Jeebs
2015-04-12, 04:07 PM
I've been kicking around a Half-Orc Champion 20 build, which would focus on Dual Wielding. I was planning for it to be a crit fishing build, taking advantage of the Savage Attacks feature, but other people have shown how Great Weapon Master's bonus action attack really steps on the one niche I thought TWF had left. Now I've settled on this build as a replacement for the traditional sword and board type, using Two Weapon Fighting, the Champion's access to a second Fighting Style (Defense), and the Dual Wielder feat. Basically I would use Defense and Dual Wielder (+1 AC each) to replace a Shield, and the off-hand attack and the TWF style to replace the Dueling Fighting Style.
I planned to use a Point Buy array of 14 STR, 14 DEX, 13 CON, 10 INT, 12 WIS, 10 CHA before racial increases. Eventually, you could max STR and CON, grab Resilient (WIS), as well as Dual Wielder. I understand that this is not necessarily optimized, but I like to have decent mental stats and to be able to wear Medium Armor for Stealth, Initiative, flavor, etc. Nothing is stopping a similar character from dumping DEX to 10 or below and using Heavy Armor. Doing so could allow you to pump WIS or another mental stat, making the character more versatile and effective in social situations and other non-combat encounters. I looked at using a Half-Elf instead of a Half-Orc for extra skills, but I ultimately decided that I would miss Savage Attacks too much.
I'd use Handaxes to open fights, and then switch to Longswords or some other d8 weapon when I closed to melee range. This build's damage won't compete with a Great Weapon Master, and it still has slightly less Action Surge nova potential than a character with the Dueling Fighting Style, but it seems like a fun alternative to the usual sword and board Fighter.
My question is whether or not this is the ceiling of the Two Weapon Fighting style on the Fighter? Is there a better build, assuming you're playing a Fighter with the Dual Wielder feat?
I planned to use a Point Buy array of 14 STR, 14 DEX, 13 CON, 10 INT, 12 WIS, 10 CHA before racial increases. Eventually, you could max STR and CON, grab Resilient (WIS), as well as Dual Wielder. I understand that this is not necessarily optimized, but I like to have decent mental stats and to be able to wear Medium Armor for Stealth, Initiative, flavor, etc. Nothing is stopping a similar character from dumping DEX to 10 or below and using Heavy Armor. Doing so could allow you to pump WIS or another mental stat, making the character more versatile and effective in social situations and other non-combat encounters. I looked at using a Half-Elf instead of a Half-Orc for extra skills, but I ultimately decided that I would miss Savage Attacks too much.
I'd use Handaxes to open fights, and then switch to Longswords or some other d8 weapon when I closed to melee range. This build's damage won't compete with a Great Weapon Master, and it still has slightly less Action Surge nova potential than a character with the Dueling Fighting Style, but it seems like a fun alternative to the usual sword and board Fighter.
My question is whether or not this is the ceiling of the Two Weapon Fighting style on the Fighter? Is there a better build, assuming you're playing a Fighter with the Dual Wielder feat?