Jenna, the -HC- CoT (30 Cot / 6 fighter / 4 pally)

[Hercules]

Hi all 

I decided to post my tank, a Cot made for -HC- play. This build have been judged useless by more than one person, but the fact is it has filled its role as a tank well.
My ultimate goal was to get it as a Uni-tank, ergo high dex and stength to save to the most common dex/str checks in game.
I decided to go the strength route.

Keep in mind this is build for -HC- play, so I went for weapon of choice + shield to reach a decent amount of AC.  My Softcore play CoT,  Herc´s Champ of Dexterity went dex route and dual wield.
Also wanted 4 paladin levels for the immunities it´s providing.
Since I got fighter splash,I can also make use of the higher dmg route by selecting weapon specialization.

This build has become a x1 demi, and I never had any big problems with tanking, even MF/PF/Serpents or even Asmodeus himself.
Jenna is often among the top dmg dealers, using  B-Swords. She rarely dies.
While she still lack the pandect -Disarm (yet), she cant bring much to the plate besides high dmg output, robust tanking and Nimbus of Victory.
When I get a pandect, she should be able to disarm with ease too.
So far, beeing lvl 67, I am really happy with the result.

I built this toon with Pharlan, and it is highly influenced by other builds already on the forums and converted to Pharlan.
Wings is a nice protection from levitation treats.


Starting stats:

	Creation	at 67 with x1 and con arti		at 80 with x2 demi
Str	14	67	14 + 4(sub) + 6 (pre immo) + 10 (legendary) + 4 demi + 2 (paragon) + 4 (class edit leg) + 16 (gear) + 10 Gr str	70
Dex	14	38	14 + 4 (pre immo) + 4 demi + 2 (paragon) + 16 (gear) + 2Gr dex	42
Con	14	33	14 + 4 demi + 2 (paragon) + 16 (gear) + con arti	38
Int	14	31	14 + 4 demi + 2 (paragon) + 16 (gear)	36
Wis	8	33	08 + 4 (sub) + 4 demi + 2 (paragon) + 16 (gear)	32
Char	14	35	14 + 4 (sub) + 4 demi + 2 (paragon) + 16 (gear)	40

1 Fighter
- Blooded

2 Fighter
- Weapon Proficiency (exotic)

3 Fighter
- Weapon Focus (bastard sword)

4 Fighter (Dexterity +1)
- Power Attack

5 Fighter

6 Fighter
Concentration +9, Discipline +9
- Greater Weapon Focus (bastard sword)
- Weapon Specialization (bastard sword)

7 Paladin
Concentration +1

8 Champion of Torm (Dexterity +1)

9 Champion of Torm
- Cleave
- Great Cleave

10 Champion of Torm 

11 Champion of Torm
Discipline +5
- Ambidexterity

12 Champion of Torm (Dexterity +1)
- Two-Weapon Fighting

13 Champion of Torm
- Improved Two-Weapon Fighting

14 Champion of Torm
Discipline +3

15 Champion of Torm
- Improved Critical (bastard sword)
- Power Critical (bastard sword)

16 Champion of Torm (Dexterity +1)

17 Champion of Torm
- Blind-Fight

18 Paladin
- Iron Will

19 Paladin
 
20 Paladin (Strength +1)
Concentration +13

21 Champion of Torm
Discipline +7
- Great Strength III

22 Champion of Torm

23 Champion of Torm

24 Champion of Torm (Strength +1)
- Epic Prowess
- Great Strength IV

25 Champion of Torm
Discipline +4

26 Champion of Torm

27 Champion of Torm
- Great Strength V

28 Champion of Torm (Strength +1)
- Epic Weapon Focus (bastard sword)

29 Champion of Torm

30 Champion of Torm
- Great Strength VI

31 Champion of Torm
Discipline +6

32 Champion of Torm (Strength +1)
- Overwhelming Critical (bastard sword)

33 Champion of Torm
- Devastating Critical (bastard sword)

34 Champion of Torm
Discipline +3

35 Champion of Torm

36 Champion of Torm (Strength +1)
- Epic Weapon Specialization (bastard sword)
- Great Strength VII

37 Champion of Torm

38 Champion of Torm
Discipline +3, Craft Weapon +40

39 Champion of Torm
- Great Strength VIII

40 Champion of Torm (Strength +1)
- Armor Skin

Legendary Feats :
Great Dexterity I
Great Dexterity II
Great Strength IX
Legendary Skill Affinity (Listen)
Legendary Skill Affinity (Tumble)
Legendary Weapon Focus (bastard sword)
Legendary Weapon Specialization (bastard sword)


