Fighter / Paladin

[Xylathor]

I've got a toon dedicated to being a fighter. I'm thinking going Fighter / pally, THF, heavy armor. My initial thought was going Fighter 16, with 4 levels of paladin mainly for the LoH, saves, and smites.

Comments / suggestions / recommendations?

A few conditions:

1) No Bladeforged. I don't want to play around with Iconics.

2) No monk. If the case can be made for Fighter / Cleric (which I've already done), Fighter FvS, or something else I have no problem with that. But keep it to 2 classes only, no monk. It seems everyone splashes monk these days. I want something different.

3) My toon already has loads of heavy armor and great swords. That's the direction I want to take.

4) I already have a Paladin toon. This guy is my dedicated fighter. So fighter has to be the main class in the build.

5) I don't need a full breakdown of a class, just basic stats, what trees you'd hit, and why.

My build is not to your spec, but maybe it will give you something to think about. Right now I have a Bladeforged 12 Fighter / 5 FvS / 3 Pally build. FvS Warpriest for the Religious Weapon Enhancement. Pally for Bladeforged weapon feats. Fighter for Kensei. I went with 3 pally because I didnt have a +1 Lesser Heart Wood or Id probably go 15 Fighter / 5 FvS. Great greatswords bonuses and great self healing from Bladeforged.

[bsquishwizzy]

As holy sword is better than kensai come U23, there really isn't much point in intentionally building a fighter. Especially when going fleshy as you'll be so far behind the curve on survivability it's not funny.

Yeah, ummm, great and all. I already have a pure Paladin. You act like my toons have to compete with one another and that this is some sort of contest.

Yeah Holy Sword is nice. And I’ll have that on my pure Paladin. But I don’t want another pure paladin as I already have one in my stable of toons. So please, try to understand this very *basic* concept.

If you insist, fighter 20 for capstone and all that good stuff, heavy armor for PRR/MRR, and caccoon/heal scrolls to keep yourself alive. With the new damage mitigation it should be viable. Not strong, but viable.

Yes, because asking about a Fighter / Paladin build means I want a pure lvl 20 fighter.

Did you not get the main topic of this thread?

The various 12/6/2 "Cetus" builds are also strong. Stronger as Bladeforged but still viable as Human.[/QUOTE]
There are 2 Cetus builds that apply to a fighter that I know of. One of them includes monk (a disqualifier), and another includes bladeforged (yet another disqualifier). Are there any others that you know of that I haven’t specified?

I would never troll. You must have me confused for somebody else.

At this point, claiming that you were trolling would make this post less disturbing…

[bsquishwizzy]

My build is not to your spec, but maybe it will give you something to think about. Right now I have a Bladeforged 12 Fighter / 5 FvS / 3 Pally build. FvS Warpriest for the Religious Weapon Enhancement. Pally for Bladeforged weapon feats. Fighter for Kensei. I went with 3 pally because I didnt have a +1 Lesser Heart Wood or Id probably go 15 Fighter / 5 FvS. Great greatswords bonuses and great self healing from Bladeforged.

On the Fighter / FvS build, what did you go with as your main stats, and what were your main trees for both classes?

[unbongwah]

To flesh out my ftr 12 / FvS 4 / pal 4 idea:

• Stats: STR-based, obviously, with good CHA for Div Might + Div Grace bonuses. Strong CON too, ofc, rest is up to you.
• Feats: the usual suspects - Power Atk/Cleave/GC, IC:Slash, WF/WS/GWF:Slash, THF x3. So that's 10 feats out of 14 (15 if human). I'd add in some tactics feats (Imp Sunder, Stunning Blow); if you're doing epics I'd want Emp Heal for ED abilities (Rejuv Cocoon etc.).
• Enhancements: at lease 31 APs for Keen Edge & Power Surge and 22 APs for Div Might & Ameliorating Strike, leaving 27 APs free. Right now I would put at least 11 APs into SD for defensive stance; after U23 goes live, at least 13 APs for +6 STR (up to 24 APs for +20% HPs & Swift Defense as well).

Should have good DPS, high saves, and some self-healing; U23 will improve the defensive benefits of hvy armor as well as Gtr Stance bonuses.