Warlock Class Help

[akillith]

I know I want to be a Warlock. I just don't know enough about the class to make a build. I tried reading some of the posts here but a lot of them aren't 32 point builds and use a lot of terms and technical information I am unfamiliar with at the moment. I know I want the Old ones pact, and have some necromancy focus, but I don't want to suck SP like crazy, or be a one trick pony, if anyone who is knowledgeable about the class could help me with a build that would be pretty amazing.

[Livmo]

Probably not what you are looking for, but PDK's are human, https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=salad+shooter

If you want to splash arty as a Great Old One.

I prefer Sun Elf Fiend Warlock myself.

[akillith]

Thanks for the reply! The link doesn't actually take me anywhere though :D

[Livmo]

Thanks for the reply! The link doesn't actually take me anywhere though :D

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/467547-El-Tirador-Ensalada%E2%84%A2-%28aka-The-Salad-Shooter%29?p=5720191&viewfull=1#post5720191

I fumbled the link at the 5 yard line.

[Blastyswa]

I know I want to be a Warlock. I just don't know enough about the class to make a build. I tried reading some of the posts here but a lot of them aren't 32 point builds and use a lot of terms and technical information I am unfamiliar with at the moment. I know I want the Old ones pact, and have some necromancy focus, but I don't want to suck SP like crazy, or be a one trick pony, if anyone who is knowledgeable about the class could help me with a build that would be pretty amazing.

I'd point you towards my Warlord build, but it's currently slightly out of date (I'm now in Exalted Angel charisma based with 3.5k SP and 2k HP). I'd recommend going human though and just playing a pure warlock with 41 points enlightened spirit, 23 tainted scholar, 13 souleater, and 3 human, maximizing charisma and being burst based. Doing that you'll have a solid foundation to build off of, and you can always do an ETR if you decide to change things up.

[unbongwah]

I know I want the Old ones pact, and have some necromancy focus, but I don't want to suck SP like crazy, or be a one trick pony, if anyone who is knowledgeable about the class could help me with a build that would be pretty amazing.
So it sounds like you want a Soul Eater (http://ddowiki.com/page/Soul_Eater_enhancements) build. Upside to being a Necromantic warlock: instakills like Finger of Death and Wail of the Banshee to complement your Eldritch Blast DPS. Biggest downside is getting your spell DCs and Spell Penetration high enough, particularly on a first-life build.

This thread (https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/482841-Necrolock-90DC-10skull-tested) is the most recent Necro'lock build I can find. Let's see if we can back into a first-life version using human.

GOO Necrolock
Warlock 20
True Neutral Human


Stats
28pt 32pt Level Up
---- ---- --------
Strength 8 8 4: CHA
Dexterity 8 8 8: CHA
Constitution 14 16 12: CHA
Intelligence 14 14 16: CHA
Wisdom 8 8 20: CHA
Charisma 18 18 24: CHA
28: CHA

Skills
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Concent 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Spellcr 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
UMD 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Heal 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
Balance 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
Tumble 1 1
------------------------------------------------------------
20 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5


Feats

1 : Maximize Spell
1 Human : Empower Spell
1 Warlock: Pact: Great Old One
3 : Quicken Spell
6 : Heighten Spell
9 : Spell Focus: Evocation OR Force of Personality
12 : Spell Focus: Necromancy
15 : Spell Penetration
18 : Greater Spell Penetration
21 Epic : Epic Spell Penetration OR Wellspring of Power
24 Epic : Epic Eldritch Blast OR Intensify Spell
26 Destiny: Epic Arcane Eldritch Blast
27 Epic : Ruin OR Epic Damage Reduction
28 Destiny: Hellball
29 Destiny: Arcane Pulse OR Deific Warding
30 Epic : Greater Ruin OR Embolden Spell
30 Legend : Scion of: Shadowfell OR Plane of Fire


Spells

<Any>, <Any>, Entangle
<Any>, <Any>, Knock
Displacement, Dark Discorporation, Phantasmal Killer
Evard's Black Tentacles, <Any>, Dominate Person
Finger of Death, <Any>, Mass Suggestion
Wail of the Banshee, Symbol of Death, Power Word: Kill



