Grim Dawn - Top 6 Builds you should NOT play as a Beginner - Weak, Gear Dependant & Easy to Die with

[@cpt-qc]

Literally the best GD build video I have seen yet. Informative, to the point, and relevant w/out any rambling like every. other. video. so far. While English is obviously not your 1st language, you are far more articulate and coherent than your peers. By a wide margin. Thank you

[@billywong1611]

haha, I see what you did there 🤣 good one

[@deenman23]

stop using payed bots rekty!!

[@senkichi]

CRYING 🤣😂

[@DmytroBogdan]

Nice one 😂

[@Lisan_al_Gaib710]

@@deenman23 We are all in a simulation. Role-playing, as a bot, is the meta.

[@Arcadelife1]

I’m keeping my head down, hoping my channel is unknown enough to dodge this kind of annihilation 😂 But seriously, I’d be honoured to have any of my builds/content ripped apart by @rektbyprotoss

[@rektbyprotoss]

👀

[@Arcadelife1]

@@rektbyprotoss 😱

[@vividly94]

Lol, surprisingly enough -- you were my first channel i learned builds from. In fact, your newest Grim Dawn video I have on another tab. But you and Protoss are the only 2 GD youtubers that i watch. :o

[@Arcadelife1]

@@vividly94 Cheers, we both massively appreciate the support 👊🙂

[@JocantaroVive]

your builds are very good and easy to follow. if you want a min-maxed math experience go to the grimtools a theorycraft your wet dream of a build

[@oleoleev3141]

Im not surprised that the guy, who is infamous among Fallout/Skyrim modding community, for making worst modding guides that will break your game, made a video with broken builds.

[@TerminallyNerdy]

Watching this makes me realize that my first personal character, a Shieldbreaker, that got to 100 and was able to do most things, was not as bad as I thought XD

[@unityofvitality-5875]

shieldbreaker is so fun and strong im playing one right now

[@Citizen1245]

Man these builds aren't glass cannon, they're cardboard cannon A monster could sneeze on you and you'd die from poison damage

[@kiragi17]

1:39:31 At this moment I was baffled. Giving up Mogdrogens Pact and Tenacity of the Boar seems like a unique choice to say the least.

[@travissullivan6575]

BTW, you can farm the yellow blueprints (for boots, gloves and pants) at the secret vendor in the blood grove. So, while they are random, you can deterministically get them if you spend the time farming

[@thomas8506]

Lplp

[@lacielaskari]

I feel sorry for anyone who follows any of these builds. BTW: he deletes comments and also in later videos he uses copied builds with just swapped amulet or relic :D still no augments or components tho..

[@rektbyprotoss]

Yep, sad.

[@pokli281]

​@@rektbyprotossI try to follow few of his build in YT video with title , 6 Top Immortals builds....asked on mage hunter build any idea why no Aura of Censure etc, my comment got deleted right away 😢😢

[@rektbyprotoss]

@@pokli281 telling, isn't it. 🤣

[@pokli281]

​@@rektbyprotoss To make it worse, i tried joining his discord, and even getting banned for asking the devotion pathways, so hilarious 😂😂

[@pokli281]

​@@rektbyprotossplease make a review on another YT video with 6 immortal builds......

[@hiimenvy6174]

When I first saw this video my favorite part was that none of the characters he was using was level 100 lol.

[@rektbyprotoss]

That was honestly the least of my concerns :D

[@DmytroBogdan]

Because they will struggle to do endgame farming 😂

[@jan0195]

I fell for one of this builds (the vindicator one) and around level 40-50 finishing normal difficulty I started noticing that my DPS wasn't anything too crazy and the build started to become squishy, once I reached lvl 63 in act 2 in elite difficulty the weakness of the build became painfully evident. I had to gather gear from my other (also poorly build) characters to advance a bit more but gave up. And yeah I realized early that grasping vines wasn't that useful either, except for maybe fighting in corridors or in entrances. Now I'm watching your spellbinder guide hoping better luck with this one.

[@TT-bi8wo]

I feel ur pain bro, I fell for the trickster build. At first I thought my build was OP, then I reached lv60 and any boss in elite difficulty could literally one shot me. I hope its not to late to fix my build, its my first time playing this game and im too depressed to build all over again 😓

[@jan0195]

@@TT-bi8wo Don't frett, the druid and spellbinder builds are battle tested, I recommend the spell binder one "Aether rays goes brrrr"

[@TT-bi8wo]

@@jan0195 kk tysm mate

[@Stalker950-l3x]

Try the Warder --> Soldier + Shaman with focus on 2h weapons. Smashes everything and is good with staying alive during boss encounters or big groups of enemies.

