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<blockquote data-quote="Tempestfury" data-source="post: 7641819" data-attributes="member: 6775197"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So, I’ve been fiddling around with HeroLab recently, making builds for characters of mine, trying to get a build that reflects their personality and abilities as best as I could. As I did so, however, the guides I was looking at directed my towards a Paragon Path that I hadn’t known about before, and it's rather... unique, 16 level Paragon Path ability. After seeing this, I simply had to make a build centred on it as best as I could, and here are the results.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Red = Offensive Choice. Blue = Defensive Choice for feats. For powers, Red = Sorcerer and Blue = Paladin.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">====== Created Using Herolab ======</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Storm-22, level 30</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Revenant, Hybrid Paladin/Sorcerer, Lightning Fury, Unyielding Sentinel</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Swordmage Aegis: Aegis of Shielding</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Choose your Race in Life: Minotaur</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Versatile Expertise: Heavy Blade</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Versatile Expertise: Holy Symbol</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">FINAL ABILITY SCORES</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Str 10, Con 18, Dex 23, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 28.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">STARTING ABILITY SCORES</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Str 8, Con 14, Dex 10, Int 17, Wis 8, Cha 13.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AC: 33 Fort: 33 Reflex: 35 Will: 39</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">HP: 176 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 44</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">TRAINED SKILLS</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Diplomacy +29, Endurance +26, Intimidate +31.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">UNTRAINED SKILLS</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Acrobatics +21, Arcana +16, Bluff +24, Dungeoneering +18, Heal +18, History +16, Insight +18, Nature +18, Perception +18, Religion +16, Stealth +21, Streetwise +24, Thievery +21</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">FEATS</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 1: Hybrid Talent: Soul of the Sorcerer (Storm Soul)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 2: <span style="color: Red">Versatile Expertise</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 4: <span style="color: Blue">Improved Defences</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 6: Past Soul</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 8: <span style="color: Red">Opportunity Gore</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 10: <span style="color: Red">Bloodied Ferocity</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 11: <span style="color: Blue">Honored Foe</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 12: <span style="color: Blue">Hero’s Poise</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 14: <span style="color: Red">Repel Charge</span> (Retrained to Mark of Storm at Level 16)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 16: Forceful Challenge</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 18: Commanding Vow</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 20: <span style="color: Blue">Unarmoured Agility</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 21: <span style="color: Blue">Weakening Challenge</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 22: <span style="color: Blue">Strength Through Challenge</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 24: <span style="color: Red">Viscious Stomp</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 26: <span style="color: Red">Divine Mastery</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 28: <span style="color: Blue">Ghostly Vitality</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Level 30: <span style="color: Blue">Fierce Vitality</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">POWERS</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">At-will 1: <span style="color: Red">Burning Spray</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">At-will 1:<span style="color: Blue">Virtuous Smite</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Encounter 1: <span style="color: Blue">Valorous Smite</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Daily 1: <span style="color: Blue">Majestic Halo</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Utility 2: <span style="color: Blue">Call of Challenge</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Encounter 3: <span style="color: Red">Dancing Lightning</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Daily 5: <span style="color: Red">Glacial Armour</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Utility 6: <span style="color: Red">Swift Escape</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Encounter 7: <span style="color: Blue">Astral Thunder</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Daily 9: <span style="color: Red">Howling Hurricane</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Utility 10: <span style="color: Red">Maiden’s Waking</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Encounter 13: <span style="color: