Best Grim Dawn Builds

Grim Dawn builds start with a choice of two masteries out of nine, taken in either order, and that pairing defines the class. Each mastery has its own skill tree plus a mastery bar that grants passive stats as you invest in it, so how you split points between the bar and the skills is itself a decision. Devotion constellations sit on top of this as a second progression system, unlocked by restoring shrines across the world, and they supply both passive bonuses and procs that bind to your skills. Getting a devotion path right often requires routing through constellations you do not want in order to reach the ones you do. Gear provides affixes and set bonuses that can convert one damage type to another, which is how many builds turn a skill into something it was not designed for. The single most important practical rule is that resistances need to reach their cap before anything else matters, because the higher difficulties apply large resistance penalties that will kill an otherwise strong character.