WF FvS melee

[xenobite]

been running a fighter as my first char for 2-3 months now and looking for something similar with better solo ability.
This feels ok with me but as i am unexperienced i want to hear your thoughts about this build.
Anything plain right wrong?
Anything i should think about?
spells alright?
Would you let this toon into your TOD?

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Level 20 Lawful Good Warforged Male
(20 Favored Soul) 
Hit Points: 372
Spell Points: 1928 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 18
Reflex: 12
Will: 19

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             16                    25
Dexterity             8                    10
Constitution         16                    22
Intelligence          8                    10
Wisdom                6                    10
Charisma             16                    25

Tomes Used
+2 Tome of Strength used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 7
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 7
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 7
+2 Tome of Charisma used at level 7
+4 Tome of Strength used at level 20
+4 Tome of Constitution used at level 20
+4 Tome of Charisma used at level 20

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance              -1                    11
Bluff                 3                     7
Concentration         3                     6
Diplomacy             3                     7
Disable Device       n/a                    n/a
Haggle                3                     7
Heal                 -2                     0
Hide                 -1                     0
Intimidate            3                     9
Jump                  7                    21
Listen               -2                     0
Move Silently        -1                     0
Open Lock            n/a                    n/a
Perform               n/a                   n/a
Repair               -1                     2
Search               -1                     0
Spot                 -2                     0
Swim                  3                     7
Tumble               n/a                    n/a
Use Magic Device      n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Diety) Favored by the Lord of Blades
Feat: (Selected) Toughness
Feat: (Automatic) Attack
Feat: (Automatic) Composite Plating
Feat: (Automatic) Heroic Durability
Feat: (Automatic) Light Armor Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Light Fortification
Feat: (Automatic) Magical Training
Feat: (Automatic) Medium Armor Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Shield Proficiency (General)
Feat: (Automatic) Simple Weapon Proficiency
Feat: (Automatic) Sneak
Feat: (Automatic) Warforged Resistances
Spell (1): Divine Favor
Spell (1): Nightshield


Level 2 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Automatic) Defensive Fighting
Feat: (Automatic) Sunder
Feat: (Automatic) Trip
Spell (1): Remove Fear


Level 3 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Two Handed Fighting
Feat: (Automatic) Child of the Lord of Blades
Spell (1): Bless


Level 4 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (2): Resist Energy


Level 5 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Fire
Spell (2): Cure Moderate Wounds


Level 6 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack
Spell (3): Searing Light


Level 7 (Favored Soul)
Spell (3): Magic Circle Against Evil
Spell (2): Soundburst


Level 8 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (4): Divine Power


Level 9 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Handed Fighting
Spell (2): Remove Paralysis
Spell (3): Cure Serious Wounds
Spell (4): Freedom of Movement


Level 10 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Electricity
Spell (5): True Seeing


Level 11 (Favored Soul)
Spell (3): Remove Curse
Spell (4): Deathward
Spell (5): Raise Dead


Level 12 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: STR
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Feat: (Automatic) Beloved of the Lord of Blades
Spell (6): Blade Barrier


Level 13 (Favored Soul)
Spell (4): Restoration
Spell (5): Stalwart Pact
Spell (6): Heal


Level 14 (Favored Soul)
Spell (7): Destruction


Level 15 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Favored Soul Bonus) Energy Resistance: Acid
Feat: (Selected) Greater Two Handed Fighting
Spell (5): Flame Strike
Spell (6): Cometfall
Spell (7): Resurrection


Level 16 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (8): Mass Cure Critical Wounds


Level 17 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Automatic) Leap Of Faith
Spell (7): Protection From Elements, Mass
Spell (8): Firestorm


Level 18 (Favored Soul)
Feat: (Selected) Force of Personality
Spell (9): Mass Heal


Level 19 (Favored Soul)
Spell (8): Mass Death Ward
Spell (9): True Resurrection


Level 20 (Favored Soul)
Ability Raise: STR
Spell (9): Implosion
Enhancement: Favored Soul Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Damage Boost II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Damage Boost III
Enhancement: Favored Soul Damage Boost IV
Enhancement: Favored Soul Extra Action Boost I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Ascendency: Lord of Blades
Enhancement: Bladesworn Transformation
Enhancement: Favored Soul Greatsword Specialization I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Greatsword Specialization II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Charisma I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Charisma II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Charisma III
Enhancement: Favored Soul Wisdom I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Wisdom II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness I
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness II
Enhancement: Favored Soul Toughness III
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution I
Enhancement: Warforged Constitution II
Enhancement: Warforged Damage Reduction I
Enhancement: Warforged Damage Reduction II
Enhancement: Warforged Damage Reduction III
Enhancement: Warforged Healer's Friend I
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack I
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack II
Enhancement: Warforged Power Attack III
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude I
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude II
Enhancement: Warforged Great Weapon Aptitude III

