Voodu Warlock: A Pure Warlock Enlightened Spirit Tank Project companion thread

[Vooduspyce]

Just updated the op to recommend and show stats and enhancements for Beasthide Shifter. This was my final racial to work through and loved it. Glad I did it last because Beasthide Shifter only recently with the ED changes can cast while raging with the new Draconic Incarnation tier 2 Draconic Rage.

[Krinoshi2]

Just updated the op to recommend and show stats and enhancements for Beasthide Shifter. This was my final racial to work through and loved it. Glad I did it last because Beasthide Shifter only recently with the ED changes can cast while raging with the new Draconic Incarnation tier 2 Draconic Rage.

Cool.
I dismissed your post initially because it's marked as 2015. You may want to just add an *Update on* at the top of some sort, so people who get to the link (Which was though a different site) don't just skimper off...

[Vooduspyce]

Cool.
I dismissed your post initially because it's marked as 2015. You may want to just add an *Update on* at the top of some sort, so people who get to the link (Which was though a different site) don't just skimper off...

Good idea! done, ty! I welcome you to stop by the live stream if you have any questions about the build
https://www.twitch.tv/vooduspyce

[Puddinhead]

Just got done with the last of the latest EPLs and ready to try out a new tank. I have a few questions when you have time:
1. You didn't go with the cold pact, so why Bitter Edge as your weapon? It doesn't seem like this build whacks a lot, so I'm thinking either malleable scepter of radiance or resonation, or the Dryad rapier.
2. Can you walk me through your choice of armor? I'm looking at the medium summer/winter to maybe free up a slot but don't want to miss something. Is the quality hamp or extra AC that important?
3. You have 8 pieces of winter by my count. The crown seems replaceable, maybe something like the legendary mask of comedy for added self healing?
4. I'm not 100% positive, but can you be in ES, EDK, and have the aura going?
5. Any chance you know if the arcane alacrity EPL feat works with spirit blast or eldritch burst? I'm just wondering if I'd use that or energy criticals

Otherwise, great post as always. Thanks!

[Whitering]

Just got done with the last of the latest EPLs and ready to try out a new tank. I have a few questions when you have time:
1. You didn't go with the cold pact, so why Bitter Edge as your weapon? It doesn't seem like this build whacks a lot, so I'm thinking either malleable scepter of radiance or resonation, or the Dryad rapier.
2. Can you walk me through your choice of armor? I'm looking at the medium summer/winter to maybe free up a slot but don't want to miss something. Is the quality hamp or extra AC that important?
3. You have 8 pieces of winter by my count. The crown seems replaceable, maybe something like the legendary mask of comedy for added self healing?
4. I'm not 100% positive, but can you be in ES, EDK, and have the aura going?
5. Any chance you know if the arcane alacrity EPL feat works with spirit blast or eldritch burst? I'm just wondering if I'd use that or energy criticals

Otherwise, great post as always. Thanks!

There are a variety of pacts you can use, but items that have a blind/freeze/stone or whatever on spellcast are very valuable to casters, or even on hit if you can sit there whacking stuff.

Aura is a choice, it has no bearing on the enhancement trees. To use Focused or Chain, for example, it will turn off the aura.

I haven't played a Burster in a while so I am not sure how Arcane Alacrity applies.

For the Armor, Quality Fort is not easy to find, and the nimbleness affects your reflex saves, namely allowing them to be higher. It's a pretty good armor for higher dodge numbers and good reflex saves.

[Puddinhead]

It'll be a while for me to get back up to 30, but I'll try the gear posted as well as swapping the following and let you know my thoughts. Out of the gate I'm thinking I'm going to swap the armor for the Coat of the Traveler from Ravenloft, and I'm not seeing a ton of use for the shield as you get insightful MRR from the belt and quality from the gloves. I'm thinking maybe swap that for the Saltiron Targe for the healing boost, the temp HP proc, and a little more AC, assuming I can overcome the arcane spell failure in other ways.

Thanks!

[Vooduspyce]

Just got done with the last of the latest EPLs and ready to try out a new tank. I have a few questions when you have time:
1. You didn't go with the cold pact, so why Bitter Edge as your weapon? It doesn't seem like this build whacks a lot, so I'm thinking either malleable scepter of radiance or resonation, or the Dryad rapier.
2. Can you walk me through your choice of armor? I'm looking at the medium summer/winter to maybe free up a slot but don't want to miss something. Is the quality hamp or extra AC that important?
3. You have 8 pieces of winter by my count. The crown seems replaceable, maybe something like the legendary mask of comedy for added self healing?
4. I'm not 100% positive, but can you be in ES, EDK, and have the aura going?
5. Any chance you know if the arcane alacrity EPL feat works with spirit blast or eldritch burst? I'm just wondering if I'd use that or energy criticals

Otherwise, great post as always. Thanks!

