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Zergrusheddie
2010-02-07, 10:49 PM
After seeing the Samurai optimization thread, I started thinking about other builds that have the ability to utterly stunlock enemies while killing them. Obviously spellcasters have the ability to stunlock because of Battlefield Control spells but what are some others?

A Master of Many Forms turning into a War Troll with Dazing Blow could work because of the number of hits around.

A Monk with Stunning Fist might be able to do it, but a successful save and the stunlock fails.

Possibly a Binder with Zceryll bound and summoning Vrocks or Slaads.

A Psychic Warrior with a Spiked Chain, Improved Trip, Combat Reflexes, and Expansion could be considered a stunlock because many things would be unable to fight it off.

To those that are not familiar with the terminology; a stunlock is the process of making an opponent unable to fight back while killing them.

FishAreWet
2010-02-07, 10:51 PM
It is honestly really simple to do in a one-on-one situation.

Runestar
2010-02-08, 01:26 AM
Play a mindflayer or nymph PC? Mindblast or stunning glance at will?

magic9mushroom
2010-02-08, 01:26 AM
Ruby Knight Vindicator + Celerity, Arcane Fusion + Celerity, multiple characters with White Raven Tactics, though these are less "stop them acting" and more "get infinite actions yourself". (That's a good thing, btw, because it means your opponent can't defend against your stunlock). All of these, however, are extreme cheese, precisely because they are unavoidable stunlocks.

PhoenixRivers
2010-02-08, 01:56 AM
Psions with Energy Stun can do it too.

Especially with Schism, Anticipatory Strike, Synchronicity, and the like.

Just spam the save or stun, and you get damage + stun effect.

At level 11, with Practiced Manifester to offset the penalty from Schism (YMMV, check with your DM on this trick), it's feasible to push out 9d6(+/- 9) per Energy Stun from the main character, 7d6(+/- 7) per Energy Stun for the schism, and a DC of 25 and 24 (23 and 22, if not electricity). Add in the ability to throw 4-6 of them a round, you can spam saves faster than creatures can keep up, most of the time.