[Grim Dawn] Hemomancer INSANE DAMAGE + VAMP!

[@Breaper292]

My first character in this game was a vitality conjurer, it has been so long and it seems it will work much better now. Might give this a try, thank you for sharing

[@MoofyCakes]

Hey Mike! Would be great to see an update to this build with the new 1.1 constellations and sets!

[@Mikey92186]

Yea I am working on new videos.

[@sorscha6590]

being fairly new to grim dawn, and looked alot at other videos, I think your builds are awsome. Did a few builds already bet deleted them , till i found your death knight build wich i love playing with. This will defo be my next build i level to 100. Keep up the good work M8

[@Mikey92186]

Kris Janssens Thank you for the kind words I am glad to help!

[@isnanesavant]

This genuinely got me back into playing grim dawn again after hitting 100 and full set on one charcter. I felt like I was really... Done with it? But a caster of this nature seems so fun

[@Mikey92186]

Wonderful. There is tons of builds and things to do in Grim Dawn.

[@dreadofshadow]

your explanation of the whole thing.. what you were thinking and why you take the skill.. how should the build go and everything.. is very thorough.. you deserve more subs man .. cheers !

[@Mikey92186]

Suman Roy I appreciate the kind words. Yea I am trying to explain the builds the best I can! Just share the video with friends and it will help me a ton! Thanks for watching and if you have any questions let me know!

[@dreadofshadow]

will do.. thank you !

[@theraxis]

Hell yes, dude. I've been running almost this exact build since the day Shaman was introduced. So fun.

[@MoofyCakes]

Great build - I have a similar build. One comment though - experienced GD players often forget that more casual players don't know the best order to take skills. I recommend providing some basic guidance on that (as well as devotions).

[@Mikey92186]

David Allen Ok will do and thanks for watching.

[@MoofyCakes]

The best and most simplistic guide I've seen is by AKDONG (www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68097). Would be awesome to see something like this with each build you post: 1. Skills Step 1 : Fire strike (1) → Explosive Strike (Max) → Vindictive Flame (11) → Flame Touched (1) → Fire Strike (Max) (if u level 10 Ranged Expertise 1, can have DW Pistol!) Step 2 : Ranged Expertise (Max) → Bursting Round (6) → Ward of Renewal (1) → Deadly Aim (1) → Chilling Rounds (6) → Vigor (1) → Inquisitor Seal (1) → Steel Resolve (1) → Storm Spread (7) → Arcane Empowerment (1) → Aura of Censure (Max) Step 3 : Temper (1) → Ulzuin's Wrath (1) → Static Strike (Max) → Thermite Mine (10) → Blast Shield (1) → Brimstone (Max) Step 4 : For now, you can invest what you like 2. Devotion Crossroad(Chaos) → Fiend(Flame Torrent) → Hawk → Quill → '-' Crossroad(chaos) → Crossroad(Ascendant) → Rhowan's Crown(Elemental Storm) → Viper → Solael's Witchblade(Eldritch Fire) → Hydra → Chariot of the Dead (Wayward Soul) → Ulzuin's Torch(Meteor Shower) → Ghoul (ghoulish Hunger) → Revenant

[@Thegooderstuffs]

David Allen You know, you make a good point lol...I never thought about it for new folks especially the devotion path you may take, this here, remove that from here, now put that point there etc etc.

[@ch1zra]

Hello mate, fairly new player to GD, and I would really appreciate this :)

[@TheGrouch91]

Nice build. Vitality/Bleed conjurer was my first character too but there really weren't enough items or devotions to support it. I still don't like the single target damage too much but it's definitely a ton better than before. I'm currently toying around with Blood Orb of Ch'Thons conversion aura and make use of Eye of Dreegs great aoe and respectable single target damage instead of Bloody Pox. Also converts the fire damage of Sigil to chaos damage. Btw what are those somewhat frequent 50k-70k hits in the video around 17:05? Are those the totems? They seemed much weaker when I used them.

[@Mikey92186]

The Grouch I often see 40-70k crits but it is after all the debuffs on enemy targets are applied. This build is respectfully one of the over all best dps builds I have done so far in my opinion it is very well rounded. This build while it is ramping has lowish crit numbers compared to most builds but there are tons of different damage sources. This type of damage with the vamp ability imo is insanely good.

