I'll be following along with my freshly made Purifier to see how he does and how much I enjoy shooting things. (I have a vindicator which was my first alt to finish the base campaign using a rifle that had +4 to both storm box nodes. That was pretty cool. I've been looking for another one with that combo but have yet to find one. Too bad it's a lower-level gun and I had to replace it.
Like you, I grabbed the dual wield first. Because when the build is fun, it generates forward momentum, which is a huge factor in long-term success. Dual-wielding Purifiers are an absolute blast to play.
Found this by chance digging for videos. Screw the algorithm. You are in-depth and you are knowledgeable and I'll be revisiting a firestrike purifier. Thank you.
Very well done video, and I really appreciate the explanations! I picked this game up on the steam holiday sale and glad I did. I made a couple characters that were alright.. but started having issues with some, while others seemed to be doing much better in ways I didn't expect. This led me to seek out build information, and glad I found your channel! Keep up the great work!
Many thanks for viewing and commenting. It’s great to hear this stuff is useful. If you’re interested, there are further episodes in this series and more still on the way.
Solid guide, just coming back to the game and this is a solid start. Works fine on Veteran as well, had no issues. Thank you for this, haven't watched part 2 yet but this was perfect for reminding me of some stuff, plus learned some new things. Hoping to get some friends on and this start will be what I show them if they do end up playing.
Heavy into grim dawn again, dropping to say enjoying your videos and style. Fun builds. Finding your own gear, experimentation. Just finished hc normal shieldbreaker sword n board wooh.
@@video_ouija7114 Thanks for the comment, it’s much appreciated. The key word in that comment, that many would not pick up as significant, is the fifth word - ‘again’. Grim Dawn is absolutely one of the most revisitable games I have ever played and it’s worth calling out 👊🙂
I came upon your video by accident. I have played GD for years (up to about level 20), then I get bored for get beat down too many times. lol You are one of the few that fills the gap. All the level 100 guys forget these early beginnings, but I can't seem to get past it. You have answered a lot of my questions with this video. Thank you!
Thanks for viewing and commenting, great to hear you’re enjoying the game on Xbox! I have more videos in this series, they’re in the ‘Grim Dawn Guides’ playlist on this channel.
@@Arcadelife1 Definetly... Grim Dawn is full of details and can be also overwhelming. I played Diablo 2 a lot, also D2R and still do. Grim Dawn gives me a very similar feeling but it's richer in it's content therefore I'll give it a try. Also because it gets a big update and new Expansion :D What are your thoughts about it?
Picked up this game to play with a cousin last weekend. There's very little content overall to explain the depths of the mechanics going on here. So I really appreciate finding an over hour long video discussing the build I was looking to get into.
Thanks for the comment, always good to hear this stuff is useful for new players. This is a link to the final episode of this build guide, it has links in its description to all the previous episodes - th-cam.com/video/Rwu8pQ0pigI/w-d-xo.html
@@michaeltrull5788 Cheers for commenting on an older video - I’m assuming you mean Hargate’s Island, it’s also the location for a quest that unlocks in Devil’s Crossing when you reach Honored reputation with them 👊🙂
This is probably the best GD video for starting players I have found so far, well done :)! The only thing I would add, is at 47:31 to inside the prison to the left top corner to visit the Smuggler, so you can store your stash/loot. Keep up the goods work :)! Subbed.
Thanks for the view and the very favourable comment. There are loads of 'tips' and game features I don't mention in these Purifier videos because I was concentrating on showing the skills and specific way to play this build. I already get comments in other videos saying they're too long but if I put every useful tip into every video we'd be here for about ten years just getting off the loading screen :)
@@Arcadelife1 Totally understandable :). Will you make more videos like this one about different builds? I've started the game about 2 weeks ago and have built several alts, all are around level 35 now but my Purifier is 50. I tend to always go for at least an Inquisitor or Nightblade first for the dual wielding and at level 10 add different classes, but the Warlord build is also very good. Any spellcaster build is a total mystery to me, my attempts seem to be too fragile to last.
You can also just hold shift while attacking. It'll attack while you hold still. Useful for people (like me) that like to put abilities on right click.
Yes, and I’d recommend swapping the keybind to the button to the left of the ‘1’ on the top row, if you’re going to use skills on both mouse buttons. Try swapping the keybind from shift to that button left of ‘1’ and see how that goes for you.
I've been playing this build and am thoroughly enjoying the power! Melting all my enemies like butter with my guns/fire build. Seems a lot easier to play than when I was using pets.
Cheers for the comment, it’s much appreciated. Glad you liked the sound quality, I keep trying to improve that - some of my earlier videos are not exactly great for sound.
Thanks for the view, comment and sub - much appreciated. I’m glad to hear the information in the vid is useful … another 8 episodes in the series if you look in the ‘Grim Dawn Guides’ playlist on this channel.
Thanks very much for the demo and great explanation. I have had this game a while now and suck at it, get to about level 35 and start dying heaps. Not tried a shooting role but after seeing this am going to give it a go. Cheers.
Thanks for the comment. That description of getting to 30s and dying a lot sounds just like my own early experience with the game - many ways to get your character into a fail-state which is no fault of your own. I recommend: Pick one or two main attack skills that use the same damage type - check the tool tips on each skill because not even two skills on one mastery (class) will necessarily have the same damage type. Equip gear that directly buffs that damage type and does not convert it to a different type. Use Character tab 2 to check the damage done by your left and right mouse button skills (sorry if you’re on game pad) - watch these figures change when you swap gear items. When levelling up, assign points to mastery bar as well as to skills, so your attribute points keep going up - mastery points raise all attributes each point added. There are many more specific tips, but get that stuff sorted and life will be much easier.
Thanks for the interest, it’s much appreciated. Here’s a link to the final video in the series - th-cam.com/video/Rwu8pQ0pigI/w-d-xo.html - that video has links to all the other episodes in the description.
That question gets a solid 10/10 - I’m now thinking I should do a video specifically about this. If you have a look in the video description at the grimtools for the level 100 Purifier, you’ll see several of the main augments are from Coven of Ugdenbog, while others are filler just for random resistances. While levelling, I can’t think of any specific faction gear that’s needed but I’ll give this a lot more thought because there are certain to be faction options for some items. Thanks for viewing, commenting and finding this stuff interesting. It’s much appreciated.
@@Arcadelife1 I am so glad to find your youtube account, it is really hard to find current grim dawn content. I would def follow a lets play series on this purifier from nothing to end game. Also your witch hunter looks mad fun as well :D
Started this build a few days ago before I saw your video. I'm up to the bastion of sorrow and at level 48. The armor and weapons I'm rocking give 22/12 points in fire strike, I'm pushing roughly 8500 in dps. Only problem I have is the character is fairly squishy and would love to have a tank hold agro on bosses so I can shred.
Indeed it does. A few years ago I swapped the keybind from shift to the key immediately to the left of the ‘1’ key on the top row. That’s even better. Now I just use fewer skills and never need to hold a key down to shoot in place. It’s all about choice and personal preference.
