Guidance for building a melee class who can handle traps/lock

[Euthorcize]

I am a returning player who has not played in years and am playing on a new server. I have 32 point builds available and VIPs but I have no loot and only a vague recall of game mechanics, so I may as well be a noob.

I want to make a melee character who is able to handle traps/locks smoothly throughout their entire level progression. My goal is to just do lots of quests, not necessarily power level to the top as quick as I can or have the optimal character. I am not tied down to any particular race or class, except I presume that I will need multiple rogue levels? Can anyone offer any guidance?

[Taurnish]

I am a returning player who has not played in years and am playing on a new server. I have 32 point builds available and VIPs but I have no loot and only a vague recall of game mechanics, so I may as well be a noob.I want to make a melee character who is able to handle traps/locks smoothly throughout their entire level progression. My goal is to just do lots of quests, not necessarily power level to the top as quick as I can or have the optimal character. I am not tied down to any particular race or class, except I presume that I will need multiple rogue levels? Can anyone offer any guidance?

2 rogue, 2 fighter, 16 bard swashbuckler. pick up rogue gear, light armor and buckler, 2 extra feats with fighter.

[GuntherBovine]

I am a returning player who has not played in years and am playing on a new server. I have 32 point builds available and VIPs but I have no loot and only a vague recall of game mechanics, so I may as well be a noob.

I want to make a melee character who is able to handle traps/locks smoothly throughout their entire level progression. My goal is to just do lots of quests, not necessarily power level to the top as quick as I can or have the optimal character. I am not tied down to any particular race or class, except I presume that I will need multiple rogue levels? Can anyone offer any guidance?

Pre-U19, I made it to 20 with a Human 15 Pal/3 Rog/2 Rgr build that was a lot of fun. I did all my quests solo. Dual wielded Khopeshes, had self-healing and could pop the vast majority of locks and disarm almost all traps.

If you like to shot arrows and sneak in addition to locks and traps, a 12 Rgr / 6 Pal / 2 Rog would be the way to go. I personally only rarely shot arrows. I haven't played much since U19, so I can't say how well it would work with the new enhancement regime.

[Hephaistor]

Rogue Akrobat and Rogue Assassin both got a boost and are nice to play now. Not "flavor of the month" min-max builds for easy epic elite engame soloing, but decent melee toons with good trap skills that can run EE in groups and EH solo.

My 15 bard/3fighter/2rogue is such an solo EE min-max build. Stacked Swashbuckler, Vanguard and Know the Angles from Harper for a very high DC with low blow and shield stun. Fascinated, tripped and stunned mobs can be killed with Coup-De-Grace using my perform DC. SWF + Swashbuckling + Exploit Weakness + Legendary Shield Mastery is enough DPS to kill high HP mobs fast. Stacking as much Armor-Piercing as possible is important for otherwise crit immune mobs. Light Armor/evasion + Pastlives + Items + Defender stance + Missle Shield gives good defences. The bards cure spells and cocoon grand healing from Leve 2-28. Good build to level ED's as it works fine in most.

[Saekee]

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...est+trapmonkey
the advantage of this build is that Ellisdee has lots of information throughout it

[unbongwah]

I want to make a melee character who is able to handle traps/locks smoothly throughout their entire level progression.

The obvious picks:
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...or-new-players
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...or-new-players

There are more heavily-multiclassed options out there, but these are a good start.

[willox2112]

2 rogue, 2 fighter, 16 bard swashbuckler. pick up rogue gear, light armor and buckler, 2 extra feats with fighter.

I would actually do 15 bard/2 rogue/3 fighter, for the defensive stance. Using swashbuckler shields you can have very good defenses along with great offensive power.