Mechgraber's Endgame Paladin

[Mechgraber]

Ah yep. Think it's 6 qual str and 3/3/5 charges but at only 30 seconds I'm not sure if it's worth swapping, I play with ~250-300ms baseline latency.

 

[Fisto Mk I]

Potion of Titan's Grip, Gloves of Titan's Grip?

Legendary Brutish Cuirass - ever trying this? I hear Unstoppable Staggering Blow works even vs. bosses.

 

[SpartanKiller13]

Legendary Brutish Cuirass - ever trying this? I hear Unstoppable Staggering Blow works even vs. bosses.

I've been sitting on one of these for a while now, it looks pretty nice for questing; but a melee gearset without armor as part of a set? Oof.

 

[Mechgraber]

Yea I use the tentacle clickie for psionic +6, occasionally. Armor is very much taken after farming that MD armor out!

No save knockdown on a vorpal looks really nice for single weapon users though.

 

[Hobgoblin]

just as a note for anyone playing this - this is not a good build to just sit and right click. dps and survivablity is way down if do that.

use the aoes and clickies and maneuver and you will be much happier with the build

 

[Mechgraber]

just as a note for anyone playing this - this is not a good build to just sit and right click. dps and survivablity is way down if do that.

use the aoes and clickies and maneuver and you will be much happier with the build

Yep 100% agree. If someone has been playing some builds where you can just stand there and autoattack (*cough* INQUISITIVE *cough*) or a pure intimitank, then they might need an adaptation period for their hand-eye coordination to return.

 

[Hobgoblin]

ok im dumb.

why quicken?

 

[Mornyngstar]

ok im dumb.

why quicken?

Probably so your spells won't be interupted, like healing yourself. . . .?

 

[Hobgoblin]

Probably so your spells won't be interupted, like healing yourself. . . .?

i use loh for emergency and heal outside of combat.... hmm

 

[SpartanKiller13]

i use loh for emergency and heal outside of combat.... hmm

There's a lot of raids etc where you don't leave combat for extended periods of time. Like LVoD (which Mech has soloed on LE).

If you're just questing in a group it likely doesn't matter as much.

 

[Mechgraber]

Quicken isn't super essential but there are some circumstances that makes it very useful.

Making buffing more tolerable.
Healing other people or yourself when you're out of LOH (or don't want to use one).
Removing curses on other people.
Recasting prayer in combat.
Using break enchantment to clear chrono debuff or dog goo.

Certainly not as essential as on most casters, but for me it's worth it.

 

[Hobgoblin]

thanks! level 27 rn and having fun.

was able to get through r7 gh but it was unpleasant - r4 was no diff then r1 or ee

 

[Mechgraber]

thanks! level 27 rn and having fun.

was able to get through r7 gh but it was unpleasant - r4 was no diff then r1 or ee

Nice work! And yea r4ish will feel very smooth I'd say.

Somewhere around 7-8 is where things get spicy. Luck also comes into it a bit, doom(s) and vengies together can be very fun

 

[Hobgoblin]

have you thought about agartas belt?

 

[Mechgraber]

Third, I got the items I needed, and dropped the vecna artifact set for the Heavy Armor of the Crownblade's Reflection armor, Legendary Helm of the Sun's Wrath (Warblade has a borked crown of summer, and the "exceptional" seeker is just...insightful seeker) and Legendary Cloak of the Warblade. Then from the rat quests, Agarta's belt (str, qual str, Ram's might and a moon aug? yes, please) and Storna's Pendant (mostly for the +3 profane stats). Definitely an upgrade.

have you thought about agartas belt?

Yep with that much strength related stuff it was hard to pass up.

 

[Hobgoblin]

ok so i got a question - my dc on ss is very low compared to yours.... i have the original gear set minus some augs..... suggestions?

 

[Mechgraber]

Might be past life related, I have 3 fighter lives for +3 DC. Then +16 for an aug also makes a big difference over the +12 combat mastery. I'm assuming you're using the crippling pendant for +3 profane. Then the rest would be any strength bonuses. How low are we talking?

 

[Hobgoblin]

90ish

 

[Hobgoblin]

and no pulled stornas

 

[Mechgraber]

OK I had mid 120s as paladin (and 160+ as a fighter variant, not that having that high really matters) so that's a pretty big gap. 90 won't land reliably in newer content. Bit tough to troubleshoot exactly where to bring it up though probably would be a mix of stunning bonuses (quality/profane/artifact/insightful) and more strength.

Also make sure that's with the trance. That'll add a lot.