Shortsword

[Battlehawke]

OK,

I wanted a toon that had trapper skills, but played like a melee. I really wanted to do something with shortswords, even though I know they are not the best DPS in DDO. I wanted a trapper that could run around in Legendary Dreadnaught ED and play with the big boys. EE traps, No Problem! I struggled a bit, because I wanted to be able to have three of the most important things that DDO offers currently in a toon. Which I think are:

1. Veil: Basically a 25% Displacement Clikie that you can ALWAYS have running.
2. Fury Shot. While I primarily run in LD, I do run in Fury when with high DPS toons
3. Self Healing Primarily through Caccon.

Feel free to post advice on how to improve the build. I will post Enhancements and Gear Later.

The final version that I ended up with is 9 Monk, 6 Ranger, 5 Rogue.

It has superior survivability, with self heals primarily through Caccoon and from Max UMD 100% with NO FAIL Heal scrolls, 100% Cure Serious Wands, and Pots. The AC is not uber but the PRR from Earth Stance is Superior and combined with Max Dodge its really nice.

I run around with Shortswords and hope to have two Maxed out Celestias soon. I'm also thinking two Shortswords with Obscenity on them will be pretty nice.

The build needs some tweaking, because I initially did a +20 LR from a pure Rogue. The feats are in order of need for the build, not in order of best to have at level. So if you decide to take the feats out of order or level out of order, be CAREFUL, you may not be able to complete the build properly.

Str: 13 (you must be able to get to 13 early and fast for feat requirements)
Dex: 18 (ALL Level Ups into Dex, this is a DEX build)
Con: 14
Int: 14 (drop this for less than 36 point builds, and then Con if you are really struggling, maybe even go Dex to 16)
Wis: 11 (must be able to get to 13 with Tomes for Zen Archery)
Cha: 8

1 Rog Point Blank Shot,
2 Rgr Fav Enemy (undead)
3 Rgr Power Attack, Cleave
4 Rgr
5 Rgr
6 Rgr Great Cleave
7 Rgr Favored Enemy (Evil Outsider)
8 Rgr
9 Mnk Two Weapon Defense (for the PRR), Zen Archery
10 Mnk Path of Light
11 Rog
12 Mnk IC-Piercing
13 Mnk
14 Rog
15 Mnk Greater Two Weapon Fighting, Toughness
16 Rog
17 Mnk
18 Mnk Master of Forms
19 Mnk
20 Rog

21 Grand Master of Forms
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23
24 Combat Archery
25
26 Perfect Two Weapon Fighting
27 Epic DR (more PRR)
28 Elusive Target (5% chance for everything coming at you to miss)

Place all Level up Skill Points into UMD, Search, Disable Device, Spot, Open Lock and Balance. Depending on Tomes and starting points, put the rest into Balance, Heal and Bluff .


Primary Epic Destiny is Legendary Dreadnaught ( I love blitz), Secondary is Fury (When I know I am in an Uber Party or Raid and can't keep blitz running) I do LOVE Fury Shot) (and while this is not a Str build nor a Dex to damage with Bows, It still does some pretty intense damage)

Twists: Caccon, Standing with Stone, and Brace for Impact


A great build so far, especially for those looking to have some Short Sword Flair!

Feel free to post advice on how to improve the build. I will post more later.

[Vissarion]

How are Celestias getting nerfed in U20? I was planning a SS Ninja build, as well.

[Battlehawke]

How are Celestias getting nerfed in U20? I was planning a SS Ninja build, as well.

Disregard that! I was confusing this with a different build of mine. A Q staff one with Dreampiercer. Lifestealing is getting a nerf in U20.

[Arkadios]

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1 Rog Point Blank Shot, Magical Training (gets you endless Cacoons later)
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Just so you know if you take the arcane archer enhancement "energy of the wild" to tier 3 it grants the magical training feat for free, so you can swap that feat out for something else.

[Battlehawke]

Just so you know if you take the arcane archer enhancement "energy of the wild" to tier 3 it grants the magical training feat for free, so you can swap that feat out for something else.

For Real? Going to have to check that out.

[Battlehawke]

Just so you know if you take the arcane archer enhancement "energy of the wild" to tier 3 it grants the magical training feat for free, so you can swap that feat out for something else.

Omg! Just confirmed it. That's Awesome! Thanks! Need re do already. That's huge!

Thanks Again!

Battlehawke