Reaper Endgame Centered Dragon Lord

[Dragxon]

Can't you get offhand chance from both DL & SF trees? may be that you need to give up something, but opens using any race. I personally like Horc for helpless + hit & dmg on all weapons

They are supposed to be antirequisites that was fixed in update 67. Now if that happened I don't know.

 

[Oliphant]

I haven't focused on melee or STR very much. It goes over my head how you get your STR to 114.

 

[warlock player]

I have tried a couple Dragon Lord builds since the update and this has been the highest dps build of them and probably the best raid dps build I have played period. Its not quite as good in R10s as the top tier dps but it is right below them.

This not a new player friendly build and very skill intensive because you need to play very well to survive situations as it is a squishy build.

My current mentality for builds is that it should strength based and either be raging for the extra strength or be centered in master of sun stance for the extra crit multi on 19-20. This build came from that rule and I am very happy with it.

Aasimar 14 Sacred Fist, 5 Dragon Lord, 1 Monk, GMoF (36), SD (23), FS (14)

https://imgur.com/UVO2XZA

These are my stats self buffed.

Other important dps numbers.

https://imgur.com/CF39x0q

https://imgur.com/R5kfVBq

Enhancements:

https://imgur.com/yzfdUOs

The Dragon Lord tree is really strong and also really cheap so you can pretty much grab all of it. The Sacred Fist tree is also very nice as it gives move speed, offhand strike chance, and probably the best imbue. The tier 4 Sacred Fist imbue is very important to get because it changes the imbue from fire to light damage.
I have been testing dropping Vistani for even more points in Sacred Fist and a couple in Harper but its about the same either way.

Feats

1	Power Attack
3	Follower of the Sovereign Host
6	WF Slashing
9	Improved Crit Slashing
12	ITWF
15	GTWF
18	Adept Forms
Monk	TWF
Fighter	TWF Defense
Fighter	Knight's Training
21	Master Forms
22	PTWF
24	Overwhelming Crit
25	Crush Weakness
27	WS Slashing
28	Doublestrike
30	Child of Faith
30	Scion of Arborea
31	Embodiment of Law

I took Monk at level 5 and Fighter level 13-17 but this is not the optimal order for leveling/feats.

Epic Destinies:

https://imgur.com/dJcNN9j

I am using the GMoF mantle and the Fatesinger epic strike. With the full 75 points I would grab another 10 mrr cap from GMoF.
I have tried out many of the epic strikes and The Sword Sings has been the one I am most impressed with.


Gear:

	14 Sacred Fist 5 Dragonlord 1 Monk						Augments	Set Bonus
Body	Dino 3% Profane DS, Profane SA, 5% Dodge Bypass		2 Profane SA Dice	3% Profane DS	5% Dodge Bypass		2	Dread Stalker
Eyes	Legendary Eternal Flameguard's Lenses		Deadly 11	Q Deadly 3	15% DS	3% Q DS	1	Legendary Temple's Inferno
Head	Dino Int 14, Seeker, Relentless Fury		Int 14	Seeker 14	Relentless Fury		2	Dread Stalker
Neck	Dino Art Str 15, Acc 23, 17 Stunning, 23% AP		Str 15	Accuracy 23	Stunning 17	23% AP	3	The Legendary Dread Isle's Curse
Trinket	Legendary Gem of Many Facets		153% Fortification	36% Electric Absorption	Ins PRR 17		1	Legendary Raven's Eye
Back	Legendary Dread Stalker's Cloak		Ghostly	Dex 14	Ins Deception 5	Ins Seeker 6	2	Dread Stalker
Waist	Legendary Belt of the Ram		Ram's Might	Speed 30%	Q Str 3	Con 13	1	Eminence of Summer
Hands	Legendary Raven's Talons		Dex 13	Bluff 20	Seeker 13	Deception 11	2	Legendary Raven's Eye
Feet	Legendary Magma Waders		Speed 30%	36% Fire Absorption	Fire Resistance 53	Wis 14	2	The Legendary Dread Isle's Curse
Ring 1	Legendary Lionheart Ring		Stunning 15	Action Boosts	9% Ins AP	Ins Con 6	1	Eminence of Summer
Ring 2	Legendary Signet Ring of the Sky		Devotion 149	Radiance 149	Nullification 149		2	The Legendary Dread Isle's Curse
Wrists	Legendary Vambrace of the Summer Court		Ins Seeker 6	6% Ins DS	Extra Smite	Cha 13	1	Eminence of Summer
Weapon	Dino Longsword		Icescale	Meltfang	Flameclaw	Melthorn	2	The Legendary Dread Isle's Curse
Off Hand	Dino Longsword		Icescale	Icefang	Meltclaw	Shadowhorn	2	The Legendary Dread Isle's Curse
							24
Filigrees	Raid +2 Str Rare	x2
	Sucker Punch MP Rare
	Shattered Device MP Rare	x2
	Shattered Device: Attack and Damage
	Shattered Device: Strength
	Treachery MP Rare	x2
	Treachery Threat Reduction Rare
	The Long Shadow: MP Rare	x2
	The Long Shadow: Attack and Damage
	Snowpeak's Gifts: Imbue Dice
Augments	Deconstructor	x2
	Feareater	x2
	Hit Points +54
	Dodge +12%
	Melee/Ranged Power +10
	Emerald of Arcane Empowerment
	Ravil's Book of Legendary Recipes
	Resistance +11
	Heal/Neg./Rep. Amplification +57
	PRR and MRR +36
	Diamond of Festive Strength +2
	Diamond of Festive Constitution +2
	Globe of True Imperial Blood
	Sapphire of Greater Heroism
	Sapphire of Good Luck +3
	Emerald of Greater Smiting
	Legendary Undying Sapphire
	Legendary Sapphire of Riposte
	Insightful Strength +5
	Feather Falling
	Insightful Charisma +5

