Could this build...

[Maelodic]

work?

So I've been attempting to make a wraith puncher build viable, and so far, this is what I've come up with.

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Level 20 Lawful Neutral Halfling Male
(2 Monk \ 12 Wizard \ 6 Artificer) 
Hit Points: 227
Spell Points: 1162 
BAB: 11\11\16\21
Fortitude: 12
Reflex: 13
Will: 18

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 20)
Strength             12                    13
Dexterity            16                    17
Constitution         14                    14
Intelligence         16                    24
Wisdom               12                    12
Charisma              8                     8

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Strength used at level 5
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 8

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 20)
Balance               5                     9.5
Bluff                -1                     3
Concentration         6                    28
Diplomacy            -1                    -1
Disable Device        7                    30
Haggle               -1                    -1
Heal                  1                     1
Hide                  3                     7
Intimidate           -1                    -1
Jump                  2                     4
Listen                1                     3
Move Silently         3                     5
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair                3                     7
Search                7                    26.5
Spot                  5                    12
Swim                  1                     1
Tumble                4                     4
Use Magic Device      3                    23

Level 1 (Artificer)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness


Level 2 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Two Weapon Fighting


Level 3 (Monk)
Feat: (Selected) Precision
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Weapon Finesse


Level 4 (Artificer)


Level 5 (Artificer)


Level 6 (Artificer)
Feat: (Artificer Bonus) Extend Spell
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack


Level 7 (Artificer)


Level 8 (Artificer)


Level 9 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Spell Focus: Necromancy


Level 10 (Wizard)


Level 11 (Wizard)


Level 12 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Two Weapon Fighting


Level 13 (Wizard)
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Empower Spell


Level 14 (Wizard)


Level 15 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Bludgeoning Weapons


Level 16 (Wizard)


Level 17 (Wizard)


Level 18 (Wizard)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy
Feat: (Wizard Bonus) Mental Toughness


Level 19 (Wizard)


Level 20 (Wizard)
Enhancement: Artificer Damage Boost I
Enhancement: Artificer Damage Boost II
Enhancement: Artificer Skill Boost I
Enhancement: Artificer Skill Boost II
Enhancement: Artificer Crossbow Attack I
Enhancement: Artificer Crossbow Damage I
Enhancement: Artificer Battle Engineer I
Enhancement: Uncaring Master
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning I
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning II
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning III
Enhancement: Halfling Cunning IV
Enhancement: Halfling Guile I
Enhancement: Halfling Guile II
Enhancement: Halfling Guile III
Enhancement: Halfling Guile IV
Enhancement: Way of the Patient Tortoise I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Improved Concentration I
Enhancement: Improved Concentration II
Enhancement: Improved Use Magic Device I
Enhancement: Acid Manipulation I
Enhancement: Acid Manipulation II
Enhancement: Acid Manipulation III
Enhancement: Acid Manipulation IV
Enhancement: Acid Manipulation V
Enhancement: Acid Manipulation VI
Enhancement: Flame Manipulation I
Enhancement: Flame Manipulation II
Enhancement: Flame Manipulation III
Enhancement: Flame Manipulation IV
Enhancement: Flame Manipulation V
Enhancement: Flame Manipulation VI
Enhancement: Wizard Energy of the Scholar I
Enhancement: Wizard Energy of the Scholar II
Enhancement: Wizard Energy of the Scholar III
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence I
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence II
Enhancement: Wizard Intelligence III
Enhancement: Wizard Pale Master I
Enhancement: Wizard Pale Master II
Enhancement: Shroud of the Wraith

Basicaly it's:
Use Insightful Damage, so you can pump int, allowing you to do traps and UMD.
Attempt to be immortal with:
Blur
Incorporeality
Displacement
Dusk Heart if it stacks with all that
Death Aura Heals
Little Death Aura Heals
Negative Energy Burst when scared.
Evasion
Trap skills
"Okay" AC... possibly.

Throw down some acid aoe dot and have at it.
Precision was taken to make up for the lack of to-hit if you can't hit things, stunning fist could be an alternative but I don't see how you can get the DC high enough that mobs won't laugh at you.
As a bonus, you get haste/rage/elemental weapons/stoneskine/protection from elements/resist elements, all those tasty buffs.

THE PROBLEM IS.

You don't have enough BAB at 18 to take GTWF.

Would this build be able to take it at 21?

