The MaulBearian - Barbarian, Cleric, Druid Silvanus Maul Bear Roar

[chipotle47]

The MaulBearian - This ... is an achievement.


Starting Stats: Str 18 | Dex 8 | Con 18 | Int 8 | Wis 8 | Cha 12
Past lives – no racial, all melee x 3, all Epic x 9 except Arcane, PDK x 3

** THIS BUILD REQUIRES A +3 HEART OF WOOD **

11 Barbarian, 6 Cleric, 3 druid
You will take the levels under "starting split" when you start out then have to eat a +3 heart of wood after taking level 15 to sub out the fighter level and get the final split correct. 11 barb gives you greater rage for the +10 melee power and extra str/con. Cleric is better than FVS in my opinion because destruction domain allows you to continue to use divine might and divine favor while raged in addition to spot healing. Turn undead gives 3 melee power to party during boss fights as well. Druid Enhancements sync with rage and stack beautifully. Natural fighting is a better Combat feat style over THF as it gives so much more. Playing as a bear is well... amazing. And the puns. Oh.... the puns....

Starting split to sub out - take this class at this level then follow final split.
Level 1 Fighter
Level 4 Cleric
Level 6 Cleric


FINAL SPLIT
1 Druid | Power Attack & Stunning Blow
2 Barbarian
3 Cleric | Completionist & Silvanus
4 Druid
5 Barbarian
6 Druid | Natural Fighting
7 Cleric | Destruction Domain
8 Barbarian
9 Cleric | Natural Fighting
10 Barbarian
11 Cleric
12 Barbarian | Imp Crit Bludgeon
13 Cleric
14 Barbarian
15 Cleric | Natural Fighting & Blessing of Silvanus
16 Barbarian
17 Barbarian
18 Barbarian | Toughness
19 Barbarian
20 Barbarian
21 Epic Toughness
24 Overwhelming Crit
26 PTWF
27 Blinding Speed
28 PTHF
29 Dire Charge
30 Child of Silvanus & Arborea

Skill points:
Balance – 11 | Heal 23 | Intim 23 | Jump 7 | Umd 11 | Swim 13 | Perform 1 | Tumble 1

Enhancements:
PDK - 1st Core (free racial point from RL)
FB – 35 points – 3 cores, Power Rage x 3, Cracking Attack x 3, Extra Rage x 2, Body Blow x 3, Sprint Boost x 3, Supreme Cleave, Con x 2, Crazy Strike, Focused Wrath x 2, Raging Blows, Tantrum
OS – 6 points – 1 core, Ear Smash x 3, Parrying Bond x 1, Knockout x 1
Ravager – 4 points – 1 core, Barb Power Attack x 3
Warpriest – 23 points – 1 core, Divine Might x 3, Righteous Weaps x 3, Inflame x 3, Wall of Steel x 3, Smite Weakness, Str x 1, Holy Striker x 3
Nature's Protector – 11 points – 2 cores, Rage of Beast x 2, Enchanted Defense x 3, Bloody Claws x 1, Primal Beast x 2, Enduring Beast x 1
Nature's Warrior - 1st core

Legendary Dreadnaught - did not take Momentum swing or lay waste. Yes pulverizer.
Twists – Symmetric Strikes, Balanced Attacks, Meld, Primal Scream

Gear

Armor : L. Coat of Traveler – slot Protection 8
Goggles : Crafted – Insightful seeker 7, wis 15, accuracy 23
Helm : L. Mighty Stormreach Guardian's Helm (reaper 2 all abilities) - slot Natural Armor 8
Neck : L. Ward-Inscribed Pendant – slot Drac Soul Gem
Trinket : L. Cursebane Focus – slot Globe
Cloak : L. Slate-Scale Capelet
Belt : L. Vistani Fighter Sash
Ring : L. Band of Insightful Commands
Ring : L. Ring of Nightfall – slot Golem Heart
Glove : Molten Silver Gauntlets | Swap L. Gauntlet of Innate Arcanum for Divine Might
Boot : L. Softsole Slippers – slot Luck +2
Bracer : L. Lore Fueled Pack Banner – slot False Life 40
Weapon : Tremor (208 BDR) oh ya....
Filigree – 5 prowess, 2 one against many str and melee power

Relevant Stats in Reaper:
With sustained buffs - Primal scream, Rage, Divine Might, Frenzy, Ram's Might, Magic Fang, Remnant pots, Yugo Pots, Defensive Fighting, Blitz

Strength: 112 | Doublestrike 70% | Melee Power 232 |
HP: 2831 | AC 155 | PRR 252 | MRR 106 | Dodge 10% |
Weapon – 8.75 (1d10 +6) +176 | 15-20 x 5 crit range | 168 to hit

I will try to post a dps video although they seem to always fail. 1 test on R5 shows about 20K/s dps assuming 20% vulnerability which I don't produce. I guesstimate averaging 4% through smite foe.

