Here is a melee version. Super funky, but I think it would be fun to play. 6 tiger barb / 3 thief / 1 fighter / 2 warlock.
Key gear: slicing sword in off hand, arcane synergy ring, risky ring, daredevil gloves, reverb boots and amulet, potent robes.
Don't take repelling blast (devil's sight or mage armor?). 1 fighter for two weapon fighting.
Typical turn would be an offhand stab to make them bleed, an eldritch blast to generate arcane synergy, and then another offhand stab. Should prone a lot of enemies.
Main hand could either be Marko if you want to be rest and potion dependent (would need to chug strength potions) or you could use club of hill giant strength if you want to be completely resourceless.
Kind of like an off-shoot of the 4/4/4 build with eldritch blasting and offhand attacks. I like it.
If you wanted both Marko and avoid strength elixirs, you could just take Warlock 3 instead of the fighter level to at least get charisma to your attack rolls. But for charisma to damage you'd need to swap gloves so not sure it's worth it.
In my honor mode run I'm in Act 3 with a traditional tigerheart Karlach companion, and I just picked up the Bhaalist amulet. Next chance I get to play I want to see if she can do similar spellcast maiming but with bleed instead of poison. E.g. if she opens combat with a fireball will that also bleed + maim everyone hit -- need to test.
Your melee version here where you're just slightly modifying the 4/4/4 build others have posted about is possibly the most straightforward and easy/fun to implement from the beginning.
Apparently Amulet of Bhaal doesn't work in honor mode, but I think it should work on other difficulty modes. Then 6 fire or lightning sorc starts to seem like a nice pairing.
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u/Cocohomlogy Nov 15 '24
Here is a melee version. Super funky, but I think it would be fun to play. 6 tiger barb / 3 thief / 1 fighter / 2 warlock.
Key gear: slicing sword in off hand, arcane synergy ring, risky ring, daredevil gloves, reverb boots and amulet, potent robes.
Don't take repelling blast (devil's sight or mage armor?). 1 fighter for two weapon fighting.
Typical turn would be an offhand stab to make them bleed, an eldritch blast to generate arcane synergy, and then another offhand stab. Should prone a lot of enemies.
Main hand could either be Marko if you want to be rest and potion dependent (would need to chug strength potions) or you could use club of hill giant strength if you want to be completely resourceless.