Demolitionist/Occultist Build Help

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I have been messing around with typically 1 class builds the Occultist, and the Arcanist. I normally play ranged always with ARPG's. Im liking a Ranged Demolitionist but want to add the pet bird of the occultist, how many points should I be wasting in the Occultist Mastery? Thats pretty much all I want out of the Occultist is the pets, is it worth it? And pistol and shield or Two handed gun? Thanks.

-Im also loving the game thanks, loved POE and Torchlight 2 and Diablo 2+3, but for some reason im not quite grasping the skill trees? I've read recently you should be doing 2:1 in mastery vs skills and thats where I think I have been going wrong, however I seem to be holding up ok, but then again I reroll a character after level 13 because I keep getting new ideas lol

Any help would be good
Thanks

[jacobvandy]

It's not wasting points if it gets you the skills you want for your build. Although, if your build turns out to suck, you might feel like you wasted your time after all. :P

Check the Pyromancer (that's the name of the Demo/Occult hybrid class) section of the build compendium on the official forums for inspiration, a couple of them do exactly what you describe: http://grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17844