[@Mikey92186]

The Grouch Also I am highly interested in the blood orb and want to make a build with it. If you would like to share and converse ideas on the build I would love to.

[@TheGrouch91]

Well I haven't theorycrafted a ton with the Orb yet. My main idea was to use the poison to vitality conversion to scale our single target damage which seemed to be the weak point of the build. And back in the day (haven't played in quite a while and just came back) I remeber Dreeg's Evil Eye stacking some insane poison ticks. Link to what I am currently using (or aiming at...) www.grimtools.com/calc/RVvkQkpZ Some things may still be a bit off as I basically just swapped my off-hand for the Orb and threw a few skill points around. I haven't used the Orb much more because it converts elemental damage to chaos damage and many elemental spells have a large portion of their damage as damage over time, burns etc. But there is no DoT equivalent for chaos damage for some reason which really sucks and makes the whole idea much weaker imo. The other problem is that conversion skills are hard to itemize as most items that give you +skill will give you the wrong bonus damage type or vice versa. Just a short concept I had thought of but didn't have enough time to finish. www.grimtools.com/calc/YNnqPYGZ

[@Holyknoble]

Great content like your over view of the build and like your commentary.

[@Mikey92186]

HolyKnightGaming Thank you friend!

[@Holyknoble]

your wellcome man :D

[@fredericbrasseur7399]

I used to have a Wildblood 3pc, Valguur 3pc Ritualist working around Grasping Vine, Devouring Essence, Siphon Souls and Wendigo Totem. It got totally screwed when it lost all bonuses to Bloodpact and 3pc bonus upgraded Sigil of Consumption instead of Siphon Souls. I'm gonna remake a Conjurer I think, (for the 3pc at least) getting a +1 to both Shaman and Occultist is a must considering Wildblood doesn't give lots of skillpoints.

[@Mikey92186]

Frédéric Brasseur Yea I could see that potentially working, this set up is really nice however.

[@SinnfullDuck]

BALLIN! I like that you were running around looting while fighting grava!

[@Mikey92186]

SinnfullDuck Yea this build is very forgiving lol.

[@karimperezhamadi5705]

i use the soulbearer in the main hand you dont get any proc from the weapon but you geta lot of healing

[@funkchild75]

Cool. For some reason, I created and have had an extra Conjurer lying around in my alt list long before I ever knew enough to start working on builds. My main Conjurer is a Chaos Petmaster so now I have something cool to do with my baby Conj. Thanks, Sir. Cheers. :0)

[@Mikey92186]

funkchild75 Very glad I could be helpful! Hope all is well!

[@machopi]

two years too late, but i have to still ask - what's the track used for the gameplay showcase segment ?

[@styxzero1675]

Would occulist + necro be good? or occulist + shaman is better? great guide btw im pretty new to GD but saw alot of your items give bonus both to occulist and necro so maybe it have synergy?

[@Mikey92186]

Yes it does, that is the beauty of Grim Dawn you can do many types of build variants.

[@styxzero1675]

@@Mikey92186 Cool, thanks alot for the reply!

[@MrToomuchfunk]

Great build as always Mike!

[@Mikey92186]

MrToomuchfunk Thank you glad you enjoyed it :D

[@Thegooderstuffs]

Nice build dude and nice guide, keep it up.

[@samthomley4639]

I love this build..although I took doom bolt and the lifesteal totem off and put the points into the vuln area effect

[@Mikey92186]

sam thomley How do you like it?

[@samthomley4639]

Mordecai Mike might tried with db and the totem...I like casting less vuln to keep better Mana consumption..still ridiculous damage..actually doing the same build in the grimarillion mod..tearing it up

[@DARKOBYSS]

It's nice to see someone with the same thought on totem. I see to many people knocking my shaman mage builds for not maxing totem for the life steal. It's nice but being I'm melee range as a caster shouldn't be priority ^_^. Nice build looks fun, might try it out in time

[@Mikey92186]

Happy Shinigami I have to agree for casters it is not as potent.

[@yanih7]

Love the build and love your videos! I'm quite new to the game and it's been awesome going through your content! How would you change this build if you were to go Necromancer as a secondary class instead of Shaman?

[@Mikey92186]

Def pick up siphon souls and max spectral wrath and binding.

