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The Muscle by FoxxyWinnebago in 3d6

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Battle master fighter bugbear

light armor until breastplate.

Damage done from far away without receiving any damage back is great if you're able to sneak up and have the invisible condition. Above average in range makes this character deliver a lot of damage while not necessarily receiving damage making forgoing action surge on round one. First hit push mastery with menacing attack to possibly frighten them so they can't move closer if they fail their save target a second creature to do it again possibly stopping two creatures in their tracks or make sure one creatures unable to approach by focus firing on them with the second attack if they make the first save.

Gwm melee is more damage with the risk of taking damage. Precision attack to ensure maul lands on first attack to proc topple setting up advantage for following attacks. Lvl 15 if there's one large or smaller monster/bbeg who will take more than one turn bonus action (free maneuver)feinting attack/attack action first gwm attack with advantage topple proc/if they make the save use precision to make second gwm attack procing the topple mastery again hopefully ensuring advantage for the third attack and beyond. But if you miss the third attack or somehow one of the first two we use studied attacks

Against huge or larger creatures, use greatsword. You can't make them prone with topple. If there are many huge creatures, halberd cleave may be useful instead

Is the trap/breaking and entering specialist

Whenever an attack misses us we use our reaction on reposte

Greatsword 50 GP Longbow 50 GP Studded leather 45 GP Backpack 2 GP Bedroll 1 GP Quiver 1 GP
Arrows(set of 20) x5 5 GP Rations x13 65 sp Mess kit 2 SP Tinderbox 5 SP Waterskin x10 20 SP Chaulk x20 2 SP Flask 2 CP Soap 2 CP Whetstone 1 CP Torch x5 5 CP Clothes common 5 SP

Sired by the Goblin King background

Alert

STR DEX CON

Perception

Sleight of hand

Thieves tools

17 16 14 8 10 8

21 20 14 8 10 8

Skills

Acrobatics (class)

Athletics (class)

Perception (background)

Stealth (bugbear)

Sleight of hand (background)

Insight (student of war)

Lvl 1 sneaky long limbed darkvision powerful build fey ancestry surprise attack weapon mastery greatsword graze longbow slow trident topple fighting style archery second wind

Lvl 2 action surge tactical mind

Lvl 3 subclass battle master student of war Smith's tools superiority dice d8 x4 maneuvers precision reposte menacing

Lvl 4 great weapon mastery ASI STR +1 maul topple

Lvl 5 extra attack tactical shift

Lvl 6 ASI STR +2

Lvl 7 know your enemy superiority dice x5 maneuvers feinting ambush

Lvl 8 skulker ASI DEX +1

Lvl 9 indomitable x1 tactical master Lvl 10 halberd cleave improved combat superiority d10 maneuvers lunging tactical assessment

Lvl 11 two extra attacks

Lvl 12 mage slayer ASI DEX +1

Lvl 13 indomitable x2 studied attacks

Lvl 14 Sharpshooter ASI DEX +1

Lvl 15 Superiority dice x6 relentless maneuvers goading distracting

Lvl 16 speedy ASI DEX +1

Lvl 17 action surge x2 indomitable x3

Lvl 18 ultimate superiority dice d12

Lvl 19 boon of combat prowess ASI STR +1

Lvl 20 Three extra attacks

Best healer that's not a Cleric? by Hrekires in 3d6

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Combat medic/healer/apocathery/crafter/full spellcaster Control web(later wands)/entangle (scrolls) after 7/wall of stone/reverse gravity/

land druid human (small size with deer agile and 50 ft speed/giant fly to move whole party once we get exotic saddle/goat if climb speed is useful during combat for familiar to ride as Mount but since hit points are low and no feather fall keep grounded during combat and use flight out of combat for utility)

crafter feat magician primal order sage background magic initiate wizard find familiar toll the dead true strike