How I just picked up this game during the current Stream Holiday sale and well I started five different characters and "Delete" each of them since none were doing it for me. I saw this series and watched the first and most of the second parts and this is a petty good build for an character. Now I do tend to focus on a few things and allocated points a bit different and my character is level 15 and not having to worry about "Spirit" and just blast away with your two pistols is petty good. So far I am enjoying this build,
I just rewatched this episode at lvl 92 to check your lvl 100 build out again and I realized I totally missed your tip about swapping left and right mouse button for attack/move to! I feel like a dumb dumb because I have been holding the shift button down to remain stationary while shooting for 92 levels /bonk. My carpal tunnel thanks you lol
You could also re-bind the ‘stationary shoot’ key from shift to the button immediately left of ‘1’ on the top row of keys (it’s tilde or something) which is viable if you have loads of skills assigned and can’t use the mouse-button swap method. That’s easier to use than shift, in my experience. Glad these vids are useful, thanks for the comment 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 Good call. I am a minimist like yourself and don't have too many abilities but I the ones I use I prefer to bind close to wasd such as q/e/f etc.. tilde would have been great on my old keyboard but it's a bit of a stretch on this one. These small quality of life changes really add up over time and help us old guys keep the overuse injuries in check :) Thanks again sir!
@@StrutZ007 Yeah, I’ve got 4-5-6 swapped to q-w-e. If I ever have more than 6 action skills I have to reassess my life. Pet builds always end up with more keys for summoning but they’re not exactly spam skills (hopefully).
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I wanted to demonstrate a 2-pistol build that can be easily levelled with the same gear setup (basically 2 guns) and skills that will still be viable at endgame, so there’s no “You have to level on skills you’re not interested in until you get some random-luck legendary set at level 94”. If you’re having fun with it, I must have done something right 👊🙂
i love purifier, So much much boom boom. and it's indeed good from lvl 1 :) double procs hitting off with default attacks. Based him on 'The saint of killers' from the series Preacher.
I'm new to the game (with 90+ hours) and I started with a Demolitionist. I spent most of the game playing with 2H Rifle, but after getting a belt that lets me dual wield pistols, I switched and never looked back. The entire time I ignored the second class point I have since I wanted to focus on Demolitionist first before branching out. Then I realized that an Inquisitor has a perk that would have let me dual wield pistol from the get go. LOL
@@Arcadelife1 np, I know what it's like being a creator. Every comment counts! But yes the class build is a lot of fun. Mostly because it's semi-simple and I did your technique of getting two Francis' guns which is what helped. I'm doing it as another attempt at hardcore. The other hardcore isn't working out that well...
@@The_gaming_archaeologist Yeah, starting with 2 guns defies the meta-gurus but I find it fun having the 2 pistols right from level 2. I’ve done the same purifier build through hardcore and it is very fast taking Lokarr out so definitely viable 😜
Definitely fun - let me know how you get in with it. Also, note that there are more optimal (ie faster) ways to level this build, I start with two pistols as soon as possible because that was what I wanted to demonstrate in this video series.
@@Arcadelife1 Got it to level 19, going to diverge to use a point to that demolitionist cocktail power as the only time i see mana getting used is with the seals and I can overlap them. I also got some killer fire boots and gloves for this, hoping to get more awesome drops.
@@frankgori9582 Nice one - yeah, you can mess about with a bunch of different skills and see whether you prefer using active skills to mostly just auto-attacking with the guns. I’m currently doing an Elementalist video series and I’m using blackwater cocktail as my spam attack which is a whole lot of laughs.
@@XuroX. Good job pointing this out because I never mention it. I’ve deliberately left the auto-sort verification on because of the number of times I’ve accidentally clicked it (in stash) when I wanted to click the import components button and I absolutely do not want that main stash page auto-sorted.
Thanks for the comment 👊🙂 I was a bit obsessed with dual-wielding for this series, which hopefully explains that reaction to the 2H gun. If you want to use a 2H gun, most of the skills and gear will be exactly the same apart from you will most likely want to take the Kraken devotion for the significant buffs to two-handed weapons (this includes guns). Later on, there’s a blueprint you can buy from Malmouth Resistance faction for a 2H gun called The Desolator which is a great weapon for a Purifier gun build. I’ll find a link to a video of that Desolator gun and edit it into the comment … and here it is - th-cam.com/video/wpJ-VvW2EBI/w-d-xo.html
Either way will work. The masteries can be chosen and levelled in whatever order you like. There’s no concept of a main and secondary mastery apart from in the mind of the person creating the character. I mean that in a good way 👊🙂
I always buy scrap just so I never run out for crafting things. When I get more than 100 I start putting them into shared stash, then you can get them from there on other characters and won't have to go find them. I do the same with dynamite... meaning when I get to Homestead I make extra and store it with other purple components so that I can pick it up on other characters early and use it on the bridge to Eastmarsh when I get to it (I don't repair it, just clear the debris away so I don't have to do it later).
Yeah, stockpiling a load of stuff in shared stash is definitely a necessary strategy. This character (Purifier in video) was deliberately done on a clean/fresh save file so I had nothing in shared stash at the start.
@@Arcadelife1 Yeah, I know. But at the start I don't (weird quirk, I guess) like having to search for scrap with Barnabas' quest on me, so I buy it when I can, but mostly just find the scrap before I even talk to him the first time. Then, if I want, I can go straight to the Slith killing in the deep dark depths of the well's innards. LoL I was rewatching this while making a purifier and I started with Inquisitor as you did, but was unsatisfied. So I deleted him, started over (same name) but chose Demolitionist first. Rather than go immediately for Francis' pistol I just used the first rifle I picked up and used Fire Strike in conjunction with it. _That_ takes out the Aetherials/zombies with one shot nearly every time. That first boss went down with 4-5 shots. I didn't even have to run away. Any of his minions that got in the way were instantly melted into red mist. So I get the reason the others might have suggested Demo first. Up to your videos, the strongest things in Inquisitor for me were the runes. I could use them to melt through totems without much difficulty since you can lay down up to 5 of each at a time. But I'm paying more attention to the other abilities the class has now.
@@jchinckley There are plenty of 'better' ways to level a Purifier, this build was specifically for anyone who wants to run around with 2 pistols as soon as possible, dealing high enough damage to get through campaign content fairly easily without needing to invest points into skills they might not like or might only use for early levelling. It's just one approach to playing the game, as simple as I could make it.
And that right there is another excellent reason to put fire on RMB. I used shift for ages, tolerated the discomfort until I swapped to another key, then did what everyone should do - put weapon attack on RMB.
If you fire both of Francis's guns at the same time do you get a 16% chance of fireball or still 8%? Same question applies to any % chance and also components when dual wielding. Hey i'm really liking your Grim Dawn content and there's a hell of alot of it!. In depth guides like this one where you just talk away about it slowly imparting your experience. I've been messing with the GD Defiler tool also, doing the 'skills from any mastery' thing (i used to do that with Titan Quest) just trying to find skills from other masteries that compliment the Purifier ... the shaman gun passives and 'star pact' executive skill, and the Arcanist has a couple of executive skills that would support it also. It's really cheating and fun but also just a way for me to explore all the masteries quickly and find out what all the skills do.
My bad. I just the continuing series. Afraid my paygrade won't support anything but Normal level so far but I found out I can use this character if I upgrade to Elite. I just lose my status with the other guilds. Thanks for all the effort you put into helping nubes like me!