I have been very happy with this gearset for basically any strength based melee and find it beats out vecna gear dps wise though it is a little squisher. The other good thing is that it only requires a single roll on the gem of many facets for Raven's Eye.
The filigrees are getting some extra imbue dice but you can also just wear prowess all the time if you dont want to swap. If you use prowess fulltime drop 1 treachery MP, the long shadow, and the snowpeaks.

Pros:
Very high DPS and lots of debuffs (Dust, Ooze, Vuln, Shattered Device, Bring Darkness)
Good CC with mid 130s Dragon Roar and 140 ish Blade of Discord
Lots of Absorption (75% fire absorption, 60% electric absorption, 15% evil and chaos absorption)
Lay on Hands and Healing Hands for emergency healing

Cons:
Squishy (70 Mrr, low Prr, and only split the soul as temp dodge)
Low AOE Damage (Only 2 Cleaves)
Lots of around 1 minute temp buffs (Sanctified Fervor Buff, Tensors, Prayer, Divine Purpose)
No Temp HP from rages

Thanks for reading and I will try to answer any questions.

wait why WF slashing and now bludgeoning???????

And also I mean for r10's you want helpless / cc / AoE attack for trash mobs so yea single target dps like this would fall behind a THF builds and such (alchemists *puke*) in kill count naturally, but this looks a solid build!!

I might try this actually, after I'm done with current grind... (dark hunter iconic)

 

[MagicalDad]

Pardon my ignorance - how do you stay centered w/ longswords, I don't see WSS on the feat list. Is it because Sovereign Host makes it a favored weapon?

 

[PraetorPlato]

I haven't focused on melee or STR very much. It goes over my head how you get your STR to 114.

top-end shifters are scraping close to 140 at full boost

 

[Pinecone]

Pardon my ignorance - how do you stay centered w/ longswords, I don't see WSS on the feat list. Is it because Sovereign Host makes it a favored weapon?

OP gets it from A Flower's Bloom, tier 2 in Grandmaster of Flowers

 

[Mickeymouse]

Pardon my ignorance - how do you stay centered w/ longswords, I don't see WSS on the feat list. Is it because Sovereign Host makes it a favored weapon?

https://ddowiki.com/page/Whirling_Steel_Strike

-- he will need that. either from feat or GMOF

 

[Terranigma]

From what I can see there are two alterations this build may benefit from:

• The augments show a Sapphire of Good Luck +3 being slotted, but this build has Prayer and will eventually be able to use it at caster level 20, resulting in a +5 Luck Bonus to damage/skills/saves. Is there a better augment that could be slotted?
• Would the weapon choice of a Vistani centered Kukri serve this build better than Longsword? The base damage of the Kukri is lower, but the critical profile (14-20/x4 vs 16-20/x5) should favor the Kukri.
  • Base damage of a Dino Kukri is about -13.5 dmg (6.45[1d8+3] vs 6.45[1d4+3])
  • But Vistani Deadly Blades adds back +5.5 dmg (+1[W]) and you have 3 extra feats because you won't need Knight's Training or the Favored Weapon Feats
  • The loss of the Favored Weapon damage is -4 dmg (Child of Faith, Sacred Strike I & II) is gained back as +4 dmg in the Vistani Enhancements (Vistani Core I, Vistani Knife Training I & II)
  • One of those 3 available feats can be repurposed to getting Improved Martial Arts at level 21 for +2.75 dmg (+0.5[W])
  • After adding in the STR bonus, +15 weapon enhancement, and the plethora of other damage bonuses (Deadly, Deception, Power Attack, etc) that should have a main-hand base physical damage of around 187 on the Kukri and 192 for the Longsword. This puts the Kukri about 2.5% base physical damage behind the Longsword.
  • However, this build seems to have a high fortification bypass and should be able to use the Kukri's +135% critical damage profile (14-20/x4; 19-20/x7) to surpass the Longsword's +130% critical damage profile (16-20/x5; 19-20/x8), balancing out the loss in base physical damage.
  • Lastly, factor in Sacred Fist's unique ability to have an imbue that scales with amount of critical hits, thanks to Sacred Fist Empowerment. A wider 14-20 critical range should have a notable improvement of your imbue damage over 16-20.

 

[Dragxon]

From what I can see there are two alterations this build may benefit from:

• The augments show a Sapphire of Good Luck +3 being slotted, but this build has Prayer and will eventually be able to use it at caster level 20, resulting in a +5 Luck Bonus to damage/skills/saves. Is there a better augment that could be slotted?
• Would the weapon choice of a Vistani centered Kukri serve this build better than Longsword? The base damage of the Kukri is lower, but the critical profile (14-20/x4 vs 16-20/x5) should favor the Kukri.
  • Base damage of a Dino Kukri is about -13.5 dmg (6.45[1d8+3] vs 6.45[1d4+3])
  • But Vistani Deadly Blades adds back +5.5 dmg (+1[W]) and you have 3 extra feats because you won't need Knight's Training or the Favored Weapon Feats
  • The loss of the Favored Weapon damage is -4 dmg (Child of Faith, Sacred Strike I & II) is gained back as +4 dmg in the Vistani Enhancements (Vistani Core I, Vistani Knife Training I & II)
  • One of those 3 available feats can be repurposed to getting Improved Martial Arts at level 21 for +2.75 dmg (+0.5[W])
  • After adding in the STR bonus, +15 weapon enhancement, and the plethora of other damage bonuses (Deadly, Deception, Power Attack, etc) that should have a main-hand base physical damage of around 187 on the Kukri and 192 for the Longsword. This puts the Kukri about 2.5% base physical damage behind the Longsword.
  • However, this build seems to have a high fortification bypass and should be able to use the Kukri's +135% critical damage profile (14-20/x4; 19-20/x7) to surpass the Longsword's +130% critical damage profile (16-20/x5; 19-20/x8), balancing out the loss in base physical damage.
  • Lastly, factor in Sacred Fist's unique ability to have an imbue that scales with amount of critical hits, thanks to Sacred Fist Empowerment. A wider 14-20 critical range should have a notable improvement of your imbue damage over 16-20.

You are right that you can drop the augment but there really isn't much else to put in that spot instead.

For Kukri vs Longsword its mostly from my first version of this build being paladin and the kotc. I agree Kukri is probably better it just loses a couple things and gains a lot (Rapid Attack being top among them). Kukris will work out pretty well for the GMoF tier 5 version of this build. Though currently I am testing Divine Crusader tier 5 over GMoF tier 5 and for divine crusader it needs a favored weapon.

I did not know that you could get Improved Martial Arts from 12 levels of sacred fist. That is a good suggestion.

 

[Mickeymouse]

You are right that you can drop the augment but there really isn't much else to put in that spot instead.

For Kukri vs Longsword its mostly from my first version of this build being paladin and the kotc. I agree Kukri is probably better it just loses a couple things and gains a lot (Rapid Attack being top among them). Kukris will work out pretty well for the GMoF tier 5 version of this build. Though currently I am testing Divine Crusader tier 5 over GMoF tier 5 and for divine crusader it needs a favored weapon.

I did not know that you could get Improved Martial Arts from 12 levels of sacred fist. That is a good suggestion.

it only gives you 0.2 W for some odd reason.. I would be more worried about not picking up Extend (for both divine favour and SF empowerment, 19-42s).

 

[Phern]

I took Monk at level 5 and Fighter level 13-17 but this is not the optimal order for leveling/feats.

I'm curious what levelling order people would suggest? I was thinking monk>fighter>pally to get as many feats early as possible, but it's been a while since I've levelled a pally. (Like a decade).