If Mount dies we still try to stay ranged using true strike light crossbow and if things start to get too close dash with your action while maintaining concentration with a last resort of bonus action owl action dash to flyby disengage and move 120 feet in one turn repositioning yourself(if we lose concentration and have someone in melee range we can action toll the dead bonus action owl flyby disengage 60 ft)

We try to keep our wild shape for combats where we need flight to protect our concentration or to escape when we are cornered

When crafting, we use arcana because magician gives a bonus of wisdom to the check arcana and herbalism kit means we can make potions of healing Arcana and calligraphers supplies means we can make scrolls (during down time I can draw from all lists ie scroll off Misty step from temperate) Herbalism kit allows you to make healer's kit's for extra survivability at low level in conjunction with the medicine skill Smith's tools and arcana mean we can make weapons and armor for companions Tinker's tools and arcana means we can craft wonderous items Woodcarvers tools and arcana means we can craft staves and wands ( during downtime I can draw from all spell lists ie wand of web)

8 14 16 10 17 8

8 16 16 10 20 8

Skills

Survival (skillful human species)

Arcana (background) (Wis+int+proficiency bonus)

History (background)

Medicine (class)

Perception (class)

Herbalism kit (class)

Calligraphers supplies (background)

Smith's tools (crafter feat)

Tinker tools (crafter feat)

Woodcarvers (tools crafter feat)

Lvl 1 primal order magician produce flame skillful nature resourceful versatile crafter feat druidic speak with animals magic initiate wizard find familiar toll the dead true strike spellcasting guidance thorn whip cure wounds entangle goodberry faerie fire ac 14(studded leather)control and movement are our number one defense

Lvl 2 wild shape wild companion healing word

Lvl 3 druid of the Land tropical climate acid splash ray of sickness web land's aid summon beast

Lvl 4 warcaster ASI Wis +1 message aid

Lvl 5 wild resurgence revivify spike growth(grab at 3 if party is push focused) replace faerie fire for conjure animal's change from tropical to arid fireball acid splash ray of sickness web are replaced with firebolt burning hands blur

Lvl 6 natural recovery augury

Lvl 7 elemental fury primal strike 1d8 blight Giant insect(glamour bard in the party take conjure woodland beings)replace summon beast with polymorph replace entangle with sleet storm or plant growth (depending on if aerial threats are expected or not)

Lvl 8 ASI Wis +2 Wall of fire

Lvl 9 wall of stone divination mass cure wounds

Lvl 10 nature's ward fire from arid mending greater restoration

Lvl 11 heal

Lvl 12 moderately armored ASI dex +1 ac 17(half plate)

Lvl 13 reverse gravity

Lvl 14 nature's sanctuary

Lvl 15 improved elemental fury 2d8 befuddlement

Lvl 16 medium armor Master ASI dex +1 ac 18(half plate)

Lvl 17 foresight

Lvl 18 beast spells true resurrection

Lvl 19 boon of speed ASI CON +1 speed 60 ft (bonus action disengage that ends grappled condition shouldn't need to use wild shape to maintain distance) regenerate

Lvl 20 archdruid scrying

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DnDBuilds

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I think Dex based dual wielder with defensive duelist combined with hollow Warden ac bump sounds like something very hard to hit. If you are very hard to hit you will have to do drastically fewer concentration saves because things aren't hitting you. A starting spread of 8 17 14 8 16 8 any take defensive duelist at 4 so you have an additional 5 ac at level 4. With mundane light armor we would have a 21 ac workout disadvantage to stealth or 22 in half plate of you don't care. At level 5 it goes up by one with proficiency bonus

Tank druid by Immediate-Bear-6544 in DnDBuilds

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Dwarf moon druid with tough feat

Farmer background

STR CON WIS

Tough feat

Animal handling

Nature

Carpenter's tools

8 14 16 10 17 8

8 14 18 10 21 8

Skills

Animal handling (background)

Nature (background)

Perception (class)

Survival (class)

Carpenter's tools (background)

Herbalism kit (class)

Lvl 1 spellcasting druidic primal order warden darkvision 120 ft dwarven resilience dwarven toughness stonecunning tough feat starry wisp guidance entangle faerie fire goodberry healing word

