Ozymoronic Barbarian

[UurlockYgmeov]

been posting to the wrong thread... the OP must be scratching his head....

SO will move those posts over here....

while am at it --- started on finishing Martial Past Lives so switched over to Legendary Dreadnaught...

Here is the current build: Will update the OP (and my the link in my signature)
updated the skills to facilitate leveling... (no more headaches and trying to hold a ruler up while leveling. :P)

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Oxymoronic Barbarian mk VI
18/2 Barbarian/Rogue
Chaotic Good Shadar-kai

Level Order
1. Rogue . . . . . 6. Barbarian . . .11. Barbarian . . .16. Barbarian
2. Barbarian. . . .7. Barbarian. . . 12. Barbarian. . . 17. Barbarian
3. Barbarian. . . .8. Barbarian. . . 13. Barbarian. . . 18. Barbarian
4. Barbarian. . . .9. Barbarian. . . 14. Barbarian. . . 19. Barbarian
5. Barbarian. . . 10. Barbarian. . . 15. Rogue. . . . .20. Barbarian

Stats
. . . . . . . .28pt. . .34pt. . .36pt . . Tome . . Level Up
. . . . . . . .----. . .----. . .---- . . ---- . . --------
Strength. . . . 11 . . . 14 . . . 14. . . .+6. . . .4: INT
Dexterity . . . 12 . . . 12 . . . 14. . . .+6. . . .8: INT
Constitution. . 17 . . . 17 . . . 17. . . .+6. . . 12: INT
Intelligence. . 16 . . . 17 . . . 17. . . .+6. . . 16: INT
Wisdom. . . . . .8 . . . .8 . . . .8. . . .+6. . . 20: INT
Charisma. . . . .6 . . . .6 . . . .6. . . .+6. . . 24: INT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28: INT

Skills
. . . . . R .B .B .B .B .B .B .B .B .B .B .B .B .B .R. B. B. B. B. B
. . . . . 1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
. . . . .------------------------------------------------------------
Balance . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Bluff . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Disable . 4 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Haggle. . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Heal. . . 2 .½ . . . . . . .½ .½ .½ .½ . . . . . . . . ½. ½. ½. 1. 1. .8
Jump. . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Open Lo . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 1. 1. 1 10. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Search. . 4 . . 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 2 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .23
Spot. . . 4 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
Tumble. . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
UMD . . . 4 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 23
. . . . .------------------------------------------------------------
. . . . .44 .7 .8 .8 .8 .8 .9 .9 .9 .9 10 10 10 10 15 11 11 11 12 12

Feats
.1. . . . : Power Attack
.3. . . . : Cleave
.6. . . . : Great Cleave
.9. . . . : Improved Critical: Piercing
12. . . . : Two Weapon Fighting
15. . . . : Insightful Reflexes
18. . . . : Improved Two Weapon Fighting
21 Epic . : Greater Two Weapon Fighting
24 Epic . : Overwhelming Critical
26 Destiny: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting
27 Epic . : Blinding Speed
28 Destiny: Elusive Target

Enhancements (80 AP)
Shadar-kai (1 AP)

• Shadar-kai Grit

Ravager (39 AP)

• Furious Rage, Pain Touch, Demoralizing Success, Pain Touch II, Subsiding Fury
  
  1. Ritual Scarring III, Barbarian Power Attack III, Hardy Rage III
  2. Cruel Cut III, Melee Power Boost III
  3. Slaughter III, Festering Wound III
  4. Laughter, Dismember III
  5. Blood Strength, Uncanny Balance, Critical Rage II

Harper Agent (18 AP)

• Agent of Good I, Intelligence
  
  1. Harper Enchantment, Strategic Combat
  2. Versatile Adept III, Know the Angles III
  3. Versatile Adept III, Strategic Combat

Occult Slayer (21 AP)

• Weapon Bond, Resistance, Elemental Defense, Blank Thoughts
  
  1. Extend Rage III, Parrying Bond III, Uncanny Dodger III
  2. Guarding Bond III, Lessons of Travel I
  3. Arcane Encumberance III, Kinetic Bond I

Frenzied Berserker (1 AP)

• Die Hard

Destiny (23 of 24 AP)
Legendary Dreadnought

1. Extra Action Boost III, Constitution
2. Momentum Swing III, Imp. Power Attack, Damage Boost III
3. Lay Waste, Critical Damage III
4. <none>
5. Advancing Blows, Devastating Critical
6. Master's Blitz

Twists of Fate (22 fate points)

1. Autumn Harvest (Tier 4 Primal)
2. Hail of Blows (Tier 2 Flowers)
3. Fast Healing (Tier 1 Fury)
4. Technician (Tier 1 Shadowdancer)

[UurlockYgmeov]

