Domino - 12 Ranger, 2 Fighter, 26 Blackguard

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so this is my first play around with a quasi class tank build, good through hells and abyss for the most part, better damage from two handers but the inflictions/divine might/para weapon specialisation and neg damage are real nice, really high ac/ab/saves and the ability to disarm/kd and critical immunity to top it off, can also uni tank to a reasonable degree, only has issues when it comes to balors (can hit 54 on dex checks at endgame).

can be leveled up from scratch and works fine but youll need the Pharlan subrace

numbers assume x2demi and level 80

RACE
Half Elf/Pharlan

CLASSES
ranger 12/fighter 2/blackguard 26

ALIGNMENT
chaotic evil

STATS
points-base-race-blackguard-lvlup-paragon-demix2-gear +16

Str     06 14 18 22 32 42 44 48 64 (+27)        10x lvl up points into str
Dex    06 14 24 26 30 46 (+18)        10x lvl up points into dex
Con    06 14 16 18 22 28 (+09)
Int     06 14 16 20 36 (+13)
Wis    02 10 14 16 20 36 (+13)
Cha    04 12 16 20 22 26 42 (+16)

1 fighter/11 ranger/8 blackguard

PRE EPIC FEATS
blooded
weapon focus whip
power attack
cleave
great cleave
improved critical whip
greater weapon focus whip

PRE EPIC BONUS FEATS
favoured enemy outsider (ranger)
favoured enemy abberation (ranger)
favoured enemy shapeshifter (ranger)

exotic weapon proficiency (fighter)

divine might (pharlan)

weapon specialisation whip (lash)
disarm (lash)
improved disarm (lash)
knockdown (lash)
improved knockdown (lash)

2 blackguard/1 ranger (now a lash of hatred, max hide/listen here)/3 blackguard/1 fighter/13 blackguard

EPIC FEATS
great strength 3
great strength 4
great strength 5
great strength 6
great strength 7
great strength 8
great strength 9

EPIC BONUS FEATS
epic weapon focus whip (blackguard)
overwhelming critical whip (blackguard)
devastating critical whip (blackguard)

armour skin (blackguard)

epic prowess (blackguard)

epic weapon specialisation whip (fighter)

great strength 1 (pharlan)
great strength 2 (pharlan)

LEGENDARY FEATS
legendary skill affinity listen
legendary skill affinity tumble
great strength 10
metamagic extend spell
legendary weapon focus whip
legendary weapon specialisation whip
legendary disarm

ARTIFACT
constitution to avoid annoying poison deaths throughout hells/abyss
strength at limbo reinc for stun immunity

PANDECT
sneak attack/craft weapon/spell resistance/craft armour, not that important

PARAGON FEATS
paragon weapon focus whip
paragon weapon specialisation whip
paragon disarm
legendary knockdown
paragon knockdown
paragon agility

SAVES
25-10-09-16-20---80
16-10-18-16-20---80
16-10-13-16-20---75

AB/AC
30-20-01-01-02-01-03-02-27-03-20---110
10-02-17-18-01-16-20-20-12-20-02-03---141 (strongheart, asmo artifact) (145 girding)

SKILLS
25 concentration
63 discipline
63 craft armour
63 listen
60 tumble
63 hide (max on last ranger level then during legendary levels)

any leftover i dump into craft weapon

NOTES
sturdy uni tank with good damage throughout hells/abyss with some nice extras and immunitys, would swap to str arti for a limbo version for stun immunity.to make the most of the critical immunity from death ward you'll need some gear with level5 blackguard spell slots randomised onto it, this gives you the slots for extended death wards

[simpetar]

Looks pretty good. I assume 63 parry is for emergency when crit immunity runs out or is dispelled? I believe CA is a better investment - it will raise your AC all the time (and thus make crits less likely to land), as opposed to parry which kicks in only on the rare occasions. Also, I wouldn't waste a con arti only to be later replaced by str for Limbo BGs innately take reduced venom damage and with the lowly myco shield you can survive failed checks from aspirants and viper trees. But that's just my take

[drunkenboastor]

I am in 100% agreement with using con artifact, then changing it to strength for limbo.