If you’re talking about factions (guilds), any reputation gains carry on through the higher difficulties (Elite and Ultimate) until you max them out at ‘Revered’. If there was a choice involved (example - be friendly or hostile) you can make a different choice in each difficultly - this will initially reset your status with that particular faction.
@@Arcadelife1 I stand corrected, sir! Now it might be cheating but I moved my lvl 81 to Elite and farming chapt. 1. Still getting slaughtered by bosses well below my level but have collected 4 more Devotion points to get me 45. Following your guide there. Many thanks!
When you were going through the prison area enroute to kill Viloth the Corruptor you said that you didn't like the sound the spiders made when you killed them. I don't know. I like it. It sounds like the xenomorphs dying in "Aliens". Okay... I LOVE IT!!!! Think about it. Maybe this thought will change your mind. And... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Hi, great video, I am trying this build and it is very fun. One question about the devotion points. Can you give us a guide on where / when and how to spend the devotion points like which constellation in what order. Thanks in advance.
It’s here - th-cam.com/video/T8aX-5RGctQ/w-d-xo.html Best thing to do is find the last episode (posted quite recently) and check the video description for all the links to previous episodes - th-cam.com/video/Rwu8pQ0pigI/w-d-xo.html
hey. maybe a bit late. but i have a question. at the beginning you are saying " dont put any points into physique until level 60" , but you are putting points into it. do i missunderstood something ? :)
You’re either going to get something better in a random drop or, more likely, you will recruit Duncan as blacksmith and get him to craft a couple of the unique pistols he can make - level 15 I think. Personally, I just went with random drops - you can buff the damage of the starter guns with components and appropriate gear until you get better guns in loot drops.
I know this is an old video, but I wouldn't get into the habit of picking up white items in a guide for a new player. White items are never good to use, even at the beginning. I would use the loot filter right when you load in and teach why to turn that off, so that new players don't get into that habit. I just found you from watching a rekt vid, you make really good and simple guides, much appreciated!!
I was going to write a reply to the comment about white items but I checked the video (it’s a year old so my memory of the content wasn’t too reliable) and the commentary from 16:14 covers it. Most ‘walkthrough’ videos I do, I mention turning the whites off fairly soon but I can’t see it as a massive issue if new players do or don’t follow that recommendation - there are far more potentially disastrous problems waiting for them behind the game’s wall of impenetrable complexity 👊😜
Fire/burn would be best. When equipping/swapping gear items, open character tab 2 and look at the damage values for Fire Strike (should be on right mouse button) - if the damage values go up, use the gear that makes the difference.
Indeed you can. And it’s really uncomfortable unless you re-bind the key. So, for a build like this with minimal skill keys and where shooting is a big thing, my recommendation is best … in my opinion 👊😜
The dual-wield ranged (pistols) ability as a mastery (class) skill only come with Inquisitor, which is included in Ashes of Malmouth DLC. However, there are ITEMS in the base game that give you the dual-wield ability, for example there's a RELIC from a blueprint you can buy from Devil's Crossing faction shop that gives the ability.
how u make your item info text so colored? mine is just orange:-D i want it too What I mean is your Acid Damage is Green Text Fire is Orange Physical is Yellowish i dont have that option
Hello, new player here. I find your guide really helpful as I make my way with my first character, I just have a question about which skill tree or skill should I prioritize first after hitting level 10? :)
Thanks for trying the build. Here’s a link to the final video in the series. th-cam.com/video/Rwu8pQ0pigI/w-d-xo.html In that video’s description, there are links to all the earlier episodes so you can check out the skills after level 10 and so on 👊🙂
Love your vids. Have you ever made a video where instead of playing a game you show us how you record? As in tell us what software you use and what your hardware is? Thanks.
Thanks for the question, even more thanks for the easy question! The only recording hardware I have is the microphone, a Blue Yeti. Recording/editing software is all legit free stuff - Recording software: OBS Editing software: Shotcut Graphics/thumbnails/text software: Paint . net
@@Arcadelife1 Ah. Okay. Thanks for that. I've made some vids for "Sacred: Gold" but that was a few years ago. It's an old WinXP game and has been tweaked a bit to run on modern machines, but it still has problems because it has never gotten a dedicated upgrade for today's tech. The audio is acceptable on the vids I've made and one of them had quite a few hundred views the last time I looked. But the last few times I tried recording I didn't bother editing the vids because the audio had an extreme hiss in it. I have no idea what happened, it's the same machine, I'm using the same mic, all the same hardware and software and I don't know what would have changed. I even went through all of the settings and couldn't get rid of the hiss. I've been seriously thinking of upgrading my machine to do dedicated game recording and editing. Again, thanks.
@@charlesballard5251 I played a lot of Sacred (before it was repackaged as Sacred Gold) back when it first came out. The sequel (Sacred 2) was a mess, though, and I never bothered with the third one.
@@Arcadelife1 I so freaking want to see Sacred get a modernization update. I have S2, but I got it before I had a computer that could run it. Once I had a computer that could run it, the game was too old to play on my modern machine (I got to a town and the denizens were just floating heads). I've tried to get the STEAM version to run multiple times even on my even newer machine and it won't get past character creation. Now that I think of it... I don't think I've ever tried it on my laptop. I may have to give that a go just for fun.
Hey, I hope you are still seeing comments from this post. I have a question. Im new to GD and ARPG's for that matter as well. That being said, Im not new to RPG's and I have an understanding of the gear and synergies with attributes and skill points with the right gear and all HOWEVER, Im kicking ass in regular mode, then I feel like i have an exceptional build and i try my hand at veteran and immediately get my ass handed to me. Am i missing something? Is that normal, like does everyone get their ass kicked in veteran? Im only lvl 26 by the way, but i have set gear and bonuses on and all the right skills and atts. please help lol, its making me wonder if ill be able to do harder difficulties after beating the main story. Thanks in advance for any tips or info.
I’ll have a go at answering, but it’s going to be generic stuff as I don’t know the details of the character you’re playing. 1 - Veteran enemies take longer to kill (damage sponges) and hit harder. For a new Grim Dawn player, this can be a significant challenge. 2 - Have you focussed on levelling one main damage skill while also increasing your mastery by at least one point each level up? If you have spread skill points around multiple damage skills, and/or not been raising your mastery(s) you will start having noticeable issues. 3 - Is your gear buffing the main damage type you deal? Also, is any of your gear converting your main damage type to a different damage type (generally not helpful). 4 - Check your main resistances on character tab 1. As soon as you start encountering groups of undead archers (at 26, I’m assuming this has already happened) low piercing resistance can be a big factor in getting killed quickly. 5 - I’ll link a couple of tips videos in another reply (got to dig the links out…) 6 - feel free to keep asking questions 👊🙂
The damage (fire) is good for the build , but I went with a devotion setup that gave a balance of damage, pretty fireworks, and survivability (damage converted to health on ghoul and heals from chariot for example). As with most of the builds and guides I have on here, it’s not “this is the only way” - I’d recommend trying magi and see if it does what you want; if not, it’s easy to swap around.
Do that if you want to. The low number of active skills on this build and the use of ranged weapons makes the RMB-attack setup optimal in my opinion. Also, I remapped Shift to the button immediately left of '1' on the top row of keys because that was easier to use for any build needing that stationary attack functionality.