[Twerpp]

Well you ask the question would you let me in a ToD raid....so here's how you could be more useful there:

Dump cha. Only get enough to cast as you level up. I started with 10 int for max concentrate, good balance and jump.

All ability raises in STR, GJ!

Carry at least maximize and quicken. Spec into heals IV and wear potency/devotion item. Ensure your mass cures hit for around 130ish minimum. You really need to do this to be useful across the board on all raids. Otherwise you are pretty much limited to single target healing. I have this build on a TR up to 18 so I've got all my feats. I think this is what Im gonna settle with...

Toughness
PA
Imp Crit
Quicken
Maximize
Empower heals

The last one undecided but for certain these are locked in. Maybe THF, Empower, or Addy body (can hit 15 DR full time with it but its mostly a style thing TBH).

As it sits your usefulness in a ToD raid is low. The dps you've got is roughly the same as a level 16 greatsword fighter without Kensai (great for a battlecleric but gimp compared to real melee). So for a melee slot you dont fit the bill. You can't mass cure or even quickened heal, so very unreliable there. Also many of your spell choices are poor but that's something you can work out for yourself as you level up.

[Arctigis]

Agree with the above. If you want to go melee focused (you'll always be a good healer), dump cha and wis.
I started off with a Cha of 9. 9 +2 tome +2 capstone +6 item = 19. Enough to cast L9 spells. I carry Eagles
splendour at L2 (not much else to choose) so I can get back to being able to cast heal and resurrect if
hit with disjunction. Either max wis (for DC) or dump it. At high lvl everything will save unless you have maxed
your DC stat and have heighten, foci etc. You'll do decent, but not topline, DPS with a greatsword due to LotB
feats, enhancements and divine favour+divine power(full BaB).

Feats:
AB
Extend
Maximise
PA
Quicken
IC:Slash
Toughness

You could probably swap out IC:Slash if you get a MinII

Having 500HP (without greensteel), DR15/Adamantine and great saves makes you a pretty durable support
melee and healer. Try and pick up the superior ardor VIII belt from Shavarath so you can drop CCWM without
swapping out equipment.

[unbongwah]

I wouldn't dump-stat CHA to start, but 12 should be fine: +2 tome + 3 enhs + 2 item and you're set. And that gives you 10 more stat points to spend; I'd probably put them in CON, INT, and/or WIS.

I would drop the THF feats for more metamagic: Extend, Empower, Emp Heal, Maximize, Heighten, Quicken are the most useful, although you don't have the feats to take all of them. Also I doubt you'll need FoP.

[xenobite]

Thank you for the input, I'll dump cha and up CON and STR,
dropping the THF-line and FoP for extend/maximize/quicken/Emp. healing
Will add Addy Boddy for the maximized DR instead of IC:slash

So anything with spellresistance is out the window, but bladebarriers and flamestrikes are good enough i guess.

[Arctigis]

So anything with spellresistance is out the window, but bladebarriers and flamestrikes are good enough i guess.

BB still works fine on mobs without evasion. Any other direct damage spells are not SP efficient IMO. Just buff
yourself and hit it with your greatsword!

[FuzzyDuck81]

got a similar one, currently 15th level, but started with 14 INT, 12 CHA for skillpoints (UMD for some spells, balance, jump & concentration), feats-wise i went with 2hander chain, adamantine body, toughness, PA, quicken & is pretty fun, primarily playing as melee with good healing capabilities (if not personal skill, as I havent really played healer or caster roles much at all, but am improving)

Its a lot of fun so far, has decent melee ability (though starting to fall behind proper fighter-types now, even with divine power & PA active) & can self-heal & buff self & party effectively.. for offensive casting, the only spell i have is blade barrier, though i guess spamming Heal can count when fighting undead . Figure i may have to reconsider taking g2wf at 18th in favour of empower or maximise to make the most of spells when acting as healer though.

