Warden Goliath Polearm Stoneblessed PP

[Istar]

Okay has anybody got some idea's to flesh this out.

Looking at 15 Wisdom by level 11 to get Polearm Gamble for OA's on any enemys moving next to me.

Plus Sudden Roots to slow them as well.

Plus the Paragon Path puts my Reach from 2 up to 3, then I will pick forms that get me up to Reach 4.

Also looking at Halberd polearm so I can get Axe spec at Epic for 19-20 crits as others requ high dex.

Start 18 Str, 15 Con and 14 Wis, and 11 Dex.

Any sneaky tricks or plans.

The Wardens Fury mark punishment works well with Reach 3 or 4.

And the PP encounter power for Threatening reach is potent with Reach 3 / 4.

 

[abyssaldeath]

I just played an epic level version of this last weekend. Between the 3-4 reach and feats to up my defenses to insane levels when I second wind add with the feat to increase the mark penalty with you use the Goliath encounter power it worked pretty well.

It was kind of sick when I could get myself in a good position and mark a bunch of creatures, impose a -9 attack penalty to attack anyone else, have threatening reach of 4, raise all my defenses by 9 and have 15 resist all for a round. Needless to say, not many of my allies got attacked that round.

 

[Nullzone]

How did you get threatening reach of 4? I've tried to find ways to extend threatening reach a few times (for stuff like a polearm/charge Slayer) and can't seem to find ways to increase it.

 

[abyssaldeath]

Polearm gives a reach of 2, Stoneblessed add +1 reach, certain Warden dailies add another +1 reach and the Stoneblessed 12th level encounter gives threatening reach till the end of your next turn. There is also a Wis based Warden PP that has a daily that gives you threatening reach for an entire encounter and increases your reach by 1.

 

[Nullzone]

Ahh, so warden specifics. I know I can push my reach out to crazy lengths, the threatening reach was the issue. In any case, thanks for the info

 

[Istar]

Polearm gives a reach of 2, Stoneblessed add +1 reach, certain Warden dailies add another +1 reach and the Stoneblessed 12th level encounter gives threatening reach till the end of your next turn. There is also a Wis based Warden PP that has a daily that gives you threatening reach for an entire encounter and increases your reach by 1.

Errr.... aye ???

Whats dat

 

[Istar]

I just played an epic level version of this last weekend. Between the 3-4 reach and feats to up my defenses to insane levels when I second wind add with the feat to increase the mark penalty with you use the Goliath encounter power it worked pretty well.

It was kind of sick when I could get myself in a good position and mark a bunch of creatures, impose a -9 attack penalty to attack anyone else, have threatening reach of 4, raise all my defenses by 9 and have 15 resist all for a round. Needless to say, not many of my allies got attacked that round.

Problem for me is that to get Polearm gamble, the wonderful Warden AC is compromised with no shield, and you cant start Con at 20, did this lesser AC cause problems ?

Did you go the route to get as many 2nd winds as you could and feats to buff 2nd winds, as that uses heaps of feats ?

Without Dwarf trait to 2nd wind as a minor action, was it a problem to use 2nd winds as a standard action and not have your attack that round ?

 

[abyssaldeath]

Problem for me is that to get Polearm gamble, the wonderful Warden AC is compromised with no shield, and you cant start Con at 20, did this lesser AC cause problems ?

AC wasn't really a problem as I had taken a feat to increase it. It still wasn't high, but between temp HP's, resistance and a bunch of surges I wasn't to worried about taking damage. My NADs on the other hand were abysmal.

Did you go the route to get as many 2nd winds as you could and feats to buff 2nd winds, as that uses heaps of feats ?

Yep, I had the magic armor that gives you an extra second wind, plus a couple of feats.

Without Dwarf trait to 2nd wind as a minor action, was it a problem to use 2nd winds as a standard action and not have your attack that round ?

I took a Epic level feat that let me make a melee basic attack when I used second wind.

When I get home I'll post a summary of my PC.

 

[abyssaldeath]

Here is the summary.

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Egan, level 26
Goliath, Warden, Stoneblessed, Perfect Guardian
Guardian Might: Earthstrength
Background: Arcane Student Who Saw Too Much (Arcane Student Who Saw Too Much Benefit)

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 26, Con 24, Dex 12, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 10.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 17, Con 15, Dex 10, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 8.


AC: 41 Fort: 38 Reflex: 31 Will: 32
HP: 216 Surges: 16 Surge Value: 54

TRAINED SKILLS
Nature +22, Heal +20, Perception +20, Athletics +28

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +14, Arcana +14, Bluff +13, Diplomacy +13, Dungeoneering +15, Endurance +20, History +14, Insight +15, Intimidate +13, Religion +14, Stealth +14, Streetwise +13, Thievery +14

FEATS
Level 1: Goliath Greatweapon Prowess
Level 2: Crushing Earthstrength
Level 4: Sudden Roots
Level 6: Guard of Stone
Level 8: Weapon Expertise (Axe)
Level 10: Courageous Example
Level 11: Unyielding Stone (retrained to Second Skin at Level 23)
Level 12: Earth's Punishment
Level 14: Markings of the Blessed (retrained to Axe Mastery at Level 21)
Level 16: Deadly Axe
Level 18: Devastating Critical (retrained to Ancient Stone at Level 22)
Level 20: Earthstrength Defenses
Level 21: Dazing Fury
Level 22: Earthstrength Might
Level 24: Enduring Font
Level 26: Rapid Wild Defense

POWERS
Warden at-will 1: Tempest Assault
Warden at-will 1: Warden's Lunge
Warden encounter 1: Roots of Stone
Warden daily 1: Form of Winter's Herald
Warden utility 2: Erupting Font
Warden encounter 3: Earthgrasp Strike
Warden daily 5: Thunder Step
Warden utility 6: Treacherous Ice
Warden encounter 7: Earth Gift
Warden daily 9: Form of the Oak Sentinel
Warden utility 10: Warding Vines
Warden encounter 13: Ponderous Strike (replaces Roots of Stone)
Warden daily 15: Form of the Crushing Mountain (replaces Thunder Step)
Warden utility 16: Vine Poultice
Warden encounter 17: Warden's Lure (replaces Earth Gift)
Warden daily 19: Form of the Rowan Sentinel (replaces Form of Winter's Herald)
Warden utility 22: Strength from Death
Warden encounter 23: Desert Winds (replaces Earthgrasp Strike)
Warden daily 25: Form of the Autumn Reaper (replaces Form of the Oak Sentinel)

ITEMS
Maw of the Guardian Halberd +5, Stalkerhide Armor of Enduring Health +5, Amulet of Life +5, Iron Armbands of Power (paragon tier), Gauntlets of Destruction (paragon tier), Cord of Foresight (paragon tier), War Ring (paragon tier), Crown of Eyes (paragon tier), Crown of the Dream King (paragon tier), Boots of Quickness (paragon tier), Eager Hero's Tattoo (heroic tier)
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[Istar]

Threatening Reach for an Encounter is good only problem with that PP is that it comes in at level 20.
This Stoneblessed gives you it at level 12 even though its till EONT.

How do you get to Reach 5, I saw that you could do that somehow ?