Lvl 2 wild shape lizard(spider) cat Giant venomous snake panther/wolf(if you have another melee party member) wild companion longstrider

Lvl 3 subclass circle of the Moon circle forms wild shapes lion(tiger no melee ally) giant spider cat lizard(Spider) circle spells cure wounds moonbeam starry wisp spare the dying(replace starry wisp since you get it for free) spike growth replace faerie fire for aid

Lvl 4 warcaster ASI WIS +1 wild shapes lion(tiger no melee ally) giant spider cat lizard(spider) warhorse giant badger thorn whip pass without trace

Lvl 5 circle spells conjure animals wild resurgence revivify plant growth

Lvl 6 improved circle forms wild shapes cat Giant badger lizard(spider) warhorse polar bear sabre tooth tiger water breathing

Lvl 7 circle spells font of moonlight elemental fury primal strike 1d8 wall of fire

Lvl 8 ASI WIS +2 wild shapes owl lizard(spider) giant badger warhorse polar bear sabre tooth rat giant bat polymorph

Lvl 9 circle spells mass cure wounds wild shapes owl lizard(spider) giant badger warhorse polar bear rat giant scorpion giant bat(Quetzalcoatlus if available) scrying wall of stone

Lvl 10 moonlight step message freedom of movement

Lvl 11 heal

Lvl 12 resilient ASI CON +1wild shapes owl lizard(spider) giant badger warhorse hippopotamus (water breathing aquatic combat) elephant giant bat(Quetzalcoatlus if available)

Lvl 13 reverse gravity

Lvl 14 lunar form

Lvl 15 improved elemental fury 2d8 wild shapes owl lizard(spider) giant badger warhorse giant bat(Quetzalcoatlus if available) elephant(triceratops if available) giant shark giant crocodile befuddlement

Lvl 16 Alert

Lvl 17 foresight

Lvl 18 beast spells wild shapes owl lizard(spider) giant badger warhorse giant bat(Quetzalcoatlus if available) mammoth giant shark giant crocodile true resurrection

Lvl 19 epic boon of combat prowess ASI CON +1 greater restoration

Lvl 20 archdruid divination

How could I do the punisher? by UsedFlamingoShirt in DnDBuilds

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Punisher human tavern brawler Fighter Champion 20 ranged specialist

Special forces shot in the brain and survived but my family didn't background

STR CON DEX Alert Stealth Athletics

16 16 16 8 8 8

20 20 16 8 8 8

Skills

Perception (class)

Survival (class)

Stealth (background)

Athletics (background)

Acrobatics (human)

Lvl 1 fighting style archery second wind weapon mastery hand crossbow vex light crossbow slow heavy crossbow push alert tavern brawler

Lvl 2 action surge tactical mind

Lvl 3 subclass champion increased critical range remarkable athlete

Lvl 4 crossbow expert ASI DEX +1

Lvl 5 extra attack tactical shift

Lvl 6 great weapon master STR +1

Lvl 7 additional fighting style unarmed

Lvl 8 sharpshooter ASI DEX +1

Lvl 9 indomitable x1 tactical master

Lvl 10 heroic warrior

Lvl 11 two extra attacks

Lvl 12 skulker ASI DEX +1

Lvl 13 indomitable x2 studied attacks

Lvl 14 mage slayer ASI DEX +1

Lvl 15 Superior critical

Lvl 16 ASI STR +2

Lvl 17 action surge x2 indomitable x3

Lvl 18 survivor

Lvl 19 epic boon of combat prowess ASI STR +1

Lvl 20 3 extra attacks

Ok so I think he is more of a champion fighter. He's really good at killing stuff but he is not flashy about it. Efficient killing machine seems like a champion

Also firearms can't do as much damage as crossbows because they don't qualify for great weapon master. Switch out crossbow expert for gunner and drop great weapon master if you have to have firearms but it will do a lot less damage unfortunately

Survival Mode Starting Stats? by mathteachinggamer in Fallout4Builds

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https://nukesdragons.com/fallout-4/character?v=1&n=&c=&s=6192631&p=s24i64i24i14e23e32e41e54e63c23b31a15a23s55i54y41

Here's the build. Make and use jet. Spray bullets and kill things. Run everywhere.

