Top 10 BROKEN Beginner Builds for Grim Dawn 1.2 [HC VIABLE]

is trozan druid bad for leveling my first character? I feel like it takes too long to kill some bosses and the character is kinda squishy although I took ghoul and lizard. I'm level 37 and my tss is 21

Also, idk why but new( or old) scale lvl super bad, in steps of torment final boss has have same hp on 40 lvl and 67. Soo why? he should be much stronger and do more damage... broken monster reinforcement depending on the level, or none at all... at least the amount of HP is exactly the same, and this is strange

Lightning strike build, you become a lightning god, but at the cost of being a tree hugger

lol why do people play this type of game???? In any case, I want to make builds and be creative... people who follow build guids just want to kill stupid mobs?? lol why don't these people play Sacred 3 or some mindless shooter? ....And even if it seems normal for some not to use your own brain and follow guides... try it out... it can't be fun running around as a copy paste bot . with your own build is it much more fun to beat the content !

your build guides have been super helpful for a brand new player! unfortunately I started my first character before I found this guide, and have a build similar to your 2H Primal strike, but with necromancer secondary. Is there a viable way to salvage this, or should I start a new characters (mine is level 48 right now)

I have to say with how much you're glancing over, this feels like it was made for people who already know, and so don't need this guide in the first place. I played Grim Dawn a lot a few years ago, and I barely understand what the hell is going on.

Hi Rektos, what has more build variety and is better viable for endgame Templar or Shieldbreaker?
Love the vids btw realy excited to get back into GD and waiting for the new class!!!

So good to see people playing and talking about this game again. One of the best games ever made

great work Rek! thank you very much!

Where's the summoner builds!

Edit : I walked off during the bleed one lol, and somehow skimmed it in the description. Sorry RBP

Hi Rekt and folks! Which of these builds is the easiest to play using a controller (specifically a Steam Deck)? I'm guessing it's #7, conjurer, but please let me know if I'm wrong or if any of the others are good too. Thank you!

Can you suggest build for cooping with dual-pistol purifier? We recently started playing with friend and I want to play something with nice synergy, but I don't have enough experience with the game to figure it out right away

As someone who bought this game 2 hours ago I'm complete overwhelmed with all this info lol. I played this game on release on Xbox and everything changed a looooooot

Love your work man, I was thinking about doing a cold DW infiltrator instead of spellbreaker or reaper, is this still a good choice, and are there any unique suggestions for it not applicable to reaper or spellbreaker?

Two of my favourite builds in the video yay. All time favourite being the 2h morgoneth reaper

Unrelated noob question, any feedback is appreciated - Is fire strike prurifier still good in your opinion?

I'm very new to the game and that's the build i chose to play solely on eastethics. However, it seems to have slown down a bit since the update, but I can't figure out why..

Thanks for the video. What do you think about Warlock with chaos Aether Ray in Black Flame set ?

Thanks for the builds, currently starting up the blitz warlord! Any clue when the individual guide will be ready? No rush of course, I'm just pretty new so it'll be a greatly appreciated resource

Hey there, I don't know if it's just me but did they nerf the life leech mechanics somehow? I find it substantially more difficult to build around life leech after the recent patch hit. Keep it up!

I'm following your reaper build and I'm loving it!

As a new player to the game, your guides and explanations are absolutely incredible. I've tried picking this game up multiple times and just couldn't get into it, but watching your content has really opened my mind to some of the intricacies and mechanics that I didn't know existed.

My only question, is Panetti's a viable build for Hardcore right now? I've tried doing some research watching previous videos/speedruns on your channel and it seems like the skill is a bit of a meme in the community, combined with my lack of general knowledge on the game itself. I just really love how the skill works mechanically and would love to play it in a way that feels good but can still survive on HC.

Thanks again for all the hard work on these videos, they take a lot of time to make on their own, but just the fact of sharing your extensive knowledge and experience is really priceless.

30k views already 🎉. Lets hope this starter list will get more views than the other, more “infamous” one 😂

The cold Spellbreaker build in this video is not the same as the link that you have that points to a 2 year old video. Do you have an updated Spellbreaker beginner build for 1.2?

hola a todos, podrían ayudarme, quiero instalar el mod de rainbow filter, pero no sé cómo ya vi videos, pero me sale muy diferente.

