So you only need to be level 7 in order to unlock all of these talents or only level 6 if you exploit Bodahn's reset. Bodahn sells a Tome of Physical Technique, or 2 of them if you exploit his stock reset. You get one free talent after the Joining. Thankfully, by the time you reach Lothering, you'll have what you need.

These are all tier 3 talents, so you will need to make some progress before you can start unlocking the build's potential. The primary talents you need are Coup de Grace, Lethality, Dual Weapon Expert and Momentum. It's still a viable build in an unmodded game, though ─ even more so, in fact, since the vanilla game is actually quite easy. Passing up talents like Cripple and Punisher was a deliberate choice because I haven't played the game unmodded in years, so spamming stamina draughts after Momentum drains all of my stamina isn't really an option. My primary Warden is a DPS rogue who was specced to (mostly) forego activated talents in favor of maximizing damage output with regular attacks. Any good builds for that? Any good character stories? I'm thinking a duel-wielding rogue would be much more fun than a ranged rogue, since I would actually micromanage the character. I loved interacting with the circle, dealing with and rejecting the allure of blood magic, and all the facets that made her story different.īut rogues? I love some of the backstories, but I have yet to figure out how to play a rogue in a way that truly excites me. I've also played as a elven mage, taking Arcane Warrior/Spirit Healer to make a tremendously potent battlemage. He was tremendously solid in battle, and I adored him as a character: the struggling idealist interacting with the foreign surface world, forced to make tough choices. I've played a dwarf noble as a tank, specializing as a Champion/Templar. On the other hand, even if I love their backstory and theme, it's a pain to have them too weak to handle tough encounters. If a character is optimized but feels like an odd, artificial munchkin, I usually get bored of them. Outing myself here, I have a real fondness for finding strong character builds with great flavor.

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