My equipment choices were based on Elemental damage (obviously) but I also tried to fit in as many Mythical Legendaries with skill modifiers for negative Elemental resistance shred as possible. Nemeses are 90% resistant to slow mechanics but it can help to slow them just enough to keep out of range.

It also has -100% movement speed debuff on single targets and -60% AoE debuff.

It also has mostly over-capped resists (Elemental resistance is ~82% over-capped for example), 26% Physical resistance, 2 on demand heals, 2 proc heals from Devotions, decent Defensive Ability (DA), 2.6k with Wayward Soul proc and 3.4k Offensive Ability (OA) with procs/self buffs. I can get anything from two to four 30-70k crits every second, possibly more if I have free casts of my left click. With regards to damage, the character also doesn’t do massive single hits (highest I’ve had is 180k) but a LOT of moderate constant hits. However, the boots can be crafted at a Blacksmith which can pose a problem if you don’t have enough scrap/iron bits but I have over 1,400 hours in GD so it wasn’t an issue for me. Speaking of which, I must point out that this build is heavily gear reliant and the Monster Infrequents (MI) I have took a while to farm for (the weapon took over 800 Bargoll kills which is on the low side) so be warned. I’ve always liked the Mage/Wizard archetype in RPGs, so when I made this character I decided to go with an Elemental damage caster with supporting negative Elemental resistance shred, especially as I had almost all the items and Legendaries I would need to support the build. GrimTools works with shortcuts, so ‘C’ gets you to the Character Screen, ‘S’ to Skills and ‘D’ to Devotions. I achieved this goal and it was also fun and quick to level which was a nice bonus. My goal for this character was to make something able to farm Lokarr for his leveling set and clear Crucible to at least 150 but without making, in my opinion, a boring sword-and-board style tanky character.

A fun Elemental based melee-range caster able to easily clear Ultimate, kill Lokarr solo and do Crucible.

Grim dawn ravager of souls