[@christopherhansen9037]

It would be nice if you explains which to choose first in the devotion tree. :) im new to this game. And dont get which to choose first

[@Mikey92186]

That all entirely depends on how you progress, what skills you take, and what gear you find.

[@christopherhansen9037]

@@Mikey92186 oh, thanks. That sounds like it will give me some problems lol hahah

[@Mikey92186]

@@christopherhansen9037 yea lots of questions are not so easily directly answered. But in short I pick devotions that fill what I am missing. So for example if I need resist I take resist in my devotions, if I need damage or OA I pick that. And so on and so forth.

[@christopherhansen9037]

@@Mikey92186 thanks a lot! I can't do much but try. But ill go for your build, it looks nice AF

[@Mikey92186]

@@christopherhansen9037 Thanks my friend it is a fun build.

[@PandaPowerable]

What to do first in the devotion tree?.....and for the attribute points is it 2:1 physique:spirit?

[@Mikey92186]

Early on focus fire damage. As for the attributes check the grimtools link.

[@xanakify]

what would you use for a wind devil build? im making one now, but it' kinda annoying that the balancing between duration and summon limit increase is on items in the same slots

[@Mikey92186]

Vegard That can improve with skills devotion and relic.

[@kyeOlr]

Im confused on how you spent your devotion points. I spent one in the crossroads to get the chaos affinity then points to fill the jackal constellation but im still not able to spend any other points into another constellation. Could you explain more in depth on how you spent them?

[@Mikey92186]

I have a video on devotion tips on my channel. Go check it out.

[@jt659]

Just built this. Not sure what your rotation is though and I have no idea what that red swarm spell that comes back to you is. I'm only level 12 and running around in crucible to get some devotion. Getting stomped right now. If you have a sec I'd like to know what points you used and when, while leveling. I'm not doing something right...

[@Mikey92186]

I leveled with pox, and I don't do the crucible cheese personally I feel it is a waste of time. Anyway pox and sigil early with blood of dreeg is good.

[@jt659]

@@Mikey92186 Oh okay. I upped my pox and did better after a while. I just start new toons in Crucible to get 5-10 easy devotion points and gear. I usually just stay there til level 15 which only takes a few minutes. Since dev points aren't as easy to come by, getting a few at the beginning helps. Other than that though, I've never gone past Crucible level 10. Just go to ten, get reward, repeat. JT PS what was that red swarm spell bouncing around, it was the main reason I wanted this build. Looks like some sort of bloody swarm boomerang magic slice

[@DrJun187]

@@jt659 the red swamp thing is a skill given by the relic eldrich patch which he is using, the skill is called chaos surge

[@bobzter434]

Bosses and heroes are immune to health leech. That nulls half functionality of vitality skills and devotions.

[@Mikey92186]

Actually I believe they are immune to health reduction not leech if I am not mistaken. I have tested and the vamp seems to work very well.

[@darckangelyounes]

Not anymore, it's fixed in latest patch

[@rguy84]

I am playing something like this - 1 for cruc and for normal, by accident. 2 questions: when can you change from DS from pox? Why don't you use wendigo?

[@Mikey92186]

rguy84 I feel that wendigo is not as good as other devotions personally.

[@rguy84]

What would you do instead to get health, pots?

[@Mikey92186]

rguy84 Plenty of skills vamp hp other than wendigo but yes pots can help. For example sigil of consumption vamps hp.

[@rguy84]

True. I am having issues getting enough back

[@Failezz_swe]

Hi Mike.. Im a warlock main in GD and speccd everything on C.Damage... but feel im laking on other dmg areas, yes mobs do die fast but depends of types.. do u have a good Warlock build? maxed toon so no problem running respec ☺ Thanx for this build.. will try it now when im back from running WoW.. 😂😁

[@Mikey92186]

I do in fact have a maxed warlock that I enjoy a lot that I have been currently working on.

[@Failezz_swe]

@@Mikey92186 sweet. :D i keep an eye out when and if u do a buildshowcase on it man. thanks in advance.

[@nahuelozan7576]

Is there any reason not to invest on the Wendigo-Constellation? Did you leave it out because it's too 'expensive' ?

[@Mikey92186]

Nahuel Ozan I dont think it is very good personally.