@@Arcadelife1 Makes sense. I literally just picked up GD a couple of days ago. Never knew this existed. Got tired of D4, so I found something similar. Glad I found GD and your channel. Cheers!
Toggle skills such as Flame Touched (Demolitionist - I’m assuming you picked that skill) often reserve a portion of your energy. Read the skill tooltips 👊😜
I'm surprised that this is kind of how I started playing the game today, with guns and fire attacks, though I messed my skill build (as to be expected).
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, don’t worry about the skills because you can reclaim all the points and respec and it’s not expensive (25 iron bits per point). There are guides on how/where to do this, I have a video on it - ask me to post the link in a reply if you can’t find it.
Depends if you like the idea of using two pistols and not a lot of other active skills. If you mean is it still viable as a beginner build that can be extremely strong all the way through to endgame, then yes.
I recommend playing on normal. Veteran is more of a challenge but there are no real benefits, unless you prefer slower progress against damage-sponge enemies 😜
@@davidsigust9698 There’s no simple answer to that. I recommend raising Demolitionist mastery while putting points in Fire Strike, then allocate points to each mastery’s skills to suit your way of playing this build, also devotion point allocation and other requirements. I’ll put up a few more videos of this build development to answer some of the obvious questions.
Bysmiel but it doesn’t really matter. They all gain rep from Eldritch kills etc. and if you use a writ (50% bonus rep once you reach Honored) they’ll all be revered by the time you need their level 90 augments.
More game should add personal portal like grim dawn, it really cut your gameplay i might said in half, getting rid of boring back and forth to merchants focusing on exploration without fear having to backtrack for nothing, that is one big aspect of grim dawn i love, it's fast paced, right to action, no dilly dally around boring stuff
Wop or bwc for leveling up until at least level 30. It cam be such a nightmare to level with firestrike or auto attack early on (though you could still do dw auto with wop for one point). Personally, I think wop is better because the aoe doesnt have a cd, but bwc gets online faster. Both have movespeed, which is super nice, so either works well.
Not sure why you wouldn't use the searing fireball because you can literally clear all the way to act II with it on any character...I just started the game last week and have done this with 3 chars. Much quicker bc it does AOE dmg. You obviously have more experience than me at this game and curious as to your thoughts?
You’re absolutely correct about that. There are also plenty of other ways to quickly clear content and race through the game with either Demolitionist or Inquisitor masteries. However (you knew this was coming) right at the start (within first 90 seconds) I explained this build was for anyone who wanted to run around with TWO PISTOLS right from level two. That was the whole point of the build, not to say “this is the quickest/easiest/best way to level a character. It’s also fun to play, if guns are your thing. Thanks for the view and the comment and the opportunity (yet again) to explain the purpose of this video series.
In most of the build guide videos (this is a very early one from two years ago) I include timestamps and other info. This was a bit of a weird one because although it's an hour it only includes level-ups to level 10. I'll go back to it and see if there's any great benefit adding timestamps for each level-up or whatever. Thanks for the interest in this and for commenting.
I couldn’t, but millions could. Don’t even watch the other ten episodes, it doesn’t get any better. Thanks for the view and the comment, it’s much appreciated.
Part 2: th-cam.com/video/h6BPdq-BCLc/w-d-xo.html
Thank you
I'll be following along with my freshly made Purifier to see how he does and how much I enjoy shooting things. (I have a vindicator which was my first alt to finish the base campaign using a rifle that had +4 to both storm box nodes. That was pretty cool. I've been looking for another one with that combo but have yet to find one. Too bad it's a lower-level gun and I had to replace it.
I really appreciate the focus on fun. It takes courage to make a nearly hour long video and say "if you think it's boring, don't do it"
Like you, I grabbed the dual wield first. Because when the build is fun, it generates forward momentum, which is a huge factor in long-term success. Dual-wielding Purifiers are an absolute blast to play.
Spot-on. Also, playing it "wrong" is satisfying on so many levels 👊😀
it helps so much that the gun sounds themselves are so satisfying, especially with the multple salvos 😂 brrrt brrrt
Found this by chance digging for videos. Screw the algorithm. You are in-depth and you are knowledgeable and I'll be revisiting a firestrike purifier. Thank you.
Thanks for the comment, and for successfully digging this video out of the bottomless TH-cam mine, it’s much appreciated 👊🙂
Very well done video, and I really appreciate the explanations! I picked this game up on the steam holiday sale and glad I did. I made a couple characters that were alright.. but started having issues with some, while others seemed to be doing much better in ways I didn't expect. This led me to seek out build information, and glad I found your channel! Keep up the great work!
Many thanks for viewing and commenting. It’s great to hear this stuff is useful. If you’re interested, there are further episodes in this series and more still on the way.
Solid guide, just coming back to the game and this is a solid start. Works fine on Veteran as well, had no issues. Thank you for this, haven't watched part 2 yet but this was perfect for reminding me of some stuff, plus learned some new things. Hoping to get some friends on and this start will be what I show them if they do end up playing.
Great to hear this was useful for you - thanks for the comment and have fun with friends in Grim Dawn 👊🙂
Heavy into grim dawn again, dropping to say enjoying your videos and style. Fun builds. Finding your own gear, experimentation. Just finished hc normal shieldbreaker sword n board wooh.
@@video_ouija7114 Thanks for the comment, it’s much appreciated. The key word in that comment, that many would not pick up as significant, is the fifth word - ‘again’. Grim Dawn is absolutely one of the most revisitable games I have ever played and it’s worth calling out 👊🙂
I came upon your video by accident. I have played GD for years (up to about level 20), then I get bored for get beat down too many times. lol You are one of the few that fills the gap. All the level 100 guys forget these early beginnings, but I can't seem to get past it. You have answered a lot of my questions with this video. Thank you!
Glad to hear this was useful. Thanks for the comment 👊🙂
One thing you can do in the sell menu, is type in a stat you're looking for, then everything that has that stat when you sell it will be highlighted.
Yup, and here’s one of my old vids about it for anyone who’s interested: th-cam.com/video/1vKQCVmliOA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the tip Travis. As a new player I was struggling with that.
@@jman29x glad it helped. When I first started, it was a strain before I learned that trick
Just started on Xbox and absolutely LOVED this video
Thank you!
Thanks for viewing and commenting, great to hear you’re enjoying the game on Xbox! I have more videos in this series, they’re in the ‘Grim Dawn Guides’ playlist on this channel.
Wow, that’s great. Picked up Grim Dawn very late, only a few weeks ago and your content really helps.
Cheers for the comment, always good to hear this stuff is useful 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 Definetly... Grim Dawn is full of details and can be also overwhelming.
I played Diablo 2 a lot, also D2R and still do. Grim Dawn gives me a very similar feeling but it's richer in it's content therefore I'll give it a try. Also because it gets a big update and new Expansion :D
What are your thoughts about it?
@@BadChaker Yeah, expansion will be fun - I’m keen to mess about with the new mastery/class.
love your grim dawn videos dude, keep up the good work my man!
