Ravager Imbue barbarian isn't great, but untyped damage can be handy ~ Imbue Barbarian Build

[Strimtom]

Gooood morning and hello young people of the world. It is I, Strimtom, and today I bring you an idea. When imbues we're added to the game several abilities that used to add flat damage became imbues, and the barbarian gained the frenzy imbue dealing untyped damage. The scaling isn't great compared to other melee imbues, but that got me thinking... the new psionic thralls resist all damage except untyped, so maybe this imbue has a place. So I got to work and whipped up something here. The result? See for yourself.

So the real question, is it good?

No, not really. It has a lot of flaws.

• The imbue has 100% scaling instead of 200% like the paladin or rogue imbues, leaving it behind.
• In situtations where you have enemy prr/mrr reduced you gain no extra damage.
• It's a lot of investment that would be better spent in other places to gain damage since TWF barb isn't half bad on it's own.

I did learn that quick cutter is better than expected. It's not adrenaline and it can't compete, but it did a sizable amount of damage and I was surprised by how much damage it did. If the devs made a change so that you could always maintain quick in combat I think the attack would be significantly better and be considered for use.

So what did we learn here? If you want untyped damage, get a druid/sorcerer/alchemist with ruin, don't get a barbarian (but it was fun!)

My stupid and silly imbue barbarian build that also has to turn off rage to disable traps which gets tedious after a while
Classes: 18 Barbarian, 10 Epic, 2 Legendary, 2 Rogue
Race: Wood Elf· · · · · · ·Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

· · ·Start Tome Final · · ·Incorp:· · ·0% · · ·Displacement:· · 0%
Str:· · 18· · 8 · ·64 · · ·HP:· · · ·2182 · · ·AC:· · 68
Dex:· · 16· · 8 · ·34 · · ·PRR: · · · 167
Con:· · 14· · 8 · ·38 · · ·MRR: · · · ·61 · · ·+Healing Amp:· · 51
Int:· · 12· · 8 · ·25 · · ·Dodge: · ·5/25 · · ·-Healing Amp:· · 11
Wis:· · 10· · 8 · ·23 · · ·Fort:· · ·183% · · ·Repair Amp:· · · 16
Cha:· · ·8· · 8 · ·22 · · ·SR:· · · · · 0 · · ·BAB: · · · · · · 24
DR: 9%
Immunities: Sleep, Fear

Saves:
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Fortitude:· · · · ·39*
· vs Poison:· · · ·46*
· vs Disease: · · ·39*
Will: · · · · · · ·19
· vs Enchantment: ·23
· vs Illusion:· · ·21
· vs Fear:· · · · ·19
· vs Curse: · · · ·19
Reflex: · · · · · ·40*
· vs Traps: · · · ·50*
· vs Spell: · · · ·51*
· vs Magic: · · · ·40*
Marked with a * is no fail on a 1 if required DC met

Class and Feat Selection
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Level Class · · · · · ·Feats
1 · · Rogue(1)· · · · ·Standard: Two Weapon Fighting
2 · · Rogue(2)· · · · ·
3 · · Barbarian(1)· · ·Standard: Power Attack
4 · · Barbarian(2)· · ·Strength: +1 Level up
5 · · Barbarian(3)· · ·
6 · · Barbarian(4)· · ·Standard: Knight's Training
7 · · Barbarian(5)· · ·
8 · · Barbarian(6)· · ·Strength: +1 Level up
9 · · Barbarian(7)· · ·Standard: Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
10· · Barbarian(8)· · ·
11· · Barbarian(9)· · ·
12· · Barbarian(10) · ·Standard: Improved Two Weapon Fighting
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Strength: +1 Level up
13· · Barbarian(11) · ·
14· · Barbarian(12) · ·
15· · Barbarian(13) · ·Standard: Greater Two Weapon Fighting
16· · Barbarian(14) · ·Strength: +1 Level up
17· · Barbarian(15) · ·
18· · Barbarian(16) · ·Standard: Two Weapon Defense
19· · Barbarian(17) · ·
20· · Barbarian(18) · ·Strength: +1 Level up
21· · Epic(1) · · · · ·Epic Feat: Overwhelming Critical
22· · Epic(2) · · · · ·Epic Destiny Feat: Perfect Two Weapon Fighting
23· · Epic(3) · · · · ·
24· · Epic(4) · · · · ·Epic Feat: Epic Barbarian Damage Reduction
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Strength: +1 Level up
25· · Epic(5) · · · · ·Epic Destiny Feat: Doublestrike
26· · Epic(6) · · · · ·
27· · Epic(7) · · · · ·Epic Feat: Epic Damage Reduction
28· · Epic(8) · · · · ·Epic Destiny Feat: Harbinger of Chaos
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Strength: +1 Level up
29· · Epic(9) · · · · ·
30· · Epic(10)· · · · ·Epic Feat: Epic Fortitude
· · · · · · · · · · · ·Legendary: Scion of Arborea
31· · Legendary(1)· · ·Epic Destiny Feat: Deific Warding
32· · Legendary(2)· · ·Strength: +1 Level up