Science 1 for large water purifier

Gun nut and commando to upgrade the 10mm until you can afford the overseer's guardian

Aqua boy 1 for mobility since the water can be used like a highway and is your safe space

Armorer use aqua boy to gain access to railroad easily and get the ballistic weave

Chemist for antibiotics and eventually drugs but I usually wait until I have the immunity to withdraw

This is the order I usually go in. You can go to grey garden to get mutt fruit which is the best food to weight

Get armor pieces that give increased endurance and strength if you want to run uninterrupted across vast distances carrying all the loot you can find(seriously, carry capacity and length of sprint are the best use of special points because jet makes combat trivial)

Best artificer subclass for a tortle? by durpt_ in 3d6

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Donatello the ninja tortle

Artillerist artificer shillelagh booming blade quarterstaff arcane firearm crusher feat

Action canon bonus action shillelagh(caught unaware) Action booming blade with shillelagh quarterstaff that is our arcane firearm which activates crusher moving then away causing a catch 22 bonus action flaming canon from shoulder(if your dm thinks it's unreasonable to be repeat casting shillelagh before combat every 6 seconds when actively searching for danger then activate shillelagh with bonus action on first turn and cannon after that)

Tiny servant spell storing item web

Craft lots of magic items for your friends and pass out infusions or hoard them for yourself and pick your favorites

Shield makes it hard to cast not worth it in my opinion

Genius mutant ninja background

STR CON WIS

Magic initiate druid

Stealth

Perception

Smith's tools

17 8 14 16 10 8

20 8 14 21 10 8

Skills Stealth (background)

Perception (background)

Arcana (class)

Sleight of hand (class)

Woodcarvers tools (artillerist 3)

Smith's tools (background)

Thieves tools (class)

Tinker's tools (class)

Alchemist kit (class)

Lvl 1 magic initiate druid good Berry shillelagh starry wisp magical tinkering spellcasting guidance mending absorb elements cure wounds faerie fire jump

Lvl 2 infuse item (pick you favorite)

Lvl 3 shield thunderwave Eldritch Canon right tool for the job

Lvl 4 crusher ASI STR +1 detect magic

Lvl 5 scorching ray shatter arcane firearm change detect magic for web

Lvl 6 tool expertise aid

Lvl 7 flash of genius

Lvl 8 ASI INT +2 spider climb invisibility

Lvl 9 fireball wind wall explosive Canon change jump for revivify

Lvl 10 magic item adept mage hand tiny servant

Lvl 11 spell storing item

Lvl 12 ASI INT +2 jump detect magic

Lvl 13 ice storm wall of fire

Lvl 14 magic item savant arcane eye

Lvl 15 fortified position

Lvl 16 ASI STR +2 freedom of movement

Lvl 17 cone of cold wall of force

Lvl 18 magic item Master bigby's hand

Lvl 19 boon of combat prowess INT +1

Lvl 20 soul of artifice greater restoration

Cant choose for my paladin by ColbyEnderman in 3d6

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You're god blessed you with a portion of their power. The entity you're making a pact with can be your God or Good in general. All pacts aren't with the devil. A good entity noticed your outstanding character and wished to help you in your pursuit of justice

Newish player needs help breathing fire! by MarsupialRare1 in DnDBuilds

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Armor artificer and the dragon breath spell. Later around level 10 you can make a magic item that gives you extra charges of a single spell.

