Farrel's Gold (Pure Level 60 Cleric - Slinger)

[CataclysmicDeath]

Ok I with the new changes to Slinger I decided to post my build.

This build has gone through 3 incarnations, the first one being pre demi of course wherre on a Nessus run it did somewhere in the regen of 90k damage. This was pre Slinger changes.

After demi x 1 I reinc'd it and changed the subrace to Brownie. It's damage output was still seriously sucky. Now after the Slinger changes I took it through Hells again and this time it did around 120K+ on damage output, as you can see a huge difference. Now it has it's Demi x 2 it has been reinc'd again, still as a Brownie but this time I made only 2 changes to the build, I maxed out it's heal skill and dropped Point Blank Shot to take ESF Heal and once I get hold of one I will use a Point Blank Shot Pandect to make up the dropped feat.

Subrace Brownie
(Dex +6, Wis +2, Con + 2, Free Feat: Great Dex 1 & 2, Free Feat: Toughness)
Classes Cleric 60 Levels - Pure

Pro's

140+ac due to Dex Based
Saves all 60+
98 ab fully buffed
Max Healing from Healing Bullets
Has all available damage and effect bullet types
2 x Greater Ruin at Max DC
8 attacks per round
Epic Mage Armour from Feat meaning once cast I get Epic Dodge

Con's
Only 1 Epic so no Miracle and no IOF since I chose Enchantment for Girding.
However you can pick either IOF or Miracle since as things stand at the time of posting this build you don't actually need Enchant for +16 GMW, Leg Level Slings have this anyway.

STATS

Str - 14
Dex - 15
Con - 8
Int - 16
Wis - 13
Cha - 8

Rachael Farrel
Level	Class	Feats	Skill points	Ability Points
1	Cleric	- Armor Proficiency (heavy) - Armor Proficiency (light) - Armor Proficiency (medium) - Assist Other - Blooded - Command Targeter - Domain Powers (Fire) - Domain Powers (Strength) - Fearless - Good Aim - Great Dexterity I - Great Dexterity II - Lucky - Mount Actions - Shield Proficiency - Skill Affinity (Listen) - Skill Affinity (Move Silently) - Small Stature - Toughness - Turn Undead - Weapon Proficiency (simple)	- Heal +4 - Parry +4 - Spellcraft +4	/
2	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
3	Cleric	- Weapon Focus (sling)	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
4	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
5	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
6	Cleric	- Zen Archery	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
7	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
8	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
9	Cleric	- Greater Weapon Focus (sling)	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
10	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
11	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
12	Cleric	- Improved Critical (sling)	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
13	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
14	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
15	Cleric	- Metamagic (Extend Spell) - Weapon Specialization (sling)	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
16	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
17	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
18	Cleric	- Power Critical (sling)	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
19	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
20	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
21	Cleric	- Epic Character - Epic Cleric - Epic Prowess	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
22	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
23	Cleric	- Great Wisdom I	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
24	Cleric	- Epic Weapon Focus (sling)	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
25	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
26	Cleric	- Great Wisdom II	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
27	Cleric	- Great Dexterity III	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
28	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
29	Cleric	- Great Wisdom III	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
30	Cleric	- Great Dexterity IV	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
31	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
32	Cleric	- Great Wisdom IV	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
33	Cleric	- Great Dexterity V	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
34	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
35	Cleric	- Great Wisdom V	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
36	Cleric	- Great Dexterity VI	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
37	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
38	Cleric	- Armor Skin	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
39	Cleric	- Great Dexterity VII	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	/
40	Cleric	/	- Heal +1 - Parry +1 - Spellcraft +1	Dexterity
Legendary	Base class	- Epic Spell Focus (Enchantment) - From Book - Epic Spell: Epic Mage Armor [0/1] - Epic Spell: Greater Ruin [0/1] - Legendary Character - Legendary Cleric - Legendary Luck - Legendary Skill Affinity (Tumble) - Legendary Spell Focus (Enchantment) - Legendary Weapon Focus (sling) - Superior Critical (sling)	Max Heal, Parry, Spellcraft Max Tumble once you have the LSA: Tumble Feat Any spare points put into Listen /	/

You will notice on this build I didn't bother with any Concentration or Discipline and put points into Listen even though I had no LSF Listen so was spending 2 points per skill.

Here is my reasoning:
Concentration - Well I don't really need it since I am a Slinger and using ranged attacks, I can always run away from anything making me make concentration checks and I can GS and get out of dodge to buff in an emergency. Spins and other ranged mobs may cause issues but not much since I only need 2 buffs to get back into the action once I am out of meelee danger.

Discipline - Well I am a Dexer so I wear Robes, all that can be slagged is my Shield. Again I am at range so Asmo can get me and the rest only if I am unlucky. As for Festering well. Heal and Mass Heal is a Class Spell for Slingers no so I can cure myself easily enough. Good positioning and clever play will keep my Shield safe for the rest.