Thanks for the support, always great to hear this stuff is fun/useful 👊🙂
Love your vids man you easy to understand and love the accent
@@toddsmith7639 Thanks for the comment, it’s much appreciated 👊🙂
Picked up this game to play with a cousin last weekend. There's very little content overall to explain the depths of the mechanics going on here. So I really appreciate finding an over hour long video discussing the build I was looking to get into.
Thanks for the comment, always good to hear this stuff is useful for new players.
This is a link to the final episode of this build guide, it has links in its description to all the previous episodes - th-cam.com/video/Rwu8pQ0pigI/w-d-xo.html
Enjoy your videos always learn something new. Also this area I had no idea existed thanks man
@@michaeltrull5788 Cheers for commenting on an older video - I’m assuming you mean Hargate’s Island, it’s also the location for a quest that unlocks in Devil’s Crossing when you reach Honored reputation with them 👊🙂
Great video! Still holds up in 2024 and has plenty of great tips for brand new players 👌
This is probably the best GD video for starting players I have found so far, well done :)! The only thing I would add, is at 47:31 to inside the prison to the left top corner to visit the Smuggler, so you can store your stash/loot. Keep up the goods work :)! Subbed.
Thanks for the view and the very favourable comment. There are loads of 'tips' and game features I don't mention in these Purifier videos because I was concentrating on showing the skills and specific way to play this build. I already get comments in other videos saying they're too long but if I put every useful tip into every video we'd be here for about ten years just getting off the loading screen :)
@@Arcadelife1 Totally understandable :). Will you make more videos like this one about different builds? I've started the game about 2 weeks ago and have built several alts, all are around level 35 now but my Purifier is 50. I tend to always go for at least an Inquisitor or Nightblade first for the dual wielding and at level 10 add different classes, but the Warlord build is also very good. Any spellcaster build is a total mystery to me, my attempts seem to be too fragile to last.
not even close
This is very helpful. I am a new player on Xbox and this is a very fun build. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the view and comment, glad to hear this has been useful for you.
Very console friendly build at least based on this and what I've been testing.
As a newbie and an "aged" gamer. I find this most helpful. I'm at lvl 80 so far. Many thanks!
Thanks for the view and the comment, it’s much appreciated. Glad to hear this stuff was useful for you 👊🙂
Love the vid! Just decided to start playing GD and this helped me a lot!
Thanks for viewing and commenting - great to hear you’re playing GD 👍
Bro this was so helpful thank you! Loving the build, using guns in this game is badass asf
Glad you’re enjoying it 👊🙂
You can also just hold shift while attacking. It'll attack while you hold still. Useful for people (like me) that like to put abilities on right click.
Yes, and I’d recommend swapping the keybind to the button to the left of the ‘1’ on the top row, if you’re going to use skills on both mouse buttons. Try swapping the keybind from shift to that button left of ‘1’ and see how that goes for you.
My go to GD youtuber. Keep rocking
GD 4 Life 😜
I've been playing this build and am thoroughly enjoying the power! Melting all my enemies like butter with my guns/fire build. Seems a lot easier to play than when I was using pets.
Thanks for the view, comment, and for giving this build a shot 😜 - it’s much appreciated.
Great guide and content. Thank you! Great sound quality too
Cheers for the comment, it’s much appreciated. Glad you liked the sound quality, I keep trying to improve that - some of my earlier videos are not exactly great for sound.
Nice, got yourself a subscribe, I've been struggling abit on this with all the info and choices.
Thanks for the view, comment and sub - much appreciated. I’m glad to hear the information in the vid is useful … another 8 episodes in the series if you look in the ‘Grim Dawn Guides’ playlist on this channel.
Thanks very much for the demo and great explanation. I have had this game a while now and suck at it, get to about level 35 and start dying heaps. Not tried a shooting role but after seeing this am going to give it a go. Cheers.
Thanks for the comment.
That description of getting to 30s and dying a lot sounds just like my own early experience with the game - many ways to get your character into a fail-state which is no fault of your own.
I recommend:
Pick one or two main attack skills that use the same damage type - check the tool tips on each skill because not even two skills on one mastery (class) will necessarily have the same damage type.
Equip gear that directly buffs that damage type and does not convert it to a different type.
Use Character tab 2 to check the damage done by your left and right mouse button skills (sorry if you’re on game pad) - watch these figures change when you swap gear items.
When levelling up, assign points to mastery bar as well as to skills, so your attribute points keep going up - mastery points raise all attributes each point added.
There are many more specific tips, but get that stuff sorted and life will be much easier.
Here’s the video describing how to use character tab 2 to see skill damage values change when you swap gear - th-cam.com/video/JzRrPLGiVlA/w-d-xo.html
Great video very well done in explaining it, going to be my next build, many thanks.
Thanks for the interest, it’s much appreciated. Here’s a link to the final video in the series - th-cam.com/video/Rwu8pQ0pigI/w-d-xo.html - that video has links to all the other episodes in the description.
Thanks for making this. Super helpful! Much appreciated!!!
Thanks for the comment, great to hear this stuff is useful 👊🙂
omg. this is the best video i ever watched about gd. thank you so much
Thanks for the view and the comment - always great to hear this stuff is useful and/or entertaining 👍
Any reputation suggestions we need to consider for this build and the end game variations? I would love to see this series contiune!
That question gets a solid 10/10 - I’m now thinking I should do a video specifically about this. If you have a look in the video description at the grimtools for the level 100 Purifier, you’ll see several of the main augments are from Coven of Ugdenbog, while others are filler just for random resistances. While levelling, I can’t think of any specific faction gear that’s needed but I’ll give this a lot more thought because there are certain to be faction options for some items. Thanks for viewing, commenting and finding this stuff interesting. It’s much appreciated.
@@Arcadelife1 I am so glad to find your youtube account, it is really hard to find current grim dawn content. I would def follow a lets play series on this purifier from nothing to end game. Also your witch hunter looks mad fun as well :D
Started this build a few days ago before I saw your video. I'm up to the bastion of sorrow and at level 48. The armor and weapons I'm rocking give 22/12 points in fire strike, I'm pushing roughly 8500 in dps. Only problem I have is the character is fairly squishy and would love to have a tank hold agro on bosses so I can shred.
if you don't want to have move to on your bar, hold shift while using attack, keeps you from moving
Indeed it does. A few years ago I swapped the keybind from shift to the key immediately to the left of the ‘1’ key on the top row. That’s even better.
Now I just use fewer skills and never need to hold a key down to shoot in place. It’s all about choice and personal preference.
How I just picked up this game during the current Stream Holiday sale and well I started five different characters and "Delete" each of them since none were doing it for me. I saw this series and watched the first and most of the second parts and this is a petty good build for an character. Now I do tend to focus on a few things and allocated points a bit different and my character is level 15 and not having to worry about "Spirit" and just blast away with your two pistols is petty good. So far I am enjoying this build,
Thanks for the comment, glad you’re having fun with the guns 👊🙂
this kind of build is so much fun. i'm doing almost the same thing, but as an Apostate lol. for the flavor
I just rewatched this episode at lvl 92 to check your lvl 100 build out again and I realized I totally missed your tip about swapping left and right mouse button for attack/move to! I feel like a dumb dumb because I have been holding the shift button down to remain stationary while shooting for 92 levels /bonk. My carpal tunnel thanks you lol
You could also re-bind the ‘stationary shoot’ key from shift to the button immediately left of ‘1’ on the top row of keys (it’s tilde or something) which is viable if you have loads of skills assigned and can’t use the mouse-button swap method. That’s easier to use than shift, in my experience.
