Ragnorrex, the last of the ancient reds, 20 fiend

[Vish]

Ragnorrex
20 dragonborn warlock
Chaotic neutral (e)
Fiend

Str 14
Dex 6
Con 16
Int 14
Wis 8
Cha 20 +7
+6 tomes

Umd, jump, Spellcraft

1 maximize
3 empower
6 enlarge
9 heighten
12 necro
15 great necro
18 quicken

21 epic blast
24 arcane insight
26 epic arcane blast
27 wellspring
28 sp light
29 hellball
30 fire
Ruin

Ap
41 ts
22 es
17 SE

Spells
Retreat, jump, command, ff
Blur, invis, rage, web
Displace, ddoor, fire shield, crushing despair
Evards, hold, binding chain, death ward
Fod, tensers, blind, greater hero
Hold mass, wail, howl, energy drain

This is the last of the dragons,
And the greatest
The ancient red

Running in draconic incarnation
For red dragons breath

I will use this as my first racial reincarnation,
And an arcane life,
For epic completionist

And I hope to play it before the nerf feather hits
But at any rate,
Perhaps I can provide feedback on the changes
And cry that this will be the last, and best,
Warlock I play

[Feralthyrtiaq]

Put your skill points into Spellcraft (or Heal Skill for Coccoon, MCMW, Renew etc in Epics) instead of jump. Your jump spell gives +30 and the skill itself is capped @ 40.

You should be able to easily get your jump to 10 without putting any skill points into it. With a starting Int of 14 with a +6 tome you should have plenty of skill points to put into QoL stuff like Spot or Search etc etc.

Unless you want to offset the jump penalty while sneaking I suppose.

[Vish]

I like having a 77 jump
I think it does make a difference

Going Umd jump Spellcraft concentration
Until I get quicken
Just rolled 6
Took enlarge
7 ap in db for breath
Which I'm not using much
The rest into ts
Some in SE for consume
Just took staunch, stunning blast and confusion
Some cc and emergency hp

Still running in wondrous robes
Got some decent lvl 5 gear
Get some better at 7
May craft slavers
I did pull a reaper trinket
Will def be using that

But mostly just blasting away
Can solo r1 elite is more dangerous since I have as half much hp
Had 250 at 4
And I've seen bigger monsters
Haven't played a casting warlock before

[Vish]

Level 13
Zoomy zoom with a ice cream cone
Just learning to point my finger,
And say I like
Lots of change up leveling this build
Mostly ts, but into SE for cone, and es for light
Utter dark of course makes everything evil
Waited til 13 to put on good gear, tho I did craft a bit at 7
No insightful, so randgen is just as good
And still found no need for slavers, marginal gains
Except the trinket. I used it always, and is swap for true sight
Going full necro on this build,
Feats were enlarge, heighten and necro
For bumping up the SLAs, like confusion and mass c.
But really everything just melts in a wave in front of you
It's like having a. Scythe, and just reaping the mobs
Overwhelming dps for level
I can see why this has been the thourobred for the last 2 years
It's impressive in array of abilities, but they are overshadowed by pure damage dealing with blast

Stats
Str 27
Dex 17
Con 32
Int 20
Wis 14
Cha 37
Hp 356 (502r)
Sp 927 (999r)
AC 60
Dodge 8/11
Fort 26
Reflex 15
Will 20
Prr 44
Mrr 34
Fort 110

Fire 203
Light 218
Pos 149
Hamp 37

Ap
Ts 36 core 4, blast, ball, mass c, planar focus
SE 12 cone, hungry for destruction
Es 4 prr
Further points into es for light

Gear
Head rng sheltering13, parry2
Neck cc 7con3, devotion87, false life20
Eyes cc 3necro2, swap gs concord opp wis, cc 3enchant2, rng evo2 spellpen2
Trinket litany, swap slavers symbol
Body kundarak delving suit
Cloak rng cha6
Bracers cc sheltering17, str7, heavy fort
Belt cc dodge7, natarmor7, prot4
Ring1 open
Ring2 rng wizardry101, dex5
Boots rng speed5, ff
Gloves cc 87radiance43, hamp27
Flame sphere,
And heal scroll
Umd 44


