New build options from U9

[Sydril]

Interesting build options coming from the U9 changes:

Dwarven Barbarian Shield Wall. Level 20 barbarian or 18 / 2 barbarian fighter

A Frenzied barbarian with 700+ hp, 9/- DR, 25% damage resistance, glancing blows from dwarven axe and 20% off hand shield bashes.


Melee Specced Warforged Earth Savant. Level 20 Sorcerer

An acid specced melee warforged sorcerer focused on strength and con with a 40 DC earthgrab and 500+ HP


Vampiric earth stance Ninja. 6 monk 12 wizard 2 whatever.

Vampiric shrouded earth stanced dark monk with x3 crit shortswords.


Anyone other crazy builds out there coming out of U9?

[Impaqt]

The minor Monk splash Fighter based stunning build will be the flavor of the month.

[Sydril]

The minor Monk splash Fighter based stunning build will be the flavor of the month.

like 18 /2 hand wrap kensai?

[Impaqt]

like 18 /2 hand wrap kensai?

18/2

12/6/2

12/7/1

there will be many variations, but 50ish Stunning Fist and Stunning blow will be the standard across the builds.

[Nebuchanezzar]

The minor Monk splash Fighter based stunning build will be the flavor of the month.

qft



sadly

[Rusty_Can]

Vampiric earth stance Ninja. 6 monk 12 wizard 2 whatever.

Vampiric shrouded earth stanced dark monk with x3 crit shortswords.

This ain't happening: according to current release notes, only Mountain Stances III and IV will provide +1 to critical multipliers of unarmed combat and monk weapons (on rolls of 19 and 20) and Master of Stone requires 12 monk levels.

[elujin]

Interesting build options coming from the U9 changes:

Dwarven Barbarian Shield Wall. Level 20 barbarian or 18 / 2 barbarian fighter

A Frenzied barbarian with 700+ hp, 9/- DR, 25% damage resistance, glancing blows from dwarven axe and 20% off hand shield bashes.

love this one think it will work ?

[Impaqt]

Interesting build options coming from the U9 changes:

Dwarven Barbarian Shield Wall. Level 20 barbarian or 18 / 2 barbarian fighter

A Frenzied barbarian with 700+ hp, 9/- DR, 25% damage resistance, glancing blows from dwarven axe and 20% off hand shield bashes.

love this one think it will work ?

um. no.


I do wonder if anyone thought to test the damage reduction from shields with Frenzy though...

[elujin]

um. no.


I do wonder if anyone thought to test the damage reduction from shields with Frenzy though...

you can still use a thf so only capstone would be gone

[Impaqt]

you can still use a thf so only capstone would be gone

Last I checked, you cant use a Two handed weapon and a shield at the same time....

Not sure why you would need the 2 fighter levels anyway.

[jortann]

A good post U9 build....

A Level 20 Pure Archmage Wizard!

We will still be awesome~! Hit us with the nerf bat and we will get up and still be uber!

Mark my words Turbine!

MARK MY WORDS!




ok... i feel better now...

[Darkrok]

This ain't happening: according to current release notes, only Mountain Stances III and IV will provide +1 to critical multipliers of unarmed combat and monk weapons (on rolls of 19 and 20) and Master of Stone requires 12 monk levels.

12 monk/ 7 wizard (Death Aura/Zombie - assuming the attack speed debuff is for unarmed only)/ 1 whatever (rogue would work for more sneak damage).

Self-buffing/self-healing x3 crit shortswords in mountain III stance.

That would of course hinge on zombie form not applying the attack speed debuff to all weapons though.

[elujin]

Last I checked, you cant use a Two handed weapon and a shield at the same time....

Not sure why you would need the 2 fighter levels anyway.

mebey you can't but me on the outher hand ...

no i mean as full dps option the fighter levels are for feats the shield ones

call me crazy but always wanted a shield barbarian mebey parred with a bunch of gards

[Sydril]

Interesting build options coming from the U9 changes:

Dwarven Barbarian Shield Wall. Level 20 barbarian or 18 / 2 barbarian fighter

A Frenzied barbarian with 700+ hp, 9/- DR, 25% damage resistance, glancing blows from dwarven axe and 20% off hand shield bashes.

love this one think it will work ?

Of course it will work, will it be optimal? probably not, but it will still definitely work, and only requires 3 feats really.

Take a traditional THF dwarven barbarian build and swap the two handed feat lines for the shield feats and you're done. You still have a high dps THF with some options. Perfectly serviceable.

[Xenus_Paradox]

This ain't happening: according to current release notes, only Mountain Stances III and IV will provide +1 to critical multipliers of unarmed combat and monk weapons (on rolls of 19 and 20) and Master of Stone requires 12 monk levels.

Plus you only get x3 on 19-20, which means your DPS is significantly under what you'd get from just going unarmed.

[elujin]

Of course it will work, will it be optimal? probably not, but it will still definitely work, and only requires 3 feats really.

Take a traditional THF dwarven barbarian build and swap the two handed feat lines for the shield feats and you're done. You still have a high dps THF with some options. Perfectly serviceable.

would be nice to get the thf line in there too but i guess trade offs must be made

Plus you only get x3 on 19-20, which means your DPS is significantly under what you'd get from just going unarmed.

does it count with all monk weapons cous it would turn longswords into khopeshes (khopeshi?)
mebey i am wrong its early here zzz

edite: oh only on a 19-20 roll ?

[QuantumFX]

Sacred Fist: 2 Monk/18 Cleric Stunning Fist battle cleric build.

[erikbozelie]

Sacred Fist: 2 Monk/18 Cleric Stunning Fist battle cleric build.

2monk 1roque 17 cleric as halfling with 1d6+16 sa.
, epic brawling gloves, 2 tod rings with holy burst and elemental burst, wielding holy custom hand wraps of stunning +10 or +6d6 smiting / disrupting / vorpal or any evil 10d6(hand wraps).
and 7-ish haste boosts through items.

[butlerfamilywa]

Last I checked, you cant use a Two handed weapon and a shield at the same time....

Not sure why you would need the 2 fighter levels anyway.

Last I checked, Dwarf Axes and Bastard Swords were 1 handed, but used the THF Feats.. giving glancing blows while wearing a shield.

[bryanmeerkat]

ANyone know if the changes to cleave will make them in anyway viable ?