To put it in simple words, in Grim Dawn edged weapons like swords and axes inflict a percentage of their physical damage as piercing damage, and that percentage is called Armor Piercing in-game and is shown under weapon’s base damage. This kind of conversion is different from any other damage conversions because it’s done via armor piercing of the weapon.

The core mechanic of the build is the conversion of physical damage of Cadence skill into piercing damage. To help in dealing with crowds Blade Spirits are usually used in high end builds, but budget setup has neither skillpoints nor conversions needed. At no point in the game it would have a screen-wide AoE clear. It excels in fights against a limited number of opponents while dealing with big, thinly spread crowds isn’t exactly it’s forte.

The playstyle is that of a durable duelist. I can make about four distinct budget blademaster setups, but only one you can level with - a pierce dual wield Cadence build presented in this guide. This is true for both high end and budget endgame setups. It is a powerful class with several strong endgame options, the only entry-level difficulty is it requires some game mechanics knowledge specific for pierce damage.ĭespite the plentitude of endgame builds most of them only make sense because of endgame gear support. It came to my attention that many beginner players are interested in Blademaster. Picture with all permanent buffs + Ulzaad’s Decree active

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