1-30 Reaper Clonklock

[Tilomere]

Deleted due to nerfs to cleric soundburst helpless, warlocks, monks, and tree forms nerfs over many different updates.

Mechanically speaking, this was the greatest build I've ever seen or played. RIP

Amusingly, even at the point of deletion due to nerfs, this was still far better than warpriest will ever be.

[Gargoyle69]

Intriguing. Have you play tested this at all?

Wondering how well it works in practice.

[Gargoyle69]

Test? What? Pfft. That's what all the gear and past lives are for. To power through everything.

ROFL !

+1

[skorpeon]

Nerf clerics!

[psykopeta]

another interesting build indeed

is that an updated version of your... aberration? i think you made something like that lol

[Arctigis]

Say for example you made a pure level 12 radiant servant cleric for reaper 3 streaking. At 200 positive spell power, and 50 HAMP, you would self-heal with your healing aura for:

5 (aura base) x 3 (spell power) x 1.5 (HAMP) x (1-68% reaper self-healing penalty) = 7 hit points a tick.

Which, at level 1 is a pointless amount, and at level 12 is a hilarious joke. So we are going to heal with temporary hit points instead, which bypass the reaper penalty using the warlock tree. Since the warlock ES tree also adds light damage on hit, we want to attack really fast, which monk lets us do with unarmed.

...

Cool build. Thanks for posting.

[tarius]

Say for example you made a pure level 12 radiant servant cleric for reaper 3 streaking. At 200 positive spell power, and 50 HAMP, you would self-heal with your healing aura for:

5 (aura base) x 3 (spell power) x 1.5 (HAMP) x (1-68% reaper self-healing penalty) = 7 hit points a tick.

!

Thank you for the post. Do you have any advice on equipping this build? Especially at epic levels...

[Vish]

Its not a monk
It's not a lock
It's not a cleric
Even tho it carrys the icon
What is it?
A tree!

I congratulate you on running an icon in its own tree
I always wanted to do a double aura build
Tho I might splash fighter and go stunning fist
Will look at when I'm done with completionist
Sometime soon...

[Gargoyle69]

I've had a shot at putting this together in the builder.

Clonklock Tree
8/6/6 Cleric/Monk/Warlock
Lawful Neutral Human


Level Order

1. Monk            6. Warlock        11. Monk           16. Cleric
2. Warlock         7. Warlock        12. Monk           17. Cleric
3. Monk            8. Warlock        13. Cleric         18. Cleric
4. Warlock         9. Monk           14. Cleric         19. Cleric
5. Warlock        10. Monk           15. Cleric         20. Cleric


Stats
               28pt     32pt     34pt     36pt     Tome     Level Up
               ----     ----     ----     ----     ----     --------
Strength        14       14       14       14       +6       4: CON
Dexterity       15       15       15       15       +6       8: CON
Constitution    14       14       14       14       +6      12: CON
Intelligence    14       14       14       14       +6      16: CON
Wisdom          10       13       13       13       +6      20: CON
Charisma         8        9       11       13       +6      24: CON
                                                            28: CON

Feats

 1        : Power Attack
 1 Human  : Cleave
 1 Monk   : Two Weapon Fighting
 2 Warlock: Pact: Fiend
 3        : Dodge
 3 Monk   : Mobility
 6        : Great Cleave
 9        : Improved Two Weapon Fighting
 9 Monk   : Path of Harmonious Balance
12        : Spring Attack
12 Monk   : Combat Expertise
13 Deity  : Follower of: Sovereign Host
15        : Whirlwind Attack
18        : Greater Two Weapon Fighting
18 Deity  : Unyielding Sovereignty
21 Epic   : Improved Critical: Bludgeoning
24 Epic   : Overwhelming Critical
26 Destiny: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting
27 Epic   : Epic Reflexes
28 Destiny: Elusive Target
29 Destiny: Dire Charge
30 Epic   : Epic Damage Reduction
30 Legend : Scion of: Arborea


Enhancements (80 AP)

Radiant Servant (32 AP)
    • Healing Domain, Pacifism, Positive Energy Burst
         1. Extra Turning III, Wand Mastery III, Divine Cleansing III, Altruism III
         2. Divine Healing III
         3. Martyrdom III
         4. (none)
         5. Positive Energy Aura