[@nahuelozan7576]

Oh! Okey. I'm still going to try it. I'm also going to try other constellations and play around a bit. I'm still fairly new to the game and i'd like to try different things. Thank you anyway.

[@Mikey92186]

Nahuel Ozan Yea np by all means try it out and see what you think. And yes to further explain for this build I felt the points were better spent in other places.

[@cameronclarke7940]

Mike, love your build. I have been levelling this for the past week (94 atm in Ultimate). I have been using the Wendigo as well! I dropped Staff of Rattosh and took Viper instead, dropped Solemn Watcher for Wendigo (bound to Sigil of Consumption). Does a large amount of Vitality damage and excellent amount of attack damage converted to health. One point left over I used for another 5% health on the Crossroads.

[@pencilbender]

for some reason i dont mind making new characters in grim dawn and exploring everything again

[@Arshay]

I really want to know what music you use on your videos - sounds like witch house

[@Mikey92186]

All of it is just free music for KZbin content.

[@mrtendollarman6157]

i have just bought this game but bro this looks hard ! For everyone who wants to try it, its on -65% sale on gog.com. it costs 7 pounds ( maybe 6 dollars or 8 euros)

[@T1337P]

dont forget. To unlock the builds true potential, you need to use Grim Dawn trainer to get the gear for it....

[@Mikey92186]

T1337P I am assuming you are accusing me of using a trainer? If so you would be wrong I do self found gear.

[@Mikey92186]

T1337P Or we do trades in my community discord which you can join.

[@Mikey92186]

T1337P I am very against cheating in games, the real cheaters have multiples of the same MI items across all characters.

[@Thegooderstuffs]

What would be the point of playing the game then if he's using a trainer? It's going to take all the excitement of getting the gear to drop. I have 1400 hours in the game and I know for a fact that when the blue rifle I've been looking for since around hour 300 finally drops, even though it's not particularly good or anything, will be worth every second. Using cheating tools takes away all that satisfaction.

[@Mikey92186]

Merryfistmas Yall Uea I have about 3k hours into the game lol.

[@ernestoguevara3323]

I wonder how long you farmed for that armor set?

[@Mikey92186]

Ernesto Guevara It depends really a lot of my gear I get in trades too through the discord.

[@11Deee]

cool enough, worth to try i guess. but why u took so small doom bolt? isn't it could be a nuke damage if u get max it?

[@Mikey92186]

Leonardo Alexander If maxed too high it starts to eat energy too much. And I feel the points are better spent elsewhere.

[@11Deee]

ah i see, so you're on purpose to maintain ur energy with other spam skills, good point (y). anyway i'm so lazy to finish the story from normal till ultimate XD

[@Mikey92186]

Leonardo Alexander Yea np and yea it is a great game if you can push through!

[@11Deee]

hahaha,, actually i love all build that we could make, but the story, i just want to jump ultimate instead play it for 3 times fuckn sht XD XD XD XD XD XD

[@Mikey92186]

Leonardo Alexander I hear you and they have said they are looking into improving that in the future.

[@xXxEmpeixXx]

Since im a new player i cant undestand on devotion how you put primordial runes without using the one at crossroads to start with 1 primo.Sorry for the noob question

[@Mikey92186]

Yea all good. So the way that works is you can use devotions to support themselves. So let's say you need a devotion that requires 3 red, and when you complete it you get 3 red. Once you complete the constellation you can then take previous points back that you used to get to that devotion. So for example Jackle takes 1 red to activate so you put a point into the red crossroad, complete Jackle then go back and take the point in the crossroad back out.

[@xXxEmpeixXx]

@@Mikey92186 oh ok thank you very much for the fast response!!:)

[@Mikey92186]

@@xXxEmpeixXx No problem I do try to get back to everyone asap.

[@xXxEmpeixXx]

@@Mikey92186 what fanctions did you raise for augments etc??

[@ljuhan2]

what's that large red projectile you're launching at enemies?

[@Mikey92186]

ljuhan2 The relic :D

[@awpti]

How's this build working for 1.6+?

[@meluvu1tym190]

Is this build still biable for the new expansion?

[@Mikey92186]

It is although many of the new monsters and bosses hit very hard. Shattered realm will require specific gearing for sure.