Active Auto Controlled Stances
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Empty Offhand
Wood Elf
Light Armor
Chaotic
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Enhancements: 80 APs, Racial 4
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Wood Elf - Points spent: 14
Core1 Accuracy I
Core2 Nature I: +1 Strength
Tier1 Weapon Training I
Core3 Accuracy II
Core4 Nature II: +1 Strength
Tier2 Arcanum - 1 Ranks
Tier3 Arcane Archer
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Frenzied Berserker - Points spent: 34
Core1 Die Hard
Tier1 Power Rage - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Cracking Attack - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Extra Rage - 1 Ranks
Tier2 Body Blow - 3 Ranks
Core2 Frenzied Toughness I
Tier2 Blood Tribute - 3 Ranks
Tier2 Extra Action Boost - 3 Ranks
Core3 Frenzy
Tier3 Supreme Cleave - 3 Ranks
Tier3 Constitution I
Core4 Frenzied Toughness II
Tier4 Crazy Strike - 3 Ranks
Tier4 Constitution II
Core5 Death Frenzy
Tier5 Focused Wrath - 2 Ranks
Tier5 Healing or Hurt: Raging Blows
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Assassin - Points spent: 8
Core1 Knife in the Darkness
Tier1 Venomed Blades - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Shiv - 1 Ranks
Tier2 Toxin Affinity - 3 Ranks
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Vistani Knife Fighter - Points spent: 12
Core1 Knife Expertise
Tier1 Mist Stalker I
Tier1 Undead Hunter
Tier1 Acrobatic - 1 Ranks
Tier2 Haste Boost - 3 Ranks
Core2 Knife Juggler
Tier2 Mist Stalker II
Core3 Quick Reflexes
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Arcane Archer (Elf) - Points spent: 12
Core1 Arcane Archer (Elf)
Tier1 Awareness - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Elemental Arrows I: Corrosive Arrows
Tier1 Energy of the Wild - 2 Ranks
Tier2 Elemental Arrows II: Elemental Damage
Tier3 Elemental Arrows III: Shock Arrows
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Ravager - Points spent: 4
Core1 Furious Rage
Tier1 Hardy Rage - 3 Ranks
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Epic Destinies: 40 APs + 18 permanent Destiny Points
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Legendary Dreadnought - Points spent: 16
Core1 Fearless
Tier1 Dread Mantle
Tier1 Push Through The Line - 3 Ranks
Tier2 Extra Action Boosts - 3 Ranks
Core2 Weaponmaster
Tier2 Ghost Touch
Tier2 Combat Brute
Core3 Thick Skinned
Tier3 Strike Twice - 3 Ranks
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Machrotechnic - Points spent: 15
Core1 Maker's Touch
Tier1 Blast Shields - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Solid Footing - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Sprockets - 2 Ranks
Core2 Metamagic Capacitors
Core3 Warding Inscriptions
Tier3 Arcane Imbuement - 3 Ranks
Tier3 Technique Drive: Speed Drive - 1 Ranks
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Fury of the Wild - Points spent: 35
Core1 Die Hard
Tier1 Epic Strike: Quick Cutter - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Enduring - 3 Ranks
Tier1 Acute Senses - 1 Ranks
Core2 Die Harder
Tier2 Primal Scream
Tier2 Gird against Demons
Core3 Die Hardest
Tier3 Wild Weapons: Off Hand Attack - 3 Ranks
Tier3 Force of Fury: Furious Force - 3 Ranks
Core4 Be the Whirlwind
Tier4 Wade Through: Wade Through - Off Hand Attack - 3 Ranks
Tier4 Force Selector: Primal Force - 3 Ranks
Tier4 The Voice of Fury
Tier4 Unquenchable Rage - 1 Ranks
Tier5 Scarred by Chaos
Tier5 Lore of the Wilds
Tier5 Nature's Fury