Glad these vids are useful, thanks for the comment 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 Good call. I am a minimist like yourself and don't have too many abilities but I the ones I use I prefer to bind close to wasd such as q/e/f etc.. tilde would have been great on my old keyboard but it's a bit of a stretch on this one. These small quality of life changes really add up over time and help us old guys keep the overuse injuries in check :) Thanks again sir!
@@StrutZ007 Yeah, I’ve got 4-5-6 swapped to q-w-e. If I ever have more than 6 action skills I have to reassess my life. Pet builds always end up with more keys for summoning but they’re not exactly spam skills (hopefully).
Awesome guide!
Can confirm. This is a fun build. Best duel pistol build I've found!
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I wanted to demonstrate a 2-pistol build that can be easily levelled with the same gear setup (basically 2 guns) and skills that will still be viable at endgame, so there’s no “You have to level on skills you’re not interested in until you get some random-luck legendary set at level 94”. If you’re having fun with it, I must have done something right 👊🙂
Reminds me of a Titan quest build Earth + Rune = Stone Speaker.
Very helpful bro thank you!! Love your commentary =)
Thanks for the comment, it’s much appreciated 👊🙂
i love purifier, So much much boom boom. and it's indeed good from lvl 1 :)
double procs hitting off with default attacks. Based him on 'The saint of killers' from the series Preacher.
great vid,thanks very much.
Thanks for the comment, it’s much appreciated 👊🙂
I'm new to the game (with 90+ hours) and I started with a Demolitionist.
I spent most of the game playing with 2H Rifle, but after getting a belt that lets me dual wield pistols, I switched and never looked back. The entire time I ignored the second class point I have since I wanted to focus on Demolitionist first before branching out. Then I realized that an Inquisitor has a perk that would have let me dual wield pistol from the get go. LOL
Though I've not been following this build strictly, it's been the most fun I've ever had following a build.
That’s great to hear, glad you’re having fun with it.
Massive thanks for the comment, it’s always appreciated 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 np, I know what it's like being a creator. Every comment counts! But yes the class build is a lot of fun. Mostly because it's semi-simple and I did your technique of getting two Francis' guns which is what helped. I'm doing it as another attempt at hardcore. The other hardcore isn't working out that well...
@@The_gaming_archaeologist Yeah, starting with 2 guns defies the meta-gurus but I find it fun having the 2 pistols right from level 2.
I’ve done the same purifier build through hardcore and it is very fast taking Lokarr out so definitely viable 😜
Looks fun, this will be my next character
Definitely fun - let me know how you get in with it. Also, note that there are more optimal (ie faster) ways to level this build, I start with two pistols as soon as possible because that was what I wanted to demonstrate in this video series.
@@Arcadelife1 Got it to level 19, going to diverge to use a point to that demolitionist cocktail power as the only time i see mana getting used is with the seals and I can overlap them. I also got some killer fire boots and gloves for this, hoping to get more awesome drops.
@@frankgori9582 Nice one - yeah, you can mess about with a bunch of different skills and see whether you prefer using active skills to mostly just auto-attacking with the guns. I’m currently doing an Elementalist video series and I’m using blackwater cocktail as my spam attack which is a whole lot of laughs.
still best arpg, and its not even close, variety of builds and packed with content and loot makes this game top of this genre
And it’s fun 👊😜
@@Arcadelife1 and that
Inventree??? How does Tory make the tree sound in the English language
@@akamadmaxx If that’s the only criticism you have of the video, I’m honoured. Many thanks 👊🙂
Good beginner guide...I think I want to make another purifier.
You might want to check out this alternative Purifier concept, using 2H ranged … th-cam.com/video/LoaNw6RBuG8/w-d-xo.html
I know it's 2 year old video but you can turn off that auto sort notification verification in settings
@@XuroX. Good job pointing this out because I never mention it. I’ve deliberately left the auto-sort verification on because of the number of times I’ve accidentally clicked it (in stash) when I wanted to click the import components button and I absolutely do not want that main stash page auto-sorted.
Gotcha
Just started watching your guides and they are great! Do you have one that uses the 2H gun that you said don't be tempted?
Thanks for the comment 👊🙂
I was a bit obsessed with dual-wielding for this series, which hopefully explains that reaction to the 2H gun. If you want to use a 2H gun, most of the skills and gear will be exactly the same apart from you will most likely want to take the Kraken devotion for the significant buffs to two-handed weapons (this includes guns). Later on, there’s a blueprint you can buy from Malmouth Resistance faction for a 2H gun called The Desolator which is a great weapon for a Purifier gun build.
I’ll find a link to a video of that Desolator gun and edit it into the comment … and here it is - th-cam.com/video/wpJ-VvW2EBI/w-d-xo.html
found the purifier (dual wield ranged) from a steam forum, im new to the game, tho i went demolition first im going inquisitor second
Either way will work. The masteries can be chosen and levelled in whatever order you like. There’s no concept of a main and secondary mastery apart from in the mind of the person creating the character. I mean that in a good way 👊🙂
@@Arcadelife1 👍
I always buy scrap just so I never run out for crafting things. When I get more than 100 I start putting them into shared stash, then you can get them from there on other characters and won't have to go find them. I do the same with dynamite... meaning when I get to Homestead I make extra and store it with other purple components so that I can pick it up on other characters early and use it on the bridge to Eastmarsh when I get to it (I don't repair it, just clear the debris away so I don't have to do it later).
Yeah, stockpiling a load of stuff in shared stash is definitely a necessary strategy. This character (Purifier in video) was deliberately done on a clean/fresh save file so I had nothing in shared stash at the start.
@@Arcadelife1 Yeah, I know. But at the start I don't (weird quirk, I guess) like having to search for scrap with Barnabas' quest on me, so I buy it when I can, but mostly just find the scrap before I even talk to him the first time. Then, if I want, I can go straight to the Slith killing in the deep dark depths of the well's innards. LoL
I was rewatching this while making a purifier and I started with Inquisitor as you did, but was unsatisfied. So I deleted him, started over (same name) but chose Demolitionist first. Rather than go immediately for Francis' pistol I just used the first rifle I picked up and used Fire Strike in conjunction with it. _That_ takes out the Aetherials/zombies with one shot nearly every time. That first boss went down with 4-5 shots. I didn't even have to run away. Any of his minions that got in the way were instantly melted into red mist. So I get the reason the others might have suggested Demo first.
Up to your videos, the strongest things in Inquisitor for me were the runes. I could use them to melt through totems without much difficulty since you can lay down up to 5 of each at a time. But I'm paying more attention to the other abilities the class has now.
@@jchinckley There are plenty of 'better' ways to level a Purifier, this build was specifically for anyone who wants to run around with 2 pistols as soon as possible, dealing high enough damage to get through campaign content fairly easily without needing to invest points into skills they might not like or might only use for early levelling. It's just one approach to playing the game, as simple as I could make it.
you can also hold shift to lock your movement while AAing
And that right there is another excellent reason to put fire on RMB. I used shift for ages, tolerated the discomfort until I swapped to another key, then did what everyone should do - put weapon attack on RMB.