Spells
Fod 35, tentacles, ddoor, displace, blur

notes
So I have a ghost waking for 14
And I need a new helm
I could cc a cha cloak for +10
That would only get me +4 or 2 dc
I've been using the finger, works in elite
Not yet much in reaper
Can solo like r2, zerging the way
Don't need the special abilities
I guess charms is better for reaper
I've seen those warlocks run r6 regularly
But I'm sticking with necro
This build keeps getting better
Hurl at 15
Wail and howl coming
I may wear an int helm
And I have a ring slot open,
Since I had a cc combustion,
But flame sphere is better
And allows me to scroll heal
Essential for reaper
Gotta get resurrection scrolls, I'm level now and have Umd
But overall I can Zerg unabashedly
On r3 or 4 with group
It's really a blast,
But a bit too over powerful
I can agree the nerf is necessary
But I think 50% is too much
This is the easy button after all,
Unless a new one is coming onto the scene

So I will get a racial dragonborn out of this,
And epic completionist
I aim to be 21 before the update

[Vish]

Level 18

Reaper
Str 29
Dex 18
Con 34
Int 21
Wis 15
Cha 41
Hp 597
Sp 1221
AC 64
Dodge 11/22
Fort 36
Reflex 26
Will 28
Prr 53
Mrr 57
Fort 135

Fire 227
Light 273
Pos 173
Spell crit light 21
Spell crit mult 30

Conc 32
Jump 31
Spellcraft 28
Umd 52

Spells
Wail
Fod, create undead
Tentacles, hold
Displace, ddoor
Blur, invis
Retreat, jump

Ap
39 ts
17 es
13 SE
3 db

Took quicken at 18

Just rolled 20 and 21,
So this is a last snapshot of heroic reaper
Because I won't see much reaper in epic
Just put on 4 pieces of cc, that's decent increase,
But my hp is still under 600.
But it looks like my dps is holding up
Took epic blast at 21.
Maybe will switch more to a single tgt playstyle,
Even though I have great aoe with breath and burst
Also have vortex and howl and terror
And about 1600 sp, so enough to cast with
Cone as last resort for free dps
Went 41 in tainted. Went 20 in soul eater because I wanted to try steal life force. Also +1 DCs.
Put on a cha 10/4 item so 8 higher. Brought cha almost to 60.
Have better mrr than prr with mysterious cloak.
But got spell crit multiplier to 60. Think that's maxxed.
Something else I noticed. Energy criticals doesn't show as working. But if you place doubleshot, from primal, and activate it, then you see spell crit go up. They both have to be on, and then you get a double bonus. You get 9% from doubleshot added. I saw my base 5 crit go up to 20 when I enabled them both. I think this is getting fixed next patch.
Will give a 21 update soon.

[Vish]

Level 21

Stats
Str 32
Dex 22
Con 38
Int 22
Wis 16
Cha 60
Hp 569
Sp 1943
AC 76
Dodge 11/22
Fort 41
Reflex 28
Will 33
Prr 61
Mrr 91
Fort 155

Fire 279
Light 331
Pos 216
Spell crit light 21
Spell crit mult 60

Spells
Command, retreat, ff, jump
Blur, invis, rage, web
Displace, ddoor, crush, fire shield
Tentacles, hold, death ward, bind chain
Fod, great hero, pw blind, create undead
Hold mass, energy drain, howl, wail

Ap
41 ts
27 SE
12 es

Gear
Head cc wiz208, resist8
Neck cc 10con4, devotion115, false life30
Eyes cc 3necro2
Trinket litany
Body drow outrunner
Cloak mysterious w ff
Bracer cc str10, shelter25, fort115, prot6
Belt cc dodge7, natarmor7
Ring1 rng rad lore 15
Ring2 cc 10cha4, exc cha1
Boot treads of falling
Glove cc 115rad57, hamp40, good luck2
Flame sphere,
Heal scroll
Blasts at 21, 13d6 + 14d4

Bars
Fod, hurl, burst, breath, vortex, wail, howl
Tentacles, mass hold, drain, web
Displace, consume, tainted, staunch

Notes
Fast tract it too 21.
Took advantage of 20% 6 day weekend.
Now I have a week maybe before update,
To make 30,
In time for new content
And epic completionist
Yay.

