sword & shield + grasping vines.

[Vidokas]

Want to make sword & shield build. But then saw shaman's grasping vines skill and want include it to my build.
Entangling vines looks good. But it works better with bleed dmg?
So shield + vines is viable or too low dps?
If no then what I should use with shiedl? (melee, not ranged). And what should I use with VInes?
Don't have dlc.

[Finnvbot]

Grasping Vines is very good at triggering devotion abilities, even with just one point in it. Rend from the Huntress constellation is a worthwhile choice for physical/bleed builds. I'm not sure about Assassin's Mark from the Assassin's Sword constellation but it might work, too.

[KG]

I assume you've picked or will pick Soldier as well? In that case:

If you haven't picked up at least 1 point Blitz + 1 Blindside you should do so. Up to 8 targets hit with 125 to 415% of the damage your weapon and your shield do (plus a lot of flat damage) makes it a pretty good crowd nuke. That's not to mention that you can use it to move around faster by keeping your eyes open to target enemies.

If using Cadence, put 1 point in Fighting Form and then max Deadly Momentum before you spend more than 1 point on Cadence itself. Deadly Momentum is a general buff, meaning it will apply to every hit you make (including Blitz, procs, etc.) whereas Cadence is only a big damage boost on every third melee swing.

[Vidokas]

Only lvl 5.
My first playthrough.
Don't have idea what you talking about :D

[Valkez]

In short, Grasping Vines is a bad bad bad skill. Its only use currently is to activate devotion abilities, which you unlock by spending the points obtained by restoring the shrines around the world.

Also, if you're planning to go for shield, you would be wise to pick Soldier as your second mastery, as it's the only mastery that supports shields currently. You will be able to pick it at level 10. Once you pick it, just check around its skills, and you'll understand what KG meant :)

[Faust Wither]

usualy if i'm using shield probalby using grasping vines lv 1 for Targo the Builder Constellation. at normal difficulty grasping vines sure is wipe enemy away but at highter difficulty is not very effective for me at least.