Commando

Soldier + Demolitionist

This Grim Dawn Commando Build focuses on a durable mace and board playstyle that delivers strong damage while maintaining tank-level survivability.
A heavy mace and board Soldier with a strong focus on Physical damage, making full use of nearly everything the Soldier skill tree has to offer. Despite wielding a slow mace, the combination of skills and gear allows this build to reach roughly three hits per second, and because we are using a mace, those hits hit hard. This is a pure Physical damage build that relies entirely on raw strength and combat abilities.

All Soldier combat skills are the primary focus of this build. While leveling, feel free to increase Cadence to its maximum rank of 16. In this setup, Cadence is set to 11, as our gear increases it to a total of 26, making any additional points beyond that ineffective. Beyond this, remaining skill points can be allocated based on preference. Blitz should be used as often as possible and is therefore fully maxed.

This build maintains five toggle skills at all times, prioritizing Soldier abilities and only selecting Demolitionist skills that directly enhance Physical damage. The remaining skills are largely passive or situational. Break Morale should be used when engaging enemies, while Overguard can function both as a defensive cooldown and a damage boost due to our gear choices. Until the required gear is obtained, Overguard should primarily be used as an emergency defensive tool.

For this Grim Dawn Commando build, this will be your starting class and your primary focus throughout the entire build. We invest heavily into nearly every skill this class offers. Cadence will serve as our left mouse button ability, activating with each attack, while Blitz will be our right mouse button ability. Most other skills function as passives or toggles, with only a few situational exceptions.

Menhir’s Bulwark and Oleron’s Rage are both Exclusive skills. Menhir’s Bulwark is chosen here for its added survivability while still providing Physical damage bonuses. If you find that the extra survivability is unnecessary, you can swap it out for Oleron’s Rage to gain additional damage.

This will be your secondary class, with minimal focus on its skill tree. We only take the two toggle skills that provide additional Physical damage and invest the bare minimum into its Mastery Bar. This class primarily serves as a filler, offering a solid boost to our offensive capabilities, while the Soldier class remains the core focus of the build.

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Items

Attributes

Mythical Warborn Visage

Living Armor

Coven Black Ash

Physique : 82
Cunning : 0
Spirit : 25

Focusing on Physique, only assign points to Spirit as needed. While these values are wanted for end game, you can always reset Attribute points with the aid of a potion later on, so feel free to assign points over the stated limit as needed.