Crafted new gloves. Max rad and hamp. Figured for a ring too, but it's not worth it. The orb is bis until I get the legendary, which I have stashed. May have to make some necro goggles at 30, will have to check.
Wanted to maybe move ap around to 22 es for medium armor. ?*That is more likely at 29
I'll see how life drain works.
But other than low hp, it a loaded caster.
Lots of death.
It may take me a couple epic lives to test it out.
As a caveat, I took create undead. It's my comedian coming out.

As per red, running in draconic

[Vish]

Level 25
Nothing really changed
Basically two modes
Caster and blaster
Fod and hurl used regularly
But mostly wave aoe blasting
Moved ap around, back to db
The life drain wasn't getting used
Now I got an extra breath
Burst, vortex, and a couple I don't use
Still haven't used staunch
Though it's emergency on hotbar
Basically just need a lot of time in the saddle on this build
It is very deep in abilities
But it plays like a glass cannon
Creeping toward 700 hp
And reaper ain't much better
Took insight at 24
It does crank DCs by 6
Hurl is like 10 pts higher than fod
52/63?
It's not very high yet
Looking at where I can slot insightful charisma
May have to make a cloak
Should get to 70
Otherwise 26 is moar dps
And then gravy train to 30
Has good sp, 2000
So I'll be able to cast ruins
Need to slot force too, hmmm
And then there's enchant for the mass hold
Havent tried that mode
Will more likely with slavers
I think I got extra +5/+3 enchant goggles
Not stealing the good ones from vish
Playing EE and some reaper so far
Pretty squish
But great sustained dps
See numbers like 150, 300, 600
Not much over 1k
And a lot of purple numbers
Seems to be a 10k build
But its got better utility in its spells
I mean like everything you could want on a build
Good single stat
High Umd for Rez and heal
Insta killers
Crowd control
Defenses
Superior offenses

I think I will be happy to be about 30 when 36 drops

[Vish]

Level 30

Stats
Hp 1035
Sp 2535
AC 84
Dodge 19/22
Fort 67
Reflex 44
Will 50
Prr 95
Mrr 88
Fort 175

Fire 576
Force 403
Light 604
Pos 226
Spell crit light 29
Spell crit mult 85

Fod 64
Hurl 68
Burst 68
Breath 68
Vortex 68
Wail 64
Howl 58
Hold mass 58
Web 54

Gear
Head lboundless power200
Neck slavers 17con4 resist 14
Eyes cc 6necro3
Trink slavers symbol festwis, true blood
Body leathers of avenger
Cloak cc inscha7
Bracer slavers 17str4 accuracy28, stunning20
Belt lanimated rope
Ring1 cc radiance lore23
Ring2 slavers 17cha4 rad185 spell focus6
Boots treads
Glove cc impulse159, insrad79 hamp61
Flame sphere 185combust92

Ap
41 ts
14 SE
13 es
12 db

An ancient red, no other
Most dreaded of all, by nature
Given birth by the mother
As light as a feather
Fury for stature
Cunning and mature

