Ungimp my Kensei fighter please :)

[Ambulance]

So, I've recently started to play around with my 28pt fighter, that I did back in the day. And I realized that he was such a gimp. Not knowing very much about DDO when I built this character, I made a WF S&B using bastard swords. He had base damage output that was OK, but no HP, no resistances, no saves and no AC.. Since he wasn't capped and I couldn't stand playing him like that when I recently started playing him again, I just LRd him into a TWF Kensei using khopeshes, which I rather enjoy at the moment. I capped him and he's already lvl 24 now

What I miss though is the good gear. What endgame gear should I be looking at? I have all packs available and don't mind grinding. As I'm Kensei, I'm looking for DPS stuff, but don't mind good resistances and good HP

What I currently have is this:

Head: Minos Legens
Armor: Quorforged Docent of Battle
Belt: Ogre Power +8 Belt of Balance +13
Bracers: Levik's Bracers
Ring: Epic Ring of the Buccaneer
Ring: Ogre Power +1 Ring of Spell Resistance +19
Gloves: Epic Brawling Gloves
Boots: Striding Boots
Goggles: +45 HP Triple Earth GS Goggles
Necklace: Golden Guile
Trinket: Bloodstone
Cloak: Charisma +6 Cloak of Resistance +7
Weapons: Min I / Min II GS Khopeshes

That's not THAT bad, but still very far away from an ideal DPS setup.

So what do you suggest me?

thanks for replies

[Lonnbeimnech]

Armor: Quorforged Docent of Battle, should be replaced with armor of any sort. Even a robe would be better.

[Hobgoblin]

Armor: Quorforged Docent of Battle, should be replaced with armor of any sort. Even a robe would be better.

um its a wf......

(yes i know wf are not ideal for meeles)

OP is that supressed or not on the docent?

also go for the pdk gloves to replace your brawling gloves

hob

[Lonnbeimnech]

um its a wf......

(yes i know wf are not ideal for meeles)

...yeah, I didn't want to come right out and say it, but yeah.

[Bumbaragum]

End game gear:

Gogglees: Tharnes goggles http://ddowiki.com/page/Tharne%27s_Goggles

Gloves:PDK (as someone said it above) http://ddowiki.com/page/Purple_Dragon_Gauntlets

Armor: Red dragonscale http://ddowiki.com/page/Cormyrian_Re...onscale_Docent

Boots: Treads of Falling or Madstone Boots http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Treads_of_Falling_Shadow http://ddowiki.com/page/Madstone_Boots

Bracers: Convalescent of superior parrying (Lesser or Greater also, depending where your Hamp is allocated)

Cloak: Adamantine cloak of the Bear and Wolf http://ddowiki.com/page/Adamantine_Cloak_of_the_Bear http://ddowiki.com/page/Adamantine_Cloak_of_the_Wolf

Weapon Off-hand: Alchemical Earth/Air/Water khopesh or Air/Air/Water or Air/Air/Air.

More advices will come

[Ambulance]

Armor: Quorforged Docent of Battle, should be replaced with armor of any sort. Even a robe would be better.

Well, that helps a lot :P I know HOrc would probably be better for melee, all my other melees are HOrc, but I kinda like this one as well. I don't want to TR this toon at all, as it was the only of my early toons that I still have (deleted the others, as they were uber gimps, and back then you couldn't just TR )

um its a wf......

(yes i know wf are not ideal for meeles)

OP is that supressed or not on the docent?

also go for the pdk gloves to replace your brawling gloves

hob

the docent is already upgraded so it has superior false life & toughness

End game gear:

Gogglees: Tharnes goggles http://ddowiki.com/page/Tharne%27s_Goggles

Gloves:PDK (as someone said it above) http://ddowiki.com/page/Purple_Dragon_Gauntlets

Armor: Red dragonscale http://ddowiki.com/page/Cormyrian_Re...onscale_Docent

Boots: Treads of Falling or Madstone Boots http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Treads_of_Falling_Shadow http://ddowiki.com/page/Madstone_Boots

Bracers: Convalescent of superior parrying (Lesser or Greater also, depending where your Hamp is allocated)

Cloak: Adamantine cloak of the Bear and Wolf http://ddowiki.com/page/Adamantine_Cloak_of_the_Bear http://ddowiki.com/page/Adamantine_Cloak_of_the_Wolf

Weapon Off-hand: Alchemical Earth/Air/Water khopesh or Air/Air/Water or Air/Air/Air.

More advices will come

as for the pdk gloves - are they worth it w/o the set? And is the set not worse than the claw set?

thanks anyway for you answers already!

[Ape_Man]

TR into something other than WF.

[Ambulance]

TR into something other than WF.

this:

Well, that helps a lot :P I know HOrc would probably be better for melee, all my other melees are HOrc, but I kinda like this one as well. I don't want to TR this toon at all, as it was the only of my early toons that I still have (deleted the others, as they were uber gimps, and back then you couldn't just TR )

[Bumbaragum]

The pdk gloves are worth without the set bonus, they are also very easy to adquire. It should improve your healing Amp by a good marging and by just using these with leviks you will feel less gimp and more bulk up.

The claw set is a good one and sligtly superior the PDK set and occupy a slot less, but it's a hard grind and not worth the effort.

you welcome

[Ambulance]

The pdk gloves are worth without the set bonus, they are also very easy to adquire. It should improve your healing Amp by a good marging and by just using these with leviks you will feel less gimp and more bulk up.

The claw set is a good one and sligtly superior the PDK set and occupy a slot less, but it's a hard grind and not worth the effort.

you welcome

makes sense. Thank you

[azrael4h]

If you have Stunning Blow, try to grab one of the House Dun'Robar signet rings. You can get them with +10 Stunning, Vertigo, or Sundering, or +5 exceptional combat mastery, as well as a +2 insight bonus to a stat. My monk uses +10 Stun, Dodge 4%, and Insight +2 STR.

