last update: 2022. Nov. 17. (This build description is U57 READY!!!)
Hello there!
I would like to share my all time favourite build.
I like SURVIVABILITY and VERSATILITY.
This build is designed to survive and complete soloing R6-8 quests at cap, but performs well in R10 groups too.
It is a tanky "Swiss Army Knife" melee build, running around in cool Shadowform, who can disable every trap, can open all locks, gives buffs and do some damage too.
4k+ HP, 300+ AC, 300+ PRR , 177 MRR, 285 standing Melee Power, 360 selfbuffed/boosted Melee Power, 20/23 SA Dice
It is the : "VISTANI R(enegade) O(ffensive) B(udget) O(ff) T(ank)"
Link to my 32p Iconic 1st lifer version: https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showth...08#post6553308
at cap the "Vistani ROBOT" is capable of:
- trap (no fail)
- selfheal (500-800ish normal and 1500 crits in R6 quests)
- Intimidate
- Bluff
- minor Debuff
- Dots
- Goldcurse
- Sneak
- Nullmagic Guard
- Engage mobs, save party members from damage.
- Clear trash
- Useful buffs (Lucky Cape, Stoneskin, Ablative Armor, Deadly, Poz. Energy Infusion, etc...)
- Extended clicky duration
- Dimension door
- Greater Shadowform
Very useful in any Party/Raid.
Can play multiply roles as: Tank/Off Tank,Trapper, Kiter or minor Debuffer/DPS.
It is very safe to play and dies once in a blue moon during questing up to R8.
Can tank all quest bosses and reapers without blocking and DPS them at the same time!!!
Sample videos:
Solo Runs:
U57 Solo R8 Memoirs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGcfrpdVhhc
U56 R6 Grim and Barret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rv6pqBozY
U52 R6 The Home of Memory (with 3 Epic Moments!!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_45uKD04oTU
U52 R6 Solo The Tower of Frost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLXUL-Je74Q
Party runs:
U52 R8 Memoires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Cjbp0PI8E
THE BUILD
You are a very cool Living Construct (Gnomeforged*) with the benefit of:
- healing from Repair spells
- Minimal item swap !!!
*Race only matters if U have lots of racial points
Build's name: VISTANI R(enegade) O(ffensive) B(udget) O(ff) T(ank)=Vistani ROBOT aka The Handyman
Race: Deep Gnome (Gnome if Heroic) - I'd go Warforged (more ac/prr and melee power) but need racial completionist first
Class: 17 Artificer/2 Fighter/1 Wizard
Alignment: True Neutral
Levelling order:
1.Wiz (if Deep Gnome) otherwise take Wiz at lvl 2
2-13 Arti
14-15 Ftr
16-20 Arti
Starting stats (need 13 Str if got no Tome):
Str:12
Dex:8
Con:16
Int:20
Wis:10
Cha:10
Skills:
Balance 7p (for SWF)
max out: Repair, Disable, Open Lock, Spot, Intimidate, Spellcraft
15 points to Search (with a +5 Tome)
1 point to: Tumble, Perform, UMD
rest to Bluff, Diplo or any other
Feats:
1. Ins. Reflexes + Extend
3. PA
5. SWF
6. Cleave
9. Construct Essence + Great Cleave
12. ISWF
13. Imp. Construct Essence
14. IC: Piercing Weapon
15. GSWF + Nimble Fingers (yes Artificers can take this feat too!!!) or Shield Mastery (for HP)
18: Combat Expertise
19. Quicken
21. Epic: OWC
22. Destiny: Perfect Single Weapon Fighting
24. Epic: Construct Examplar
25. Destiny: Pierce Silver
27. Epic: Watchful Eyes or Bulwark of Defense or Improved Shield Mastery (for HP)
28. Destiny: Crush of Weakness
30. Legendary: Scion of the Etheral Plane
30. Epic: Epic Fortitude (no fail on a roll 1 - it helps to resist Vengance Reaper's Disintegration spell)
31. Destiny:Choose from: Double Strike/Tactician/Harbinger of Chaos or Legendary Toughness/Cold Iron
Enhancements:
Racials: Optional
Vistani: 41p (Capstone)
RMM: 33p (T5 Paragon Body,Mastermaker and Automatic Forcefield)
Harper: 7p (KTA Tier 2)
If U go heroics, from lvl 15 (till lvl 20) need to get blurry from Racial/Feydark tree. So put 1 point in EK tree for the Cleave attack and enough points to get Blurry in the Racial/Feydark tree.
Spells:
Wiz:
- Jump (at heroics) - switch to Protection from Evil at epics
- Nightshield - switch to Merfolk's Blessing at lvl 20
- Shield - switch to Obscuring Mist at level 20
Arti:
LvL1: Ablative Armor, Enchant Weapon, Resist Energy, Grease (to troll others ) and Repair Light Damage
LvL2: Lucky Cape, Byeshk Weapons, Reinforce Construct, Toughen Construct, Repair Moderate Damage
LvL3: Stoneskin, Insightful Damage, Adamantine Weapons, Positive Energy Infusion, Repair Serious Damage
LvL4: Armor of Speed, Protection from Elements, Lesser Globe of Inv, Repair Critical Damage, GEW
LvL5: Radiant Forcefiled, Tenser's Transformation, Planar Weapons
LvL6: Deadly Weapons and Reconstruct
Artispells: https://imgur.com/tlGXNqU
Wizzyspells: https://imgur.com/RObRSa4
Epic Destiny:
https://imgur.com/ZeeAhfv
Playstyle:
You are the 1st wave. Get all the aggro, draw the enemies anger to yourself.
