’s never too late, thanks for the view/comment/sub, always much appreciated 👊🙂
what stats on gear are most important to focus on? mainly acid/poison damage?
Great video as always!
Yeah, you’re going to want acid/poison damage buffs and nothing that converts acid damage to another damage type. Later (through Elite and Ultimate) you will be looking for some of the Monster Infrequent items to drop with significant resistance buffs - this will make life much easier.
Also cheers for the comment, it’s much appreciated 👊🙂
Been watching alot of your content. Great work!. currently playing a duel pistal build you showcased. Am wondering if there is a simple build like the lightning build. one or 2 button type, but uses cold damage instead of lightning?
There are probably several. We need to get Travis on here to tell you about his cold Blitz build but I'm not sure if it requires Season 4 (mod) items.
To be honest, I'm going to be full-on with this "one shot" build and related videos for a while as it's getting a fair bit of interest and I'm having a lot of fun with it.
Thank you for this video. what relic would you suggest for this build? Keep up the great work!
Early - Corruption but I haven’t had the blueprint drop on this fresh start yet.
@@Arcadelife1 T tried for 5 plus hours yesterday trying to get that offhand from them snake orcs to no avail. ended up lvl 24 and still not gotten that offhand drop, no luck of the irish here lol
@@williamcahoon2711 That’s extremely unlucky. I went back there yesterday and had two of those offhands drop in one run around Burrwitch Outskirts. Are you definitely killing the snake clan witch-doctors around Burrwitch Outskirts? One thought - you haven’t accidentally turned monster infrequent items off in loot filter?
@@Arcadelife1 yeah killing them snake clans but doing it now at lvl 26. might make a lower lvl and farm it then hope it drops and stash it
@@williamcahoon2711 I was 35 and they were dropping them - your higher level won’t stop them dropping so no need to create another character to farm them.
Follow up question to this section: I am following your guide and just got to Ronaprax. I'm lvl 23 and got an amulet w/ a lvl 32 req. Is that normal in your experience? Again, I really appreciate your vids. Thank you, sir!
Yeah, I’m sure it’s mentioned in one of the videos that the Ronaprax amulet has a minimum level of 32. Just put it in stash and equip it when you reach 32. Thanks for following the guide and trying the build. 👊🙂
just picked up the chosen raiment and the vile scepter, but they have a level requirement of 40, what's up with that? they only require level 20 in your video. i was 37 when i got them, does the game scale level requirements based on what level you are when you receive the item?
Yeah, unless you're low level (under 35) you're going to get the level 40 version. The best way to get the level 20 would be in Shattered realm but I couldn't see much point doing that as the earlier items (Pusquill tail etc) will carry you easily to 40.
Does he have another guide for this build for lvl 33+ ?
@@user-yf9xe2xo7l Heres the final levelling video - ruclips.net/video/kypvdq3UVjM/видео.html - links to all the other episodes are in the description of that video. Thanks for the interest in this 👊🙂
cant find it when you get the DeE 16/12, mine is 14/12 only
+3 on weapon, +3 on offhand, +3 on chest armour, +1 all skills on amulet. +Ten to a skill is the most you need if you already have 12/12 from skill points. Check the linked level 33 Grimtools in the description to see exactly what gear I’m using.
What is this mod that gives suffix etc. different colors?
Rainbow item filter (just some text files). Here’s a video all about it - ruclips.net/video/Lq6sLDytFvE/видео.html
@@Arcadelife1 thank you! I started with GD again yesterday. I tried several times (nearly 50h over several month and years!), always no clue what I am doing. I was clvl 50 with different chars, but weak. Thanks to your awesome guide, I do understand so much more. I even enjoyed the grind for a good Chosen Raiment (+3 DEE & +2BB). I needed 2 hours, but in this time I watched your guid over again and again and again... THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK!
@@nullero Cheers, it’s always great hearing this stuff is useful 👊🙂
I know this may not get answered as this is quite old but where do I go after Manticore?
You want to get Sailor’s Guide for the blues and then Murmur/Rumour. Eventually get enough of whatever colours you need to reach Behemoth and Abomination. I’m sure there’s a full devotion guide in the first episode’s description but it might not be the final version of devotions. Hang on, I’ll link the level 76-100 video, that’s got a full walkthrough of populating the devotions.
Have a look at this video, go into the description and use the timestamps to find the devotion bit where I reset the devo points and allocate them all from the start in a quick walkthrough - ruclips.net/video/kypvdq3UVjM/видео.html
@@Arcadelife1 Your awesome sir! love this build. I have done 8 runs now and that damn chosen raiment wont drop that you got in the 20-33 video I killed chosen you killed in the videoso much im level 36 lol
@@brianlovesjesus7056 Thank you! The drop rate for the normal (non-boss) monster infrequent items was reduced in patch 1.2 (about a month back on Nov 16) so you’re not going to see those Chosen Raiments drop very often. They still do drop, so it’s worth farming Sister Crimson and the others in that tomb of Sethan.