[@MrJueKa]

Try Necromancer + Ocultist - "Pet Cabalist", one of the best, safest and easiest builds in the game - and give the Necromancer as many companions as possible - mine can currently summon a total of 14 - and my character scrubs away everything he comes across in a relaxed way and he doesn't have to do much except be there and protect his companions who then do the job and "pet attack" will be your friend.

[@butterpretzels8030]

BRO I know this video is old, but I watched the vid that your critiquing as my main guide(poison captain america). And I was confused af on how to allocate attribute points, how to go about getting gear, which skills to optimize first, and I just thought ALL guides were like that so I just been kinda winging it. You have my mindblown with this video, thank you so much! I joined the discord btw and will be following one of YOUR guides this time around

[@rektbyprotoss]

Glad you enjoy the content and you have seen the light :D

[@exhaustsniffa]

RektByProtoss has become a reaction streamer POG. Such an interesting timeline we live in. Btw rekt's english level is definitely under-leveled, still the best GD content

[@turbanheadless]

One thing about this games difficulty scaling unlike path of exile is, it is quite easy in early and midgame. You think your build is decent or even good. And you can feel op with an average build even (not this guys builds) but actual average builds. And then you do any of the endgame bosses and get absolutely oneshot or dont do any damage to them and go rethink your life 😅

[@Aezthet1C]

Yeah, my first ever build going good (cold/frostburn infiltrator) i even beat lokkar to get his set, But my god celestial boss always one shot me

[@mrbigglezworth42]

What exactly consitutes as "midgame" for Grim Dawn? I got a lvl 81 Infiltrator and it feels like it's getting into the late game by this point. Is it when you hit 50 and your build is already mostly set up? Is it when you start Elite? This game is pretty long when you play normally as is.

[@turbanheadless]

@@mrbigglezworth42 anything between reaching lvl 100 and fighting your first super boss imo

[@r3dfiv3]

I've been wanting to watch this and finally have the chance. I'm so happy I got to learn from you Protoss! My take on this guy: he discovered GD Stash and never looked back XD

[@travissullivan6575]

His assassin had assassin's blades (requires sword) while using axes

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

Is it transmoged?

[@cruelcumber5317]

How he introduces the third build as focused almost entirely on arcanist with only a little bit in is really funny when taken into the context of the video as a whole since that's literally every build. It feels like there wasn't any real concept behind any of these builds, just choosing a mastery at level 2, deciding to make a build that fits with the picture, and only choosing a second mastery because you have to. Almost like the second mastery is being treated like a subclass where you have limited access to what it provides as opposed to half of your potential options.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

I don't get why you wouldn't go for a two handed vindicator instead of dual weild. I'm still relatively new, but doesn't Shaman have a lot of two hander skills that can't be used with dual weild?

[@rektbyprotoss]

Yea I also like 2h vindicator more.

[@TerminallyNerdy]

Ok the best part of this vid is watching Rekt just fall apart at this other dudes choices LOL

[@lfin310]

at 4:08 what is that blue aura around his char that looks like a whirlpool?

[@paul77904]

I saw this video a few months ago, and was like " Rekt would have a field day if he ever saw this!" And here we are!

[@jacksonx7251]

I quit playing Grim Dawn due to a lack of good beginner builds (mostly my fault for not looking properly). I played through the game with his Magehunter and enjoyed it until Ultimate when pretty much anything would one-shot me. Was feeling a lot of glass but no cannon as everything was taking like 30 seconds to kill. It was miserable. My second build I tried was a EOR Archon which I actually really enjoyed and did beat all the content on Ultimate but the build I was looking at was clearly not a beginner build as it had the Cyclone set that I only ever found one piece for. After attempting to run SR and Crucible I was clearly not in a position to start farming endgame gear. After that I quit after about 200 hours or something of trying some other builds but rarely finishing Normal difficulty. I came back to the game after playing some D4 and Titan Quest with a larger thirst for knowledge and came across some of your beginner guides and they have brought me back in 100%. Been playing with your BWC Sorcerer and crushing the content and about to finish Ultimate and start running SR/Crucible/Totems etc. Still a very new player in terms of knowledge (feels weird to call myself a beginner with 350 hours in the game) but I want to learn more about target farming and build crafting and hopefully one day make my own guides to help out other players like myself who just need the training wheels before being set free on the road.

