Goliath Hybrid

[You Go Katie.]

First time poster (obviously), so if this is in the wrong thread, my bad. Feel free to move it or delete it. I'm just looking for some friendly player feedback.

I'm too cheap to subscribe to DDI. I just use a friends account and don't really feel like posting under his name for character creation in the Wizards forums.

Since Martial Power 2 came out, one feat that really stood out to me is the Goliath Crusher feat.

When attacking a creature you have marked, your mace gains high crit.

Eh, not the best thing in the world, but then I got to thinking... and then this catastrophe happeded.

Forwarning, our group is not paragon yet and I just threw in what seemed like a decent start. Obviously +3 weapon x2 and armor isn't realistic, at least in our game, but I wanted to see what could be done.

Level 11
Goliath, Warden|Ranger, Kensei
Hybrid Warden: Hybrid Warden Will
Hybrid Ranger: Hybrid Ranger Fortitude
Hybrid Talent: Warden's Armored Might
Guardian Might: Earthstrength
Student of the Sword: Student of One-Handed Weapons
Kensei Focus: Kensei Focus Battlefist

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 22, Con 21, Dex 11, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 9.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 17, Con 16, Dex 10, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 8.

AC: 26 Fort: 23 Reflex: 15 Will: 18
HP: 95 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 23

TRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +9, Nature +13, Stealth +9, Athletics +17
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Arcana +5, Bluff +4, Diplomacy +4, Dungeoneering +6, Endurance +9, Heal +6, History +5, Insight +6, Intimidate +4, Perception +6, Religion +5, Streetwise +4, Thievery +4

FEATS
Level 1: Student of the Sword
Level 2: Lethal Hunter
Level 4: Weapon Expertise (Unarmed)
Level 6: Hybrid Talent
Level 8: Goliath Crusher
Level 10: Toughness
Level 11: Hammer Rhythm

POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Strength of Stone
Hybrid at-will 1: Twin Strike
Hybrid encounter 1: Two-Fanged Strike
Hybrid daily 1: Form of Mountain's Thunder
Hybrid utility 2: Warden's Tempest
Hybrid encounter 3: Rough Strike
Hybrid daily 5: Two-Wolf Pounce
Hybrid utility 6: Death Threat
Hybrid encounter 7: Claws of the Griffon
Hybrid daily 9: Form of the Stone Sentinel
Hybrid utility 10: Earthstride

ITEMS
Earthhide Armor of Resistance +3, Supremely Vicious Battlefist +3 (2)

Typically I go for better stat allocation and defenses (especially with a defender), but I wanted this Angry beast to just do damage.

Why Goliath: The Goliath Crusher feat.
Why Hybrid Warden/Ranger: Mark and Twin Strike.
Why Kensei: Idk, I have yet to obtain a Paragon character and I thought that maybe +1/+4 (at 16) would be semi-decent with multiple swings a round.
Why Battlefist: Simply put, it's a.... mace...? At +3 proff AND it's high crit when you mark. Very solid for twin strike IMO.
Feat Selection:
- Student of the Sword: Goliath Crusher is a fighter feat =/
- Hybrid Talent: Earthstrength is nice with a high Con.
- Hammer Rythm: You miss with one of your two strikes a around, they still take 5 damage. Of course that is assuming it works that way, at least that is how its worded (to me). I'm not a huge knowledge guy about rulings.
Powers: Eh, whatever swings more than once and hits hardest.

That's basically it I think. Mark your target and burying him into the ground with multiple attacks, quarry and hopefully a crit. It's basically a dual-weilding Barb, only not. It's an incredibly Feat intensive build that looks good (IMO) on paper.

Any suggestions? What can be done better? Stats? Defenses? Powers? Feats? Paragon Path? Everything?

 

[fuzzlewump]

For future reference, this thread would be better served in the 4E rules forum instead of this one.

I have no idea what the 'battlefist' is, but if it doesn't have the off-hand property you can't dual wield them. You'll need one of the rangers hybrid talents for that. At least, that's how I recall it. A normal character can't wield 2 regular sized weapons.

 

[eriktheguy]

Your non-AC defenses are certainly your weakness. What if you dropped just one of your +3 weapons to a +2 weapon? You could afford to throw a neck slot item on there and shore up your Ref and Will by 2 each. I would go for an amulet of double fortune +2 (gives you a free save whenever you crit), or a steadfast amulet (gives you a free save against stun effects). With the extra money you could also afford a circlet of second chances (no action daily power: reroll a failed save).
I suggest these things because attacks against non-AC defenses, and daze/stuns are more common at paragon tier.

 

[Mika]

That battlefist is not kosher at all. The only way to get one is to cut off your hand and take the Self-Forged paragon path -- and that requires you to be an Artificer and thus have a decent intelligence score. (Although given the requirement that your character cut off his hand, wisdom should probably be a dump stat....)