@@Arcadelife1 Corrosive crimson vile sceptre of corrosion. This drop was nuts 133% acid 142% poison. Got this while farming raiment. lol sadly it and the chest are both level 40
The thing that is really, really, really getting on my nerves about Grim Dawn is the bosses just Spam dash at you. Like how is there no mechanics to avoid a boss jumping and dashing at you with apparently a zero second cooldown. I have leapt up and over entire sections of map that would require 20 seconds of walking, but here comes the boss now transformed into the Flash half a second later to slam right next to me and continue it's ownslaught.
I have searched the forums, reddit, everywhere and NO one talks about this. How is this normal or acceptable, it makes no f*cking sense and it drives me insane when I am just trying to buy myself two whole fucking seconds to get an ability off before I am destroyed or chain cc'd into oblivion.
I have watched a boss spam his dash literally 20 times in under 30 seconds to get to me. It's a f*cking joke.
Ok, I’ll try to answer this but… first, I don’t really know which boss/attack is being described so I have to guess. And … I have no idea which boss this might be unless it’s a Nemesis like Kubacabra in which case he’s not meant to be easy.
Next, I have to disagree that there are no mechanics to counter specific attacks. True, no build is an absolute master of everything so you will almost certainly encounter enemy types or situations where the game feels harder than you might expect.
I’m not completely clear on how you would be “leaping over entire sections of map that would require 20 seconds of walking” so I can’t really respond to this.
Where you say “NO one talks about” the aggressive bosses, do you mean you haven’t seen any of the online content about hard Grim Dawn bosses or do you mean nobody else is complaining about bosses “transforming into the Flash”. I’d agree with the latter - nobody else has ever said that, to my knowledge.
Overall, from the comment, it sounds like you’re not enjoying the game. Nobody can force you to enjoy it and I’m sorry I can’t help resolve the cause because I don’t understand which boss(es) you’re talking about.
@@Arcadelife1 I am not talking about any specific bosses just the overall boss that gets aggroed off the screen. This happens in open world, shattered realm and crucible.
For example sometimes I will be on a bridge and an ability like Mortar Trap, Aether ray or some long ranged ability will clip a skull boss from far away and he charges at me.
However the pathway to get to me from where the damage clipped it is a ridiculous distance but the "charge" animation does not STOP until they hit you.
So basically regardless of any character you are playing it seems kiting is 100% pointless unless its one of the few lumbering bosses that doesn't have this dash. I have even had the leap allow me to jump off the bridge even though it shouldn't and the boss dashes the whole entire path back again. Like the moment their dash slams into me I jump...and they dash again. Does dash just have a zero second cooldown and you cannot evade enemies.
It's frustrating because unless it's a very specific boss I don't even see the point in cc in the game because of this spammable dash mechanic that is unavoidable regardless of what you do.
I do enjoy the game, but this mechanic makes zero sense to me. Like the dash should only go so far, not forever and a day.
@@Wintercourse This is fascinating, seriously, because I can’t honestly think of a single time when this happened to me ….. and I didn’t just kill the boss and move on. Sorry. But if I had to say how many times it had happened to me it would be low single figures. Sorry it’s causing you so much grief. If it’s any consolation, multiplayer is and always has been a glitchy mess but I still keep playing it because it’s so unintentionally funny.
This is true; returning to places where you've died or dungeons you've had to exit for any reason means you might get spammed in many different ways. Being rushed like this by faster bosses happens a lot. You need debuff skills and maybe even a pet (some items give them). With my sorcerer, I wait until they're almost at "punching" distance and spam all my debuffs. This usually freezes or slows heroes or makes bosses more resilient to fire damage, for instance. Then, I just wallop them and rely on my hp regen per attack to take most of the damage and help me tank. You also have to get used to the "rhythm" of melee attacks; there is always a momement to step away, heal, and regroup, though they're very brief. I also use a shield spell that absorbs damage temporarily (forgot the name). As a ranged character I wait for the punch, move out of its way, debuff, then kite and shoot, and rinse and repeat. But you have to have an answer for that rush attack that can give you some space. Every class has some kind of debuff or defense/movement skill. It's not a perfect game, but the tools are there, just hard to find and recognize. This game does have a very deep learning curve as well as its janky elements and things like this are relatively "obscure".
there is now an Evade button:). especially good when combined with dash skills or some Seals on medals,
in practice, if i see a boss animation, dash through them and they will miss you. quite funny actually
i linked evade on a mouse side button.