18/2 art build

[goodspeed]

Ive looked every which way and have almost nailed out all the ends to this class. Only thing im not completly sure on is feats. I was thinking shot on the run since like my ranger my arti is always moving. So id save 4 to hit, but the feat payment is a lil steep needing dodge, and mobility to get it.

Also messed up. Monk 2 should be at lv 8 instead of 20. Just did it so to not screw up later levels on the planner.

Anyway to start this build will have a few feat changes. It starts with ranger in the beginning for wand useage because I don't feel like making myself half assed at receiving any type of heal, Then barb for the leveling, then finally rogue when it's real group time and im not ****ing off everything making SA worthless.

Id also slot toughness later as id take it at lv 1, but it's already compensated for that in the builder plan showing the end result. I wasn't to sure when to take 2 monk levels for the evasion on traps come epic so I decided at lv 7 and 8 after I got my fun lil turret. Then I could use the class feats for toughness and then swap the lv 1 toughness for insightful reflexes.

Also resilience? It says it takes away dmg and to hit for saving throws. Would that affect reflex? And by how much?

Enhancements wise I also wasn't to sure. I figured just max everything force for BB come end when fire and the like were worthless. I also wanted a double thing going. So since I needed arti dmg anyway for pre, I left skills and instead took human for that extra 5 to saves, or to hit, or even just more 20% dmg when the arti ran out.

So what ya think? Open to all suggestions besides rogue lvs. It offers me very little compared to what the monk and rogue dili gives.

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Level 20 Lawful Good Half-Elf Male
(2 Monk \ 18 Artificer) 
Hit Points: 288
Spell Points: 1016 
BAB: 14\14\19\24
Fortitude: 12
Reflex: 17
Will: 13

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength              8                     8
Dexterity            16                    20
Constitution         14                    17
Intelligence         18                    26
Wisdom                8                     8
Charisma              8                     8

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Intelligence used at level 4
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 7
+2 Tome of Dexterity used at level 17
+2 Tome of Constitution used at level 20

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               5                    27
Bluff                -1                     0
Concentration         6                    27
Diplomacy            -1                     0
Disable Device        8                    36
Haggle               -1                     4
Heal                 -1                     0
Hide                  3                     6
Intimidate           -1                     0
Jump                  1                    13
Listen               -1                     0
Move Silently         3                     6
Open Lock             7                    29
Perform              n/a                    n/a
Repair                4                     9
Search                8                    33
Spot                  3                    23
Swim                 -1                     0
Tumble                n/a                   n/a
Use Magic Device      3                    30

Level 1 (Artificer)
Feat: (Half-Elf Dilettante) Half-Elf Dilettante: Ranger
Feat: (Selected) Insightful Reflexes


Level 2 (Artificer)


Level 3 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Point Blank Shot


Level 4 (Artificer)
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Rapid Shot


Level 5 (Artificer)


Level 6 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell


Level 7 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness


Level 8 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness


Level 9 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Ranged Weapons


Level 10 (Artificer)
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Precise Shot


Level 11 (Artificer)


Level 12 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Ranged Weapons


Level 13 (Artificer)


Level 14 (Artificer)
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Augment Summoning


Level 15 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Skill Focus: Use Magic Device


Level 16 (Artificer)


Level 17 (Artificer)


Level 18 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Heighten Spell
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Improved Precise Shot


Level 19 (Artificer)