Blue">Castigating Strike</span> (replaces <span style="color: Blue">Valorous Smite</span>)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Daily 15: <span style="color: Red">Lightning Daggers</span> (replaces <span style="color: Red">Howling Hurricane</span>)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Utility 16: <span style="color: Red">Dominant Winds</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Encounter 17: <span style="color: Red">Azure Talons</span> (replaces <span style="color: Red">Dancing Lightning</span>)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Daily 19: <span style="color: Blue">Corona of Blinding Radiance</span> (replaces <span style="color: Blue">Majestic Halo</span>)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Utility 22: <span style="color: Blue">Shared Valor</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Encounter 23: <span style="color: Blue">Demand Respect</span> (replaces <span style="color: Blue">Astral Thunder</span>)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Daily 25: <span style="color: Blue">Discipline the Unruly</span> (replaces <span style="color: Red">Glacial Armour</span>)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Encounter 27: <span style="color: Red">Wildfire Curse</span> (replaces <span style="color: Red">Azure Talons</span>)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Daily 29: <span style="color: Red">Entropic Whirlwind</span> (replaces <span style="color: Blue">Corona of Blinding Radiance</span>)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ITEMS</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Lightning Longsword, Cloth Armor, Holy Symbol</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">====== Created Using Herolab ====== </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So, how exactly does this build function? Well, as I said early, it all revolves around the Level 16 ability of the Lightning Fury Paragon Path.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This build is entirely built around catching your opponent’s in a situation where they are screwed no matter what they do. Through a combination of Divine Challenge, Call of Challenge, Valorous Smite, Majestic Halo and Castigating Strike, we have various means of applying Divine Sanction down on a multitude of different enemies. Then, thanks to our Lighting Weapon, we have various ways of triggering Lightning Field, including even just making a MBA, thanks to Virtuous Smite.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Assuming we are standing right next to our opponent, we have many means of punishing them: They make a melee attack against us? They take damage. Do they make a close or melee attack against an ally? Divine Sanction triggers, so they take damage. Weakening Challenge makes the attack deal half damage, and then Forceful Challenge slides them one space, making Lighting Field trigger so they take even more damage. They try to make a Ranged or Area attack, or try to move away? We hit them with a Goring Charge, knock them prone, then hit them with a Virtuous Smite... which thanks to Mark of Storm, lets us Slide them next to us, which triggers Lighting Field, and it was a Ranged or Area Attack? Well, Divine Sanction kicks in as above...</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Even trying to move past us in order to get to the back-line can hurt, as Lighting Field doesn’t matter how you try to move past us, simply that you are moving through adjacent squares. So shift all you want, your still going to be taking quite a lot of hurt during your turn. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Now obviously, this build has a few weaknesses, apart from the obvious ‘Only turns on at Level 16’ thing. For one, we aren’t exactly the tankiest Defender around. With Sub 50 AC and Sub 200 HP, we’re probably going to need a strong Leader to keep up from falling in battle, although the Revenant’s Unnatural Vitality, as well as the feats that buff it, can really help us stay standing for longer. If you end up falling too much early, then consider taking Fierce Vitality in place of Commanding Vow, and swapping Ghostly Vitality with Vicious Stomp. Maybe even Unarmored Agility with Improved Defences, as we already have solid NAD’s, so getting more AC early would be helpful.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Secondly, Lighting Field only works when people move adjacent to us. While Divine Sanction + Forceful Challenge means that we can punish foes who are two squares away from us when they attack an ally. Highly mobile creatures, especially ones that can shift or teleport, can wiggle out of our trap with ease. Because we need a Lighting Weapon in order to make our attacks Lightning to trigger Lighting Field, we can’t pick up a Feyslaughter Weapon to stop them from escaping. The Orb of Translocation Interference and Orb of the Planes can help mitigate this. Forceful movement can also screw us over as well, though there are several items that can help reduce or negate such movement effects as well. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Third, but not the least, is that resistance or immunity to Lighting Damage can really, really hurt us... and I don’t know of the top of my head any good ways of getting around it with this build.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And that my friends, is the Storm-22 build. Please, let me know what you think. Are there ways to improve the build? Would a different race be better than the Revenant, and if so what do you suggest? Should I pick up Lighting Soul at all (As its Feat bonus applies to Lighting Damage <em>Rolls</em>, not just powers, so it would increase the Lightning Field’s damage significantly), and if so, what should I replace? Or should I try to further my AC and HP in order to better function as a Defender?