Hey Puddinhead,

1. I'm not committed to the choice of Bitter Edge, I just use it for the freezing effect from Royalty's Frigid Response and it's something I can make sentient, which I couldn't with the LGS Radiance that I used for years. Use whatever weapon is convenient for you.

2. The armor has some nice stats for a tank and has the highest max dodge of any medium armor in the game except for The Only Exception.

3. The crown of snow is my spell focus item and I like the additional freezing effect. Definitely replaceable tho. My gearset is not optimized, I just post it as an example of what you can use, not what you must use. The Mask of Comedy is a good suggestion! While this isn't a DC caster, I like to have a bit of spell focus to help with Evard's, which has an unusually calculated DC that includes a strength check, so even on a non-max DC build like this it's somewhat useful.

4. I'm not sure what EDK is but if you're asking if the aura works with undead form then yes but you cannot be in undead form and Celestrial Sprit (t5 core Enlightened Spirt) because both active because they are both major form toggles.

5. Don't think it works with blasts and bursts but I'm not 100% sure.

I welcome you to stop by the livestream M-F 9am-3pm ET if you have any questions https://www.twitch.tv/vooduspyce

[Puddinhead]

Whoops, meant to type EDF as in Epic Defensive Fighting. So, does the ES aura work with EDF, because some of the APs you spent seem to only work with aura, but EDF would net more HP. Regardless, I'll start running it up and let you know which gear works best for me.

Thanks.

[QuantumFX]

Hey Voodu,
Now that I can finally see your gear layout, and can discern the stats you favor, I have some suggestions:

Your current gearset

IMO, I think you can do a 7 Winter / 2 Summer / 5 Adherents setup.

Gains:
PRR: +31 (Profane bonus from Adherents + Snowscale)
Heal Amp: +16 (Gain Profane bonus from Adherents, Lose Equipment bonus from armor.)

Losses:
CON: -1 (Ins Con is provided by augment)
MRR: -1 (Augment)
False Life: -2 (48 from augment vs. 50 from item you currently wear)

Wash:
CHA
Dodge: Lower armor cap but adds Mobility

[Whitering]

How much lower is the Dodge Quantum?

Dodge is very important because it avoids the damage, as you know, and is not nerfed by True Seeing/Ghost Touch.

[QuantumFX]

How much lower is the Dodge Quantum?

Dodge is very important because it avoids the damage, as you know, and is not nerfed by True Seeing/Ghost Touch.

It should be the same. Armor MDB is the limiting factor for the dodge score. The Hardened Hide has 14 MDB innately, and +2 from the Armored Agility Augment. The Snowscale has 12 innately, +2 from the AA augment, and +2 from the Mobility enhancement on the goggles.

So:
14 + 2=16
12 +2 +2=16

[Whitering]

It should be the same. Armor MDB is the limiting factor for the dodge score. The Hardened Hide has 14 MDB innately, and +2 from the Armored Agility Augment. The Snowscale has 12 innately, +2 from the AA augment, and +2 from the Mobility enhancement on the goggles.

So:
14 + 2=16
12 +2 +2=16

Great, thank you, and for the link as well. Importantly, I have a lot of the gear, and I am hesitant to sink too much time into farming gear right now with the level cap increase coming soon. So, I am busy tring alts at the moment instead of spending too much time at end game farming new gear. We do raid a few nights per week and I love attending those.

So, with level 32, we get another attribute bonus, and another level on augments. For what it's worth, CC Crafting will also go up to 36 I should think, not that it is at all competitive. If they want it to be, we need to be able to craft another extra on the items with that extra slot being free of restriction, any bonus like we used to be able to make with flexible shards. That would certainly make crafting relevant again and allow us to plug holes in our gear sets. Maybe restrict that to level 28 and higher, but it needs to happen.

[QuantumFX]

Great, thank you, and for the link as well. Importantly, I have a lot of the gear, and I am hesitant to sink too much time into farming gear right now with the level cap increase coming soon. So, I am busy tring alts at the moment instead of spending too much time at end game farming new gear. We do raid a few nights per week and I love attending those.