[@TingleCowboy]

The mistake most players make in Grim Dawn when coming from other games like Diablo is the complete overvaluation of damage-increasing constellations and abilities. In Diablo it was enough for most classes to put on a ring with a bit of life leech to get through everywhere, but in Grim Dawn that won't be enough in some areas and against some opponents. This is why many players have the feeling that they will be killed in one shot by many opponents in the lategame. Damage reduction, absorption and life regeneration, on the other hand, are much more important than many people think. Beginners would much rather put a lot of points into a tier 3 constellation that gives you 300% extra damage from time to time (which is relatively unimportant if you already have over 1000% anyway), instead of ensuring your own survival with much more accessible constellations. You can't deal damage if you constantly have to dodge and flee. And if you don't deal damage, you can't convert some of it into health.

[@r4st434]

will this stormdagger from 46:55 be good on a dual blade shaman lightning ? im a totally newbie on 50lvl and want to shaman/nightblade lightning dmg

[@NickyBobby-wx6ig]

You are the GOAT of Grim Dawn

[@Sandlchi]

I started playing abt a week ago, albeit with prior experience from poe. Most of my 50 hrs playing went into this Vindicator build. Started with a couple builds from grimtools, and then stumbled upon the vid you reviewed here, and the Vindicator build clicked with me. Now granted: I have an idea of what to do in arpgs in general, so even though I found the video itself a bit lacking in terms of new player handholding, I made it work with little to no effort, and have now just started clearing SR on my normal playthrough. I barely died early game, although I did not max Vines and instead pushed mastery bar to grab all relevant Inq skills asap.

[@rektbyprotoss]

Given your experience with arpgs the build would've probably clicked the same way without watching his video. You also already improved your build compared to his, which makes his video and absolute joke and the audacity behind his title even more ridiculous.

[@Sandlchi]

@@rektbyprotoss point taken. Thx for the extensive critique of the build, Ill fix my char tonight. While I have you here, am I right to assume that the attributes are supposed to be ~50/50 physique/spirit with however many points in cunning needed for the weapons?

[@MrJueKa]

I started playing Grim Dawn at the beginning of 2023 and I like this game, for me the Crate devs have done everything right in this game. I started with a soldier without a second class and had a lot of fun with it. I'm currently playing a "Dual Pistol Purifier" (Demolitionist + Inquisitor) and I'm getting along very well with it. The build system together with the devotions is very self-explanatory to me if you read through the respective descriptions, especially the search function for the devotions is very helpful, it's not "rocket science" like in many other comparable games. For me personally Necromancer + Ocultist - "Pet Cabalist" - is one of the best, safest and easiest builds in the game - and give the Necromancer as many companions as possible - mine can currently summon a total of 14 - and my character scrubs away everything he comes across in a relaxed way and he doesn't have to do much except be there and protect his companions who then do the job and "pet attack" will be your friend.

[@HW-ow9zp]

good Rektoss video with excellent tips, and the sintarG roasts from chat are just bonus content :)

[@stevethefox89]

this retrospective sounds fun...I appreciate it...that's why i don't make beginner build. :) we need this type of content even if could be a bit painfull for the creators...wa can always learn something more

[@saryakan]

Those 1 pt second class builds were what i used to do in early access, when 35 was max level.

[@travissullivan6575]

With Sunder in the game, %reduced damage is way more powerful than physres as a defensive mechanic

[@lhfirex]

I got fooled by this guy's video, because trying to find simple new player friendly builds is way too difficult. GT's build section lists a bunch of random stuff first, and trying to search, it feels like every new player friendly build is contradicted by someone else. I really wish it was easier to find a good template for some basic archetypes. I guess I just need to sign up for the official forums and hope I can actually get good advice there.

[@fourcrippledhorses]

i know you said simple but rektbyprotoss' stuff is the best i've seen. you can learn more watching one of the beginner ssf playthroughs than you can almost anywhere. i'm pretty sure he also does separate guide videos. even in the full playthroughs he tends to explain why he does what he does and picks what he picks, why it works or why something else might, or wouldn't. and he actually does play them from scratch, instead of just plugging numbers into a talent calculator. the beginner's build guide compendium on the crate forums is pretty decent, too. the only real way to learn GD is to inundate yourself. either with something like watching RBP for an obscene amount of time, or finding a plug and play SSF beginner build and after you've played long enough, learning what works about it and why. the game is just too complex in both the good way, and for how many things are vague, have weird functions or flat out don't work, to be able to learn anything of worth in bite sized chunks. not that you can't do it bit by bit.