[chipotle47]

Here is a Bruntsmash dps test on R5 with as much of the kitchen sink thrown in as possible (madstone boots make the most difference). I made sure not to stack Crazy Strike but it still did 3, then 3, then 2 so dps will be slightly lower after it's fixed. This is 20k/s assuming 20% vulnerable, I'm estimating 19K/s after the fix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S82...ature=youtu.be

[Odysseus2011]

Lol you actually took our advice and put it under achievements :P. We were just joking
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[chipotle47]

I know. I thought it would be funny.

[Sam-u-r-eye]

bear bear bear

[Kaboom2112]

Lol you actually took our advice and put it under achievements :P. We were just joking
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A bear build that doesn't suck is an achievement

[unbongwah]

I pitched the same concept on Lama, so it pleases me to see someone was nutty enough to actually pull it off.

[Sam-u-r-eye]

I pitched the same concept on Lama, so it pleases me to see someone was nutty enough to actually pull it off.

Chipp does love his nuts.

[chipotle47]

There is just something about using Maul with a maul.

On a side note, a squirrel is my familiar...

[chipotle47]

[Sam-u-r-eye]

I would like this noise for my sentient jewel.

[chipotle47]

Thought I'd take a Selfie.

https://mashable.com/article/fat-bea.../#fqYf9mit_Zq4

[Sam-u-r-eye]

Thought I'd take a Selfie.

https://mashable.com/article/fat-bea.../#fqYf9mit_Zq4

That is one fat bear. I almost have enough ruins for a maul. Nabbed a + 3 hard yesterday.

[chipotle47]

Nabbed a + 3 hard yesterday.

All it takes is one, and the rest will follow.... hehehehe.....

ROAR.

[chipotle47]

Managed to tank an LH killing time yesterday, thank you Unsin for the opportunity. Died twice but should of been using a 5 piece mat opp green steel instead of a 2 piece, could of got over 4k hp instead of 3750.
Ran R10's after that with some of my flavorite peeps.
I'm telling you people, this build is fun, you don't know what you're missing. I know it's expensive and your brain can short circuit trying to keep all the buffs up but the fun is real...

[byllaras]

In case you use Tremor at lvl 29 i guess you may change improve critical feat? there is impact on tremor so it doesnt stack with imp critical.

[chipotle47]

In case you use Tremor at lvl 29 i guess you may change improve critical feat? there is impact on tremor so it doesnt stack with imp critical.

I guess you could but then you are subbing out Overwhelming crit as well since improved crit is a prerequisite for it. Also I like having it for when I switch to a DR breaking maul which is often needed in R7+. I don't see any 2 feats that are better for this build even for just the small dps output from Overwhelming crit.

[Mystickal]

Is this build still working properly?

When I grab Enduring Beast from Nature's Protector, my character sheet reflects neither the additional +1 STR or +10 Healing Amp. This is regardless of if I'm raged, not raged, or have Nature's Defense active or inactive.

Additionally, the second rank of Enduring Beast shows minimum requirement to be Druid level 4 - is that WAI? AFAIK, it's the only Tier 3 enhancement that has a requirement to be level 4.

~Bill

[banjo174]

Congrats, you posted an exploit to the forums.

[chipotle47]

Is this build still working properly?

When I grab Enduring Beast from Nature's Protector, my character sheet reflects neither the additional +1 STR or +10 Healing Amp. This is regardless of if I'm raged, not raged, or have Nature's Defense active or inactive.

Additionally, the second rank of Enduring Beast shows minimum requirement to be Druid level 4 - is that WAI? AFAIK, it's the only Tier 3 enhancement that has a requirement to be level 4.

~Bill

My guess is that you are not in animal form when looking at the character sheet for the stat change as that was the only thing you didn't mention that is necessary regarding Enduring Beast.

I believe I remember the second rank being unavailable for that reason as well, but I cannot say if it is working as intended or not.