Just reincarnated, feeling squishy for a barbarian and iffy as a Barbarian ---> only time will tell

Only ship buffs:
HP: 576
SP: 105 (just funny to see on a non-spellcaster)
AC: 50
Dodge: 4% /14%
Str / Dex / Con: 21 25 32
Int / Wis / Chr: 32 15 13
DR: 4/-
Resist (A/C/E/F/S): 41 21 16 51 11 (past lives)
PRR: 66
MRR: 38
Doubleshot: 2%

Melee Attack Speed: 10%
Ranged Attack Speed: 10%

Melee Attack Power: 2
Ranged Attack Power: 0

Fortification: 100%
HAmp: 120%

Saves: (FRW) 25 24 13

Spot: 42
Search: 51
Disable: 55
Open: 49
UMD: 31 (can bump to 42 with con-op item and seven fingered gloves)
Heal: 18.5

face: [s]goggles of perception (diamon of vitality)[/s] ConOp Wis goggles (Know the Angles)
head: MinII helm
neck: deadly 6 necklace
trinket: litany of the dead / pale lavender
cloak: mysterious lv14 (diamond of int +4 4 / defense +8)
belt: spare hand (lv15)
ring (swap): ring of stalker (lv15)
gloves: guardians gauntlets (con +8)
boots: resistance +5 (topaz of feather falling / diamond of master's gift) (cannith crafted)
ring: blindness immunity and melee alacrity 10%(diamond of dex +4 and topaz of deathblock)
wrist: GS SmokeII
Body: black dragonhide armor
Quiver: Quiver of Alacrity

either dual wielding treason or treason + reward (vampirism)

item of note: probably not WAI - but dual wielding Reward grants the +0.5[W] set damage

going to try out Coronation and Deathnip next life.... going to hook up Coronation with rubies of ghostbane and vampire slayer...

[UurlockYgmeov]

been mostly using treason+reward. will try envenomed blade and earthshatter warhammers.

Gear Change:
Trinket: Treasure Hunter's Spyglass (+15 spot +15 search True Seeing UMD +3 Exc Int +1)
body: Duelist's Leather (lv16) - blackdragon might still be better.... haven't decided (permahaste and permarage and AR30 vs )
face: ConOp (Wis Skills Mana)


very durable so far (lordsmarch II he; GH he; Tor he; ---)
just chewed through orchard elites...

Earthshatter warhammer + reward just devoured Acid Wit...
Switched in old 3Pos Greatsword for Orchard trash
Switched in smiting rapier + reward for Fleshmaker
Switched in disruption rapier + reward for Vol / Inferno / GoP

Primary set is Envenomed Blade + Reward ---

Off Hand is between Reward (for those situations that require extra healing) and Cutthroat's Smallblade (Shortsword) (lv16) because of the +6% doublestrike. (that is IF I can find the lv16 version somewhere on my bank toons.)

[UurlockYgmeov]

lv17 Gear


gloves of master illusionist (lv17) (diamond of constitution +5)

[UurlockYgmeov]

lv18 Gear

Terror (just for the fun of it!)

[UurlockYgmeov]

Level 20 - EPIC level update

neck: deadly ml:20
trinket: Epic Treasure Hunter's Spyglass (lv20) ()
belt: Epic spare hand ()
ring (swap): Epic ring of stalker ()
gloves: PDK Gloves (HAmp)
wrist: Epic Bracers of Wind (for slots)
Body: Epic Duelist Leathers (ml:20)

Off Hand buff: Epic Cutthroat's Smallblade (Shortsword) (lv24) (for 6% doublestrike)


eSoS - just for the fun of it!

[UurlockYgmeov]

Level 23 gear:

• Balizarde, Protector of the King

Level 24 gear:
Duelist's Leathers (lv24)
Epic Treasure Hunter's Spyglass (lv24)
Orcish Privateer's Boots
Iron Mitts
Off Hand Buff: Devourer's Reaping (+14% doublestrike)
Main Hand: Thunder-forged tier 2 - Rapier (with 1st Degree Burns)

Thunder-forged tier 2 - Heavy Pick (with 1st Degree Burns)

Mutineer's Blade

still debating which is better - the rapier or the heavy pick.... they seem to break even in the long run.

[UurlockYgmeov]

Level 25 gear:

Ring of Lies

Level 26 gear: (now phased out for TF versions)

+7 epic smoldering rapier

+7 epic smoldering heavy pick (alt)

Level 27 gear:

Epic Ethereal Bracers

Epic Eye of the Beholder

Epic Belt of Thoughtful Rememberance

Necklace of Mystic Eidolons

[UurlockYgmeov]

Twists (for legendary dreadnought)
tier 4 - autumn harvest (heal)
tier 2 - hail of blows (doublestrike)
tier 1 - Fast Healing
tier 1 - Technician

alternative twists
tier 4 - symmetric strikes (+5% damage) or summon dryad / 4 sense weakness
tier - 3 - grim precision / 1 impreg mind (will saves) / 2 running with the wind / 3 purity of essence (HAmp)
tier 1 - Purge the Wicked
tier 1 -



suggestions (and supporting comments) are welcome.

