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This build is designed for high dps, self sufficiency, self buffing, and full raid healing capabilities. With the epic destinys, the dps between a battle soul and a barb equals out alot, and there is little reason not to play a near indestructable melee aside from flavor. The only thing this build lacks is tactical feats.
A tank built for ac and pr pales in comparrison, with well over 2k sp for healing consider how much healing potential you have vs the hp, ac and pr, and until we get more challenging content tanks are pretty unescessary. At 25 a geared battle should have 950+hp and 50% amp.
I`ve hit a high crit of 5004 dmg with an adrenaline strike, and base swings are over 150 with 90% glancings on top of that. factor in a lesser melees time for scroll healing, or silver flame pots and the dps difference is arguably more for a battle soul that can keep swinging while tossing quickened masses to heal not only himself but those in vicinity.
Horc 18fvs2ftr5fury
max str, rest into con, extra points cha or int
FTR-1.PA
1.THF
3.Emp Healing
6.Quicken
9.ITHF
12.ICS
15.GTHF
FTR-18.Cleave
18.G.cleave
21.OCS
24.Toughness
For enhancments, take the horc dmg increase ones, FS dmg boosts, pa increases, toughness`s, ftr haste boost, healing power, and scroll mastery. i don`t bother with the pre but there is alot of room for customisation.
For spells i take masses, heals and buffs, this build focuses on melee dps and healing so i do not bother with blade barriers or divine punishment.
For destiny fury is the best because the glancing line gives 90% dmg not 9% that is listed. twists are t3 critical dmg from dread, and the t2 PA dmg, with t1 EA healing power. Again you can go dreadnaught if you want the momentum swing, lay waste cycling with cleave and g.cleave, but i find that the dmg is pretty similar between that and regular swings with fury glancing dmg, and you don`t have a delay for when you need to toss a quickened heal, but the viablilty and ease of switching keeps the build interesting...decide for yourself which you prefer, though if you`re going dread, you should twist in t4 sense weakness from fury.
This is my gear setup:
Helm of frost
GS necklace SP and haste clicky
GS goggles HP
Cormyrian red scale (med)
Cloak of the wolf, with bear if i want the extra pr
Bracers of the Claw
Gloves of the Claw (30% amp)
Health 8 boots with large slot for hp or sp
FB belt and ring (20% amp)
Planar Focus str8 trinket
Ravager ring exc str
Wpns: Cleaver Hewer of Suffering for set bonus, and pr mainly, have an esos to switch in, t3 alch g.axe for stone prison petrify etc. good way to get the increased dmg vs helpless mobs while in dread without tactical feats. EAG, and a bunch of other stuff, but thats about all i keep on my bar.
so i have the FB set, claw set, planar set, i found the extra dmg with exc seeker from wolf cloak is peferable to abashai set str, but abashai set is still viable just swap cloak and boots.
there is alot of room for easier to aquire gear, get the smoke goggles, pdk set, cha ring, etc... its easy to figure out remember to keep your cha over 19
If you go with str terrorweb chittin, trinket, max dread str and dc, you can actually use lay waste as a reliable kd aoe CC that will work on EE with over 60 str with primal scream.
I still see alot of outdated melee WF fvs`s out there. The soul survivor is completely obsolete vs a horc fvs. you lose a couple insignificant to hit, but lose out on alot of heal amp, unyelding soverienty, healing word (if you take it) horc str, dmg. There is NO reason to go WF melee fvs.
This build will work just as well as a clr18 instead of fvs, in fact im about to tr my ftr to a horc 18clr2ftr5fury because he feels so gimp with only silver flame pots to survive, and the dps is lower since he is twf. A dwarf would work also with the g.axe dmg increases, helf with dmg boost and dread haste boost would be viable as well.
Your biggest problem with this build is gimp range, and self important barbs that can`t heal and will continually stand outside your mass healing radius and expect you to stop dps, target them and heal them as they continually attack off target, pull mobs at range, or kite around. You may find it hard to watch hp bars while dps`ing, but with practice it becomes second nature. I`ve solo healed most raids on this build often dps`ing while doing it. Remember people will percieve you as a healer, but a good battle sould knows his primary function is to heal with dps secondary, a great battle soul can do both with ease.
This is not a work in progress, it is a tried and true finalized build. Alot of people know Ragedancer of Kyhber. I have kept this build to myself for a long time, but if every melee switched to a battle soul the server would be a better place. When you play this game long enough you realise self sufficient toons are superior to non, and the new destinys and feats allow high dps, self sufficent melee to thrive.
Feel free to ask questions, im less interestedin comments but feel free to post those as well.
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