If you're looking for a happy medium on farming, I highly recommend just keeping one of every BtA item. Gear tetris in DDO is tricksy, and likes to surprise you with that one piece of gear from 8 updates ago that now fills in a bunch of gaps.

[Vooduspyce]

Whoops, meant to type EDF as in Epic Defensive Fighting. So, does the ES aura work with EDF, because some of the APs you spent seem to only work with aura, but EDF would net more HP. Regardless, I'll start running it up and let you know which gear works best for me.

Thanks.

I'm working through some class past lives atm so not playing the warlock build again for another month or so. I believe it works. But then there's the casting range thing that becomes an issue. I throw a lot of maintenance healing on others. That alone would be very disruptive for my personal playstyle. If it works for you then go for it

[Vooduspyce]

Hey Voodu,
Now that I can finally see your gear layout, and can discern the stats you favor, I have some suggestions:

Your current gearset

IMO, I think you can do a 7 Winter / 2 Summer / 5 Adherents setup.

Gains:
PRR: +31 (Profane bonus from Adherents + Snowscale)
Heal Amp: +16 (Gain Profane bonus from Adherents, Lose Equipment bonus from armor.)

Losses:
CON: -1 (Ins Con is provided by augment)
MRR: -1 (Augment)
False Life: -2 (48 from augment vs. 50 from item you currently wear)

Wash:
CHA
Dodge: Lower armor cap but adds Mobility

QuantumFX this is awesome, thank you for putting this together! I'm currently working through a few class lives so won't be revisiting the warlock build again for at least a month and it might even be longer than that depending on the timing of Tabaxi and Isle of Dread release. Right now I'm going to follow my own advice and not worry about end game gear sets given that the level cap is raising and we are probably getting a whole new category of endgame gear in a couple months. Right now is a good time to focus on past lives and reaper xp and I've been telling folks to just find a gear set that's works for now and not worry about perfecting it because things are likely to change so much in a short time. For me, I just finished a fighter life, now working on rogue life and druid is next. Might do some extra rogue lives if Tabaxi isn't release by the time I'm done with druid.

[SylvanPhoenix]

Just updated the op to recommend and show stats and enhancements for Beasthide Shifter. This was my final racial to work through and loved it. Glad I did it last because Beasthide Shifter only recently with the ED changes can cast while raging with the new Draconic Incarnation tier 2 Draconic Rage.

I'm thinking of trying this out on a first-life character with a 32-point build. You mentioned these starting stats with Shifter:[Str 8 ~ Dex 11 ~ Con 16 ~ Int 15 ~ Wis 8 ~ Cha 18]. The Dex and Int look very specific that I wonder if they're a requirement for something in the build such as a feat or ability. With 32 points, what starting stats would you recommend I go with?

Cheers,
Sylvan

[Vooduspyce]

I'm thinking of trying this out on a first-life character with a 32-point build. You mentioned these starting stats with Shifter:[Str 8 ~ Dex 11 ~ Con 16 ~ Int 15 ~ Wis 8 ~ Cha 18]. The Dex and Int look very specific that I wonder if they're a requirement for something in the build such as a feat or ability. With 32 points, what starting stats would you recommend I go with?

Cheers,
Sylvan

Sorrry those stats were old and for Drow. I just updated for Shiifter and replaced with...

Starting Shifter 32 point build: Str 8 ~ Dex 10 ~ Con 18 ~ Int 12 ~ Wis 8 ~ Cha 16. Increase constitution when leveling.
For other races or point builds just start with max con, high charisma and some points in intelligence for skill points.

There are no special considerations for dex and int other than just having some int for skill points to work with.

[Arkenervs]

I'm working through some class past lives atm so not playing the warlock build again for another month or so. I believe it works. But then there's the casting range thing that becomes an issue. I throw a lot of maintenance healing on others. That alone would be very disruptive for my personal playstyle. If it works for you then go for it

EDF is exclusive from any Eldritch Blast Shapes.

With my current build I gain 70hp with EDF, but lose 10 PR and the temp hit points when the aura procs.