Easy to get, and you basically have an open ring slot since spell resistance 19 won't do anything at this level.

I second the PDK gloves. Super-easy to get, +7 STR, +2 Insight Con, and 30% hamp makes for very tasty treat, especially on WF.

[cru121]

as for weapons, look at lootgen mauling (commonish) or much rarer +7 BPM affixes
http://ddowiki.com/page/Composed_weapon_affixes

[Ambulance]

thanks for the input so far!

nobody else?

how about Kensei ToD set? Still worth it?

@Bumbaragum: If I drop my GS goggles for Tharne's, where will I put my +45 HP?

[Inouk]

SR 19 does essentially nothing for you. Drop that ring for dunrobars or epic stalker, which makes your bloodstone redundant, or both if you can part with buccaneer also. Move GS HP item to necklace ..or head and slot toughness and Fort in epic items. Eventually you'll want planar focus item in trinket if you're serious about grinding and raiding. And of course there are much better weapons than Min I/II including crafted and alchemical, would also consider epic elemental khopesh of water and epic calomel in interim. Just some thoughts before bed.

[Wipey]

Do you have anything crafted on that Morgana's ( or do you have any other clean ToD ring ), do you have Cannith/Eveningstar challenges ( or enough daily tokens ) ? Any Dunrobar or Avithoul rings ?

[Nitesco]

What are your feats?

[LOOON375]

Yes, the Purple Knight gloves are more than worth it.

Hell, the whole set is worth it if you can fit it in, but I see you are warforged.

[Hobgoblin]

Head: Minos Legens
Armor: Quorforged Docent of Battle
Belt: Ogre Power +8 Belt of Balance +13
Bracers: Levik's Bracers
Ring: Epic Ring of the Buccaneer
Ring: Ogre Power +1 Ring of Spell Resistance +19
Gloves: Epic Brawling Gloves
Boots: Striding Boots
Goggles: +45 HP Triple Earth GS Goggles
Necklace: Golden Guile
Trinket: Bloodstone
Cloak: Charisma +6 Cloak of Resistance +7
Weapons: Min I / Min II GS Khopeshes

That's not THAT bad, but still very far away from an ideal DPS setup.

So what do you suggest me?

thanks for replies

Head: Minos Legens - pdk helm/helm of the red dragon
Armor: Quorforged Docent of Battle- look for the stone heart/ancient gemstone
Belt: Ogre Power +8 Belt of Balance +13 - if you use tactics, go for the spare hand/tod belt
Bracers: Levik's Bracers - okay - but maybe look at the sun soul bracers/ claw bracers
Ring: Epic Ring of the Buccaneer - kinda meh. would go for a tod ring
Ring: Ogre Power +1 Ring of Spell Resistance +19 - ring of the stalker
Gloves: Epic Brawling Gloves - this is covered, but claw or charged gauntlets
Boots: Striding Boots - boots of propulsion
Goggles: +45 HP Triple Earth GS Goggles
Necklace: Golden Guile - kensi neckie
Trinket: Bloodstone - ok. not great but ok.
Cloak: Charisma +6 Cloak of Resistance +7 - spare hand.
Weapons: Min I / Min II GS Khopeshes - lit 2, chaosblades, kopesh of water

hope that helps

hob

[Ambulance]

SR 19 does essentially nothing for you. Drop that ring for dunrobars or epic stalker, which makes your bloodstone redundant, or both if you can part with buccaneer also. Move GS HP item to necklace ..or head and slot toughness and Fort in epic items. Eventually you'll want planar focus item in trinket if you're serious about grinding and raiding. And of course there are much better weapons than Min I/II including crafted and alchemical, would also consider epic elemental khopesh of water and epic calomel in interim. Just some thoughts before bed.

thanks for the input!

Do you have anything crafted on that Morgana's ( or do you have any other clean ToD ring ), do you have Cannith/Eveningstar challenges ( or enough daily tokens ) ? Any Dunrobar or Avithoul rings ?

nope, nothing crafted on it yet. I wanted to wait for the right ring before I start crafting sth onto it. And no, no other rings yet

What are your feats?

Don't have access to my fighter right now, but I chose the typical dps stuff. all TWF feats, some toughness and tactics, improved crit slashing, cleave, greater cleave and overwhelming crit slashing, I think more or less

Head: Minos Legens - pdk helm/helm of the red dragon
Armor: Quorforged Docent of Battle- look for the stone heart/ancient gemstone
Belt: Ogre Power +8 Belt of Balance +13 - if you use tactics, go for the spare hand/tod belt
Bracers: Levik's Bracers - okay - but maybe look at the sun soul bracers/ claw bracers
Ring: Epic Ring of the Buccaneer - kinda meh. would go for a tod ring
Ring: Ogre Power +1 Ring of Spell Resistance +19 - ring of the stalker
Gloves: Epic Brawling Gloves - this is covered, but claw or charged gauntlets
Boots: Striding Boots - boots of propulsion
Goggles: +45 HP Triple Earth GS Goggles
Necklace: Golden Guile - kensi neckie
Trinket: Bloodstone - ok. not great but ok.
Cloak: Charisma +6 Cloak of Resistance +7 - spare hand.
Weapons: Min I / Min II GS Khopeshes - lit 2, chaosblades, kopesh of water

hope that helps

hob

cheers for the ideas

[Nitesco]

When gearing a melee, it all comes down to whether you have multiple tactics feats, one tactics feat or no tactics feats. Everything else is built up around the possiblities of slotting for those. Until we know that, we can't really offer you an optimal setup.