[@herveglandu4847]

Have one too. Really funny to play :)

[@andrewt8582]

Is this build viable for a relatively new player? I am on my 3rd build but never really leveled to max. I am looking to make a crucible farmer so I can farm legendary gear maybe some MI's so I can make more meta builds in the future. All the builds I come across I way to gear dependent or they are for a newb and they are weak and can't get very far.

[@Mikey92186]

Andrew T I would say yes.

[@Mikey92186]

Andrew T A good starter class would also be soldier something. Soldier necro makes a death knight and they are really strong dps and tank survivability wise.

[@Nizm0350z]

whats the song at the end bro?

[@Mikey92186]

Nizm0350z It is from a creative commons group. Many songs have no title just free music to use for videos.

[@AF-ru3kd]

Song name at the end?

[@AF-ru3kd]

Found it, its called "Getting" By bertysolo

[@Mikey92186]

Anton Filatov ok sorry glad you found it been dealing with real life stuff.

[@AF-ru3kd]

man no worries great video!

[@reggaeonabike]

Thanks again Mike :) Every build of yours is damn nice! The only thing I could say for your youtube content is the quality of your mic. You always sound very far away and even though (for me) this is part of your internet persona, still, I miss this nice voice quality. The feedback is with loads of love and respect tho!

[@Mikey92186]

N3wton's apple Yea for sure I hear you my mic sucks lol and I am poor and to cheap to buy a new one I will see what I can do. I appreciate the feed back and love my friend ALWAYS be honest and give forward feed back. Much respect and love.

[@reggaeonabike]

I hear you too Mike. I think with just a low-budget headset (which I do have myself) you can have excellent mic quality as well as 7.1 real surround sound! www.amazon.com/Logitech-G430-Headphone-Cable-Sports-Performance/dp/B00CQ35C1Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524488819&sr=8-1&keywords=logitech+g4

[@Mikey92186]

N3wton's apple I actually have like a 100 dollar head set is it that bad?

[@reggaeonabike]

I guess it does to me lol! But maybe I am just weird and I will let other people give you some feedback as well. It could be just the settings in your computer tho because you just sound too far imo.

[@squirrel_choker1623]

Sounds fine to me

[@wodsvince67]

Hi, ty for the guide. Can this be a starter build?

[@Mikey92186]

Wods Chaozz I would say yes the vamp ability makes this build pretty forgiving.

[@Kazpariuz]

What skill is Twin Fangs bound to?

[@Mikey92186]

Grasping vines.

[@Kazpariuz]

Thanks a lot!

[@alessioportieri6924]

Great one, but it's too easy at Softcore mate.

[@Mikey92186]

Alessio PortieriYea just not a fan of losing everything.

[@alimohamed-wg4et]

hello dear can you help me ?

[@Mikey92186]

I can do my best what do you need help with?

[@alimohamed-wg4et]

I cant take that quest desperate measures

[@Lisacortez1]

N1 beat

[@fyte4luv23]

i tried to really like it during the 1st wk it was introduced but sadly it didn't captivate me the way Titan Quest series did. this game feels clunky, the movement feels weird & too many darkness imo.

[@Mikey92186]

SwampySack Sorry to hear I really enjoy the game

[@Tanchicomarkas]

That's weird, because Titan Quest is a lot more clunky than Grim Dawn. Slow and clunky gameplay, compared to the smoother grim dawn. I love titan quest, but I just can't play it now because it feels like walking through thick heavy mud with very large boots!

[@gigivig2605]

UNREAL KIDDO , THIS IS A MARVEL AND A BIJOU , YR VERY OBTUSE

[@princeofpersia61]

you cant survive with this build in hardcore

[@Mikey92186]

Yes you can.

[@Mikey92186]

This character has 0 deaths, just saying.

[@princeofpersia61]

@@Mikey92186 Any ravager? Mogdrogen?

[@Mikey92186]

@@princeofpersia61 Yep

[@princeofpersia61]

@@Mikey92186 Cool then

[@Advel]

low dmg

[@Mikey92186]

Oh yea?

[@kinkysuuu5267]

you would probably like that new blood lord set it deals vit/bleed damage and also has pet summons that heals you base on their damage

[@Mikey92186]

Kinky Suuu Yep already looking into it :D

[@Lukas-pk3vh]

I am in love with that set. I think all the playerbase will be more interested on it, from the three upcoming sets.