Paragon Feats:
Paragon Weapon Focus (bastard sword)
Paragon Weapon Specialization (bastard sword)
Grest strength X
TBD 1
TBD 2
TBD 3




Skillpoints:
Concentration: 77 / 23
Craft Armor: 70 / 36
Craft Weapon: 80 / 51
Discipline: 127 / 60
Listen: 98 / 36
Tumble: 65 / 60
   

Gear:
Carapace of the smoldering stone       - going to add a nice aug on this !
Wings of the Storm                              - 62% cold, 67% ele, 20 % sonic, Daze immunity.
Asmo helm                                        - for the exotic res and +16's          
Breach boots                                     - 5,7 and 8% immunity to pysical 
Inspiration                                        - for Listen, CW,CA and som slots at lvl 1 (pally augment)
Strongheart                                       - for resist/imm pysical.
Silvermist Bracers                              - mainly  for  the 15% immunities in lack of better gear
Cloak                                               - Still lacking Corruption (to cover elements), in the meantime I am using any cloak with as much pys imm as possible.    



Screenshot is at lvl 67, totally unbuffed x1, wearing ASmo helm for +16´s, and con arti.

AC	130
AB	106

[Matt]

What is the AB using !list ab, and also do you value the physical imm from heavy armour/shield greater than AC from going med/large? Because your dex bonus would be +14 without that stuff on.

[Hercules]

Going medium armor would mean some more AC , if lagre shield is used.
That means i would loose
~10% immunity
All the immunity provided from smouldering stone
Daze imm from shield
And would not soak dmg like this is constructed to do.

The answer is most certainly -yes

[Matt]

Not like BUR medium and large shields don't give you nice imm's specially with augs and random added properties. But yeah, until you find gear like that i guess going heavy route is best for you.

Whats the !list ab herc?

[Hercules]

Ill get back to you on that later matt
Need to check

[Hercules]

!list ab = 97 totally unbuffed with DIS weapon

This means you can add +9 to get the fully buffed ab --> AB 106 (at single demi)

[Hercules]

Mar 18, 2015 16:55:54 GMT Matt said:

Not like BUR medium and large shields don't give you nice imm's specially with augs and random added properties. But yeah, until you find gear like that i guess going heavy route is best for you.

Whats the !list ab herc?

When going medium armor + lagre shield I usually choose between a few selected armors, where my favorite is Nameless Cold
This armor Adds ~ 50 % cold alone with the best dex modifier at 20.
Adding a cormyr Adds 40 %acid/electric which means i get 3 typer to around 50% imm.
Going with smouldering stone + Wings giver me 60 % cold, 60% ele, 20% (Sonic from Shield) and 25% fire, 25% ele, 25% Acid (from armor) which maks it EASY to cover almost all elemental close to 100%.
On top of that I get 10% more pysical which I mentioned earlier, so it is a easy choise.
In time ill get Even better smouldering and add a aug on it, alone with upgrading the other gear the same way.
Then the gap is Even bigger.

Its a matter of opinion, when i get higher demo count your way is very likely, but for now I think I am best served with my route beeing X1


From armor + shield alone I get:

Cold	60%
Electric	85%
Fire	25 %
Acid	25 %
Sonic	20 %

Which means if I put on a ring like Bhamuts (fire / cold) and PW (when I get one) for 100 Acid I will cover Fire,Cold Acid and Ele along with breach and mord.


Herc

[Hercules]

Updated with final stats at lvl 80, and did some corrections.



~Herc

[ScrewedUp]

Mar 18, 2015 15:11:57 GMT Hercules said:

Gear:
Carapasce of the smouldering stone       - going to add a nice aug on this !
Wings of the Deva                            - 62% cold, 67% ele, 20 % sonic, Daze immunity.

You wearing a light armor under your heavy plate ? If you mean the shield, that's called wings of the storm, how do you manage to screw up gear names in every build you post ? xD

[Hercules]

Mar 19, 2015 11:50:23 GMT ScrewedUp said:

Mar 18, 2015 15:11:57 GMT Hercules said:

Gear:
Carapasce of the smouldering stone       - going to add a nice aug on this !
Wings of the Deva                            - 62% cold, 67% ele, 20 % sonic, Daze immunity.

how do you manage to screw up gear names in every build you post ? xD

It takes YEARS of practice !

You would be surpriced how high immunities I get when I hide a light armor under the heavy armor.
Nothing get through this !

If that is the only error you can find, I can happily live with it.
Corrected.









Herc

[ScrewedUp]

Mar 19, 2015 11:57:51 GMT Hercules said:

If that is the only error you can find, I can happily live with it.

The only one I will comment on.

[Hercules]

Well, thank you for youre pearl of wisdom then ... :-)