Sno
2019-03-07, 05:26 PM
Spear and shield is ****ing awesome, and with the changes of polearm master happening a while back, I figured a cool concept in my head, that is a fighter (cavalier), with a 3 levels of warlock. The basic idea here is the combination of Polearm Master where an enemy provokes OA when getting in reach, and with the lvl 10 feature of the Cavalier (hold the line), you reduces their movement to zero. With War Caster you can cast a spell instead which could be eldritch blast from warlock, and with the repelling blast you push the creature back where it can't move thanks to the cavalier. In many cases this causing the enemy to do nothing dangerous.
With that said, there is more to this build, and it should work on all almost all levels. With an early dip in warlock (hexblade), to get your charisma as your attack stat instead of dex/str, you may lag a little bit behind at level 5 where most get an extra attack. Polearm master + fighter lets you make tons of attacks, and as such, warlock (hexblade), works great against bosses as you can buff your damage on each hit, with both Hex, and hexblades curse. In many cases it won't be that great since you use your bonus attacks to attack already thanks to polearm master, but in though fights, especially with bosses, throwing one of those out is a big buff is a huge boost. With lots of attacks and action surge, stacking bonus to damage rolls means more than on most builds.
I am of the opinion that this build is superior to most, if not ALL straight out fighters going S&B, as you does loads of damage with dueling (many attacks), occasionally hex and hexblades curse, not to mention lifedrinker at level 12, that may be +5 damage on EACH hit!!! All these bonuses adds up. Also, the combo mentioned early on, can be really handy a a frontline fighter. Finally you got a great ranged option with eldritch blast, which means you rarely suffer to horror of throwing javelins (seathing/drawing). Shield spell 1/2 each short rest is nothing to ignore either. Thou a cavalier, you can do without strength in this build, but a gauntlet of ogre strength wouldn't hurt.
What do you guys think of the build? I don't do point buy, but roll stats, so the progress of feats and stat increasement may differ, but as long as you get polearm master and war caster, you are doing good. If you play up to level 20, continuing warlock after Fighter 11/warlock 3, instead of fighter may be worth it, since warlock got many nice invocation and spells for melee builds, not to mention the duration for things like hex increases. Having said that, I think just continuing cavalier is equally viable. Do you like the concept, and do you think it would work great in practice?
Thanks for feedback :smallsmile:
With that said, there is more to this build, and it should work on all almost all levels. With an early dip in warlock (hexblade), to get your charisma as your attack stat instead of dex/str, you may lag a little bit behind at level 5 where most get an extra attack. Polearm master + fighter lets you make tons of attacks, and as such, warlock (hexblade), works great against bosses as you can buff your damage on each hit, with both Hex, and hexblades curse. In many cases it won't be that great since you use your bonus attacks to attack already thanks to polearm master, but in though fights, especially with bosses, throwing one of those out is a big buff is a huge boost. With lots of attacks and action surge, stacking bonus to damage rolls means more than on most builds.
I am of the opinion that this build is superior to most, if not ALL straight out fighters going S&B, as you does loads of damage with dueling (many attacks), occasionally hex and hexblades curse, not to mention lifedrinker at level 12, that may be +5 damage on EACH hit!!! All these bonuses adds up. Also, the combo mentioned early on, can be really handy a a frontline fighter. Finally you got a great ranged option with eldritch blast, which means you rarely suffer to horror of throwing javelins (seathing/drawing). Shield spell 1/2 each short rest is nothing to ignore either. Thou a cavalier, you can do without strength in this build, but a gauntlet of ogre strength wouldn't hurt.
What do you guys think of the build? I don't do point buy, but roll stats, so the progress of feats and stat increasement may differ, but as long as you get polearm master and war caster, you are doing good. If you play up to level 20, continuing warlock after Fighter 11/warlock 3, instead of fighter may be worth it, since warlock got many nice invocation and spells for melee builds, not to mention the duration for things like hex increases. Having said that, I think just continuing cavalier is equally viable. Do you like the concept, and do you think it would work great in practice?
Thanks for feedback :smallsmile: