The Shaman mastery bar will end at 25, but we're actually going to start on the Shaman side as the first class.ДЇirst up, grab Devouring Swarm on the Shaman side as your primary attack at low levels (this is costly on energy, but well worth it). We're going to eventually max out the Soldier mastery bar entirely. The focus here is on high health, massive defense, quick regeneration, and equipping absolutely any item with reflection or retaliation so you never go down and always take out enemies when they hit you. We're going with a Shaman + Soldier combo to create the Warder. Keep in mind that most builds can be drastically altered by your equipment choices, since there's a very random element there in what weapons and armor you'll find you in your playthrough, as well as what path you are taking along the constellation when you unlock Devotion Shrines.

The Sorcerer combo for instance (Arcanist + Demolitionist) can deal huge damage to large groups, but requires quick reflexes as you run around the screen like mad to avoid getting hit back.ДЇor our best Grim Dawn build, we're going to focus on the survival aspect, with respectable damage output, for a tank who rarely goes down and will allow you to survive the most devastating enemies at the highest difficulty levels. There are plenty of mastery combos that can deal ungodly amounts of damage (the Nightblade mixed with just about anything immediately comes to mind) but they are also quite squishy, making it difficult to survive after you leave Normal difficulty behind and head into later stages of the game.

Among those five varied styles, there are still two different ways to approach which is the 'best' - either the highest damage per second output, or the best survivability. The answer to that question is that there's at least five 'best' builds, depending on your play style: melee, ranged, caster, hit and run, or the tank. We've previously looked at some of the more fun mastery builds, but now its time to get down to the real goods: what's the single, absolute best Grim Dawn build available? Picking The Best Mastery Combo

Before that highly anticipated Necromancer becomes available though, there are still dozens of potential mastery combo builds to try out.

Grim dawn difficulty levels