I would also change favored enemies for limbo, definitely want Outsider, as it is the most common type of creatures. Probably want Monstrous Humanoid as 2nd, as that covers the all the Gith and the boss. The third is a tough choice, could go Magic beast for inflicting a lot of the enemies unique to the 3rd map of part 1 including the Rocs, or go for Elves since they take good negative damage and they are so common. I would not take abberation because I think the only part 1 abberations are Kaorti, they are immune to infliction and take almost no negative damage.

Construct could be a good choice as well, nobody likes Amorphions.

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Jun 15, 2017 11:53:51 GMT simpetar said:

Looks pretty good. I assume 63 parry is for emergency when crit immunity runs out or is dispelled? I believe CA is a better investment - it will raise your AC all the time (and thus make crits less likely to land), as opposed to parry which kicks in only on the rare occasions. Also, I wouldn't waste a con arti only to be later replaced by str for Limbo BGs innately take reduced venom damage and with the lowly myco shield you can survive failed checks from aspirants and viper trees. But that's just my take

hmm actually i think i already included xr light armour (or upped bur with +18) and girding on the armour and ca in the ac calculation so yeah id prob drop the parry completely for the couple extra from ca to bump you into the mid 40s (ill fix that now)

depends on availability of artis for the builder i guess, ive got plenty so it doesnt bother me to use a con arti then drop it at reinc, since it would be 5xdemi cycles and a prince win at least before a reinc for limbo so i dont really see it as a waste, but thats a reasonable alternative if you dont wanna use the con arti first

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Jun 15, 2017 17:50:43 GMT drunkenboastor said:

I am in 100% agreement with using con artifact, then changing it to strength for limbo.

I would also change favored enemies for limbo, definitely want Outsider, as it is the most common type of creatures. Probably want Monstrous Humanoid as 2nd, as that covers the all the Gith and the boss. The third is a tough choice, could go Magic beast for inflicting a lot of the enemies unique to the 3rd map of part 1 including the Rocs, or go for Elves since they take good negative damage and they are so common. I would not take abberation because I think the only part 1 abberations are Kaorti, they are immune to infliction and take almost no negative damage.

Construct could be a good choice as well, nobody likes Amorphions.

yeah i wasnt sure what the enemy types were in limbo as i havent really done any testing, cheers for the info, id def go outsider, probably monstrous for boss and because gith are very common, the 3rd def is a tough choice as you said, either deal with a really annoying mob which spawns from all 4 maps or a number of annoying creatures from only map 3, i think youd prob get more distance out of magical beast but amporhions are really really annoying.

dont really have any information for pt2 so i imagine it would change around a little for that too.

[hackenslay]

Don't you need Bane of Enemies feat for extra damage to favored enemies?

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Jun 16, 2017 0:00:48 GMT hackenslay said:

Don't you need Bane of Enemies feat for extra damage to favored enemies?

bane of enemies is for a ranger cc build, this is blackguard cc, but no, for a lash of hatred you do not need bane of enemies for the extra damage, thats given through the quasi class and applied as neg instead of posi dmg, all bane of enemies does is give an extra 5% on the limit for infliction which is 2+ blackguard level, i prefer blackguard cc for the increased level of infliction and the other class benefits (like longer duration on divine might and +4str/cha in LL)

[manevilus83]

Ok, so Is this build something fun to make for someone coming back after a while?(I have the pharlan subby, at least pretty sure I do). I have been looking at the builds and not seen many UPDATED builds. I'd really like to make a spellcaster, but my next choice would be something like this.

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Jun 16, 2017 1:14:51 GMT manevilus83 said:

Ok, so Is this build something fun to make for someone coming back after a while?(I have the pharlan subby, at least pretty sure I do). I have been looking at the builds and not seen many UPDATED builds. I'd really like to make a spellcaster, but my next choice would be something like this.

its been pretty fun so far and effective (especially for a one hander) with inflictions, damage and disarms for tank target mobs and quite sturdy (ac/uni/good imms) so its not a paper tank people arent gonna want around and its more fun to play then most tanks, if you got the whips i think it would be fine (prob not hard to cme by either), i forgot to add youll need a belt or armour with some randomised lvl5 blackguard spell slots to make the most of the critical immunity with extended death wards