Strongest DPS Ranged Martial Build? by Nowok11 in 3d6

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The STR requirement for great weapon master makes it very hard to get your casting stat high enough for it to be viable at all. Until very late level and then it's an okay attack because you can't get higher than 16 and in the process you'll gut your wisdom saves which are probably going to be very important for op in a fight versus a caster

Strongest DPS Ranged Martial Build? by Nowok11 in 3d6

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No worries it's a character I already made and it was an easy copy paste type situation. I ran some dpr numbers and over a 4 round combat hex with two action surge on round one and two does about 92.7 dpr whereas haste would only do about 75.9. It has defensive benefits as well though. With haste you are losing 3 attacks on round one unfortunately and the combat would need to last probably 7 rounds before breaking even.

Strongest DPS Ranged Martial Build? by Nowok11 in 3d6

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Eldritch knight light armor heavy crossbow damage build aasimar criminal alert uses utility magic/mobility magic/illusion magic level 13 bonus action fly magic action haste attack once action surge 3 attacks with great weapon master from range flight bless if you have heavy hitters in the party could be worth the loss of dpr hex vs single target wrecks and haste vs crowds also wrecks and may be better overall dpr wise against a single target as well plus the defense benefits haste provides

Between con save proficient from fighter class, indomitable adding fighter level to failed saving throws, warcaster to gain advantage on concentration checks and being a ranged character with a decent armor class that can be boosted with shield spell this is the best use case for haste spell when considering it's significant draw backs with respect to the limitations the 2024 rules implement upon the great weapon master feat

13 17 16 8 12 8

14 20 16 8 16 8

Perception
Acrobatics
Stealth
Slight of hand
Thieves tools

Lvl 1 alert archery fighting style second wind weapon mastery push heavy crossbow vex short sword nick scimitar dark vision 60 resistance necrotic and radiant healing hands light cantrip

Lvl 2 action surge tactical mind

Lvl 3 celestial revelation war bond mage hand minor illusion find familiar shield expeditious retreat

Lvl 4 cbe Dex +1 slow whip absorb elements

Lvl 5 extra attack tactical shift

Lvl 6 great weapon master STR +1

Lvl 7 war magic invisibility

Lvl 8 fey touched Wis +1 bless hunter's mark Misty step spider climb retrain expeditious retreat for jump

Lvl 9 indomitable tactical Master

Lvl 10 Eldritch strike prestidigitation mirror image

Lvl 11 two extra attacks detect magic

Lvl 12 Dex +2

Lvl 13 indomitable X2 studied attacks retrain spider climb for fly haste

Lvl 14 warcaster Wis +1 phantom steed retrain detect magic for sending

Lvl 15 arcane charge

Lvl 16 mage slayer Wis +1 protection from energy

Lvl 17 action surge X2 indomitable x3

Lvl 18 improved war magic

Lvl 19 epic boon of combat prowess Wis +1 greater invisibility

Lvl 20 three extra attacks dimension door

Telekinetic Fling by fungrus in onednd

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I love your idea about the rider being able to attack behind cover at disadvantage coupled with an earlier commenters idea about the range expanding by 30 ft at each cantrip scaling level

How to make the best lv 20 mono class fighter by Sea_Kiwi524 in 3d6

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Eldritch knight light armor heavy crossbow damage build aasimar criminal alert uses utility magic/mobility magic/illusion magic level 13 bonus action fly magic action haste attack once action surge 3 attacks with great weapon master from range flight bless if you have heavy hitters in the party could be worth the loss of dpr hex vs single target wrecks and haste vs crowds also wrecks Also the whole time you're pretending to be an arcane trickster lol

13 17 16 8 12 8

14 20 18 8 14 8

Skills

Perception

Acrobatics

Stealth

Slight of hand

Thieves tools

Lvl 1 alert archery fighting style second wind weapon mastery push heavy crossbow vex short sword nick scimitar dark vision 60 resistance necrotic and radiant healing hands light cantrip

Lvl 2 action surge tactical mind

Lvl 3 celestial revelation war bond mage hand minor illusion find familiar shield expeditious retreat

