8 cleric 6 fighter 6 monk

[banjo174]

Hey, so im looking to TR into a TWF build, that can solo reaper 1 skull level 1-30 fast and efficiently. I'm not really sure what else would be better than this?

Could someone give me some recommendations please, if they know anything better I could do?



This build is going to be an Aasimar Dex based TWF Khopesh user. Going tier 5 Kensei in order to be centered. Will be using some of the monk trees, enough for shadow veil in ninja spy. Enough for the max melee power in henshin mystic, and enough into shintao for the off hand strike, possibly the 20 extra PRR while in stances as well.

Will be using the healing domain for the extra SLA cure moderate, as well as having the 7th cleric level for cure serious.

*Side note* The 2nd feat in the list, is just a filler, because my planner isnt updated for aasimar.



Edit: I did make one adjustment while leveling the build. I swapped the 17th, and 18th level. Taking the 6th monk level earlier, gave me a dodge bonus, and shadow veil.

[SpartanKiller13]

Hey, so im looking to TR into a TWF build, that can solo reaper 1 skull level 1-30 fast and efficiently. I'm not really sure what else would be better than this?

Could someone give me some recommendations please, if they know anything better I could do?

This build is going to be an Aasimar Dex based TWF Khopesh user. Going tier 5 Kensei in order to be centered. Will be using some of the monk trees, enough for shadow veil in ninja spy. Enough for the max melee power in henshin mystic, and enough into shintao for the off hand strike, possibly the 20 extra PRR while in stances as well.

Will be using the healing domain for the extra SLA cure moderate, as well as having the 7th cleric level for cure serious.

If you want to solo Reaper efficiently, you probably want a ranged build. Like Warlock or something.

I will say that Cleric/Fighter/Monk = Silvanus Maul build to me. They're super nice, but have to be iconic (PDK or Morninglord). If you're non-iconic, leveling will be a bit awkward for your build until you hit 12 or so.

Centered melee is very squishy, so frankly I'd recommend the Luck Domain - Displacement is worth a lot more to me than cheaper heals. Also half as many DoT stacks. Between that, Dodge, and Shadow Veil you should be avoiding much of the incoming damage.

[Selvera]

This build looks slightly similar to a twf build which I built to be able to solo R1 quickly/effectively from 1-20. It worked very well (while I did group up for most of it, it was mostly me doing the quests and other people/classes attempting to catch up to me or get trap bonuses etc).

As always, I'm going to preface the build with the caution that I highly recommend 3 double-strike pastlives before attempting a melee in reaper. The defense and offense boosts it grant are frankly too large to pass up on any melee build.

Now a little about my build: 8 figher/6 monk/6 x -> I've been swapping out the 3rd class a little, it has little effect on the build, although I think ranger is probably the best option for the 6 remaining levels. Perhaps cleric with domains might be a decent option.

The build should work with any race: typical starting stats might be:
Str 13, Dex 17, Con 16, Int 8, Wis 16, Cha 8

Levels 1-3: Monk. Gets you harmonious balance early and enough levels to pick up the iron skin enhancements. During these levels you'll be doing damage via strength using handwraps.
Levels 4-11: Fighter. This gets you greater weapon focus ASAP, and in time for level 12, when you'll want the kensai enhancements that it's a prereq for. During this time you'll be using tiefling's, which has dex-to-damage build in, but you need 1 AP in ninja spy to be centered with the weapons. Pretty much everything else should go into Kensai (except those which you already have in Shintao). 1 AP in henshin and 6 AP in stalwart defender are also value pickups for their price.
Level 12-14: Monk. At level 12 you respec into pure kensai to get the all T5s in the tree. You want 6 AP in ninja spy to get dex-to-damage with your khopeshes and the remainder in Shintao to get that 10% offhand proc chance and 20 PRR back asap. Getting the remainder of the monk levels allows you to upgrade the monk stances later without wasting feats.
Level 15+: Any class. You can pick up master/grandmaster of forms if you have the feats for it, they're good. Additional Ap after you have kensai (T5s) ninja spy (dex to damage), Shintao (Deft strikes and Iron Skin) and Stalwart (25 prr/mrr stance) can go into any tree. Henshin is a good option, so is ninja spy, and so is tempest.

Example feats for this build: Power Attack, Cleave, Two weapon fighting, Two weapon defense, Harmonious Balance, Weapon Focus Slashing, Greatcleave, Weapon proficiency Khopesh, Improved two weapon fighting, Weapon Specialization slashing, Improved Critical Slashing, Greater Weapon Focus Slashing, Greater two weapon fighting, Dodge, Deflect arrows, Master of Forms, Favored Enemy: Undead

Good gear is obviously very important, since you're a melee you need to have the defenses and damage to stand up to reaper level foes. You also need to have all those clickies/consumables/swap items that are so useful (like shield, displacement, FoM, deathblock, ghostly, etc).