Also is this okay? It's based on geoffhanna's Oriental Adventures build (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=157643), I just wanted something more dead and immortal with tons of intense AOE damage.

[unbongwah]

Use Insightful Damage, so you can pump int, allowing you to do traps and UMD.

ID says "Enchants a crossbow or one handed melee weapon" - so might not work w/handwraps. Definitely test that before you commit to this build!

Dusk Heart if it stacks with all that

Concealment bonus, IIRC, so pretty sure it won't stack w/Blur or Displacement.

[Maelodic]

ID says "Enchants a crossbow or one handed melee weapon" - so might not work w/handwraps. Definitely test that before you commit to this build!

Concealment bonus, IIRC, so pretty sure it won't stack w/Blur or Displacement.

It does actually work with handwraps.

[legendlore]

Made a similar build when u14 launched (in signature if interested) that is more caster and tank focused but the class split and build concept of using of int is similar.

I do wonder a bit though about what the int focus brings to your build (besides spell points) since you don't seem to use many feats to back it up. With the current melee feat focus I believe that a regular str/wis build might be preferable.

Melee cc feats will as you suspected not be very viable at end game and you're better of using epic destiny cc or if you focus a bit more on it some cc spells.

You don't have enough BAB at 18 to take GTWF.

Would this build be able to take it at 21?

By my calculations you should have bab 12 by then, so no. Playing this type of build makes heavy use of Tensers transformation and Divine Power. Wouldn't be to worried about the to-hit though with the new to-hit system so think you could use precision for something else.

[Maelodic]

Made a similar build when u14 launched (in signature if interested) that is more caster and tank focused but the class split and build concept of using of int is similar.

I do wonder a bit though about what the int focus brings to your build (besides spell points) since you don't seem to use many feats to back it up. With the current melee feat focus I believe that a regular str/wis build might be preferable.

Melee cc feats will as you suspected not be very viable at end game and you're better of using epic destiny cc or if you focus a bit more on it some cc spells.

Int focus brings traps, high enough spell DC to use circle of death on the trash, and yes, spell points. Also as a halfling, STR is a bit low anyway.

By my calculations you should have bab 12 by then, so no. Playing this type of build makes heavy use of Tensers transformation and Divine Power. Wouldn't be to worried about the to-hit though with the new to-hit system so think you could use precision for something else.

If it's bab 12 then it would qualify for GTWF, the requirement for that is bab 11.


To-hit will be fine, especially when using halfling cunning/guile, which is part of the reason I made it a halfling. Precision is so I can always, always cast while I'm working on this because tensers makes it unavailiable, because this build is so aoe damage and healing based, you want to be able to cast always.

[legendlore]

Int focus brings traps, high enough spell DC to use circle of death on the trash, and yes, spell points. Also as a halfling, STR is a bit low anyway.

With a +8 int item, +3 insightful int and if you got room for it (I'm guessing most slots will be melee focused) a +2 necro dc item you will have a DC of 30 on your circle of death at end game, will likely work now and then in epic normal but not much more. You will also have to be very selective at choosing targets since your spell penetration will be 12 and you will notice that there is more monsters than drow that has spell resistance (such as yuanti etc) albeit at such low values that most casters never notice it, but this build will.

It's your build and I hope you'll enjoy it, but the point was that I think you could utilize the int focus a bit more while you're going for it anyway. I'd probably swap weapon finesse for insightful reflexes as well since str is so easily buffed compared to dexterity (meaning you'll likely achieve about equal values in them), this makes gearing easier since you can focus your gear slots on int for max saves and to-hit shouldn't suffer to much unless you planed to use a lot of dex gear.

If it's bab 12 then it would qualify for GTWF, the requirement for that is bab 11.

That's good then, got my feat prerequisite values mixed up.

To-hit will be fine, especially when using halfling cunning/guile, which is part of the reason I made it a halfling. Precision is so I can always, always cast while I'm working on this because tensers makes it unavailiable, because this build is so aoe damage and healing based, you want to be able to cast always.

Tensers transformation doesn't prevent casting anymore, it doubles spell cool downs and gives a -2 penalty to DC:s, while double cool down might sound harsh my experience is that with auras already going healing is mostly fine anyway and the +8 to AC it brings makes the need for emergency energy bursts less frequent. At boss fights use a divine power clickie so you can keep your dots (and emergency heals) up.