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Shoot.

Nalick wrote: Shoot.

Nalick Underhill, Bringer of False Hopes

JTinney wrote: Now if you are looking for consistent 20 damage.... then the calc changes to the following:

5 base +3 prof + 4 Celt Resolve + 8 from Strength (base 4 now) for 20 damage without crit being involved.

Total build spent is 104 points.... then of course, it gets really painful for every 2 points spent on Crit.

The 4th Strength Prof would cost 30, for a total cost of 119. Still, that's brutal.

So far, it appears #1 is Geoff (after Bill's suggestion of 2 WP over the extra Strength) with 100.

Well, here's the new #1 for swinging continuous 20 damage in melee for a battle:

Ogre Warrior
Blunted Mastery (3 Build) - 2HB base damage of 5
Ogre Wrath (10 Build) - Strength +1, for +2 damage
Monstrous Body (10 Build) - Strength +1, for +2 damage
Strength +3 (45 Build) - Strength +3, for +6 damage
Weapon Proficiency (2HB) +1 (10 Build) - Weapon Prof +1, for +1 damage
Berserker List (10 Build)
Berserker's Rage (5 Build) - Strength +2 while raging for entire battle, +4 damage

The totals would be:

Damage: 5 Base + 10 Strength + 1 Proficiency + 4 Rage = 20 Damage
Build: 3 + 10 + 10 + 45 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 93 Build

Belegchand wrote: So far, it appears #1 is Geoff (after Bill's suggestion of 2 WP over the extra Strength) with 100.

Well, here's the new #1 for swinging continuous 20 damage in melee for a battle:

Ogre Warrior
Blunted Mastery (3 Build) - 2HB base damage of 5
Ogre Wrath (10 Build) - Strength +1, for +2 damage
Monstrous Body (10 Build) - Strength +1, for +2 damage
Strength +3 (45 Build) - Strength +3, for +6 damage
Weapon Proficiency (2HB) +1 (10 Build) - Weapon Prof +1, for +1 damage
Berserker List (10 Build)
Berserker's Rage (5 Build) - Strength +2 while raging for entire battle, +4 damage

The totals would be:

Damage: 5 Base + 10 Strength + 1 Proficiency + 4 Rage = 20 Damage
Build: 3 + 10 + 10 + 45 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 93 Build

You'd need 2 build worth of filler skills, since you couldn't take berserker rage until 90 build spent (level 9). Still 95 build total is the reigning champ it seems.

95 is the lowest I can get, but here is a version that swings 23
Ogre Berserker Druid
Ogre Wrath 10 (Str +1)
Monstrous Body 10 (Str +1)
Berserker (free)
2HE 4
Strength +3 45
Berserker Rage 5
Druid 10
Lore Druidics 1
2x First Rank Druidics 2
Bear Strength 2
2 DP
2x Critical Attacks (or 4 DP -- anything to get to 95 build)
95 build swinging 23s
Or do not get berserker rage and swing 19 for 86 build.
As of the way it is currently phrased, it does not look like berserker rage is effected by the augment cap (it does not have trait Augment in either the rulebook or errata) but if that is incorrect please reply.

Alex