[@DmytroBogdan]

Why would he use Occultist in Sentinel for 1 skill only? In retaliation build? Wouldn't the Soldier be better for that?

[@rektbyprotoss]

Sentinel is great for retal build, too, but Not the way he specs it :D

[@DmytroBogdan]

@@rektbyprotoss but I as a beginner would look at Soldier and Oathkeeper and realize both classes have many retaliation skills🤷‍♂️

[@worldz_of_visions]

Yeah think about some of the 30th level blue items that support exclusive skills, such as Astral Legwraps supports Reckless Power. That should tell you that it might be a good idea to invest in the mastery bar in one class to get up to that skill. I would think with grasping vines you would want to use physical / bleed damage skills like curse of frailty and summon briarthorn, maybe devouring swarm. Conjuerer is a different build but probably much more effective even early game. Maybe just 5 or 6 points in curse of frailty and the vines and briarthorn could whip the enemies' ass.

[@Pamjamelia]

Came back to this after finally unlocking Ultimate difficulty on my first character, who is a battlemage. The build has gone completely arseways, as I wanted to do like a sword and shield vibe at first, now it's Forcewave with a focus on physical and internal trauma and arcanist is basically unused and I still have no bloody clue how to respec devotions or if the arcanist side can be saved beyond Elemental Exchange and the invuln. It's just how things ended up going after I got the Obsidian Axe that allowed for it. However. I still feel like I might be doing a better job so far than this. Maybe. Well at least I'm enjoying myself more than when I first commented!

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

I'm relatively new to Grim Dawn, but I have played PoE before. Flat damage only being added to skills that scale with weapon damage is huge to know.

[@omnidragon42]

This video had me rolling. Reminds me of the guy who faked a super mario speedrun using clips from TAS and world record runs, while eating pizza.

[@poisonspy8945]

If i was a noobie when that video came out, I would have probably blindly followed whatever that guy posted thinking it was amazing not knowing any better. Thanks for the expertise and insight on the game!

[@Paikis]

Watched this again on the way to work. Absolute gold. My man knew about the Korba Trickster before mad_lee did. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@karyoplasma]

Copyright strike in 3... 2... 1... Sinitar is not known to take criticism very well.

[@rektbyprotoss]

Bring it on lol

[@aBigFatPigeon]

I left a comment under his vid once calling out some of the bullshit and the comment got deleted so fast it was unreal. :'D

[@mostpolitebot1464]

ohhh now I get why there's only positive comments in his video haha @@aBigFatPigeon

[@tahutahu2446]

I'm taking too much psychic damage watching this. I'm so used to checking both forums and youtube for 'build' guides, and especially like to follow simple 'beginner' guides while trying to get a footing into builds. But this build guide provided is like.. AI generated bad. I'm used to bad guides that talk about end-game with already good gear equipped, but barely explain how you have to transition into most end-game builds or what your leveling gear/target farmable gear looks like. But this has so much misinformation on basic gameplay mechanics that a Beginner Guide doesn't cover, or even suggest a mechanics guide (but it's all still explained like it's introductory for players wanting to follow their first guide??). I super appreciate the parts in the video where you show what a good build looks like as a comparison, and even show the forum as a resource for builds (which was SUCH a great bounty of information when I was newer to the game, learning the value of RR/OA/DA etc). Anyways. My favorite part of the other guide was when he mentions how stylish these builds were while playing with screenshake and making it hard for me to see what was going on lol Edit: Unless I'm misunderstanding, the guide creator is using Grim Dawn videos to sell "third party steam keys" for profit from a third party unofficial site (third party site buys keys at steep discounts using different regional currencies, then resells full price to others. Content creator gets a small cut if you buy these illicit steam keys through his link.) So it's not only a bad build guide, it's grifting. He has the link to his store on every game video advertising steam keys for him to profit off of.

[@viakol6664]

Thanks for the detailed analysis. Very useful content.

[@nomercy8989]

I just don't understand how people can play with screen shake on

[@charleykarpiuk8062]

This was absolutely outstanding content. I loved how these builds triggered Rekt, but he tries to stay fair.