Enlightened Spirit (23 AP)
    • Eldritch Aura, Aura of Courage, Shape Vestments
         1. Resilience of Body III, Spiritual Defense III
         2. Resist Energies III, Spiritual Bastion III, Shield
         3. Spiritual Ward III
         4. Spiritual Retribution II, Brilliance

Shintao (11 AP)
    • Bastion of Purity, Protection from Tainted Creatures, Iron Hand
         1. Reed in the Wind II, Deft Strikes III
         2. Iron Skin III

Henshin Mystic (11 AP)
    • Riddle of Fire, Ki Bolt, Sounding Staff
         1. Negotiator III, Way of the: Patient Tortoise
         2. Contemplation III

Human (3 AP)
    • Damage Boost
         1. Improved Recovery

Leveling Guide
   1. Shi0 Bastion of Purity; Hen0 Riddle of Fire; (Bank 2 AP)
   2. ES0 Eldritch Aura; SE0 Inhuman Understanding; TS0 Tainted Spellcasting; TS1 Feigned Health I, II, III
   3. Shi1 Deft Strikes I, II, III
   4. Shi1 Ki Shout; Shi2 Iron Skin I, II, III
   5. ES1 Spiritual Defense I, II, III; ES1 Resilience of Body I
          • Enlightened Spirit: Eldritch Aura, Aura of Courage
               1. Resilience of Body III, Spiritual Defense III, Resilience of Soul III
               2. Resist Energies I, Spiritual Bastion III, Shield
               3. Spiritual Ward III
               4. Spiritual Retribution III, Brilliance
   7. TS0 Tainted Spellcasting; TS1 Feigned Health I, II, III
   8. Shi0 Bastion of Purity; Hen0 Riddle of Fire; ES0 Shape Vestments; SE0 Inhuman Understanding
   9. TS1 Planar Power I; TS2 Wand and Scroll Mastery I, II, III
  10. ES3 Constitution; ES4 Constitution
  11. ES2 Resist Energies II, III; (Bank 2 AP)
  12. ES5 Beacon; ES5 Shining Through; ES5 Displacement
  13. Shi1 Deft Strikes I, II, III; Shi1 Reed in the Wind I
  14. Shi2 Iron Skin I, II, III; Shi0 Protection from Tainted Creatures
  15. Shi2 Conditioning I, II, III; Shi0 Iron Hand
  16. Shi1 Reed in the Wind II, III; Hen1 Way of the: Patient Tortoise
  17. Hen1 Negotiator I, II, III; Hen0 Ki Bolt
  18. Hen2 Contemplation I, II, III; Hen0 Sounding Staff
  19. (Bank 4 AP)
          • Radiant Servant: Healing Domain, Pacifism, Positive Energy Burst
               1. Extra Turning III, Wand Mastery III, Divine Cleansing III, Altruism III
               2. Divine Healing III
               3. Martyrdom III
               4. (none)
               5. Positive Energy Aura
          • Enlightened Spirit: Eldritch Aura, Aura of Courage, Shape Vestments
               1. Resilience of Body III, Spiritual Defense III, Resilience of Soul III
               2. Resist Energies III, Spiritual Bastion III, Shield
               3. Spiritual Ward III
               4. Spiritual Retribution III, Brilliance
          • Henshin Mystic: Riddle of Fire, Ki Bolt, Sounding Staff
               1. Negotiator III, Way of the: Patient Tortoise
               2. Contemplation III
          • Shintao: Bastion of Purity, Protection from Tainted Creatures
               1. Deft Strikes III, Ki Shout
               2. Iron Skin III


Destiny (24 AP)

Primal Avatar
   1. Ephemeral Evolution III, Rejuvenation Cocoon III
   2. Seeking Balance III
   3. Balanced Attacks III
   4. Symetric Strikes, Autumn Harvest III, Summon Dryad Elder
   5. Chill of Winter III
   6. Avatar of Nature

