Smiting Kama CoT (30CoT/9Pal/1Mnk)

[shardelay]

The Smiting Kama CoT:
This is my next build. He shares a great deal in common with my latest build, a uni-fighter. Using a kama at the moment, but I'll be swapping him to Goad or nunchakas when flurry changes eventually go in.

He's got a full sized greater smite (g-smite x), 11 attacks per round in toyshop boots and flurry (6 prim hand, 3 bonus 2 offhand) with a -5 ab progression. This is another toon who would get 1 more attack if the engine didnt cap at 6. Each of these hits does 20+17 unresistable divine damage for a non-critted 407 possible divine damage. With the -3 progression, that means that at full double demi 7 of those 11 attacks will be at 99ab or higher and 7 of them are at 90ab or higher so most of those will connect. Max listen helps here also.

He flirts with horrible AC but divine wrath and some careful playing will help with that (divine shield wont work due to mnk level).

Here goes.

Final build in +14 gear:
AB 99, 102 with double demi and str arti
AC 109 pre demi (crunch! but he has divine wrath) and 124 wtih strongheart, girding, 2xdemi and asmo gear
hp: 1138

Fort: 76
Reflex: 76
Will: 70

Str: 60 (66 with demi and str arti)
Dex: 29/33
Con: 24/28
Int: 28/32
Wisdom: 26/30
Cha: 40/44

Using a Kama he is 17-20/x3

Pro's:
- ALOT of attacks per round.
- 37 unresistable divine damage per round..
- Great soak from divine wrath.
- Good smites
- Great AB
- Great saves.


Con's:
- REALLY low AC

Here goes:

Race: Half-elf
Subrace: Pharlan.

Creation screen stats:
Str: 12
Dex: 15
Con: 10
Wis: 8
Int: 14
Cha: 16

Subrace mod'd starting stats:
Str: 15
Dex: 15
Con: 10
Wis: 12
Int: 14
Cha: 20


1 Monk:
Blooded

2 Paladin:

3 Paladin:
Weapon Focus


4 Paladin:
cha +1

5 Paladin:

6 Paladin:
Power Attack

7 Paladin:

8 Paladin:
cha +1

9 Paladin:
Great Cleave

10 Paladin:

11 CoT:

12 CoT:
Power Critical, Greater Weapon Focus
cha +1

13 CoT:

14 CoT:
Improved Critical

15 CoT:
ambidexterity

16 CoT:
Two-weapon fighting
cha +1

17 CoT:

18 CoT:
Improved two-weapon fighting, extra smiting

19 CoT:

20 CoT:
Blind fight
cha +1

21 CoT:
Great Smite I

22 CoT:

23 CoT:


24 CoT:
Great Smite II, Epic Weapon Focus
cha +1

25 CoT:

26 CoT:

27 CoT:
Great Smite III

28 CoT:
Great Smite IV
Str +1

29 CoT:

30 CoT:
Great Smite V

31 CoT:

32 CoT:
Great Smite VI
Str +1

33 CoT:
Great Smite VII

34 CoT:

35 CoT:

36 CoT:
Great Smite VIII, Great Smite IX
Str +1

37 CoT:

38 CoT:

39 CoT:
Great Smite X

40 CoT:
Str +1
Overwhelming Critical

Skills:
Disc every level
Concentration from 1-10 maxed
Craft Weapon every level


Legendary Abilities:
All Str

Legendary Feats:
LSA: Tumble
LSA: Listen
Epic Prowess
Leg Weap Focus
G Str III
G Str IV
Dev Crit


Legendary Skills:
Max Disc
Conc to 31 total
Max listen after LSA: Listen
Tumble to 60 after LSA: Tumble
Max Craft Weapon

19 points left to dump wherever.


Tome:

Pandect:

ARti: Str, but considering how hard str is to get it might not be a good option. CHA gives you an extra divine damage, but its a difficult one also. Dex and wis both give you 1ac and Con gives you a nice immunity.

Demi and double demi iterations help ab and divien damage a bit, but help AC ALOT with the mnk level in there.

[arek]

I see 2 errors in your build:

• First, you need at least 15 dex to qualify for Ambidexterity (required for Improved two-weapon fighting).
  
• Second, You need at least 25 CHA to take Great Smiting. This means you need to start with 15/19 CHA, take all your pre-epic stat points in CHA, and then take Great Charisma at L21. This will allow you to qualify for the Great Smiting feats. Barely.

Even with the above changes, tho, I don't see how this build is going to survive in combat. Most double-weapon CoTs rely on Heavy Armor for high physical resists and immunities. This won't be able to do so. Were I you, I'd seriously look into dropping great smites entirely, and going dex-based (hybrid) instead of str-based. You're also going to be losing quite a bit of damage by going with kamas (a small weapon) on a medium-sized toon, which makes me like that idea even more.

--Arek

[shardelay]

I had just noticed the dex problem and changd it, but I hadnt gotten him to 20 yet to see the g-smite issue. Thanks.

I have amended the build.

As for your question about survivability... probably correct, but I just did a hybrid very much like thsi and wanted to see how a str based version would come out.

And yes, I loose str damage from using that sized weapon, however I think that should be more than made up for with the divine attacks and the multiple extra attacks at higher ab. That's the real test.

I'll lvel him up and see how he goes. He certainly wont be as squishy as my double scimmy str asn.