Level 20 (Artificer)
Enhancement: Artificer Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Artificer Damage Boost II
Enhancement: Artificer Damage Boost III
Enhancement: Artificer Crossbow Attack I
Enhancement: Artificer Crossbow Damage I
Enhancement: Artificer Crossbow Damage II
Enhancement: Artificer Battle Engineer I
Enhancement: Uncaring Master
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Constitution I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Human Versatility I
Enhancement: Human Versatility II
Enhancement: Human Versatility III
Enhancement: Human Versatility IV
Enhancement: Way of the Clever Monkey I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness III
Enhancement: Improved Disable Device I
Enhancement: Improved Disable Device II
Enhancement: Improved Disable Device III
Enhancement: Improved Disable Device IV
Enhancement: Improved Search I
Enhancement: Improved Use Magic Device I
Enhancement: Improved Use Magic Device II
Enhancement: Improved Use Magic Device III
Enhancement: Improved Use Magic Device IV
Enhancement: Kinetic Spellcasting I
Enhancement: Kinetic Spellcasting II
Enhancement: Kinetic Spellcasting III
Enhancement: Kinetic Spellcasting IV
Enhancement: Kinetic Spellcasting V
Enhancement: Kinetic Spellcasting VI
Enhancement: Deadly Kinetics I
Enhancement: Deadly Kinetics II
Enhancement: Deadly Kinetics III
Enhancement: Deadly Kinetics IV
Enhancement: Deadly Kinetics V
Enhancement: Force Manipulation I
Enhancement: Force Manipulation II
Enhancement: Force Manipulation III
Enhancement: Force Manipulation IV
Enhancement: Force Manipulation V
Enhancement: Force Manipulation VI
Enhancement: Force Manipulation VII
Enhancement: Half-Elf Ranger Dexterity I
Enhancement: Artificer Intelligence I
Enhancement: Artificer Intelligence II
Enhancement: Artificer Wand and Scroll Mastery I
Enhancement: Artificer Wand and Scroll Mastery II
Enhancement: Artificer Wand and Scroll Mastery III

[amnota]

Shot on the run does not apply to Xbows curently.

[Lifespawn]

Shot on the run does not apply to Xbows curently.

it does but doesn't show in the inventory only in the rolls

[ariel7]

it does but doesn't show in the inventory only in the rolls

Sounds like my accountant.

[goodspeed]

well ****. Back to the board.

Ok new build up

[mondo]

I was considering rogue or monk levels as well, but in further reading and research I am seeing the hit to level 6 spells is quite costly. So I am second geussing, evasion or two 6th level spells, hmmmm.

[djsonar919]

In my opinion, and I've expressed this many times in other posts about 18/2 builds, is that going two levels of anything is severely hampers an Artificer end game. The reason I say this, is not only for the same reasons stated above, but also for the extra rune arm damage, an extra class bonus feat and as well as one of the best capstones in the game. Yes, evasion is nice. I'll give that to you. However, after capping an Artificer 3 almost 4 times, I have yet to really have a need for it. All the traps in DDO are pretty much avoidable. The ones that aren't, all have a "safespot" where you can stand to disarm them. (Except for like one or two traps that I can think of, and it's not even detremental to the party if you can't get them.) If you are scared to jump through traps, practice the quest on casual or normal first and bump up the difficulty from there until you get good at jumping through the traps.

I do understand that it's all about playstyle so whatever works for you is cool as long as you are having fun. I'm just putting my two coppers in.

[unbongwah]

All the traps in DDO are pretty much avoidable. The ones that aren't, all have a "safespot" where you can stand to disarm them.

You realize Evasion is for more than just traps, right?

[goodspeed]

I ended up going helf with 2 monk level splashes taking toughness for both.

It definitely is a great deal of fun. And I very much enjoy the word evade popping up as lightning and whatever else streaks into the group.

It was a tough call though, I mean that capstone is nice just for the increased base attack scroll. I think I'll probably go pure on the second life. See which I find more enjoyable. But for this life one main thing came to mind, and that was surviving raids to get all the loot. I felt the master arti raid alone was reason enough. Plus I like to farm sentinals alot.

I also took a look at spells. Which is why I did it after lv 6 as turret is pretty much the main spell for all fun leveling. After looking a bit more I found i'd give up 2 lv 6 spells and 1 lv 5. Lv 5 didn't really matter as I could slot all the ones I wanted anyway, but lv 6 would of been nice to have the detonation with the BB and deadly weapons. Course I could always switch em out for solo or group play.

I found id get my 5th lv spell (notably silver) at lv 14 which means id be in time for vale quests and devil farming.

So with a few small setbacks everything seemed logical. Their was only really 1 drawback in that a couple rune arms mainly the glorious obscenity and that one from devil assault gave a negative level when equipped. Well also the litany. Now I could have gone rogue but it just overlapped way way to much. Especially when I could take the dili. So I considered it a worthwhile tradeoff. The main rune arms my eyes were set on didn't have the negs on them.

And monk not only gave 2 feats (hey I like feats even if I have more then enough) but the added trap monkey teir 1, plus water stance. I'm finding it to be very enjoyable. I even thought of taking handwraps and meleeing using my int modifier for dmg with finess to use dex for hit, but I haven't had to do that yet. I think id's work somewhat well when perceiving dmg sucks against a target.

Anyway thanks for all insights.