THF Strikethrough build advice

[Son_of_the_South]

Hi all,

Looking for some advice on a THF (either GSword or GAxe), max strikethrough and doublestrike. I am thinking either:

15 Paly / 5 Fighter BF
20 Paly BF
18 Paly / 2 Fighter BF

Any thoughts on these, or more suitable builds? I've seen Cetus' pure Fighter, which looks excellent, not really wanting to splurge on a +1 heart though...

[Fivetigers33]

Hi all,

Looking for some advice on a THF (either GSword or GAxe), max strikethrough and doublestrike. I am thinking either:

15 Paly / 5 Fighter BF
20 Paly BF
18 Paly / 2 Fighter BF

Any thoughts on these, or more suitable builds? I've seen Cetus' pure Fighter, which looks excellent, not really wanting to splurge on a +1 heart though...

Cetus' build is a half orc, there should be no need for a +1 heart. If you want max strikethrough, you have to be Barbarian. Paladin and Fighter can get enough though. If you are going Pally you definitely want the KotC capstone. If you multiclass you lose a lot of DPS.

If you want max Doublestrike, Fighter gets a little bit more than Paladin. Some races have bonuses to doublestrike too. It all depends on how many different sources you need to get to 100. Gear and Past Lives can play a role in which race/class you need to get to 100 Doublestrike. Unfortunately none of the races have bonuses to both Doublestrike and Strikethrough.

[unbongwah]

If you're set on Bladeforged paladin as your starting point, I don't see much point in not sticking with pure paladin 20. AP-wise something like 41 KotC (capstone) / 31 SD (Glorious Stand for +10% HPs) / 18 racial (PotF, +5% HPs); or 41 KotC / 23 Falconry (No Mercy) / 13 SD (Strong Defense) / 16 racial. If you don't have extra racial APs, naturally you'll have to adjust.

[Son_of_the_South]

If you're set on Bladeforged paladin as your starting point, I don't see much point in not sticking with pure paladin 20. AP-wise something like 41 KotC (capstone) / 31 SD (Glorious Stand for +10% HPs) / 18 racial (PotF, +5% HPs); or 41 KotC / 23 Falconry (No Mercy) / 13 SD (Strong Defense) / 16 racial. If you don't have extra racial APs, naturally you'll have to adjust.

Thank you. Not set on BF, any other race/class advice? Basically looking for high dps with GA/GS and self-heals (outside of epics).