If you fire both of Francis's guns at the same time do you get a 16% chance of fireball or still 8%? Same question applies to any % chance and also components when dual wielding.
Hey i'm really liking your Grim Dawn content and there's a hell of alot of it!. In depth guides like this one where you just talk away about it slowly imparting your experience.
I've been messing with the GD Defiler tool also, doing the 'skills from any mastery' thing (i used to do that with Titan Quest) just trying to find skills from other masteries that compliment the Purifier ... the shaman gun passives and 'star pact' executive skill, and the Arcanist has a couple of executive skills that would support it also. It's really cheating and fun but also just a way for me to explore all the masteries quickly and find out what all the skills do.
Cheating is fine. Ha ha, just stop when the fun stops. Going back to playing ‘clean’ is so much more fun. So I’ve been told 😂
My bad. I just the continuing series. Afraid my paygrade won't support anything but Normal level so far but I found out I can use this character if I upgrade to Elite. I just lose my status with the other guilds. Thanks for all the effort you put into helping nubes like me!
My new challenge now is to program my G502 mouse to work with Steam. Failed so far.
If you’re talking about factions (guilds), any reputation gains carry on through the higher difficulties (Elite and Ultimate) until you max them out at ‘Revered’. If there was a choice involved (example - be friendly or hostile) you can make a different choice in each difficultly - this will initially reset your status with that particular faction.
@@Arcadelife1 I stand corrected, sir! Now it might be cheating but I moved my lvl 81 to Elite and farming chapt. 1. Still getting slaughtered by bosses well below my level but have collected 4 more Devotion points to get me 45. Following your guide there. Many thanks!
When you were going through the prison area enroute to kill Viloth the Corruptor you said that you didn't like the sound the spiders made when you killed them. I don't know. I like it. It sounds like the xenomorphs dying in "Aliens". Okay... I LOVE IT!!!! Think about it. Maybe this thought will change your mind. And... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Spot on with that sound comparison 👊🙂
Hi, great video, I am trying this build and it is very fun. One question about the devotion points. Can you give us a guide on where / when and how to spend the devotion points like which constellation in what order. Thanks in advance.
It’s here - th-cam.com/video/T8aX-5RGctQ/w-d-xo.html
Best thing to do is find the last episode (posted quite recently) and check the video description for all the links to previous episodes - th-cam.com/video/Rwu8pQ0pigI/w-d-xo.html
hey. maybe a bit late. but i have a question. at the beginning you are saying " dont put any points into physique until level 60" , but you are putting points into it. do i missunderstood something ? :)
Probably my dodgy commentary skills - I'm recommending putting all attribute points into physique until at least level 60. Sorry for the confusion!
As a first timer, this has been invaluable. Thanks 🙏 but how long would you be running with the starter pistols before changing them?
You’re either going to get something better in a random drop or, more likely, you will recruit Duncan as blacksmith and get him to craft a couple of the unique pistols he can make - level 15 I think. Personally, I just went with random drops - you can buff the damage of the starter guns with components and appropriate gear until you get better guns in loot drops.
Is this build still viable for latest patch on year 2024?
@@user-mfsc-2024 Yes, definitely
I know this is an old video, but I wouldn't get into the habit of picking up white items in a guide for a new player. White items are never good to use, even at the beginning. I would use the loot filter right when you load in and teach why to turn that off, so that new players don't get into that habit. I just found you from watching a rekt vid, you make really good and simple guides, much appreciated!!
I was going to write a reply to the comment about white items but I checked the video (it’s a year old so my memory of the content wasn’t too reliable) and the commentary from 16:14 covers it.
Most ‘walkthrough’ videos I do, I mention turning the whites off fairly soon but I can’t see it as a massive issue if new players do or don’t follow that recommendation - there are far more potentially disastrous problems waiting for them behind the game’s wall of impenetrable complexity 👊😜
Lvl 94 Purifier. Melting through everything with ease. Fast, deadly and versatile 🤘😎
Nice. Are you using dual-wield or a two-hander?
Dual-wield for primary, two-handed (brimstone repeater) when i get bored :D.
wat would u recommend on gear? fire dmg and burn dmg or flat main stat bumps?
Fire/burn would be best. When equipping/swapping gear items, open character tab 2 and look at the damage values for Fire Strike (should be on right mouse button) - if the damage values go up, use the gear that makes the difference.
@Arcadelife1 just noticed that. much appreciated 🙏. thnx for the quick as hell reply as well.
Erm... you can stand still and fire without having to use both mouse buttons by holding shift while firing.
Indeed you can. And it’s really uncomfortable unless you re-bind the key. So, for a build like this with minimal skill keys and where shooting is a big thing, my recommendation is best … in my opinion 👊😜
Grea video!
Thanks!
why I dont have this dual-wielding talent, do I need different expansion? I just got the basic game
The dual-wield ranged (pistols) ability as a mastery (class) skill only come with Inquisitor, which is included in Ashes of Malmouth DLC. However, there are ITEMS in the base game that give you the dual-wield ability, for example there's a RELIC from a blueprint you can buy from Devil's Crossing faction shop that gives the ability.
How did you change the fonts?
With this: th-cam.com/video/Lq6sLDytFvE/w-d-xo.html
how u make your item info text so colored? mine is just orange:-D i want it too
What I mean is your Acid Damage is Green Text
Fire is Orange
Physical is Yellowish
i dont have that option
It's a simple text-file mod: th-cam.com/video/Lq6sLDytFvE/w-d-xo.html
Hello, new player here. I find your guide really helpful as I make my way with my first character, I just have a question about which skill tree or skill should I prioritize first after hitting level 10? :)
Thanks for trying the build. Here’s a link to the final video in the series. th-cam.com/video/Rwu8pQ0pigI/w-d-xo.html In that video’s description, there are links to all the earlier episodes so you can check out the skills after level 10 and so on 👊🙂
Love your vids. Have you ever made a video where instead of playing a game you show us how you record? As in tell us what software you use and what your hardware is? Thanks.
Thanks for the question, even more thanks for the easy question!
The only recording hardware I have is the microphone, a Blue Yeti.
Recording/editing software is all legit free stuff -
Recording software: OBS
Editing software: Shotcut
Graphics/thumbnails/text software: Paint . net
@@Arcadelife1 Ah. Okay. Thanks for that. I've made some vids for "Sacred: Gold" but that was a few years ago. It's an old WinXP game and has been tweaked a bit to run on modern machines, but it still has problems because it has never gotten a dedicated upgrade for today's tech. The audio is acceptable on the vids I've made and one of them had quite a few hundred views the last time I looked. But the last few times I tried recording I didn't bother editing the vids because the audio had an extreme hiss in it. I have no idea what happened, it's the same machine, I'm using the same mic, all the same hardware and software and I don't know what would have changed. I even went through all of the settings and couldn't get rid of the hiss. I've been seriously thinking of upgrading my machine to do dedicated game recording and editing. Again, thanks.
@@charlesballard5251 I played a lot of Sacred (before it was repackaged as Sacred Gold) back when it first came out. The sequel (Sacred 2) was a mess, though, and I never bothered with the third one.
