Post by mikekolba on Mar 9, 2008 20:50:48 GMT
OK,
Just built it and so far I'm kinda proud of how it turned out so far in getting to level 60. Was inspired by the Tin Can Redux build posted on the forums and thought I could tweak it a bit to make a warchanter...
Built it using Howler as that was the best subbie I had for this type of toon at this point, and due to this, I had to go more a tank route than a bard/caster route.
Dwarven Warchanter built using Howler
Starting Stats
Str 14 (20)
Dx 10
Con 14 (20)
Wis 10 (7)
Int 14
Cha 14 (11)
Level Progression to 40
5 Bard, 1 RDD, 5 Bard, 16DD, 9 RDD, 1 Bard, 1DD, 1 DD, 1 Bard
Abilities taken
3 +1 Cha (taken first)
6 +1 Str (taken the rest of way up to 40)
Feat Selecton
Luck of Heroes
Lightning Reflexes
Wep Focus Mace (warchanter requirement)
Skill Focus Intimidate (warchanter requirement- ugh what a waste)
Power Attack
Cleave
Great Cleave
Iron Will
Improved Crit Mace
Armour Skin
Great Str 1
Overwhelming Crit Mace
Devistating Crit Mace
Epic Damage Reduction 1
Epic Prowess
Curse Song
Abilities taken in LL
3 +1 Con in Legendary Levels
7 +1 Str in Legendary Levels
Feats taken in LL
Epic Weapon Focus Mace
Great Strength 2
Blind Fight
Legendary Saving Throw Reflex
Legendary Saving Throw Luck
Legendary Weapon Focus Light Mace
Legendary Battle Hardening 1
Benefits to the build- Had to take 10 levels of RDD to get ability bonuses where they need to be due to howler penalties. (+ Str, +Int, +Cha) When doing this, it greatly improves the tankability of the toon and frees up some feat selections that would otherwise have to be used on some ability increases. Took RDD Fire Immunity, but could have changed color to suit your gear.
Has 2 Warchanter epics at level 40- Instruments of the Faith and Death of Magic (2 nice epics for a tank!)
Has some Bard abilities (Level 1-4 spells)
Has Bardsong and Curse song (obviously not as good as a pure bard but is better than nothing imo)
Nice Crit Damage- Was averaging around 300pts damage with lvl 35 light mace on bandits (poor bandits)
Epic Damage Reduction and Legendary Battle Hardiness feat in LL to increase % phys immune... 25 base Con taken so this could be done.
Offhand use of Dwarven Waraxe for MAX Shield bonus with 22 con and max +12 bonus (34) to dual weap with mace- If need dictates, can swap in a shield when necessary for higher AC and immunities
Took Illusion Tome to improve the displacement conceal.
o Disadvantages- No 3rd Warchanter epic, no level 5 or 6 Bard Spells. Bard abilities are not as good as a pure Bard. Could have selected Different RDD Color for Different Immune/Breath weapon other than the default Red/Fire. Not being able to use Stoneguard is a weakness compared to using WarCry.
Level 40 Abilities (with RDD increases included) and scores from UR Gear
32 Str (44)
10 Dx (22)
22 Con (32) (gives max bonus for Dwarven Waraxe Shield Bonus with max +12 bonus for 34 con total)
7 Wis (19)
16 Int
16 Cha (28) (base 16 gives use of warchanter Epics)
Skills (at 40) unbuffed and with gear listed below...
Concentration 64 (69)
Discipline 69 (100)
Lore 25
Parry 49 (47)
Perform 24
Tumble 46 (59)
Taunt 9 (29)
UMD 8
Base Saves at 40 are as follows (with bonuses/gear)
Fort 28 (53)
Reflex 23 (49)
Will 27 (53)
Level 60 Abilities (with RDD increases included) and scores from BUR Gear
42 Str (54)
10 Dx (22)
25 Con (37) (gives max bonus for Dwarven Waraxe Shield Bonus with max +12 bonus for 34 con total)
7 Wis (19)
16 Int
16 Cha (28) (base 16 gives use of warchanter Epics)
Skills (at 60) unbuffed (no spells/song) and with gear listed below...
Concentration 70 (86)
Discipline 79 (127)
Lore 25
Parry 63 (85)
Perform 24 (30)
Tumble 40 (37)
Taunt 30 (76)
UMD 8 (14)
Current Base Saves at 60 are as follows (with bonuses/gear)
Fort 42 (63)
Reflex 43 (64)
Will 46 (61)
Phys and Elemental Immunities with gear below
Bludgeoning :87
Piercing:87
Slashing:87
Magic:25
Acid: 65
Cold:90
Divine:0
Elec:70
Fire:85 (70 Absolute)
Neg 0
Pos 25
Sonic 65
Gear I was wearing for this
Str Artifact
Visor of Vigilance
Legendary Belt of Resilience
Plate of Uxan Uldorath
Dire Buckler
Audacious Provocation
Cloak of the Unjust
Bhallus Bane
Eye of the Rhemoraz
Chain of Solidarity
Suggestions and Comments welcome
Mike
Just built it and so far I'm kinda proud of how it turned out so far in getting to level 60. Was inspired by the Tin Can Redux build posted on the forums and thought I could tweak it a bit to make a warchanter...