[UurlockYgmeov]

****^reserved****

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Final Level 28 stats - right before first IR (just 3 ER's in martial to get full doublestrike past lives).

Only ship buffs (In Legendary Dreadnought):
HP: 1310 (1450 raged)
SP: 505 (just funny to see on a non-spellcaster)
AC: 87
Dodge: 21% /27%
Str / Dex / Con: 31 38 42 (38 37 52)
Int / Wis / Chr: 48 23 23 (48 22 14)
DR: 9/-
Resist (A/C/E/F/S): 53 63 53 83 23 (past lives)
PRR: 89
MRR: 62

Doubleshot: 16%
Doublestrike: 31%

Melee Attack Speed: 15%
Ranged Attack Speed: 22%

Melee Attack Power: 54 (170+)
Ranged Attack Power: 42 (unk)

Fortification: 120%
HAmp: 240%

Saves: (FRW) 59 60 42 (57 53 44 raged)

Rogue Skills(no GH): (swap gear)
Spot: 78
Search: 98
Disable: 79 (94)
Open: 86
UMD: 65 (can bump to 70 with con-op item and seven fingered gloves)
Heal: 37

Positive Spell Power: 89


Does Positive Spell Power / Heal Skill affect fast healing (past life feat and or epic destiny twist) and or barbarian self healing - and or vampirism?

Time to IR and do 2nd barbarian life. Same build.

[UurlockYgmeov]

Getting ready to IR in the next couple of days and will fill in the stats above for lv28.

Also several items were brought up to my attention and will try to make use of them next 15-20+:

going to try out Coronation and Deathnip next life.... going to hook up Coronation with rubies of ghostbane and vampire slayer... AND Coronation will be great for Morninglord Cleric lives.

[UurlockYgmeov]

so just Iconic Recarnated, and keep Reward (only item saved). Found something interesting:

item of note: probably not WAI - but dual wielding Reward grants the +0.5[W] set damage

[Bolo_Grubb]

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...80#post5619480

thanks to your Ozymoronic Barbarian build I decided to try something a bit different with my Half-orc at the post above.

[UurlockYgmeov]

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...80#post5619480

thanks to your Ozymoronic Barbarian build I decided to try something a bit different with my Half-orc at the post above.

Bolo_Grubb - you should post your build in Rogue and do what I did with Ozymoronic Barbarian - in any case glad you are having fun!

[adrian69]

problems that i see with the build. are you gonna rage or not? crit rage only works while raging
empower/maximize/mental toughness/cocoon seem to indicate you won't rage much.

Pot and spell rage trigger blood rage and ravager core 1. I haven't looked to see if they affect crit rage.

[UurlockYgmeov]

Pot and spell rage trigger blood rage and ravager core 1. I haven't looked to see if they affect crit rage.

I haven't either - things just die too quickly! :P

[adrian69]

problems that i see with the build. are you gonna rage or not? crit rage only works while raging
empower/maximize/mental toughness/cocoon seem to indicate you won't rage much

few ideas
1) barbarian cores are tasty, and you're taking only 11 levels. maybe ditch evasion and go heavy armor. Replace second rogue level with barb. Or replace both rog levels with Artificer 1.

2) replace wizard with swashbuckler. lose ddoor, gain DPS. easier on skills as well. could be STR-based with KtA. maybe slightly different split as mentioned here: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/452484 (scroll down for more mature builds).

Divine Crusader passive healing + Ravager Blood Strength should offer enough hjealz while raged, and you'll have Consecration for oh-**** moments.

Blood Strength, Ravager, and other rage abilities work spell raged or pot raged. So this can be worked around.

Nvm, just realized I'd posted this once already. On of them days.

[UurlockYgmeov]

Blood Strength, Ravager, and other rage abilities work spell raged or pot raged. So this can be worked around.

Nvm, just realized I'd posted this once already. On of them days.

been having one of them myself. thanks again for the input! the build is a blast so far... just 3 more ER's (ok maybe 5-6) then two IR's and onto Sorc.

[UurlockYgmeov]

Been a blast. very fun build.

Suggestion from someone in a PUG - use guild potions (for remove curse, cure disease, poison neutralization, rage) - and love it... made life so much easier.

Celestia - wow... great sword... slotted a sapphire of +2 luck because couldn't find anything else good for there.

Finished last epic past life feat in martial, so now have both martial and divine times three. Ontoward to Sorcerer lives and finishing the remaining Primal and Arcane epic past live feats.