u/ggAlphaRaptor

Hey all, just curious on more senior ds3 players’ thoughts.

I’m playing a str/fth build. Bout to fight yhorm if you’re curious. Currently using cathedral knight greatsword, heavy infused. Buffing with lightning blade, and then getting in that ass. Has worked well so far.

Was planning on 40 str and 40 faith. Currently both are in low or mid 30s.

My questions are; should I be aiming to use a different UGS? Is there a better option for me? Am I shooting for the right numbers in the build? Should I ever consider mixing in a shield (so far I haven’t really)?

Thanks in advance!

So I’ve been looking through some of the spells in Heroes of Faerun, and started thinking about building around cacophonic shield. Trying to get some thoughts on this.

One build would be 1 sorcerer-> 1 paladin -> 5 sorcerer. And then from there either branching deeper into sorcerer or going into 6 pally for aura. I figured regular play style (at level 6) would be activating innate sorcery and the casting cacophonic shield. Then on following turns up turns, attacking with advantage with true strike, and on a crit, using a divine smite. Could consider the spellfire adept feat to add more damage onto that, as well as the empowered spell meta magic feat to ensure high smite damage. Pros are burst damage, con save prof (still would want war caster). Cons are it is a little MAD in the sense of needing 13 str and 14 dex for medium armor, and no extra attack. Would probably want a weapon with the push mastery (warhammer or maybe pike).

Other build option is full bladesinger. Playstyle is similar but with blade song replacing innate sorcery and no smite. Pros here would be extra attack and more SAD. Won’t have the burst damage potential as the other build, so a little less sexy. And no con save prof. But will be a constant party contributor as a wizard.

Thoughts on these build ideas? I think I prefer the former because it feels a little more unique with maybe more “presence” in melee. But curious for folks’ thoughts.