Listen - Why on earth would I want to waste 2 Skill Points to get 1 Skill in listen when I coulda gone Elf based and took ESF Listen? I hear you ask. Simple. Fully geared I have around 97 Listen on this gal. Yeah iut aint as good as Maxing it but it is certainly enough to reduce Cocneal on Mobs and I can GR myself, once I get UEF what is gunna blind me? I mean I can go Locathah and maybe get my eyes bitten out but I can cast Remove Blindness on myself to fix that too so it really isn't that bad a problem.

Ok next question answered - Why take Leg Enchant now GMW for Slingers has been made irrelevant? Well there's been some discussion on Forums about what can be done to fix that so untill I know for sure that GMW will never be changed for Slingers to make it useful in higher levels again I'm keeping the Focus just in case, besides it does still give me Girding which makes my Slingers AC tasty

Cata

[TZ-]

What starting stats did you use?

TZ-

[CataclysmicDeath]

Bleh gimme chance I was still editing the build lolz

I should note that you prolly want to edit the stats slightly, prolly drop some Dex or Str to start and up Con mebbe, this build works best once you get it to 2 x Demi.

Cata

[Torin]

I justed started a slinger - Pure dex cleric with brownie as this build.

Why so much Great Wis feats? You will end up with 15+2+4 = 21, is 19 not enough (for level 9 spells)??

[CataclysmicDeath]

Whoops Starting Wis was wrong - fixed....end with 20 Wis not 21. Reason being I hate Odd Stats lol.

The reason for so many Great Wis feats is simple.

In Epic Feat Selection you can only choose between Great Wis or Armour Skin, you get 6 of em so I chose 5 Great Wis and Armour Skin.

Double Demi makes it 24 Wisdom of course but thanks to an anti-exploit with reincing I can't drop the Wisdom any further any more to take advantage of the extra Wisdom to get level 9 spells. Otherwise I would have dropped Wisdom by a further 4 and started with 9 Wisdom and upped either Str or Dex more.

Cata

[Torin]

I took (must take SF pre-epic, of course):
Great Wisdom x 2
Armor skin
Greater Spell focus Enchantment
Epic Spell focus Enchantment (+13 GMW (+15 for slings), Girdling)

[CataclysmicDeath]

Yeah I didn't take the SF pre epic, I chose to only fit one Epic into this build so I choose to just cheat and read a book for Enchant and took Leg SF in LL's.

It meant my starting Wis could be lower and I could start with higher Str and Int.

Cata

[CataclysmicDeath]

Bleh just realised I screwed up on this build. Apparently there is no Pandect with Point Blank Shot.....so I''d probably drop 2 Great Dex, will loose 1 ab and 1 ac and take Point Blank Shot and another Feat.

Cata

[arek]

You didn't take Rapid Shot in this build, Cata? Yes, I know that the 2 best slings in the game both have it, but others don't, and I don't recommend not having the feat if you're going to the Abyss, since if you manage to get disarmed, the ability will get removed from your quickbar (I tested this on my xbow rogue, which uses the Cannon as her tanking weapon).

Also, a typo in your build: You say to max tumble once you have ESF: Tumble....don't you mean LSA: Tubmble?

--Arek

[CataclysmicDeath]

Thanks for the typo point out, corrected.

Rapid Shot gives what just one extra attack per round? Complete and utter waste of a feat when as you yourself say comes free on the only in game Slings you would use at that level.

Besides I use voicebind commands so I don't need it on my Quickbar I just equip my next sling and away I go. Since I carry more than one Sling at a time with Rapid Shot Feat. If however you want it that badly use the Rapid Shot Pandect. The build is feat tight enough with out adding unnecessary extra's.

Cata

[arek]

I wasn't aware that there was a simtools command to toggle RS, Cata, I'll have to look into it. That being the case, the feat is unnecessary, since such commands can be either quickslotted or voicebound. And yes, in areas where there are disarmers, I would carry multiple slings (as I do with xbows on my rogue).

--Arek

[jazzadellic]

Looks like a good build, but the starting stats are impossible to start with. Any chance you can figure out your actual starting stats?

The closest I can get to your starting stats is:

str 14
dex 17
con 8
Int 14
wis 14
cha 8

If you take the 1 point from wis, you cannot raise int to 16....Could this be what you actually started with? I was going to make this build tonight...cuz I had nothing better to do, and hey I don't have a slinger yet, and hey I have always wanted to use my Brownie subrace ;o) But I don't want to hit 60 and end up with an odd number on one of my main stats.....

[CataclysmicDeath]

Will have a look at the build when I get chance to get in game tonight

Cata

[CataclysmicDeath]

Starting Stats are now corrected, I simply forgot to take into account the Dex Arti I used on the build. Have tested the stats myself to ensure they are correct in test chamber and I got them fine.

Cata