Built it using Howler as that was the best subbie I had for this type of toon at this point, and due to this, I had to go more a tank route than a bard/caster route.
Dwarven Warchanter built using Howler
Starting Stats
Str 14 (20)
Dx 10
Con 14 (20)
Wis 10 (7)
Int 14
Cha 14 (11)
Level Progression to 40
5 Bard, 1 RDD, 5 Bard, 16DD, 9 RDD, 1 Bard, 1DD, 1 DD, 1 Bard
Abilities taken
3 +1 Cha (taken first)
6 +1 Str (taken the rest of way up to 40)
Feat Selecton
Luck of Heroes
Lightning Reflexes
Wep Focus Mace (warchanter requirement)
Skill Focus Intimidate (warchanter requirement- ugh what a waste)
Power Attack
Cleave
Great Cleave
Iron Will
Improved Crit Mace
Armour Skin
Great Str 1
Overwhelming Crit Mace
Devistating Crit Mace
Epic Damage Reduction 1
Epic Prowess
Curse Song
Abilities taken in LL
3 +1 Con in Legendary Levels
7 +1 Str in Legendary Levels
Feats taken in LL
Epic Weapon Focus Mace
Great Strength 2
Blind Fight
Legendary Saving Throw Reflex
Legendary Saving Throw Luck
Legendary Weapon Focus Light Mace
Legendary Battle Hardening 1
Benefits to the build- Had to take 10 levels of RDD to get ability bonuses where they need to be due to howler penalties. (+ Str, +Int, +Cha) When doing this, it greatly improves the tankability of the toon and frees up some feat selections that would otherwise have to be used on some ability increases. Took RDD Fire Immunity, but could have changed color to suit your gear.
Has 2 Warchanter epics at level 40- Instruments of the Faith and Death of Magic (2 nice epics for a tank!)
Has some Bard abilities (Level 1-4 spells)
Has Bardsong and Curse song (obviously not as good as a pure bard but is better than nothing imo)
Nice Crit Damage- Was averaging around 300pts damage with lvl 35 light mace on bandits (poor bandits)
Epic Damage Reduction and Legendary Battle Hardiness feat in LL to increase % phys immune... 25 base Con taken so this could be done.
Offhand use of Dwarven Waraxe for MAX Shield bonus with 22 con and max +12 bonus (34) to dual weap with mace- If need dictates, can swap in a shield when necessary for higher AC and immunities
Took Illusion Tome to improve the displacement conceal.
o Disadvantages- No 3rd Warchanter epic, no level 5 or 6 Bard Spells. Bard abilities are not as good as a pure Bard. Could have selected Different RDD Color for Different Immune/Breath weapon other than the default Red/Fire. Not being able to use Stoneguard is a weakness compared to using WarCry.
Level 40 Abilities (with RDD increases included) and scores from UR Gear
32 Str (44)
10 Dx (22)
22 Con (32) (gives max bonus for Dwarven Waraxe Shield Bonus with max +12 bonus for 34 con total)
7 Wis (19)
16 Int
16 Cha (28) (base 16 gives use of warchanter Epics)
Skills (at 40) unbuffed and with gear listed below...
Concentration 64 (69)
Discipline 69 (100)
Lore 25
Parry 49 (47)
Perform 24
Tumble 46 (59)
Taunt 9 (29)
UMD 8
Base Saves at 40 are as follows (with bonuses/gear)
Fort 28 (53)
Reflex 23 (49)
Will 27 (53)
Level 60 Abilities (with RDD increases included) and scores from BUR Gear
42 Str (54)
10 Dx (22)
25 Con (37) (gives max bonus for Dwarven Waraxe Shield Bonus with max +12 bonus for 34 con total)
7 Wis (19)
16 Int
16 Cha (28) (base 16 gives use of warchanter Epics)
Skills (at 60) unbuffed (no spells/song) and with gear listed below...
Concentration 70 (86)
Discipline 79 (127)
Lore 25
Parry 63 (85)
Perform 24 (30)
Tumble 40 (37)
Taunt 30 (76)
UMD 8 (14)
Current Base Saves at 60 are as follows (with bonuses/gear)
Fort 42 (63)
Reflex 43 (64)
Will 46 (61)
Phys and Elemental Immunities with gear below
Bludgeoning :87
Piercing:87
Slashing:87
Magic:25
Acid: 65
Cold:90
Divine:0
Elec:70
Fire:85 (70 Absolute)
Neg 0
Pos 25
Sonic 65
Gear I was wearing for this
Str Artifact
Visor of Vigilance
Legendary Belt of Resilience
Plate of Uxan Uldorath
Dire Buckler
Audacious Provocation
Cloak of the Unjust
Bhallus Bane
Eye of the Rhemoraz
Chain of Solidarity
Suggestions and Comments welcome
Mike
