Ideas of very bad build to play

Ysukai

Ysukai

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Hey folks,

I need bad ideas on bad build to play.

Don't hold on the sillyness of the ideas.

It can also be rules or limitation.

Give your worst and we will poll it to play on stream!

The build chosen will be shoutout and will receive a 100 ddo point code.
 
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Frisson

Frisson

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If they're bad ideas about bad builds to play...Doesn't that make them good builds? 🙃

How about Morninglord: Cleric/Abyssal Pact Warlock/Ranger using The Mad Lute as weapon.
 
unbongwah

unbongwah

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unbongwah said:
But if that's not spicy enough for my fellow dwarf-lovers: max CON then STR, swap DLord for barbarian, go all-in on Rage bonuses to both stats. STR to hit, CON to damage, INT or DEX Battle Trance. I think 36 DWS / 18 dwarf / 6 Swashbuckler / either 6 Harper or 13 Horizon Walker is the baseline. For Epic Destinies, definitely take Tier-4 Fury of the Wild for Unquenchable Rage. Amaze your friends with how not awesome your DPS is!
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That's right, a Raging axe-thrower with STR to hit and CON to damage. The best part: people will see a dwarven bardbarian holding a tiny axe and think, "Oh, they must be a handaxe build" until they realize to their horror that you're throwing them instead.

You can make it even worse if you switch to throwing hammers which only have x2 crit multiplier vs throwing axes' x3.

Live footage of build in action:
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Ysukai

Ysukai

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unbongwah said:
That's right, a Raging axe-thrower with STR to hit and CON to damage. The best part: people will see a dwarven bardbarian holding a tiny axe and think, "Oh, they must be a handaxe build" until they realize to their horror that you're throwing them instead.

You can make it even worse if you switch to throwing hammers which only have x2 crit multiplier vs throwing axes' x3.

Live footage of build in action:
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Love the lore with it
 
Joanna Drecas

Joanna Drecas

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The Cursed One
Dhampir Dark Bargainer

9 Warlock / 8Wild Mage / 3 Favored Soul

Remember to take Web-Touched Wretch and Power in Chaos from the Wild Mage tree.
Take Mixed Magics. Take Utterdark Blast. Take Shield of Condemnation from AoV.

Play as an "Eldritch Knight" / Enlightened Spirit. Use Lesser Death Aura and Negative Energy Burst from the Dark Powers Warlock Pact to heal yourself with.

Edit:
Clarification, I know that Wild Mage precludes the EK tree, I meant the playstyle, aka melee spellsword.

Edit edit: I decided to give this build a try myself, and it's actually crazy how fun it turned out to be. It was actually a half decent build, but extremely chaotic and risky. You might turn to stone at the most inopportune time, or get wrapped up in webs, but otherwise I actually managed to rock content even on starter gear.
 
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saekee

saekee

long live ROGUE
I think a key ‘bad’ build is one that looks like it should be decent but ends up being flavor. For ex, a dex-based weaponized (non-handwrap) melee ninja—it has its sneak uses; can throw stars occassionally but not effectively; would need to build around quivering palm instead of the easier stuns; and end up with short swords due to feat limitations (due to grabbing some for shuriken). One route is SWF with kukri and Patience, wisdom trance maybe?
 
Buddha5440

Buddha5440

"There are some who call me...Tim"
saekee said:
I think a key ‘bad’ build is one that looks like it should be decent but ends up being flavor. For ex, a dex-based weaponized (non-handwrap) melee ninja—it has its sneak uses; can throw stars occassionally but not effectively; would need to build around quivering palm instead of the easier stuns; and end up with short swords due to feat limitations (due to grabbing some for shuriken). One route is SWF with kukri and Patience, wisdom trance maybe?
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I love "flavor" builds...They're what we all had in PnP. That was part of the fun. You really sucked at some things (maybe a lot of things) but had niche scenarios where you shined.

The whole BALANCE concept is horrible. *Just get rid of classes and make everything a "UNIVERSAL TREE". That will fix everything.*
 
I

Igognito

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It is simple: just play a single class character with no action points used at all.
Keep the d&d part, throw away the DDO part.
Cheers
Actually, I played like that my first life up until level 10... Hadn't realized I have action points to spend 😅.
And a little+ above my portrait wasn't enough of an indication.
I was playing normal->hard->elite so it wasn't that tough, but do it r1 with first lifer assume a new f2p account just with unlocked r1.
 
Ysukai

Ysukai

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All these are ideas are being added and will be voted soon, I will shoutout the winner and give them a 100 ddo point code.
 
Br4d

Br4d

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Play a real Harper Agent. Paladin 12, Bard 6, Rogue 2. CHA to hit and damage from either Swashbuckler or Feydark Illusionist, whichever is less synergistic. No Sacred Fist. CHA, INT, CON in that priority. Plan to have real trapping abilities at endgame and sacrifice other things like DPS/defenses to make that happen.
 
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