[@counterhit121]

Lol great video. I just watched the one in question and probably wouldve jumped right into one of these builds if i wasnt away from home for a few days. Reminds me of the Fexxtralife build guides for d4.

[@nithurlut]

When i saw this video a couple months ago i thought: that's interesting. I wasn't really experienced with GD. But even then when i opened build calculators for these builds i was like: where are tier 3 devotions?🗿 Why you chose these devotions?🗿 Where's OA/DA🗿🗿🗿 It looked a lot like my first attempts at theorycrafting when i learned about GrimTools. It was just as bad.

[@sametekiz3709]

%27 aether resist asdasdasdasdasd 51:51.You are godsent to this comunity.

[@MrOppossum]

Love your content Rekt

[@ThisAreOr]

Watching this for information was fantastic thanks~

[@sp0x970]

Haha Rekt!! MY beginner build guide.. Any class plus "Forcewave" soldier 😀 Really strong builds: Necromancer/Soldier, Shaman/ Soldier, Oathkeeper/Soldier! There you go .. My ultimate beginner player builds!!

[@anormos7270]

i like a magehunter (arcanist/inquisitor) setup for elemental dmg (pistols) or deathknights (necro/soldier)

[@aquelehiru3179]

Does resistance reduction from different sources stack? Ex termite, aura of censure and the devotion?

[@rektbyprotoss]

Yes, -x% RR stacks from different sources.

[@aquelehiru3179]

​@@rektbyprotossthank you, your videos are being a huge help.

[@mattm8870]

There's 3 types of -resist: -X% type resist flat (stacks), X% Reduced Target's [type] Resistance(s) multiply (stacks) and X Reduced Target's [type] Resistance(s) flat (only 1 at a time).

[@aquelehiru3179]

@@mattm8870 thank you for the info

[@drohas8185]

What would you suggest as some of the best end game dw gunslinger builds?

[@genericname6167]

He mentionated two 3 options pure physical, piercing and elemental. On personal level i managed to beat avatar of mogdrogen with a Paladin piercing build, its a bit of a stretch tho bc your endgame weapons are monster rare of the vipers of forgotten gods dlc. Another good build its purifier thats one is very very strong

[@theobell2002]

Dagallon Purifier.

[@demonicdante4717]

Would you ever look at their Top immortal builds for grim dawn?

[@darkencroix6412]

I think you should make a mock video where you make these exact same builds in one video, but better.

[@darkencroix6412]

Better idea!!! ChatGPT builds only mock video. I'm new, and even I'm better at making my own builds than him.... which is sad with how often I die.

[@nullie8680]

hello @RektbyProtoss im new to your channel and i am wondering what your stream schedule is? I am verya insterested in watching them live.

[@user-x4u6l]

the genuine shock on your face when seeing his gear and skill choices 😱 😆

[@TheLampenmann]

How old is to old with these builds? I saw builds in the forum from 3.0 and 8.0 that looked good. But those are old versions.

[@rektbyprotoss]

Anything 1.1.9.x should definitely still be good for current patch. Older ones can also still be good, but it will depend a bit on the build.

[@Priimerra]

Good vid. Make more of these.

[@HeyHEY-fg9rp]

Frankly grasping vines is a great beginner leveling skill. Sure you need to change up once you hit end game gear Celestials won't stop on it.

[@janovmi2]

its been long since i got Grim Dawn video recommended, so i checked steam for updates and boom expansion announcement :)

[@nithurlut]

BTW Rektos, will you make a summary vid for your recent HC SSF cold reaper build like you did for Primal Strike druid?

[@rektbyprotoss]

Yes.

[@vorhandklaus]

I actually picked the Cpt. America Build. Stoped playing the game on lvl.50 i liked the style of throwing shields and if they hit me they kill themselfs ... never played game again Proper help would be needet not this guy Greetings from Munich

[@rektbyprotoss]

Acid retal aegis is a very good starter build, just gotta build it correctly. This is what I played kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJS7qaB7nLykaa8si=wewtmJ1SKNiWBWxm Greetings from Munich :P

[@vorhandklaus]

@@rektbyprotoss sau cool! Kaffee trinken oder abends ein Bier! :D

[@manki4409]

He didnt have auto pickup components 1:10:40 oh shit i didnt get to the part where u mentioned it when i commented this. Anyway i could not stop laughing watching this video, great content rekt

[@banishedbr]

TL:DR from my experience if your new to the game and want the strongest/easiest to start sc or hc, Conjurer pets or vitality caster. Either OP.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

I keep getting destracted because I keep trying new builds. I really like vtaloty caster and pet builds for early game though.

