Here's my Bestial melee build that I have fun with. I'm sure it's not optimized, but she's survivable and fun. I run her in Melee role. Self-healing comes from BCR w/ RR, Devour Essence w/Phlebotomist, and some from The Rush of Battle spec.
Usual attack pattern is to use Venomous Breath for clearing henchmen and/or applying some Poison stacks with it's advantage. Up close and personal, use Shred to build up Bleeds (and apply debuff with it's adv). Once I have the foe Bleeding, I'll spam Massacre. Pounce is there for easy hopping to melee. Supernatural Power usually takes care of energy concerns along with FotT. FotT rocks with the high crit rate, especially with Venomous Breath. Masterful Dodge is there as an "oh $#%@" button, but find relying on BCR and Devour keeps my health up. With my current gear, the AO powers have almost a 1 minute cooldown. With the forced 30 second cooldown on all AOs when one is used, this means I can cycle them almost one right after the other.
With these 6 powers you can have some serious fun. You have 8 more powers to choose. You'll need the below powers.
A form; I like form of the tempest. On my build like this my crit rate is about 51%. I have no issue getting stacks and getting them fast.
An energy boost; I like MSA with something I can use to fill it other then Pounce. For a cat-women build I would absolutely choose Rising Knee... NUT SHOT!!!!! too fitting. With the above powers supernatural power just doesn't work as well as I wish it did.
A damage boost; I use Lock and Load with the hand to hand advantage for the increased crit, lower cost, and break free. I also carry another one just for fun.
A shield; it really doesn't matter... depending on how strict you want to be the might shield has no visual adds.
The most recent build is good but you're going to get wasted a lot and your damage won't be that much better. You're loosing 20% damage from Resurgent Reiki and Elusive Monk.
Plus if you take invul vs regen, defiance, or an offensive passive you can take int instead of con as your other sss... this will increase your dps.
I think the build looks pretty good. I would personally prefer Form of the Tempest to Swordsman, but then my toon is crit happy.
And I'll refute the comment that this build will get wasted a lot. If you ask me, it looks very much like it follows the ideas put forth in the "Demon Keypo" guide.
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Usual attack pattern is to use Venomous Breath for clearing henchmen and/or applying some Poison stacks with it's advantage. Up close and personal, use Shred to build up Bleeds (and apply debuff with it's adv). Once I have the foe Bleeding, I'll spam Massacre. Pounce is there for easy hopping to melee. Supernatural Power usually takes care of energy concerns along with FotT. FotT rocks with the high crit rate, especially with Venomous Breath. Masterful Dodge is there as an "oh $#%@" button, but find relying on BCR and Devour keeps my health up. With my current gear, the AO powers have almost a 1 minute cooldown. With the forced 30 second cooldown on all AOs when one is used, this means I can cycle them almost one right after the other.
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Name: Shroudclaw
Archetype: Freeform
Super Stats:
Level 6: Dexterity (Primary)
Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
Level 15: Recovery (Secondary)
Talents:
Level 1: The Savage
Level 6: Acrobat
Level 9: Impresario
Level 12: Quick Recovery
Level 15: Martial Focus
Level 18: Relentless
Level 21: Physical Conditioning
Powers:
Level 1: Bestial Fury
Level 1: Shred (Rank 2, Penetrating Strikes)
Level 6: Venomous Breath (Rank 2, Paralytic Bile, Infectious Bile)
Level 8: Way of the Warrior (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Devour Essence (Rank 2, Phlebotomist)
Level 14: Supernatural Power
Level 17: Form of the Tempest
Level 20: Parry (The Elusive Monk)
Level 23: Massacre (Rank 2, Blood Mess)
Level 26: Pounce
Level 29: Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Rank 2, Resurgent Reiki)
Level 32: Shadow Shroud (Terrifying Visage)
Level 35: Intensity
Level 38: Masterful Dodge (Unfettered Strikes)
Travel Powers:
Level 6: Displacement Superspeed (Rank 2, Rank 3, Impact)
Level 35: Teleportation
Specializations:
Dexterity: Combat Training (3/3)
Dexterity: Brush It Off (2/2)
Dexterity: Evasion (2/2)
Dexterity: Deadly Aim (1/3)
Dexterity: Quick Reflexes (2/3)
Brawler: No Escape (1/3)
Brawler: Penetrating Strikes (2/2)
Brawler: Ruthless (2/2)
Brawler: Finishing Blow (1/3)
Brawler: Setup (2/2)
Brawler: Offensive Expertise (2/2)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: The Rush of Battle (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Dexterity Mastery (1/1)
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PowerHouse (Link to this build)
Name: Bestial/Single Blade Bleed Master
Archetype: Freeform
Super Stats:
Level 6: Dexterity (Primary)
Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
Level 15: Recovery (Secondary)
Talents:
Level 1: The Soldier
Level 6: Agile
Level 9: Enduring
Level 12: Tireless
Level 15: Acrobat
Level 18: Impresario
Level 21: Quick Recovery
Powers:
Level 1: Bestial Fury
Level 1: Supernatural Power
Level 6: Regeneration (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 8: Scything Blade (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Form of the Swordsman
Level 14: Shred (Rank 2, Penetrating Strikes)
Level 17: Howl (Make them Tremble)
Level 20: Reaper's Embrace (Rank 2, No Mercy)
Level 23: Parry (The Elusive Monk)
Level 26: Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Resurgent Reiki)
Level 29: Evasive Maneuvers (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Resurgence (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Ego Surge (Rank 2, Nimble Mind)
Level 38: Masterful Dodge
Travel Powers:
Level 6: Teleportation
Level 35: Acrobatics (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Specializations:
Dexterity: Gear Utilization (3/3)
Dexterity: Brush It Off (2/2)
Dexterity: Deadly Aim (3/3)
Dexterity: Expose Weakness (2/2)
Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Warden: Ruthless (2/2)
Warden: Elusive (2/2)
Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Mass Destruction (2/3)
Mastery: Warden Mastery (1/1)
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Archetype: Freeform
Super Stats:
Level 6: Dexterity (Primary)
Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
Level 15: Recovery (Secondary)
Powers:
Level 1: Bestial Fury
Level 1: Frenzy (rank 3)
Level 6: Regeneration (rank 3)
Level 8: Pounce
Level 11: Resurgence
Level 14: Massacre (rank 3)
With these 6 powers you can have some serious fun. You have 8 more powers to choose. You'll need the below powers.
A form; I like form of the tempest. On my build like this my crit rate is about 51%. I have no issue getting stacks and getting them fast.
An energy boost; I like MSA with something I can use to fill it other then Pounce. For a cat-women build I would absolutely choose Rising Knee... NUT SHOT!!!!! too fitting. With the above powers supernatural power just doesn't work as well as I wish it did.
A damage boost; I use Lock and Load with the hand to hand advantage for the increased crit, lower cost, and break free. I also carry another one just for fun.
A shield; it really doesn't matter... depending on how strict you want to be the might shield has no visual adds.
The most recent build is good but you're going to get wasted a lot and your damage won't be that much better. You're loosing 20% damage from Resurgent Reiki and Elusive Monk.
Plus if you take invul vs regen, defiance, or an offensive passive you can take int instead of con as your other sss... this will increase your dps.
happy hunting!
And I'll refute the comment that this build will get wasted a lot. If you ask me, it looks very much like it follows the ideas put forth in the "Demon Keypo" guide.
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