Abysmal Stalker 3 Paladin 7 Weaponmaster 50 SD

[starlandra]

So I was going over my STR SD build which I still like, but I wanted to make a dexer for the Abyss... and all this talk about low SD AB got me thinking things over, and I came up with this. Only tested her on TIA so far, but did over 120k damage and missed a huge chunk of the first map. Decent dexer damage by all accounts.



Half Kyton: (Quick to Master, Mobility, Dodge)
01: Paladin(1): Bullheaded, Expertise
02: Shadowdancer(1): {Hide in Plain Sight}
03: Shadowdancer(2): Weapon Proficiency Exotic, {Darkvision, Evasion, Uncanny Dodge I}
04: Shadowdancer(3): DEX+1, (DEX=23)
05: Shadowdancer(4)
06: Shadowdancer(5): Weapon Focus: Katana, {Defensive Roll}
07: Shadowdancer(6)
08: Shadowdancer(7): DEX+1, {Slippery Mind}, (DEX=24)
09: Shadowdancer(8): Spring Attack
10: Shadowdancer(9)
11: Shadowdancer(10): {Improved Evasion}
12: Paladin(2): DEX+1, Whirlwind Attack, {Smite Evil}, (DEX=25)
13: Weapon Master(1): Weapon of Choice: Katana
14: Weapon Master(2)
15: Weapon Master(3): Ambidexterity
16: Weapon Master(4): DEX+1, (DEX=26)
17: Weapon Master(5)
18: Weapon Master(6): Two-Weapon Fighting
19: Weapon Master(7)
20: Paladin(3): DEX+1, (DEX=27)
21: Shadowdancer(11): Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
22: Shadowdancer(12)
23: Shadowdancer(13): Great Dexterity I, (DEX=28)
24: Shadowdancer(14): DEX+1, Improved Critical: Katana, (DEX=29)
25: Shadowdancer(15)
26: Shadowdancer(16): Great Dexterity II, (DEX=30)
27: Shadowdancer(17): Epic Weapon Focus: Katana
28: Shadowdancer(18): DEX+1, (DEX=31)
29: Shadowdancer(19): Great Dexterity III, (DEX=32)
30: Shadowdancer(20): Epic Prowess
31: Shadowdancer(21)
32: Shadowdancer(22): DEX+1, Great Dexterity IV, (DEX=33)
33: Shadowdancer(23): Weapon Finesse
34: Shadowdancer(24)
35: Shadowdancer(25): Great Dexterity V, (DEX=34)
36: Shadowdancer(26): DEX+1, Greater Weapon Focus: Katana, (DEX=36)
37: Shadowdancer(27)
38: Shadowdancer(28): Great Dexterity VI, (DEX=37)
39: Shadowdancer(29): Epic Dodge
40: Shadowdancer(30): DEX+1, (DEX=38)

Paladin(3), Weapon Master(7), Shadowdancer(30), Half Kyton

STR: 8
DEX: 22 (38) 52 at level 60. 66 w/gear, 72 at double demi with dex artifact.
CON: 18
WIS: 16
INT: 14
CHA: 8

41
42 dex+1 LSA Discipline
43
44 dex+1
45 Great Dex VII
46 dex+1
47
48 dex+1 Great Dex IIX
49
50 dex+1
51 Legendary Weapon Focus: Katana
52 dex+1
53
54 dex+1 Great Dex IX
55
56 dex+1
57 Great Dex X
58 dex+1
59
60 dex+1 armor skin, can take blind fight if you feel the need with a pandect since the summons pandect still kinda sucks


AC 10 base + 29 dex + 15 robes + 2 craft + 12 tumble + 17 deflection +20 dodge + 17 natural = 124 without shield 126 girded. (129 at demi.) Keep in mind epic dodge and great conceal... and you can use a shield when needed for 140+ ac. Also if you ever have too many mobs aggro on you, just GS count to 2 and start attacking again.
AB 27 base + 29 dex + 20 buffs + 1 wf + 1 gwf + 2 ewf + 3 lwf + 2 craft - 4 dual wield + 12 LLAB +1 weapon master bonus = 94 ab 95 demi 96 double 97 with arti. add 4 when using a shield (98,99,100,101 one handed). pretty good for a Shadowdancer actually. Heck pretty good for any non AA tank.

Of course this build is with stygian razor in mind. I have dev crit kama boots, so was tempted to take monk for more ac and extra attacks, but really wanted to get the crit range low (10-20 versus 16-20) for optimal damage output. Any weapon will work if you have a dev crit gear to help out. I have seen similar builds with kamas, but when I tried it about a year ago, I just was not thrilled with the output.

Add in three levels of paladin for no fear, no disease, and saves boost and it kinda works out.

on a side note, just got shadow jump... and the coil just got more interesting

[the1kobra]

Err... just a levelling thing, you should probably take weapon finesse before you take ambidexterity and the two weapon line.

Also, about the saves:
3/1/1
2/6/2
3/7/3
4/21/3
0/0/1
41/41/41
5/5/5
58/81/56

They seem a bit low, though they'll jump to 62/85/60 at double demi, and +2 to each with universal +14s. Still, it seems a tad tight for abyss runs.

[starlandra]

well it was a reincarnation but yeah would put finesse up where ambi is and bump the rest down. As for saves, they will work. If you are desperate you can use a saves arti, the ab is plenty high.

[Trazik]

You might consider a minor change to the name of the build ... Abyssmal means bad, as in horrible. I suspect you mean Abyssal.

[Werehound Silverfang]

Actually "Abysmal" (correct spelling) more closely means limitless.

[fraglord85]

uhm Why dont u have cleave in ur build ?

Frag

[Eethen]

Jul 15, 2010 20:34:12 GMT fraglord85 said:

uhm Why dont u have cleave in ur build ?

Frag

Why do you want cleave? It only makes you hit stuff you shouldn't hit.

[fraglord85]

yes but it makes u also flatfooted if u suddenly stop attacking anything lol

[starlandra]

on dex builds where I can get dev crit for free, I tend not to waste feats on cleave etc.. personal taste, if you wanna fit it in, feel free.

[simpetar]

What are your skills? From two starting feats, I suspect you go human based. One thing that an Abyss dex tank usually wants is decent parry - because of Balor vorpal swords. Maybe you could consider starting as elf and get discipline and parry cross-class; if I recall, SDs get quite nice amount of skills to play with. Of course, sleep immunity is icing on the cake.

simpetar