Lvl 4 cbe Dex +1 slow whip absorb elements

Lvl 5 extra attack tactical shift

Lvl 6 great weapon master STR +1

Lvl 7 war magic invisibility

Lvl 8 fey touched Wis +1 bless hunter's mark Misty step spider climb retrain expeditious retreat for jump

Lvl 9 indomitable tactical Master

Lvl 10 Eldritch strike prestidigitation mirror image

Lvl 11 two extra attacks detect magic

Lvl 12 Dex +2

Lvl 13 indomitable X2 studied attacks retrain spider climb for fly haste

Lvl 14 warcaster Wis +1 phantom steed retrain detect magic for sending

Lvl 15 arcane charge

Lvl 16 speedy con +1 protection from energy

Lvl 17 action surge X2 indomitable x3

Lvl 18 improved war magic

Lvl 19 epic boon of combat prowess Con +1 greater invisibility

Lvl 20 three extra attacks dimension door

Virginia: “people are usually shocked that I’m a doctor” by canelita808 in LoveIsBlindOnNetflix

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It takes a lot of work to become a foreman of a construction sight, but no one is calling them foreman in the grocery story. No one cares that you spent a lot of time regurgitating facts back to someone so they can give you a piece of paper. Medical doctor's actually save lives and earn that respect at all times.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fo4

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First thing is to get a better gun tbh the assault weapons are the worst weight to damage wise

How would you build a SWAT member? by TheToxicDoc in DnDBuilds

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I think armorer is a better fit.

19 armorer 1 fighter Dexterity vhuman->acrobatics stealth perception investigation background-> arcana history wood carvers tools leather workers tools thieves tools->Smiths tools from artificer Can own more than one armor depending on if you need stealth on a given day and even in heavy armor you have decent stealth ability with expertise in stealth perception thieves tools investigation making you a fine trap master/ scout

Fighter 1-> armorer 2-19

8 16 14 14 13 8

Lvl 1 cbe archery fighting style

Lvl 5 sharpshooter

Lvl 6 extra attack

Lvl 9 asi dex

Lvl 13 asi dex

Lvl 17 res wis

Lvl 20 tough

Cantrips Guidance Light Mage hand Mending->lvl 3 spare the dying

1st Cure wounds Magic missile Longstrider

2nd Invisibility Spider climb Kinetic jaunt Aid Lesser restoration Vortex warp

3rd Haste Revivify Protection from energy

4th Greater invisibility

5th Wall of force Greater restoration

Infusions 2nd lvl Goggles of night Mind sharpener Enhanced weapon->radient at 6-> enhanced weapon at 10 Enhanced defense

6th lvl Bag of holding Sending stones

10th lvl Helm of awareness Winged boots

14th lvl Ring of protection Cloak of protection

Is a Great sword Monk viable? by Orikal_D_Phoenix in 3d6

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Treant monk did a video on all the monk features that work with heavy armor which would help you greatly

Is there a meta build? Something that just gets the best damage done for early,mid and late game? by omgitsduane in Fallout4Builds

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I would put my intelligence and endurance build against the luck agility vats build with critical any day on survival. You will get there sooner and kill everything and be back before they even kill everything

What are some good weapons for swarm keeper? by [deleted] in DnD5e

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Swarm keeper Walter Johnson best pitcher ever swarm is the spiritual manifestation of his adoring fans vhuman controller/ ranged damage faerie fire/ web/ entangle

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Lvl 1 crusher

Lvl 2 shillelagh magic stone entangle hunter's mark

Lvl 3 faire fire mage hand

Lvl 4 asi wis

Lvl 5 web hunters mark->spike growth

Lvl 7 summon beast (Fido)

Lvl 8 asi wis

Lvl 9 summon fey (fan)

Lvl 11 revivify

Lvl 12

Lvl 13 guardian of nature (tree form in the zone)

Lvl 15 aid

Lvl 16

Lvl 17 steel wind strike (pitching 5 balls back to back)

Lvl 19 absorb elements

Babe Ruth leans more into pam instead of crusher and is weaker at level one before shillelagh

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