Notes
Ok made it to 1000 hp
Seems as long as I run slavers gear and 14 con, I always make it to 1k.
Just made it to 30
Took sp light at 26, wellspring at 27
Wellspring is a 150 boost to sp. so it's a great add on bosses or to quick take down mobs. I thought it better than ruin.
28 hellball. Haven't used this yet. Another in the arsenal.
29 can't remember. It wasn't a 29., I'll have to check.
30 fire, and ruin.
Crafted a few items.
A pair if gloves with force on them for ruin, and hamp and insight rad for the light.
Also a ring with rad lore 23 on it.
And a cloak with insight cha7 on it. So max cha at 77. +1 in reaper. Wanted to add 15 dodge and 15 int, but didn't have the comps. Ah didn't have them either. Looks like I'll be farming.
Another item, I pulled a dagger, with insight sight force and combust lore would be next. Normally I run with a heal scroll in off hand, but I could make up a set with the dagger in it.
Then I'd be just about maxxed.
On the spell DCs. They seem to be low. Don't know how to get them into the 80s? I've got maxxed gear and feats, not much room for improvement. Haven't looked for enchant goggles yet, want to do a slavers run and test mass hold.
But really, this is a glass cannon. Decent defenses, with leathers and the belt I have 19 dodge. Low AC, but displace and blur on. So I seem to be pretty layered, but really, the upside of the blaster part of this build is mass dps. And that offense trumps defense. I thought of going 22 in es for medium armor, but the gains are marginal. And I lose the dodge. So I'll stay light.
So there is the blaster, pretty good with light bursting to 800 sp. I see odd damages. Like 300,600,1500. And it's all over the place. I guess crit will be up now some 8%, and mult up 25 to 85, so that's almost double damage. It usually kills fast when blasting. Passes the 10k test. And with wave, it's like cone and cleave together. That's cranked another 30% too. So it's mega damage. But again, just don't get hit. Not really that bad, but that's general strategy.
I went with a boundless since it complemented better than a hardened hide. Didn't need the defenses but the boundless has wizardry and potency and is a mythic. Slotted a power200 and my sp pool is at 2500. I thought of a hypnotic pendant, putting the slaver neck in the belt, but I lose the rope and the dodge. Wouldn't be a prob if I get the cloak slotted. Will see how that works out.

Then there's the caster side of this beast.
I have a burst, 2 breaths, vortex, hellball aoe,ruin single tgt and a couple aoe fod attacks. Too much to actually use. But presents a lot if options going through a quest.
Most of the time I throw a burst in, sometimes I do a breath or two. When fighting a roomful I turn on vortex, that lasts 45sec. I haven't tried hellball much, and I rarelyused howl or wail. But I just need time to practice with the spell casting side, and see if it's very effective. I'll prob start running reaper slavers for farm until 36 comes out, sometime this week?
The fod and hurl are great single tgt. For like archers, haven't seen the fod bee all that effective, I try it first, and if it fails, I use hurl. That generally works. But it's been fun figuring out what does and doesn't work. Learning to be a necro caster. I had it on my plate to do some time.

But I mean let's talk.
Really.
This thing is so loaded I have too many options. They do all seem to accentuate blaster casting. But I've thought about running in exalted angel, and throwing down wraths. But I'd lose the burst and breath, and that's pretty thematic to a dragon. But I'll probably play it out some and see how it works. Also dc for a consecration and the 50usp boost. I'll try them out and report back.

But like I've said I'll stay here for update 36. And farm out some gear, and stay at 30, and do some reaper.
This has been my epic completionist journey. About 17 lives. Had stayed away from arcane since I hadn't run any casters yet. Still want to do a db elec sorc to epic. I stayed a long while in monk, getting a lot of martial lives. And generally picked them up one per heroic life. But I've been on a tear on heroic lives lately, and normally would have gotten here sooner, as I did have a plan, but it worked out fine as is. I've still got 2 more heroic for completionist. A Druid archer and a pallylock soul. Then I'll be double completionist, and can reconsider the playing field.
Most likely 3 human racials and then back to henshin.

Yet Kil is my build platform. My flavor of the month. So I wouldnt be surprised he becomes a cleric again after the pass. Maybe for a human racial. But he took his last name when he became a monk, so eventually that's where I'll reside.

The dragon flew across the sky
Last of his kind, fire low in his eye
He had reached the zenith
Would become the Phoenix
And continue rolling the die