[@banishedbr]

@@MrBuns-yi2hk i do that too, specially in LEpoch, but if your beginner cunjurer is the strongest class anyways -=D

[@dangerousdays2052]

I like Cabalist. You don't even have to push any buttons most of the time. 😆😆

[@Draugheim]

The real problem here, in my opinion is how shitty the experienced community is at making clear, easy to read and follow guides for new beginners. Of course people are gonna look at videos like this, and also that.. reunix or whatever its called webpage that is apparently bad guides. Yes, you have compendiums for beginner guides at the forums, but its extremely confusing to follow them, knowing what the hell you are getting into with descriptions like: Beginner’s Fire S&B Shieldbreaker - First char, SR50). Wtf does that mean for someone who knows nothing? Whats the actual skills of the build? Playstyle? Other examples: Beginner’s 2H Ranged Lightning Savagery Vindicator (pre-Evoker), Budget Physical Blade Arc S&B Warder - SR80, Ravager. And most of them does not provide an actual leveling guide, which skill to pick at this and that level, what devotion route for each point etc. Instead of just shitting on the creators of these easy to follow, well written, hand holding guides (not saying this video was extremely hand holdy, but the website i mentioned definitely is), provide alternatives of the same quality? Grim Dawn really needs a site like maxroll. Well, if it wants new players to try out the game and learn the basics of it, without being overwhelmed.

[@unityofvitality-5875]

as someone who only started the game a few weeks ago i agree with this, took a lot of searching around online to find decent instructions lol, my first 2 characters were a disaster bcs of this. really confusing looking for a build to follow and just seeing nothing but endgame stuff with legendaries

[@unityofvitality-5875]

@@Odyssey636 whats the point of these snarky replies other than you bragging

[@unityofvitality-5875]

@@Odyssey636 nobody slandered rekt dude. i think you just struggle with reading comprehension and anger issues. obv i like rekts content but i was looking for text guides at first not youtube so i didnt find his channel until a few days ago

[@DarkinWithin]

The 1 point Shaman setup, mans is playing checkers while we're playing chess XD

[@elitereptilian200]

I just downloaded the game again after a year long break and I am shocked at how easy the game is at the beginning now 😲 at lvl5 I activated a totem and 2 heroes and plenty of ads came out and I just facetanked them using one health pot.. before I would have been killed instantly.. I don't like the health/mana pots being on cooldown now.. we'll see if they managed to ruin my favorite arpg.. I highly doubt it but I don't like how easy the start is and the pot cooldown..

[@rektbyprotoss]

"I don't like the health/mana pots being on cooldown now" - Pots have always been on cooldown and the cooldown hasn't changed. You simply have infinite pots now, so you don't have to go back early game and buy some. Post act 1 you already had technically infinite pots anyway since so many dropped.

[@aBigFatPigeon]

Finally... SinitarG(enius) *sarcasm* exposed. Was about time. Good shit Rektoss! EDIT: Also 52:25 had me rolling on the floor!!! :'D

[@DmytroBogdan]

Why would he advertise no MIs builds as positive? MIs are easy to get and are usually more powerful than early/mid game epics. 🤔 A fellow Ukrainian I'm not proud of

[@rektbyprotoss]

Yep, it's just terrible advice...

[@JackHugeman]

because he uses GD stash and doesn't actually play the game.

[@Pamjamelia]

I end up going down this rabbit hole when all I wanted to know, as a new player, is if I could make a sword and shield build in the base game. I just like swords. And boards. Welp.

[@Magipher]

Yes you can. Are they good? Absolutely! :)

[@rektbyprotoss]

Soldier and Oathkeeper are your friend.

[@Pamjamelia]

@@rektbyprotoss Yeah, I didn't get the DLC because the base game was on sale for, like, a fiver, and I wasn't in the mood to spend more at the time. When the rest of the DLC goes on sale again, I'm snagging it. Blitz is already my favourite attack because of how satisfying it sounds, and the shield throw from oathkeeper looks like a blast!

[@orcslash]

I expected a mild roast, but this was a bloodbath :D

[@ChThuter]

This gives me hope that if I were ever to publish my own beginner builds, they have no reason to get less than 80k views, if this is what people view as "strong beginner builds."