[AylinIsAwesome]

got a similar one, currently 15th level, but started with 14 INT, 12 CHA for skillpoints (UMD for some spells, balance, jump & concentration), feats-wise i went with 2hander chain, adamantine body, toughness, PA, quicken & is pretty fun, primarily playing as melee with good healing capabilities (if not personal skill, as I havent really played healer or caster roles much at all, but am improving)

Fuzzy, does the Addy Body give a -4 to-hit (and if so, have you had issues with it)? I've been considered using my free feat exchange to pick it up instead of Extend, but I don't want to drop an exceptional dragonshard if I don't like it.


OP, I'm not always sold on Extend. If I'm having trouble fitting in all my feats, that's generally the first one I drop. It definitely helps out with the short-term buffs, but I think you might get more out of Improved Critical if you're not constantly using a Mineral 2 weapon. (READ: Epic Sword of Shadows! )

[Symar-FangofLloth]

Regarding Charisma...
12 Base + 3 Enhancements + 2 Capstone + 2 Tome is enough. And you don't even need a Charisma item at end game.
If you want to keep a Charisma item in, you can drop your base even lower. You could keep it at WF minimum of 6, even, though you'll have levels where you can't cast all your spells (especially the lowest levels where you won't be casting any with a score like that).
I went with a 13 Base on my Elf FvS, to wind up with a nice even 20 at the end, though that's harder for you as a WF.
Maybe something to re-allocate at later levels.


And another thing:
Spell Resistance/Penetration checks will still work, as long as your class is pure. It's spells with a DC that you want to avoid. So Energy Drain is an excellent 9th level spell choice. And will actually work as opposed to Implosion, which you currently have listed.

[Bladedown]

Make sure you have at least a 12 chr and carry a lot of lesser restore potions as many of the later enemies, especially in IQ, drain charisma.

[FuzzyDuck81]

Fuzzy, does the Addy Body give a -4 to-hit (and if so, have you had issues with it)? I've been considered using my free feat exchange to pick it up instead of Extend, but I don't want to drop an exceptional dragonshard if I don't like it.

It doesnt appear to, but i'd have to free up a character slot to create a new toon for the purposes of confirmation still, having 5/adamantine DR at the moment is pretty nice (2 from body & 3 from enhancements) and figure 15/adamantine DR at cap will be pretty awesome

[Shade]

Would you let this toon into your TOD?

Maybe normal if I was having a tough time finding healers.
Hard or Elite I'd decline you due to lack of scroll mastery. Required enhancement for any serious raid healing there.

IMO Scroll mastery IV is a must have on every favored soul. Regardless of build.


What to drop?
Great weapon aptitude is broken and by all accounts useless.
Damage Boost is often considered among the worst enhancements.
Wouldn't get toughness III (That's 3 AP for 10hp, or 1ap for 3.3 hp, not a good value)

[Bacab]

Maybe normal if I was having a tough time finding healers.
Hard or Elite I'd decline you due to lack of scroll mastery. Required enhancement for any serious raid healing there.

IMO Scroll mastery IV is a must have on every favored soul. Regardless of build.


What to drop?
Great weapon aptitude is broken and by all accounts useless.
Damage Boost is often considered among the worst enhancements.
Wouldn't get toughness III (That's 3 AP for 10hp, or 1ap for 3.3 hp, not a good value)

Yeah I agree with the wand/scroll mastery thing. Also this makes soloing easier since you will use Heal Scrolls often when doing quests.

Though if you have AP left and are a HP junkie...I think toughness 3 is ok. Depends on what you are trying to accomplish. As a WF you can get Racial and Class toughness.

I personally get the healing crit mod/multiplier up there and the healing potency also.

The damage boost is not really that great. I also go with Empower instead of Maximize and take empower enhancements and use "Ring of Thellis" from Hound. It stacks up nicely.

[Twerpp]

Fuzzy, does the Addy Body give a -4 to-hit

No. Even though it's heavy armor and you don't have heavy armor proficiency. Not sure why it's like that but no penalty.

[Bacab]

No. Even though it's heavy armor and you don't have heavy armor proficiency. Not sure why it's like that but no penalty.

I kinda always felt when a WF burns a feat to get Addy Body...they are using a feat to get Heavy Armor Prof.