[kamthalion]

I played once also with this gear:

Armor · · · · Cladding of Dead Leaves · Drops in: U48: Feytwisted Chest
· · · · · · · Green: +100 Sapphire of Fortification
· · · · · · · Eminence of Autumn
Belt· · · · · Legendary Many-Pouched Belt of the Healer · Drops in: Quest: The Newcomers
· · · · · · · Blue: Paragon Guard
· · · · · · · This augment will suppress any set bonus this item may have.
Boots · · · · Legendary Deepsnow Boots· ·Drops in: U48 Quest: A Frosty Reception
· · · · · · · Green: +2 Sapphire of Armored Agility
· · · · · · · Eminence of Winter
Bracers · · · Legendary Cold Iron Bracers · Drops in: U48 Quest: Immortality Lessons
· · · · · · · Green: +12 Sapphire of Natural Armor
· · · · · · · Eminence of Winter
Cloak · · · · Legendary Cloak of Summer · Drops in: U48 Quest: Wake me up Inside
· · · · · · · Green: Essence of Ultimatum
· · · · · · · Eminence of Summer
Gloves· · · · The Prince's Gauntlet · Drops in: U48 Any Feywild Quest
· · · · · · · Blue: Globe of True Imperial Blood
· · · · · · · Green: +12 Sapphire of Dodge
· · · · · · · Yellow: Essence of the Epic Litany of the Dead
· · · · · · · Eminence of Summer
· · · · · · · Eminence of Winter
· · · · · · · Filigree 3: Snake Bite/Grandfather's Shield: +2 Constitution(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 4: Purity/Touch of Grace: +20 Healing Amplification(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 5: The Blood Feast/Frozen Wanderer: +6 PRR(Rare Version)
Goggles · · · Legendary Lenses of the Orator· ·Drops in: Quest: Black and Blue
· · · · · · · Green: Wild Fortitude
· · · · · · · This augment will suppress any set bonus this item may have.
Helmet· · · · Legendary Compliance· ·Drops in: Quest: The Age of Rage (End Chest)
· · · · · · · Trace of Madness: Subtle Ambition
· · · · · · · Green: Wild Fortitude
· · · · · · · This augment will suppress any set bonus this item may have.
· · · · · · · Reaper: +2 Reaper Ability Bonus
Necklace· · · Legendary Amber Pendant · Drops in: U48 Quest: Needle in a Feystack
· · · · · · · Green: +2 Festive Constitution
· · · · · · · Eminence of Autumn
Ring1 · · · · Legendary Duskbone Ring · Drops in: U48 Quest: Combatting Corruption
· · · · · · · Green: +18 Diamond of Intimidate
· · · · · · · Eminence of Autumn
Ring2 · · · · Legendary Nocturne Ring · Drops in: U48 Quest: A Frosty Reception
· · · · · · · Green: +48 Sapphire of False Life
· · · · · · · Eminence of Winter
Trinket · · · Blood of Blossoms · Drops in: U48 Raid: The Dryad and the Demigod
· · · · · · · Blue: Wild Fortitude
· · · · · · · This augment will suppress any set bonus this item may have.
· · · · · · · Green: Sapphire of Greater Heroism
· · · · · · · Eminence of Spring (Suppressed by selected augment)
Weapon1 · · · Legendary Malleable Sceptre of Radiance · Drops in: U49: Quest: Seizing the Dawn
· · · · · · · Red: Paragon Guard
· · · · · · · This augment will suppress any set bonus this item may have.
· · · · · · · Sentient Weapon Personality: Sentient Jewel of the Dragon
· · · · · · · Filigree 1: Snake Bite/Grandfather's Shield: +2 Constitution(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 2: Soulweaver/Splendid Cacophony: +2 Constitution(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 3: Nystul's Mystical Defence/Electrocution: +6 MRR(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 4: Nystul's Mystical Defence: Constitution(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 5: Nystul's Mystical Defence: MRR(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 6: The Blood Feast/Frozen Wanderer: +6 PRR(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 7: Nystul's Mystical Defence: Fire Absorption(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 8: Grandfather's Shield: Constitution(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 9: Purity/Touch of Grace: +20 Healing Amplification(Rare Version)
· · · · · · · Filigree 10: The Blood Feast: Constitution(Rare Version)
Weapon2 · · · Legendary Crystaline Ward · Drops in: Quest: The Wraithcallers
· · · · · · · Blue: Paragon Guard
· · · · · · · This augment will suppress any set bonus this item may have.

It is just a suggestion or idea but performed well

[HoopleHeadMan]

... I highly recommend just keeping one of every BtA item. Gear tetris in DDO is tricksy, and likes to surprise you with that one piece of gear from 8 updates ago that now fills in a bunch of gaps.

I do this with locker toons... and just upgrade/replace when a better version drops (replace a flat with mythic +2... etc).. the only problem is stuff piles up QUICKLY . Keep it organized or you WILL get buried