Enhancements (80 AP)

Soul Eater (44 AP)

Inhuman Understanding, Inhuman Nature, No Worse Fate, Inhuman Nature II, Eldritch Seeker, Devour the Soul

Consume, Taint the Blood, Hungry for Destruction I
Stricken III, Feeding Frenzy
Strickened Soul, Blood Feast, Burning Blood, Eldritch Cone Shape, Charisma
Strickened Form, Greater Hunger, Steal Life Force III, Immortal Will
Eldritch Ward, Supreme Hunger, Feed on Magic, Spell Tearing, Finger of Death



Tainted Scholar (31 AP)

Tainted Spellcasting, Tainted Lore, Stanch, Tainted Lore II, Blood Component

Feigned Health III, Strong Pact
Utterdark Blast, Eldritch Chain Shape, Strong Pact, Wand and Scroll Mastery III
Faltering Blast, Strong Pact, Charisma
Penetrating Blast, Strong Pact, Charisma



Human (5 AP)

Spell Power Boost, Charisma

Improved Recovery



Leveling Guide

SE0 Inhuman Understanding; SE1 Consume; SE1 Taint the Blood
SE1 Hungry for Destruction I; SE2 Stricken I, II, III
SE0 Inhuman Nature; Hum0 Spell Power Boost; SE2 Feeding Frenzy
SE3 Eldritch Cone Shape; SE3 Blood Feast
SE3 Burning Blood; SE3 Strickened Soul
SE0 No Worse Fate; SE4 Greater Hunger; SE4 Steal Life Force I
SE4 Steal Life Force II, III; Hum1 Improved Recovery
SE4 Strickened Form; TS0 Tainted Spellcasting; TS1 Feigned Health I
TS1 Feigned Health II; TS1 Strong Pact; TS0 Tainted Lore
TS2 Strong Pact; TS2 Eldritch Chain Shape
SE4 Immortal Will; Hum0 Charisma
Reset Human


Soul Eater: Inhuman Nature II

(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)
Eldritch Ward, Supreme Hunger, Feed on Magic, Finger of Death



SE5 Spell Tearing; TS3 Strong Pact
TS2 Utterdark Blast; TS3 Faltering Blast
Hum0 Spell Power Boost; TS2 Wand and Scroll Mastery I, II, III
TS0 Stanch; TS0 Tainted Lore II; TS4 Penetrating Blast
TS4 Strong Pact; TS3 Charisma
SE0 Eldritch Seeker; TS1 Feigned Health III; TS4 Charisma
TS0 Blood Component; Hum1 Improved Recovery; (Bank 1 AP)
SE0 Devour the Soul; Hum0 Charisma; SE3 Charisma



Destiny (24 AP)

Magister

Unearthly Reactions III, Charisma
School Specialist: Necromancy III
Piercing Spellcraft III, School Augmentation III
Sigil of Battering III, School Familiarity III
School Master II
Arcane Tempest


Twists of Fate (30 fate points)

Energy Burst: Acid (Tier 4 Draconic)
Piercing Spellcraft (Tier 3 Draconic)
Precise: Evocation (Tier 2 Draconic)
Rejuvenation Cocoon (Tier 1 Primal)

[DrWily]

Souleater would likely work best, with access to SLA FoD, Feed on Magic and Eldritch Wave (which is IMO the strongest of the three T5 EB attacks). If you want to go pure the capstone is very nice as well as it's effectively a variant of Trap the Soul (either that or one of the other two capstones can compliment the build as well). Enlightened Spirit is also the norm to put AP in for boosting defenses.

