OK, this is probably daft but.....

[Pardoner]

.....here goes. I am trying to plan ahead and multiclass this time, hopefully into a reasonable build. I have usually played pure characters to date (!) as I have a great talent for screwing Multi class up. So here goes: Dark Hunter/Barb/Fighter. Thinking to get the twf from DH, Uncanny dodge (and some Rawr fun) from barb, and some extra feats from Ftr + second wind. I had thought that a minimum of 6 lvls of DH for t5 in tempest and then a min of 4 barb for Ud and then levels of ftr for feats.

Yes , I know this is fairly nebulous , but I would rather take some time and get it right (ish) than make a pigs ear of it. Please help. Thank you in advance.

Peace out. Pard.

 

[magaiti]

Do you really need more feats as a ranger?
I'd go 8 barb 12 DH, STR based.
T5 in Berserker for +2 crit multi (33 AP), 4th core in DwS for +1 crit range (24 AP), 9 in Tempest for Haste & +10% offhand.
Remaining AP probably in Occult Slayer for 3 cores & Arcane Encumbrance. But Ravager or DH also possible.
For leveling, longswords + Knight's Training.
Nightforge Blades into Drow Weaponmaster ones or Oathblades (if you have the UMD)
WWA + Quick Cutter is enough AoE to skip DoD

 

[Pardoner]

Thanks for the swift reply, it shall be taken into consideration, alongside any further options.

 

[Mindos]

WWA

Is this working for two weapon fighting correctly? Wasnt it really slow?

 

[magaiti]

Is this working for two weapon fighting correctly? Wasnt it really slow?

It's only slow when you are using 2 daggers in Vistani style.

 

[norriskwondo]

You can get uncanny dodge with rogue at level 4 instead of the barbarian level 6. That would free up 2 levels for fighter that gives you another fighter bonus feat. Also, you can do pretty good with just the standard 2 weapon fighting with 2 levels of dark hunter, and take the perfect 2 weapon epic feat if you plan on going through epic and legendary. Otherwise, yeah go for the level 6 dark hunter for the greater 2 weapon.

 

[norriskwondo]

You can get uncanny dodge with rogue at level 4 instead of the barbarian level 6. That would free up 2 levels for fighter that gives you another fighter bonus feat. Also, you can do pretty good with just the standard 2 weapon fighting with 2 levels of dark hunter, and take the perfect 2 weapon epic feat if you plan on going through epic and legendary. Otherwise, yeah go for the level 6 dark hunter for the greater 2 weapon.

Also, 4 levels of rogue with your dark hunter would give you better lock and search stats

 

[Blaster]

It would be good to plan out your character in one of the builders and save the file, in case you have to LR, ER, or do a feat swap with Fred to fix something, that way you know exactly what you took at what level. (I've done things both this way and also by writing down a build in a spiral notebook I keep at my desk, but to each their own.)

According to the Sept. 19th Fridays at Four, Cordovan said there will be a Lamannia in October, though not specifically what date. If you can wait you can always build a toon there and see if there are any issues before trying it on live.

 

[unbongwah]

The problem with multiclassing a Tempest is you really want the tier-5s. It's hard to beat the combo of Dual Perfection + Thousand Cuts + Dance of Death. By comparison, the rest of Tempest is fairly blah IMO; frankly if you're not going T5 Tempest, is it even worth bothering with the tree? That's going to restrict what you do with your remaining levels. Maybe try DEX-based Dark Hunter 12 / rogue 8 with 40 Tempest / 24 Deepwood Stalker / 14 Horizon Walker, trading the last two Tempest cores for Evasion, extra sneak attacks, and Improved Uncanny Dodge.

BUT nobody said a ranger has to be a dual-wielder. So it gets a bit more interesting if you go for multiclassed THF or SWF build: e.g., Dragonlord 8 / ranger 12 with T5 DLord + DWS level 12 core gives you +2 crit multiplier +1 crit range. Can sub barbarian for Dragonlord if you prefer Improved Uncanny Dodge and/or extra Strikethrough from Frenzied Berserker.

 

[Weaponalpha]

You can get uncanny dodge with rogue at level 4 instead of the barbarian level 6. That would free up 2 levels for fighter that gives you another fighter bonus feat. Also, you can do pretty good with just the standard 2 weapon fighting with 2 levels of dark hunter, and take the perfect 2 weapon epic feat if you plan on going through epic and legendary. Otherwise, yeah go for the level 6 dark hunter for the greater 2 weapon.

Barbs get UD @4 and IUD @8 just like Rogs and GTWF is auto granted @11 for DH. Unless by "greater" you meant "better" as in free ITWF. 12 DH, 8 Barb with T5 Ravenger for Blood Str and Crit range is Beastmode. All cleave attacks are slow with TWF but hitting multiple targets makes up for it in those situations.

 

[Pardoner]

Thanks all, this is great, I am so glad that i asked. Not quite ready to ITR yet but this will certainly help me to plan properly ......for a change.