How good is primal strike right now? I ask because i checked out a forum post from October 4 of this year and everyone was talking about primal strike being in a bad place and how its damage and survivability is kinda bad. Ive never played a primal strike build and ive always wanted to, and i had planned on playing one now that 1.2 is out. I just don't want to play it if it turnes out to be sub optimal.

It seems, that nothing really changed on the Vitality Conjurer?

If you have to choose just one of your builds that is the most broken, what would it be?

Great video, I always hit walls in act two while leveling when the limitations of the self made builds are evident so will try a few of these out. Thank you so much!

I just got back to playing grim dawn today after being stagnant for 2 years. Dude i'm flabbergasted now upon seeing a human monster boss named after you! I paused the game and checked on the monster database, fuck it's legit! I thought for a moment if it was a bug or like " wtf am i playing online now?! Why rektbyprotoss is here?"😂

Dude you're a legendary badass to be incorporated in the game by Crate Entertainment.

About a year ago I was playing GD. I got an EoR spin to win build to l84 on elite and got bored farming for the weapon upgrades. I really want to get to l100 what build would you recommend that will get me to l100 with minimal side farming? Pref not pets but if that's what it takes. Also whats the best movement augment? Thank you.

Thank you for the informative and interesting videos about Grim Dawn, which are always a pleasure to watch and which are very helpful for both beginners and veterans of the game.

Fantastic video! I'm leveling a Blitz Warlord right now, any ETA on a guide video?

Hey there, love your content! I really liked the looks of your shieldbreaker skater and decided to build one myself. Ive got 3 of the Zarthuzellans books and 1 of the skybreaker helmets, weirdly non of them have the -0,5s cooldown reduction... Did i just get really unlucky or is there something im forgetting/misunderstanding?

thanks

Awesome Video! Can u add the Shieldbreaker Bomberman grimtools plz. Thx for ur effort to this game. hope for Season 6 in January 😁

Dude, the way you describe these buildouts is the best I’ve seen, you just give the options in a really clear concise way. Thank you.

So, warlord is still amongs the top 10'eh? Noice

Havnt played in many years. Do i need any dlcs to get these builds going?

Has this patch hit xbox yet? If it has I just might have to download the game again for another 1k hours 😂

What's a good melee build to go with a shield?

Man, my forcewave does no damage . I deal more damage with basic attacks. Using a 2 h sword. What am i doing wrong?

as a fresh beginning character, what is the difficulty progression like? since the changes to unlocking elite/ultimate and quest rewards (skillpoints/attribute), is it better to play fully through normal + dlc´s and do the same for elite then ultimate or do i go straight into ultimate after normal? playing as a pet conjurer

I was going to play for the first time in a while. I think I either want to primal strike or blitz. I just want to be a super tanky unba bunga go in smash one button brainless type of character. Do both work or would one be suited better for this than the other?

Noon question - if build shows calls from vanilla game I can play it right? Not got dlc yet, as I bounced back from this game like x2 times. However head new patch is amazing so want to give a try.

Also how hard is respec, can you respec your ascendecy? (like soldier or necro)

hey. Thank you for the videos!!! fast q about Shieldbreaker build/ why you put points in flashbang? when there are only 2 points in resilience which gives 5% max res and 12% phys res.

i`m struggling between druid and elementalist for primal strike :3 any recommendations?^^

Any suggestion for a build that is very tank? Almost impossible to die. Forcewave build?

While pet conjurer is great early on and later 2 briarthorns or 2 birds is also great I would suggest looking into forums for Poulpatine acid pet conjurer. At first when I build it I was sceptical but then it turned out to be my favorite and strongest build. I use the greenless version and changed the weapon to mythical black scourge and helmet to mythical beastcaller helmet. It was a bit weakened in the new patch but it is still strong and now it has more hp regen.

I did whirlwind + primal strike Archon. It's a meat grinder. Although, I have a feeling that they ramped up the difficulty of treacherous domains as now it is slightly more challenging to remain deathless.