On the subject of splashes, I have also been experimenting on a Warlock/Arti (I'm just too lazy to post it here on the forums). If you aren't focusing on using Utterdark Blast (or you're using Faltering/Penetrating Blast) (Epic) Arm of the Archons, Knives Eternal and Machination of Madness both increase your force/physical spellpower, ultimately improving overall DPS (the last one I personally suggest you try going for since even though the initial shots scale with Artificer levels the DoT effect it inflicts does not, it only scales with force spellpower that the runearm itself already provides). If you are running with Utterdark Blast on, (Epic) Resplendence gives 90/150 light & alignment spellpower at lv 18/26. And then of course Corruption of Nature will give you a free boost to acid spellpower, which benefits pact spellpower.

Just keep in mind that using the runearms butchers blast damage just ever so slightly, and also voids getting the warlock capstones. Plus you can easily get similar spellpower bonuses from other sources while still remaining a pure warlock. Since this is indeed your first warlock I do suggest starting out pure just to get a feel for it, before attempting a multiclass build. Unbongwah has a planner set up above this post that you should at least consider, he is one of the best (if not the best) build builders here on the forums.

[KoobTheProud]

I'd point you towards my Warlord build, but it's currently slightly out of date (I'm now in Exalted Angel charisma based with 3.5k SP and 2k HP). I'd recommend going human though and just playing a pure warlock with 41 points enlightened spirit, 23 tainted scholar, 13 souleater, and 3 human, maximizing charisma and being burst based. Doing that you'll have a solid foundation to build off of, and you can always do an ETR if you decide to change things up.

OP is going to want the 3 stacks of the Morninglord stance if they're staying Warlock and not just using it as a jump off point to the 36 point build. The ramifications of ETR's, ITR's and TR's are really confusing for new players, who can easily get caught in an awkward place where they hate what they have to do to get to a better place.

[Blastyswa]

OP is going to want the 3 stacks of the Morninglord stance if they're staying Warlock and not just using it as a jump off point to the 36 point build. The ramifications of ETR's, ITR's and TR's are really confusing for new players, who can easily get caught in an awkward place where they hate what they have to do to get to a better place.

I wouldn't really worry about 3x Morninglord unless you're just looking for every possible source of power, at which point you''ll also want to drop 12,500 remnants for a +2 spellpower tome and get 3x artificer past lives for 3x stacks of spellcraft. My own build actually focuses on force instead of light since ruin/gruin/arcane pulse is so much of the damage, and in any case 30 spellpower isn't a big deal in a non min/max setup. Unless the OP is looking to solo LH Shroud, a first life human warlock is fine.

[mr420247]

I've been solo and pugging reapers hard and fast with the 2 monk splash

It has some serious sick potential really hard to kill

When every mob can kill you deflect arrows, dodge, evasion

Are worth there weight in gold especially for new players

[DrWily]

I've been solo and pugging reapers hard and fast with the 2 monk splash

It has some serious sick potential really hard to kill

When every mob can kill you deflect arrows, dodge, evasion

Are worth there weight in gold especially for new players

Do you spend however many feats to boost the forms or do you just find it isn't worth it? Adding on to that do you even run centered?

[slarden]

I have been running this build since U32 although my play time has been limited since the last update.

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/460700-Pure-Casting-Warlock-DC-Eld-Blast-Build?p=5869299&viewfull=1#post5869299

SP costs on a necro warlock aren't so bad as you have 3 slas: hurl through hell, devour the soul, finger SLA in addition to the finger spell and wail spell. Hurl has a low DC against a will save, Devour has a good DC against will save and finger/wail goes against a fort save.

The main thing is knowing which spells to use on which enemies and when to use the wail.

The build can be adjusted a bit based on what you want to run. If you want to run 10 skull reaper in a static group you might want to dump ruin, greater ruin for more DC. When running a mix of elite, low skull reaper and high skull reaper I think it's best to keep ruin and greater ruin for bosses.

[mr420247]

Ya def going full grand master once you hit lvl 16 or have decent kamas

Use the lod luminous truth perma centered just hit 17 destroyed crucible and litany easy

Max heal amp, dodge 31 will go higher, 110 prr in robe, 50 mrr, 40-46 trap evasion or earth for more prr

My dcs for web, tentacles are no fail, hurl seems no fail but mobs can be warded

switched feat order a little bit lvl 15 take wiz pl 18 grandmaster