Polearm Gamble + White Lotus Master Riposte

[jbear]

I've just been messing around building a Warlock/Runepriest Minotaur Hybrid and stumbled across what seems a pretty brutal combination.

Wrathful Hammer: +CON dmg vs enemies that hit you
Paragon Path: Hammer of Vengeance: Immeadiate reaction melee basic attack vs adjacent enemy that hits ally

Starting Abilty Scores
STR 18 CON 18 DEX 10 INT 11 WIS 13 CHA 8

FINAL Abilty SCORES (lvl 11)
STR 21 CON 20 DEX 11 INT 12 WIS 15 CHA 9

Key Feats: Weapon Prof: Greatspear: +3 Attack, 1d10dmg, reach
Polearm flanker: Flank with reach
White Lotus Master Risposte: repeat arcane attack if enemy hits you as Im Reaction
Polearm Gamble: OA when enemy moves adjacent

Keypower: Eldritch Strike (CON)

So when an enemy moves next to me I get an OA and use Eldritch Strike; If the enemy then hits me, I get to hit him back immeadiately with Eldritch Strike again. If he hits an ally instead... I get to hit him back as well!

Also if I have Bloodied Ferocity racial feat, if he manages to bloody me, I get to hit him a third time with eldritch strike, as it is a free action!!!

Pretty nifty!

 

[DracoSuave]

Toss in Armor of Agathys and you're laughing.

 

[jbear]

Yeah, I had that as my Daily. So an extra 1d6+5 cold damage just for standing too close! The build looks really neat and enormously fun to play. How do the White Lotus Feats work if you have more than one? Do you choose which effect you apply to the attack when you attack? I imagine you can't apply two at a time, as that would be far too powerful.

At level 12 I'd pick up Twofold Pact and take Infernal Pact. Being in the middle of combat it should be fairly easy to get most enemies under a curse. And when they start dropping enjoy near invulnerability with all the temporary hp.

It would look something like this:

====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ======
level 12
Minotaur, Warlock|Runepriest, Hammer of Vengeance (PH3)
Eldritch Pact (Hybrid): Infernal Pact (Hybrid)
Eldritch Strike: Eldritch Strike Constitution
Hybrid Warlock: Hybrid Warlock Will
Runic Artistry: Wrathful Hammer
Hybrid Talent: Runepriest Armor Proficiency
Twofold Pact: Infernal Pact
FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 21, Con 20, Dex 11, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 9.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 16, Con 16, Dex 10, Int 11, Wis 13, Cha 8.

AC: 23 Fort: 21 Reflex: 17 Will: 20
HP: 87 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 21
TRAINED SKILLS
Bluff +10, Endurance +16, Athletics +16
UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +6, Arcana +7, Diplomacy +5, Dungeoneering +8, Heal +8, History +7, Insight +8, Intimidate +5, Nature +10, Perception +10, Religion +7, Stealth +6, Streetwise +5, Thievery +6
FEATS
Level 1: Hybrid Talent
Level 2: Weapon Proficiency (Greatspear)
Level 4: Polearm Flanker
Level 6: White Lotus Riposte
Level 8: Bloodied Ferocity
Level 10: Killing Curse (retrained to White Lotus Master Riposte at Level 11)
Level 11: Polearm Gamble
Level 12: Twofold Pact
POWERS
Hybrid at-will 1: Word of Diminishment
Hybrid at-will 1: Eldritch Strike
Hybrid encounter 1: Executioner's Call
Hybrid daily 1: Armor of Agathys
Hybrid utility 2: Ethereal Stride
Hybrid encounter 3: Fortune Binding
Hybrid daily 5: Rune of the Final Act
Hybrid utility 6: Rune of Meritorious Alacrity
Hybrid encounter 7: Word of Befuddlement
Hybrid daily 9: Rune of Boundless Fury
Hybrid utility 10: Rune of the Astral Winds
ITEMS
Scale Armor, Greatspear
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Now I just need a name and a story... oh and a game to play him in!