Fists of light will be enough to self-heal a good chunk of damage, but if you mash up with a number of champs or reapers, you're going to take more damage then you can easily heal, so bring a hireling and walk back to it after you've killed everything to get a top up after any fight where you lose a significant amount of health.

The build was never intended to go into epics; I expect a pure ranger tempest to hold up in epics just as well or better then a build like this. It was designed to get from 1-20 quickly in reaper on a melee, and is significantly more powerful then a ranger tempest from levels 1-11, and holds up well levels 12-19. I suspect it might have difficulties in epic-reaper.

This is due to several choices leaning towards early power instead of late power (no capstone, power attack > precision in heroics but precision > power attack in epics, monk offhand strike chance is earned earlier then ranger, but ranger gets 100% offhand strike chance while monk only gets 90%, robes have higher PRR at low levels but lower PRR at high levels, MRR is cripplingly capped on robes wearers, but that doesn't matter much in heroics).

[banjo174]

If you want to solo Reaper efficiently, you probably want a ranged build. Like Warlock or something.

I will say that Cleric/Fighter/Monk = Silvanus Maul build to me. They're super nice, but have to be iconic (PDK or Morninglord). If you're non-iconic, leveling will be a bit awkward for your build until you hit 12 or so.

Centered melee is very squishy, so frankly I'd recommend the Luck Domain - Displacement is worth a lot more to me than cheaper heals. Also half as many DoT stacks. Between that, Dodge, and Shadow Veil you should be avoiding much of the incoming damage.

Probably should have included this in the original post. This will be done as a triple completionist, who has displacement greensteel items, 8 divine past lives, and 3 pdk past lives, as well as plenty of gear to back it up.

[SerPounce]

I've been running a kind of similar build and I've been very happy with it. 11 cleric/3 monk/6 fighter PDK silvanus with mauls (Build is in the silvanus thread). Soloing reaper is no problem. I've been doing r1-2 because I like to keep things moving, but I'm confident that if I wanted to take the time I could do at least r3s.

Personally I like 2hf WAY more for soloing that 2wf. 90% of the time you spend fighting is clearing groups of mobs and cleaves/glancing blows do that so much more efficiently.

[Vish]

If you want to run ethereal,
Then I would drop the cleric levels for rogue
You want to solo? You need trapper
Bring a cleric hire along to keep you alive

Like a 9/8/3 rogue fighter monk
You'll be able to scroll Rez and heal

Edit
Or go 10/8/2 for improved evasion
Monk for extra feats? Only need 2
But need one with blade so tier5 Kensai
Oh need dex to hit damage from ninja? Need 3 monk I see
Maybe 11/6/3
Maxing sneak attack
But losing one critical threat range
I'd say it's a better build

[banjo174]

If you want to run ethereal,
Then I would drop the cleric levels for rogue
You want to solo? You need trapper
Bring a cleric hire along to keep you alive

Like a 9/8/3 rogue fighter monk
You'll be able to scroll Rez and heal

Edit
Or go 10/8/2 for improved evasion
Monk for extra feats? Only need 2
But need one with blade so tier5 Kensai
Oh need dex to hit damage from ninja? Need 3 monk I see
Maybe 11/6/3
Maxing sneak attack
But losing one critical threat range
I'd say it's a better build

Just finished capping the original idea to 20. Honestly it was one of the most enjoyable builds I have done.
The build doesnt have enough UMD for heal scrolls even at level 20, so I don't see it being survivable without having a cleric base. Also, having 6 monk levels is essential imo, for shadow veil, as well as the 30 extra melee power from henshin.
Having the healing domain for the cure moderate wounds SLA is a nice addition, I basically can keep that SLA on CD, without much cost at all. Basically keeping me up for each fight, I might need to toss a cure critical wounds on myself from time to time, but its way more mana efficient with the SLA staying on CD.

I agree that your build would be more dps, but the survivability wouldnt be as reliable, since I don't see hires as very efficient.

[banjo174]

I've been running a kind of similar build and I've been very happy with it. 11 cleric/3 monk/6 fighter PDK silvanus with mauls (Build is in the silvanus thread). Soloing reaper is no problem. I've been doing r1-2 because I like to keep things moving, but I'm confident that if I wanted to take the time I could do at least r3s.

Personally I like 2hf WAY more for soloing that 2wf. 90% of the time you spend fighting is clearing groups of mobs and cleaves/glancing blows do that so much more efficiently.

yeah, I can definitely see 2hander being more aoe DPS, I used to only use 2handers, but I have wanted to use TWF for a long time now. I just knew it was a bit more farm intensive for gear. I was surprised to see how good double ToEE weapons was for leveling through heroics. The two ToEE weapons were strong from level 7-20, ill be testing them out here in epics soon, though I doubt they will be worth it anymore.

[Shaitaan]

What gear did you use while leveling?

I am toying with the idea of leveling a melee in reaper mode and this build is looking very interesting.
I just got no clue what kind of gear would be needed to keep up with the mobs in reaper, since I havent played a melee since reaper mode came out.