[@iiFrost]

i just cant get over the original video. its mental how this is even a thing. it doesnt take much to inform yourself about the game before you make a guide video. then again this is maybe a guide on how shit you can be at the game and mislead people. the original is peak video game journalist behavior, play the game for 2 hours and have the biggest misinformed opinion on the topic.

[@darain6822]

Sadly this is a recurring theme across all genres, not even just ARPGs. IDK when this happened (did this start with KZbin removing dislike button?) but when I started Path of Exile recently I noticed there's also MOUNTAINS of trash to sift through to get basic information.

[@mobert8266]

is it really necessary to go for guides to play the game or can you just try to get all on your own, just ask here and there for some nice hints?

[@rektbyprotoss]

Kinda depends how far you wanna go, but for normal difficulty you can just experiment on your own. Respeccing is rather generous, too.

[@mobert8266]

@@rektbyprotoss i played through main game and dlcs on normal veteran quite easy without ever touching a guide. right now i am trying a hardcore run and it is somewhat annoying from time to time. never really played elite or ultimate.

[@TillTheLightTakesUs]

Did 1.2 come out or is it in beta?

[@aBigFatPigeon]

Still in playtest.

[@TillTheLightTakesUs]

@@aBigFatPigeon Do you know when's it coming out?

[@aBigFatPigeon]

Unironically when it's ready. No one knows.@@TillTheLightTakesUs

[@Scyrella]

Hello, I have a quick question I generally really enjoy ARPGs and played most of em.. I really love grim dawn and love making new chars, but for some reason I get burned almost always when I reach elite (like early to mid elite).. Is there a point in general where you feel the game starts to pick up and be more enjoyable when playing? I still love It but I always feel like I reach a wall at the beginning of elite which makes the game die slowly on me Many thanks and appreciate the videos!

[@darichthethird]

Elite is kind of the down point because it's just a filler diff between normal/veteran and ultimate. Game is fun again on Ultimate :D

[@Scyrella]

@@darichthethird so rush through the game on elite Is it okay if I skip the DLCs on normal?

[@crevetteencarton2571]

@@Scyrella Hey there, I feel the same as you do. Progressing through normal is quite easy and coming to Elite just kills the fun a little for me. Usually, I try to skip as much as I can in Elite (as Rekt would recommend) only to complete act I to IV (to kill Logo). Then I go to Ultimate and take my time there. XP is better, loot is better but the content is harder (watch out for resistances). If I ever feel like Ult is too hard, I go back to Elite and progress through one of the DLCs: green farming, rep farming... Playing back and forth helps with the "mid game" (60ish to 80ish). In addition, leveling with one build and having to completely redo it in late game kills a little bit of the fun as well (if you're experiencing the same). There're quite a few fun/promising builds you cannot even try while leveling because of the item requirements (stats, skills...). It's logical tho but it makes leveling painful imo.

[@Scyrella]

@@crevetteencarton2571 hello thanks for your response Currently I'm still in Normal midway through Act6..although I'm lvl 60🤣🤣 I Have OCD so I can't leave any inch of the map undiscovered.. I'm still enjoying it ATM but I just don't know how I will handle doing things again twice .. ugh..

[@Famelhaut]

A bit unrelated but the upcoming 1.2 update will probably fix this

[@EggsAndBacon14]

sinitar was bad as a modder and hes bad as a builder. lol im happy to see this video.

[@seeinred]

The most depressing part in playing this game or watching the guides is that anything i've tried is just worse than my first character. I was lucky/unlucky enough to start the game with zero knowledge, build spellbinder and find *full* uroboruuk's set and riftwrapped gloves. I think i only miss the medal which isn't crucial to that build.

[@rektbyprotoss]

Uroboruuk's Spellbinder is pretty good this patch indeed, but far from the best build imo. And also it's definitely better than any of this garbage from this video :D

[@reneva969]

chatGPT doesnt specify what glyph you need to use, so no, he didnt used it! 5Head

[@grahamentwistle2081]

The same YTer posted a new video 2days ago titled "Grim Dawn - 5 Crazy Ranged Builds" -- response video when? ;)

[@Frolkinator]

I love the fact he has auto attack on left click and not move, im betting he got max 10h in GD and used Stash for every character.

[@malachai1381]

I use right mouse to move because using left mouse hurts my hand/wrist after a while.

