There are some powerful monster infrequents that can supplement your build, such as the Ugdenbog Sparkthrower which provides a very significant 40% crit damage to Primal Strike.Shaman spells like Storm Totem or Wendigo Totem can provide a lot of standing power.You have access to a wide variety of support for elemental damage with skills such as Wind Devil, Stormcaller’s Pact, or Ishkandra’s Elemental Exchange.Primal Strike has high damage output, and the capability to excel in both AOE and single target damage. When starting out with the Shaman, you can use Primal Strike to level up.As a Druid, your damage output will be significantly higher than for example, a Battlemage, but you will be less durable and have to maneuver your character more often to survive. There is good synchronization within this class because both the Shaman and Arcanist skill trees have support for elemental damage. The Druid is a combination of the Shaman and Arcanist masteries and makes for an okay choice to level up as if you choose Shaman as your first class. There is a lot of potential to switch to interesting endgame builds once you’ve reached level 94, like the Spellscourge set or the Krieg set.Ī Druid faces off against a group of hero and boss enemies in the Crucible.There is a fair amount of Monster Infrequent support for Battlemages, like Shambler’s Heart, which adds flat physical damage to Forcewave, or Obsidian War Cleaver which adds 60% weapon damage to Forcewave.

Powerful passive and toggle buffs like Field Command, Maiven’s Sphere of Protection, or Oleron’s Rage can steeply increase your damage and survivability.Access to Forcewave makes leveling a breeze, and the Arcanist skill tree only further supports this with abilities like Mental Alacrity.As a Battlemage, you have access to powerful passive and toggle buffs, as well as useful leveling abilities that are accessible early on in the skill tree, allowing you to have both respectable damage output, and survivability. The Battlemage is a combination of the Soldier and Arcanist masteries and is a great choice for a starter class. BattlemageĪ Battlemage dispatches some Cthonians with Olexra's Flash Freeze Let's take a look at some of the best classes in 2020! 10. With nine available masteries, there are thirty-six different combinations and many different ways to build each of those combinations. What are the best classes for Grim Dawn in 2020?Īs a new player, you will quickly discover that with Grim Dawn's engaging dual mastery system, you become a new class when you choose your second mastery, able to mix and match skills from both masteries to devise your own unique build!

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