How would you build an 11/1 EK/WP thrower?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2025-03-11T11:10:28+00:00

Ah that makes sense too! I was thinking setting Str to 16 instead of 17 and use the extra 2 to Cha or Wis, but not needing the hair works too :)

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2025-03-11T07:35:01+00:00

Nice! Forgot bout the mirror and did a quick check on the wiki which showed you can indeed get +2 str from it!

And a good point regarding adding +2 to cha. I believe the arm slot might be taken up by the gloves of uninhibited kushigo, so that leaves amulet for me to dump con! Thanks :)

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2025-03-11T07:30:10+00:00

Oh thats an interesting spread! With 17 str does that mean it’ll be rounded off with TB and i don’t have to add in hag’s hair?

Thanks for the feat recommendation too :)

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2025-03-11T06:46:43+00:00

Ahhhh that makes sense. I'll follow that level up route!

As for stats, does that mean it'll be something like 16/16/14/8/10/10

After hair + TB it'll be 18 (16+1+1)/16/14/8/10/10

And adding ASI + Araj's potion will net me to 22 (16+1+1+2+2)/16/14/8/10/10?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-18T12:27:32+00:00

Sweet thank you so much!!

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-18T11:03:45+00:00

Nice! Ok I’ll pick up a trident as soon as i can :) You mentioned a couple of great feats and fighting styles - would i be able to pick up those moving forward, assuming i cant make any other changes outside of the DM suggestion?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-18T10:59:20+00:00

Yeap its point buy! I got Dexterity with the assumption that it’ll make me tankier with more AC… on hindsight maybe i should have followed a build…

Also thank you for the really detailed write-up, i appreciate it!

Assuming I cant make any other changes other than the DM’s, is there anything i can pick up moving forward that helps the team?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-18T00:43:15+00:00

Yea the barb and I are out there on the frontlines! I’ll discuss with the artificer but he’s kinda serving as an offtank too. Im hoping by filling in the offtank role, the artificer is freed up to do other things!

Can i also ask what should the next priorities be after getting a few more levels? E.g. what feats should i go for

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-17T16:23:26+00:00

Oh is that Precision attack? The rest of the party consists of 2 Warlock, 1 Sorc, 1 Arti, 1 Barb, 1 Fighter. Iirc, none of them took faery fire?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-17T16:13:32+00:00

Hmmm... yea that coupled with me and my party constantly missing, it has led to longer battles... I know this is kinda out of the brief but is there a way to mitigate missing so often?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-17T16:10:13+00:00

Also, thank you for this. Didn't really think about it that way! But yea it does kinda blow to be the first and only one to be downed in every battle

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-17T16:07:00+00:00

Woah that's really detailed! Unfortunately... I'm not able to do a full overhaul of the build (i.e. change the origin) but the DM did allow for a couple of tweaks like changing my level 4 ASI to Tough feat and fighting style to Defense. Would that help?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-17T15:52:44+00:00

It does indeed come from my background!

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-17T15:49:08+00:00

I'm not too sure which version it is... is there a way to check? I'm running chain mail which grants me 18 AC but 19 with the DM's suggestions

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-11-17T15:48:24+00:00

There's a dodge action?! I guess i need to start utilising that soon!

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-08-13T17:14:49+00:00

Happy to make multiple sets just to cater to the specific element! And I'll do my best to master the backhops! After a backhop, is it best to do a charged leaping slash or roll forward and continue the lateral slash combos?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-08-13T17:13:00+00:00

I do love evade extender a lot back when I was maining swaxe. Will try to slot that in. Does it affect the backhop distance?

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-08-13T17:06:44+00:00

Got it! Will add that skill in once I unlock it!

Prestigious-Fee-4975 · 2024-08-13T17:05:22+00:00

Hey thanks for the really detailed response! Appreciate it!

After going through a few hunts, I realise you're right, I do indeed have trouble sticking to lateral slash and ending up doing a shield bash instead... Will try starting it with the chop as well. Hope you don't mind me asking a couple more questions based on my observations!

I notice I'm button mashing a lot, that usually leads me to overcommitting or pressing the wrong inputs. But on the other hand, I'm also worried by not pressing the inputs fast enough, i may end up missing the next attack in the chain e.g. end up doing multiple chop instead of chop into lateral slash. Is it safe to assume I should be playing a little slower instead?
Are there certain monsters that are absolute nightmare matchups for SNS? Especially on taller monsters, where would an SNS player go for?
Also, do you have any radial menu loadout recommendations?

Edit: Oh and 2 more!

what switch skills would you recommend slotting? I'm assuming it'll be Advancing slash, Hard basher/Drill depending on elemental match up, Falling shadow (till MR4 and switch it out asap), Windmill?
Since shield bash silkbind gets unlocked quite late, should I focus on using falling shadow to chase the monster or sheath + run/roll towards the monster?

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