Necromancer\Summoner build tips ?

[Bael]

Is it possible to play full Necro (or Summoner) class in GD ? If so can anyone give some tips\advice what to choose and what to lvl up ?
Cause I played the game a billion years ago (there wasn't any DLC's at the time and the main story wasn't complete yet) and I remeber I screwed up building my char somewhere midgame.
Don't wanna do the same mistake again.

[Childe Roland]

Which expansions do you have?

[Bael]

I just bought "Ashes of Malmouth" and "Forgotten gods" (only interested in story mode).
I'm about to play solo if that helps.

[KG]

Full summoner is the only kind of summoner that's really viable for endgame in Grim Dawn. Half-summoner builds end up having to try to split their gear, skill points, and devotions too many ways. That said, there are many full summoner builds that are competitive at endgame in GD, mostly using 2 of Occultist, Shaman, or Necromancer.

Since it sounds like you won't have good gear sitting around waiting for you I would recommend against a Necromancer/skeleton-centric build. Skeletons are great offensively and you can get a ton of them but they start to have trouble with AoE damage around mid levels without excellent gear support due to their low HP compared to other pets. Conjurer is the safest bet, with a good mix between tough and damaging pets and good innate defenses for the summoner too.

For more specific advice or actual beginner builds, I'd suggest looking around and/or searching Crate's Classes, Skills, and Builds[forums.crateentertainment.com] forum section. The search button is at the top - I'd try "beginner summoner" or "beginner conjurer summoner" and maybe look for the user Maya's posts in particular. Guides from more recent patches are naturally preferred but the best beginner build guides probably won't be kept up to date perfectly. The general advice won't have changed too much recently - most of the changes would probably involve new or recently changed monster infrequent items.

[Childe Roland]

Well, if you have both expacs, you might check out Maya's guides at: https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/the-carnival-a-guide-to-pets/81781


Some others (all from the build compendium, just pre-directed to specific sections):
Cabalist (Necro + Occultist) builds: https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/build-compendium-x-forgotten-gods/49673/13

Ritualist (Necro + Shaman) builds: https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/build-compendium-x-forgotten-gods/49673/26

Conjurer (Occultist + Shaman) builds: https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/build-compendium-x-forgotten-gods/49673/15

Edit: Maya's guides are listed in the compendium as being older, but she tends to update them to keep them current.

[Bael]

Thanks for detailed answer guys. Really appreciate it!

[Bael]

Oh, I almost fall into "getting too much attention" from mobs already. ;-b Thanks for the tips dude!