Servers are down boredom WF 13Wz/1Barb

[Tany]

A guildy of mine just leveled up a 13Wiz/1Ftr and is having a great time, so I decided to fire up the character builder and do a little twist on it:

Warforged 13 Wizard/1 Barbarian

Starting Stats
S:16
D:8
C:16
I:18
W:6
C:6

Progression
1:Toughness
2:Empower
3:Mental Toughness
4:+1 Int
5:
6:Improved Mental Toughness, Maximize
7:
8:+1 Int
9:Extend
10:
11:Heighten
12:+1 Int, Toughness
13:
14:

Would probably specialize in greataxes, how does that look?

[MrCow]

All I can say is make sure you have dismiss rage in an easy to locate place for when you have to do some rapid repairs. Other than that... seems fairly mainstream and viable (although there likely isn't a huge benefit to a single short rage, the run speed and barbarian sprint boost I can save your livewood butt on many occasions).

[Tany]

Yeah I'm not sure rage will even be on the toolbar, mainly just to be different and I like the run speed.

[RemoJr]

with a +4 con item, the +4 con from rage, +2 from the rage spell, and +2 from WF enhancement, Your WF can have a 28 con without the uber stuff. It can go up to 32 with a +6 item and a +2 tome. Given the rage timer calculations (Rage duration in seconds = (3 + post-rage CON modifier) * 6) Your rage should last for 72 seconds with 28 con or 84 seconds with uber con. That's not so bad, long enough for a boss fight.

[Tany]

Ahh wow I didn't know that rage was calculated in that manner, thanks!

[Valiance]

I have a build almost exactly like this on Argonnessen named Breakbeat. Only thing I would change is drop heighten for power attack. With divine power clickie and power attack you can do amazing dmg melee. I put my level ups into str but using a plus 1 int tome you can still end up with 28 int.

I actually started with a 16 int and ended up at 26. With dreamspitter your dancing balls still are quite effective. The rage works great becuase you can dismiss it at any time and suffer no fatigue. Huge hp, just enough sp, huge melee dmg, to wrap it up it is by far my favorite build rivaled only by my offensive caster/battle cleric.

Oh ya rage works great. Since you can dismiss it at any time with no fatigue it's a nice, albeit rarely used addition the build. I have the scorge choker, madstone boots, ect. If you ever run out of sp you can hit all that stuff and get up to 40+str. Pretty sweet for a mage.