Best Bladeforged Paladin for me?

[F_gamer]

Hi. Casual player. Currently Paladin on 2nd life with tomes (S+6, D+2, C+7, CH+5). Pretty good stack of docents in my bank. Well on my way gathering Feywild legendary sets. I purchased Bladeforged and got build ideas from other threads:
1) The SWF Paladin - Mary (using Shadow Blades/Greater Color Spray) and Strimtom (Dynastic Falcata-CHA for damage and favored). Both dip into Feydark
2) The typical THF build (still looking for something up to date but there's older info on Reddit)
3) TWF builds: Sacred Fist 18 with Monk 1/FVS 1 or similar combo with Vistani<-I have this but no daggers RN.

For pure Paladin, #1 seems to be more up to date, fast attack and I really like the idea of color spray for crowd control. #2 may compensate with glancing blows and more damage plus Bladeforged gets native greatsword bonuses. #3 allows faster running, incinerating wave and punching (plenty of extra hearts in the bank for required LR).

I usually solo or small group and likely stay Bladeforged from here out. I run most quests on Hard/Epic Hard unless group is available. From a "Buttons" perspective, I try to make everything passive except heals, cleaves, buffs and maybe 1-2 crowd control - kaboom things.

From a solo-ability and fun factor, do any of these stand out? Any potential gotchas when building? May try and reincarnate to 15 tonight and start Sharn.

 

[GrayJedi AntiProPaladin]

For #1 yes
I play a Mary's version in one server-world
And play a Strimtom's version on another server world

Both very fun

Also casual player

 

[seph1roth5]

2handed fighting w/ a greatsword is the easiest to play, and the easiest to level, since leveling is 99% killing mobs. If you go feydark for charisma to hit/damage you'll be very strong. And feydark offers auto shield and imbue for your weapon so it won't break vs oozes/rusties as well. Color Spray is awesome CC as well, like you mentioned.

I've just never had as easy a time using 2wf or Swf than a 2-hander lol. You have to rely on aoe actives, when with a greatsword, EVERY normal swing is aoe and you can still get actives as well. Yeah the others might be better vs red named or other bosses, but until you get to epic and epic raids it's not really an issue.

 

[F_gamer]

For #1 yes
I play a Mary's version in one server-world
And play a Strimtom's version on another server world

Both very fun

Also casual player

Thanks GrayJedi. How hard is it to upgrade the Dynastic Falcata to Epic/Legendary? I've never done that before. I believe it counts as a favored weapon - but under what deity?

 

[GrayJedi AntiProPaladin]

best to hear it straight from Strimtom here

it's considered favored weapon by itself no matter which deity

also in the youtube he shows how to use the different cleaves and smites and what-not other enhancement/abilities in rotation for area attack/strikethrough with animation cancelling what-not

for upgrade it shows here
https://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Legendary_Dynastic_Falcata
as for how easy/difficult it is to do upgrade...well I haven't gotten to that levels yet, heheheh since casual player
....seems it's just usual farming "grind" of the required ingredients/materials "cost" for the upgrade

Upgradeable?	Legendary Crafting to Legendary Dynastic Falcata

Adventure Pack	Epic Item Upgrade Ingredients	Legendary Item Upgrade Ingredients	Perfected Minor Artifact Upgrade Ingredients
Sands of Menechtarun	50 Desert Sand Crystal 5 Greater Token of the Twelve (if raid item)	100 Desert Sand Crystal 5 Star Fragment 250 Thread of Fate (if raid item)

 

[F_gamer]

I've been playing Mary's version (Magical training, SWF, Adamantine Body, ISWF, GSWF, Versatility at level 15). Usually do a shield but this is pretty good so far. I took "Adept Combatant" (+1 to Attack and Damage with all weapons. You gain Longsword, Battle Axe, Heavy Mace, Morningstar, and War Hammer as Favored Weapons). Believe I have some nice Maces on my mule. Honestly, it's hard to beat the Shadow Blade's damage. Also at level 23, I can take Axiom of Faith making short sword favored.

 

[GrayJedi AntiProPaladin]

from what I recall (can't check in detail at the moment bcuz still at work) is Mary's and Strimtom's builds are quite compatible with regards to being able to transform 1 into the other with just a 1 or 2 important feat swaps using a feat swap token
if u want to play around with it
e.g. Magical Training <-> Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Khopesh
and/or perhaps choose another feat to swap that

tho having Magical Training for the Feydark Illusionist's ShadowBlade, Greater Colour Spray, and You Got My Back, are verryyyyy niiiice indeed

 

[Viperswhip]

from what I recall (can't check in detail at the moment bcuz still at work) is Mary's and Strimtom's builds are quite compatible with regards to being able to transform 1 into the other with just a 1 or 2 important feat swaps using a feat swap token
if u want to play around with it
e.g. Magical Training <-> Exotic Weapon Proficiency: Khopesh
and/or perhaps choose another feat to swap that

tho having Magical Training for the Feydark Illusionist's ShadowBlade, Greater Colour Spray, and You Got My Back, are verryyyyy niiiice indeed

You take it in heroic, in a good spot to swap out later when you get Magical Training from an Epic Tree, if you do.

 

[bmhudson]

Hi. Casual player. Currently Paladin on 2nd life with tomes (S+6, D+2, C+7, CH+5). Pretty good stack of docents in my bank. Well on my way gathering Feywild legendary sets. I purchased Bladeforged and got build ideas from other threads:
1) The SWF Paladin - Mary (using Shadow Blades/Greater Color Spray) and Strimtom (Dynastic Falcata-CHA for damage and favored). Both dip into Feydark
2) The typical THF build (still looking for something up to date but there's older info on Reddit)
3) TWF builds: Sacred Fist 18 with Monk 1/FVS 1 or similar combo with Vistani<-I have this but no daggers RN.

For pure Paladin, #1 seems to be more up to date, fast attack and I really like the idea of color spray for crowd control. #2 may compensate with glancing blows and more damage plus Bladeforged gets native greatsword bonuses. #3 allows faster running, incinerating wave and punching (plenty of extra hearts in the bank for required LR).

I usually solo or small group and likely stay Bladeforged from here out. I run most quests on Hard/Epic Hard unless group is available. From a "Buttons" perspective, I try to make everything passive except heals, cleaves, buffs and maybe 1-2 crowd control - kaboom things.

From a solo-ability and fun factor, do any of these stand out? Any potential gotchas when building? May try and reincarnate to 15 tonight and start Sharn.

Is there a link to Mary's build?

 

[TrappedSoulstone]

First life SWF cha with macrotech twist. Only Epic but having fun with macro heal/stun, BoGW, and GCS. ED primal (procc and heal), fury (strike) and macro (heal and stun some def, rune arm). Equipped almost all bis from DoJ (longsword) and FoT (morningstar) for now, with some Vecna and MD (ring). DPS is good, heals good, but AC on first life BF almost non. also bet CC will not work well in legendary without major DPS trade off.

 

[unbongwah]

Is there a link to Mary's build?

I presume it's this one.

 

[kmoustakas]

From my experience with bladeforged paladins (I did 5-6 epic lives in a row) epic thf is better for solo/casual, twf is best for raiding/r10s. I did epic sword of shadows, twin oathkeepers (or whatever the named longsword from eveningstar commendations is), twin epic dynastic falcatas and even twin sirrocos. I wanted to do twin divine vengeances too for the lols but haven't been able to get a second vengy from that stingy chest.

*insert necessary complain about enduring conviction nerf. Rage remembers banishing*