@@Arcadelife1 I so freaking want to see Sacred get a modernization update. I have S2, but I got it before I had a computer that could run it. Once I had a computer that could run it, the game was too old to play on my modern machine (I got to a town and the denizens were just floating heads). I've tried to get the STEAM version to run multiple times even on my even newer machine and it won't get past character creation. Now that I think of it... I don't think I've ever tried it on my laptop. I may have to give that a go just for fun.
Hey, I hope you are still seeing comments from this post. I have a question. Im new to GD and ARPG's for that matter as well. That being said, Im not new to RPG's and I have an understanding of the gear and synergies with attributes and skill points with the right gear and all HOWEVER, Im kicking ass in regular mode, then I feel like i have an exceptional build and i try my hand at veteran and immediately get my ass handed to me. Am i missing something? Is that normal, like does everyone get their ass kicked in veteran? Im only lvl 26 by the way, but i have set gear and bonuses on and all the right skills and atts. please help lol, its making me wonder if ill be able to do harder difficulties after beating the main story. Thanks in advance for any tips or info.
I’ll have a go at answering, but it’s going to be generic stuff as I don’t know the details of the character you’re playing.
1 - Veteran enemies take longer to kill (damage sponges) and hit harder. For a new Grim Dawn player, this can be a significant challenge.
2 - Have you focussed on levelling one main damage skill while also increasing your mastery by at least one point each level up? If you have spread skill points around multiple damage skills, and/or not been raising your mastery(s) you will start having noticeable issues.
3 - Is your gear buffing the main damage type you deal? Also, is any of your gear converting your main damage type to a different damage type (generally not helpful).
4 - Check your main resistances on character tab 1. As soon as you start encountering groups of undead archers (at 26, I’m assuming this has already happened) low piercing resistance can be a big factor in getting killed quickly.
5 - I’ll link a couple of tips videos in another reply (got to dig the links out…)
6 - feel free to keep asking questions 👊🙂
would magi be a good devotion for this build?
The damage (fire) is good for the build , but I went with a devotion setup that gave a balance of damage, pretty fireworks, and survivability (damage converted to health on ghoul and heals from chariot for example). As with most of the builds and guides I have on here, it’s not “this is the only way” - I’d recommend trying magi and see if it does what you want; if not, it’s easy to swap around.
Wait, why don't we just press Shift so firing will stay put? :)
Do that if you want to. The low number of active skills on this build and the use of ranged weapons makes the RMB-attack setup optimal in my opinion. Also, I remapped Shift to the button immediately left of '1' on the top row of keys because that was easier to use for any build needing that stationary attack functionality.
@@Arcadelife1 Makes sense. I literally just picked up GD a couple of days ago. Never knew this existed. Got tired of D4, so I found something similar. Glad I found GD and your channel. Cheers!
idk what i did but a portion of my energy is reserved for some reason ?!
Toggle skills such as Flame Touched (Demolitionist - I’m assuming you picked that skill) often reserve a portion of your energy. Read the skill tooltips 👊😜
@@Arcadelife1 thanks man
Going to try this build, always like guns. Can this be played on Hardcore ? Thank you for the guide.
Hardcore, yes. Have a look around 50:10 that’s a level 100 Purifier in hardcore.
@@Arcadelife1 Thanks mate, looking forward to this.
I'm surprised that this is kind of how I started playing the game today, with guns and fire attacks, though I messed my skill build (as to be expected).
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, don’t worry about the skills because you can reclaim all the points and respec and it’s not expensive (25 iron bits per point). There are guides on how/where to do this, I have a video on it - ask me to post the link in a reply if you can’t find it.
Is this build still the most recommended for beginners in 2023?
Depends if you like the idea of using two pistols and not a lot of other active skills. If you mean is it still viable as a beginner build that can be extremely strong all the way through to endgame, then yes.
hello thx for video campaign play normal or vet? I m just will start GD sorry for my english Im french ;)
I recommend playing on normal. Veteran is more of a challenge but there are no real benefits, unless you prefer slower progress against damage-sponge enemies 😜
@@Arcadelife1 afetr lvl 10 focus inquisitor or demo?
@@davidsigust9698 There’s no simple answer to that. I recommend raising Demolitionist mastery while putting points in Fire Strike, then allocate points to each mastery’s skills to suit your way of playing this build, also devotion point allocation and other requirements. I’ll put up a few more videos of this build development to answer some of the obvious questions.
Looks like I need to buy the DLC. 😎
Yes, it’s much more than just the new areas and classes, there are various quality-of-life enhancements (search bar in stash is just brilliant).
Witch god cult did u pick
Bysmiel but it doesn’t really matter. They all gain rep from Eldritch kills etc. and if you use a writ (50% bonus rep once you reach Honored) they’ll all be revered by the time you need their level 90 augments.
More game should add personal portal like grim dawn, it really cut your gameplay i might said in half, getting rid of boring back and forth to merchants focusing on exploration without fear having to backtrack for nothing, that is one big aspect of grim dawn i love, it's fast paced, right to action, no dilly dally around boring stuff
Yeah, that’s spot-on.
Wop or bwc for leveling up until at least level 30. It cam be such a nightmare to level with firestrike or auto attack early on (though you could still do dw auto with wop for one point).
Personally, I think wop is better because the aoe doesnt have a cd, but bwc gets online faster. Both have movespeed, which is super nice, so either works well.
Love this btw.
Would also recommend grabbing waypoints before resetting
What is wop and bwc?
Who hates Elemental Storm? I have it on my Arcanist Replicating missile and it cleans house!
Thank god, steam Halloween sale exists😂
Not sure why you wouldn't use the searing fireball because you can literally clear all the way to act II with it on any character...I just started the game last week and have done this with 3 chars. Much quicker bc it does AOE dmg. You obviously have more experience than me at this game and curious as to your thoughts?
You’re absolutely correct about that. There are also plenty of other ways to quickly clear content and race through the game with either Demolitionist or Inquisitor masteries. However (you knew this was coming) right at the start (within first 90 seconds) I explained this build was for anyone who wanted to run around with TWO PISTOLS right from level two. That was the whole point of the build, not to say “this is the quickest/easiest/best way to level a character. It’s also fun to play, if guns are your thing. Thanks for the view and the comment and the opportunity (yet again) to explain the purpose of this video series.
I did not want to use guns, I like the hack and slash. After watching this video I copied this build and I am having tons of fun
Thanks for the comment, and for trying out guns - always nice to hear this stuff is fun 👊🙂
Please, for the love of something dear to you, put timestamps in a 1h video!
In most of the build guide videos (this is a very early one from two years ago) I include timestamps and other info. This was a bit of a weird one because although it's an hour it only includes level-ups to level 10. I'll go back to it and see if there's any great benefit adding timestamps for each level-up or whatever. Thanks for the interest in this and for commenting.
the sound of gunshots is cancerous. what a difficult game to decide whether to play or not.
I recommend not playing it, certainly not a character with guns. Permanent trauma from just the few gunshots heard in this video. Maybe try chess?
jesus christ. can't you do this in a 5minute vid?
I couldn’t, but millions could. Don’t even watch the other ten episodes, it doesn’t get any better.
Thanks for the view and the comment, it’s much appreciated.