[@counterhit121]

Ive used spacebar to move for years now bc left clicking everything in arpgs gives me horrendous carpal tunnel. Pretty high IQ move to bind move to something other than LMB imo

[@Frolkinator]

I either go with space or W for movement for all these kind of games.@@counterhit121

[@danielpontini79]

The most foolproof starter build is Warden. Killing him is as far as impossible.

[@paulinoconstantinodelacruz8429]

im enjoying this game! got my lvl60 purifier now :) now i just need some dagallons pistols and then pew pew peeeeew 🧨🧨🧨

[@travissullivan6575]

I remember when this video came out. The guy doesnt believe in using -RR

[@Toxic-KRAKEN]

The master has spoken

[@tindekappa9047]

You keep saying it would be ok for his first build. I am offended. I have only ever played one build, an got to around lvl 50 and even I did a better job. I have a better grasp of min maxing passive points until I reach certain break points, instead of maxing out skills, what skills to take, what not to take, how to build a character that doesn't get one shot...

[@allendu4856]

For me,the best BD of beginning is pet BD,Conjurer

[@DanilVideoman]

Tbh I feel so ashamed because of my Ukrainan fellow... Been watching you since 2020 (being unsubscribed most of the time, but not anymore :D). Absolutely love your vids, keep up with good work. Actually there is one good thing about these "guides" - people starting to think that their own builds is not so bad))

[@rektbyprotoss]

Glad you enjoy my content! It's okay, there's always some black sheep😅

[@Swad-cf8nc]

Im a PoE player, a diablo hater since 3 came out, and a brand new GD player. Even PoE "vets" who played thousands of hours fall prey to clickbait creator builds that are absolute trash. People need to learn that unless you are already incredibly experienced with the game or have gear ready you should be looking at builds that respected HCSSF players run as a first character or you will get obliterated. I started GD a couple days ago as a Forceweave/DeathKnight build using a HC build I found and had zero issues with the game at all on all difficulties.

[@rektbyprotoss]

I sometimes feel like (at least some) PoE veterans think that every other aprg other than PoE is easy af and since they've figured out how PoE works, they know how all other arpgs work. The amount of misinformation I've seen in chat whenever PoE streamers/YTbers play GD is insane. I'll never forget how people suggested to Steelmage to level in the crucible from level 1 on HC... Forcewave is always solid starter :)

[@nebulagray88]

Isn't this the guy you got booted out of the Skyrim modding community?

[@rektbyprotoss]

Apparently yes

[@kerfuritogonzales]

lol what?

[@nebulagray88]

@@kerfuritogonzales Accused of doing some shady shit and giving terrible modding advice iirc. Really dont know much.

[@mxula7172]

i guess this is better that him just stealing someone elses builds, not really playing them and claiming them his own.

[@cjackmond]

On Grasping Vines, the debuffs would be slow and bleeding, with maybe some (bleeding) synergy with Savagery?

[@JafoolyTing]

Dude you need to make a meme video about being beginner friendly but have all super late game epics.

[@azamin123]

great video

[@hairypotter5402]

what a funny video. started off as genuine ~50 minute attempt at fixing the first build with suggestions of what that guy should change for real beginner builds and ended in 10 minutes of despair for the last build. i hate how popular =/= correct became the general rule on most game content.

[@HateMachinist]

This vid is funny and informative for all the wrong reasons.

[@Sara_Feingold]

I appreciate your sacrifice of brain cells for our entertainment :)

[@theobell2002]

Check out my Sentinel build, guys. > *shows Vindicator* GIGACHAD

[@WhatWillYouFind]

My junk Primal Strike build from 3 years ago, napkin math via the character tab has over 68k dps at level 80 with some of its gear 30 levels below my maximum, sitting at 10k hp. What is happening here, my only good item is the double rare mi ugdenbog charged/thunder.......... Wow build 1 weak Skipping . . . . Oh No, that cabalist build. PogChamp Sad Gatchi OH NO. No 1 point wonder hellhound for the LOLS, which should get free points from equipment. No manipulation, with Bonds maxed?????? Curse max, when you only need Vulnerability. No consecrated blade "im doing chaos/vit?" Reaping strike on a Minion build....... Vitality build without Reap Spirit???? -vomits in mouth- No Soul Harvest. Dreeg gets a few points, not max Man, that was "a guide" to ignore ........

[@mummeliini123]

Guide videos with screen shake on are automatically trash

[@kupkkake]

full pharma hell yeah