Run in the middle of a group of monsters--> Intimidate--> Hit Mighty Slam--> use 1-2 Cleave attacks--> Extend the stun effect with Battlefist-->use more Cleave attacks
When mobs are stunned around U, just use Shadowstrike, Cleave, Great Cleave, Eldritch Strike and Kinetic Discharge.
The instakill effect of Keeper of the Crimson Covenant can proc at every hit on all mobs in front of U/Cleave attack. Goldcusre Dagger also has an awesome CC effect.
If U have got no stunneable mobs around U or wanna kill them faster just hit your Epic Moment and swing your dagger meanwhile.
GEARSETS for LEVELING
1-4 https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6395576
5-9 https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6395577
10-14 https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6395579
15-20 https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6395580
21-25 https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6395581
26-27 https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6395582
28 https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6395583
for lvl 29 use the endgmae gearset and substitute the Set Augment items (lvl 30) with something U feel comfi
ENDGAME GEARSET
SURVIVOR and VERSATILE GEARSET
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6507760
NEW DPS GEARSET!!! (U51, +3 more Sneak Attack Dice, Lighning Strike + Stormreaver's Thunderclap)
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6507759
BUDGET GEARSET (less raid items):
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...=1#post6474465
IMMUNITIES:
- Sleep/Hold Person/Energy Drain/Nauseated/Exhausted/Paralysed effects
- Ability score damage from natural poisons and natural diseases
- Bonuses to saving throws against magical poisons
- Immunity to fear (The Heart of Suulomades)
- Immunity to poison (The Heart of Suulomades)
- Immunity to curses (The Heart of Suulomades)
- Immunity to Magic Missilies (Renagade Mastermaker tree)
- Immunity to Blindness (Divine Crusader ED Tree)
AVOIDANCE:
- Standing 25% Incorporeality
- Standing 50% Concealment (temp. 75% with Displacement clicky)
https://imgur.com/CGyNGNs
OTHER:
- Free Deflect Arrows feat from Vistani
- True Seeing from Divine Crusader ED Tree
- Melee Power is used for throwing daggers instead of Ranged Power
- Dimension Door
- Greater Shadowform
STATS: UNBUFFED / SELFBUFFED in REAPER QUEST
Selfbuffed in Reaper Quest:
- HP: 4k
- Effective HP: 28k/115k
- Repair Amp.: 165
- Heal Amp.: 108
- SP: more than enough
- Int: 76 /80 (83 w/Haste Boost, 85 w/Vistani Fortune, 87 w/Bard songs, 89 w/Yugo pot, 91 w/Lastin Ablity pot)
DEFENSE:
- AC: 259/271 (goes up 300+ with Kinetic Charge and Bard buffs + Holy Aura)
- PRR: 256/300+ in reaper quests
- MRR: 171/171 (191 with Vistani Fortune)
- Dodge: 21%
- Fortification: 345%
OFFENSE:
- Melee Power: 252/280 (+15 Vistani Fortune +50 with Prowess Boost +Enhanced Bloodrage max 355)
- Using Melee Power for Throwing Dagger: 200+
- Attack Speed: 50%
- Sneak Attack Dice: 21 (24 with Epic Moment)
- Double Strike: standing 68% (+20% Rapid Slash +5% Alchemical Bonus Cannith Combat Infusion = 93%)
- Fortification bypass: standing 89% (+ 1-15% Deconstructor)
- Critical Bonus: +136
- Incite: +0%
DEBUFFS:
- Shattered Device setbonus (10 PRR/MRR)
- Darkness (3 stacks of: -3 PRR/MRR, -3 Spell Resistance)
- Shadow Loss (-5 PRR/MRR, -5 Spell Penetration)
- Destruction (15 stacks of -1 AC/-1 Fortification)
- Kinetic Discharge slow effect 10% to 50%
- various effects from Colors of the Queen
- Quelling on Vorpal Strikes
- Reducing Positive and Repair Amplification
DAMAGE OVER TIME EFFECTS Melee:
1-5 stacks Acid DoT
10 Cold DoT
Untyped Damage DoT
1-10 stacks Blood of Vengance: 1d6 damage per 2 seconds for 30 seconds
- various effects from Colors of the Queen
INSTAKILL:
Feareater Augment
SAVES:
Fortitude: 84
Reflex: 90
Will: 65
DCs:
Mighty Slam: 87/109 (with Ancient Tactics turned + Trance)
Intimidate: 93/93 (106 with Leg. Breaking the Bank +3 Skill Mastery)
Bluff: 72,5/82,5 (with Leg. Breaking the Bank + Bard Songs +3 Skill Mastery)
Diplo: 67/80 (w/Leg. Breaking the Bank +3 Skill Mastery)
RESISTANCES:
Acid: +47
Cold: +47
Electric: +47
Fire: +47
Sonic: +17 (+47 with spell)
ABSORBTIONS:
Acid: 22%
Cold: 50%
Electricity: 26%
Evil: 24%
Fire: 43% (71% with Runearm perma Fire Shield Cold version)
Evil: 24%
Negative: 25%
Sonic: 26%