Twists of Fate (27 fate points)
   1. Sacred Ground (Tier 3 Crusader)
   2. Consecration (Tier 2 Crusader)
   3. Imp. Combat Expertise (Tier 2 Dreadnought)
   4. Dance of Flowers (Tier 1 Flowers)
   5. Primal Scream (Tier 1 Fury)

A few questions:

1. How does that look, about right overall ?
2. Fiend or Fey Pact ? Can't be GOO with Monk but either of the other two work - any reason for a preference for one about the other ? HtH ?
3. Which Deity ? Sovereign Host for Unyielding Sovereignty ?
4. Elusive Target or Guardian Angel for L28 ED Feat ? I was of the understanding that GA was superior numerically, even without Wis primary but I could be wrong ?

Thanks in advance.

[Gargoyle69]

It looks about right. I think I went fey for +1 reflex save, but it doesn't matter much. Also grabbed nature's fury instead of dryad elder. Oh, and anything other than martyrdom, like regenerating turn charges. Unyielding sovereignty ya. You can have one from diety, and get another from RS tree, so you have two. I like elusive target, since it prevent's getting hit and dot stacked by champions, but it is so close to ETR that it doesn't matter much to me if it is better or worse than GA. Same with Epic DR at 30 vs. another monk stance. The banked AP at 20 goes into human HAMP.

I also don't actually ever use primal scream on the build, since I ETR at cap, but I put it there to fill it in the build for what others will find works well. I personally would take a weaker passive twist, like unearthly reactions, just so I don't have to hit another button!

Also charisma is important for feigned health in low heroics, UMD heal scrolls in mid heroics, and turn undead charges for spirit in epics, so I wouldn't dump stat it ever.

Thanks for the replies. I just might have to try this crazy thing out.

[Sonoma]

I enjoyed the OP's writing style, decided to do a quick run. Rolled up a first-life level 7, ran Devil Assault normal (level 6) with just starter gear and ship buffs. Set aura burst on key 'V', great cleave on 'B', used False Live maybe twice.

Only challenge was chasing down the archers and mages. I printed the build and put it on top of the stack for 'next lives'.

Enjoyed the post and the build. Thanks.

[Saekee]

Was this the build in Thorn & Paw with me a short while ago? And yeah, Tilo was killing everything.

[Saaluta]

Just wondering, how would this look on a morninglord iconic. Very interesting build though

Saal

I'm just not a numbers person, so sometimes when I see an interesting build, I try to see what the numbers people can see when they do a variation of it

[Maelodic]

I remember I had tried to make something similar to this prior (https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...ura-Tree-Build), it looks like you've fleshed it out very well!

How's the damage outside of tree form?

[SemanticMirage]

I remember I had tried to make something similar to this prior (https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...ura-Tree-Build), it looks like you've fleshed it out very well!

How's the damage outside of tree form?

For any tree build the DPS using your shortswords or even handwraps is going to be... mediocre at best :P itll be maybe 25?% ish of a decently speced fighter

[Maelodic]

^^ Did you ever make that build in game? I forgot about that it woulda been a good place to start. It would have rocked until reaper threw everyone for a temp hp loop.

Tilo has so much accumulated power the character would still do fine without tree form compared to everyone else. Less damage setup, but due to all the healing bypassing the reaper penalty the ability to play very aggressively cancels it out. It is unusual not to top the kill meters 1-20 even before tree form simply because it is a pure AoE build with cleave, great cleave(or spirit blast), aura, and whirlwind. Maybe a sound burst if you can land it.

I had a kid and took an extended break, so I only ever got to test it on lama. It did what I wanted to do, which was not die and do a ton of damage, but I think a bit more refining would have been good.

[Stormraiser]

How difficult was this to level in the heroic levels and which R did you play on

[chipotle47]

I was generally able to solo at level reaper 1-3 to cap

Ya but let me aks ya dis...let me aks ya dis... Can you get TRAPS!?!?! HA!

[chipotle47]

Kidding aside, nice build post.

[Gargoyle69]

Fey no-save daze on reapers from level 6 warlock ability is going to be amazingly useful. It only has a 10% chance to break on damage, so you can straight up kill many reapers 100-0 with it before they can do anything.

Dayum ... that works on reapers !?!?!?!