</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I really hope to hear from people soon.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tempestfury, post: 7641819, member: 6775197"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]So, I’ve been fiddling around with HeroLab recently, making builds for characters of mine, trying to get a build that reflects their personality and abilities as best as I could. As I did so, however, the guides I was looking at directed my towards a Paragon Path that I hadn’t known about before, and it's rather... unique, 16 level Paragon Path ability. After seeing this, I simply had to make a build centred on it as best as I could, and here are the results.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Red = Offensive Choice. Blue = Defensive Choice for feats. For powers, Red = Sorcerer and Blue = Paladin.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]====== Created Using Herolab ======[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Storm-22, level 30[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Revenant, Hybrid Paladin/Sorcerer, Lightning Fury, Unyielding Sentinel[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Swordmage Aegis: Aegis of Shielding[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Choose your Race in Life: Minotaur[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Versatile Expertise: Heavy Blade[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Versatile Expertise: Holy Symbol[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]FINAL ABILITY SCORES[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Str 10, Con 18, Dex 23, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 28.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]STARTING ABILITY SCORES[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Str 8, Con 14, Dex 10, Int 17, Wis 8, Cha 13.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]AC: 33 Fort: 33 Reflex: 35 Will: 39[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]HP: 176 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 44[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]TRAINED SKILLS[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Diplomacy +29, Endurance +26, Intimidate +31.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]UNTRAINED SKILLS[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Acrobatics +21, Arcana +16, Bluff +24, Dungeoneering +18, Heal +18, History +16, Insight +18, Nature +18, Perception +18, Religion +16, Stealth +21, Streetwise +24, Thievery +21[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]FEATS[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 1: Hybrid Talent: Soul of the Sorcerer (Storm Soul)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 2: [COLOR=Red]Versatile Expertise[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 4: [COLOR=Blue]Improved Defences[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 6: Past Soul[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 8: [COLOR=Red]Opportunity Gore[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 10: [COLOR=Red]Bloodied Ferocity[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 11: [COLOR=Blue]Honored Foe[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 12: [COLOR=Blue]Hero’s Poise[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 14: [COLOR=Red]Repel Charge[/COLOR] (Retrained to Mark of Storm at Level 16)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 16: Forceful Challenge[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 18: Commanding Vow[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 20: [COLOR=Blue]Unarmoured Agility[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 21: [COLOR=Blue]Weakening Challenge[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 22: [COLOR=Blue]Strength Through Challenge[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 24: [COLOR=Red]Viscious Stomp[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 26: [COLOR=Red]Divine Mastery[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 28: [COLOR=Blue]Ghostly Vitality[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Level 30: [COLOR=Blue]Fierce Vitality[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]POWERS[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]At-will 1: [COLOR=Red]Burning Spray[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]At-will 1:[COLOR=Blue]Virtuous Smite[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Encounter 1: [COLOR=Blue]Valorous Smite[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Daily 1: [COLOR=Blue]Majestic Halo[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Utility 2: [COLOR=Blue]Call of Challenge[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Encounter 3: [COLOR=Red]Dancing Lightning[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Daily 5: [COLOR=Red]Glacial Armour[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Utility 6: [COLOR=Red]Swift Escape[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Encounter 7: [COLOR=Blue]Astral Thunder[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Daily 9: [COLOR=Red]Howling Hurricane[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Utility 10: [COLOR=Red]Maiden’s Waking[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Encounter 13: [COLOR=Blue]Castigating Strike[/COLOR] (replaces [COLOR=Blue]Valorous Smite[/COLOR])[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Daily 15: [COLOR=Red]Lightning Daggers[/COLOR] (replaces [COLOR=Red]Howling Hurricane[/COLOR])[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Utility 16: [COLOR=Red]Dominant Winds[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Encounter 17: [COLOR=Red]Azure Talons[/COLOR] (replaces [COLOR=Red]Dancing Lightning[/COLOR])[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Daily 19: [COLOR=Blue]Corona of Blinding Radiance[/COLOR] (replaces [COLOR=Blue]Majestic Halo[/COLOR])[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Utility 22: [COLOR=Blue]Shared Valor[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Encounter 23: [COLOR=Blue]Demand Respect[/COLOR] (replaces [COLOR=Blue]Astral Thunder[/COLOR])[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Daily 25: [COLOR=Blue]Discipline the Unruly[/COLOR] (replaces [COLOR=Red]Glacial Armour[/COLOR])[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Encounter 27: [COLOR=Red]Wildfire Curse[/COLOR] (replaces [COLOR=Red]Azure Talons[/COLOR])[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Daily 29: [COLOR=Red]Entropic Whirlwind[/COLOR] (replaces [COLOR=Blue]Corona of Blinding Radiance[/COLOR])[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]ITEMS[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Lightning Longsword, Cloth Armor, Holy Symbol[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]====== Created Using Herolab ====== [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]So, how exactly does this build function? Well, as I said early, it all revolves around the Level 16 ability of the Lightning Fury Paragon Path.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]This build is entirely built around catching your opponent’s in a situation where they are screwed no matter what they do. Through a combination of Divine Challenge, Call of Challenge, Valorous Smite, Majestic Halo and Castigating Strike, we have various means of applying Divine Sanction down on a multitude of different enemies. Then, thanks to our Lighting Weapon, we have various ways of triggering Lightning Field, including even just making a MBA, thanks to Virtuous Smite.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Assuming we are standing right next to our opponent, we have many means of punishing them: They make a melee attack against us? They take damage. Do they make a close or melee attack against an ally? Divine Sanction triggers, so they take damage. Weakening Challenge makes the attack deal half damage, and then Forceful Challenge slides them one space, making Lighting Field trigger so they take even more damage. They try to make a Ranged or Area attack, or try to move away? We hit them with a Goring Charge, knock them prone, then hit them with a Virtuous Smite... which thanks to Mark of Storm, lets us Slide them next to us, which triggers Lighting Field, and it was a Ranged or Area Attack? Well, Divine Sanction kicks in as above...[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Even trying to move past us in order to get to the back-line can hurt, as Lighting Field doesn’t matter how you try to move past us, simply that you are moving through adjacent squares. So shift all you want, your still going to be taking quite a lot of hurt during your turn. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Now obviously, this build has a few weaknesses, apart from the obvious ‘Only turns on at Level 16’ thing. For one, we aren’t exactly the tankiest Defender around. With Sub 50 AC and Sub 200 HP, we’re probably going to need a strong Leader to keep up from falling in battle, although the Revenant’s Unnatural Vitality, as well as the feats that buff it, can really help us stay standing for longer. If you end up falling too much early, then consider taking Fierce Vitality in place of Commanding Vow, and swapping Ghostly Vitality with Vicious Stomp. Maybe even Unarmored Agility with Improved Defences, as we already have solid NAD’s, so getting more AC early would be helpful.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Secondly, Lighting Field only works when people move adjacent to us. While Divine Sanction + Forceful Challenge means that we can punish foes who are two squares away from us when they attack an ally. Highly mobile creatures, especially ones that can shift or teleport, can wiggle out of our trap with ease. Because we need a Lighting Weapon in order to make our attacks Lightning to trigger Lighting Field, we can’t pick up a Feyslaughter Weapon to stop them from escaping. The Orb of Translocation Interference and Orb of the Planes can help mitigate this. Forceful movement can also screw us over as well, though there are several items that can help reduce or negate such movement effects as well. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Third, but not the least, is that resistance or immunity to Lighting Damage can really, really hurt us... and I don’t know of the top of my head any good ways of getting around it with this build.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]And that my friends, is the Storm-22 build. Please, let me know what you think. Are there ways to improve the build? Would a different race be better than the Revenant, and if so what do you suggest? Should I pick up Lighting Soul at all (As its Feat bonus applies to Lighting Damage [I]Rolls[/I], not just powers, so it would increase the Lightning Field’s damage significantly), and if so, what should I replace? Or should I try to further my AC and HP in order to better function as a Defender?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]I really hope to hear from people soon.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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