Just remember that in Pathfinder Paladin is STR and CHA for casting. There is just no real way to stack both AC and Damage on monk. Everything is controlled for a good long while. Damage is not too shabby either. Paladin is skipped. Many thanks. Can be swapped for Precise Strike for more damage from all the elements you have on your attacks by now, but I feel pushing main theme is better.Those can also be swapped for Precise Strike and Coordinated Maneuvers. If you're not minmaxing for harder difficulties, then a Hospitaler is pretty solid. YMMV though. Scorching Ray is only any good from lvl8 for you. Level 12 is where the game really starts to crumble. They do more harm than good this time around. Haste, Resist Energy (Communal), Dispel Magic, Dragons Breath, Dimension Door, Animate Dead, Protection from Energy (Communal), Beast Shape III, Fire Snake, Geniekind, Angelic Aspect, Dragonkind I, Transformation, Sirocco, Heroism (Greater), Dragonkind II, Wave of Exhaustion, Firebrand, Legendary Proportions, Dragonkind III, Seamantle, Frightful Aspect, Vanish (Quicken), Burning Arc (Quicken), Mirror Image (Quicken), Sense Vitals (Quicken) Fireball (Quicken), Haste (Quicken), Displacement (Quicken), Dragons Breath (Quicken), Dimension Door (Quicken), Fire Snake (Quicken) Sirocco (Heightened) - lvl7.8.9. Lead Blades wands are nice too. The Noble Assasin build works amazing on a mercenary as well. About to start a first playthrough and I want to pick Paladin. And I didnt want to lose all those smites on combat-oriented Pally. So with all that said, I'd always recommend going for damage in a Paladin. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Paladin Tank Build Arcane Agent 14K subscribers Subscribe 1.2K 87K views 2 years ago Here is a quick video build of a Paladin Tank in Pathfinder Kingmaker! You're pretty feat limited, but I recommend getting power attack, dodge, outflank, and heavy armor focus first. Turn off Power Attack for your pet. Something im missing? Had to be done. Likes having an Alchemist in the party for Shield spell. Dog is taken for the trips and 15 base STR. Keep a staff on you just in case. Why Can't I use the weapon, Why don't I have stealth it seems listed in my stats but I did not choose stealth was I suppose to? This is a power attack build. Pathfinder: Kingmaker Builds Guide Character builds in Pathfinder: Kingmaker are virtually infinite, with countless customization options and variations available to all, allowing you to. 5/18/14/12/9/19 if not. Good Armour Class (AC) throughout the game. Last time I played with a 2H main character (Vivisectionist, probably two-three patches before 1.3), the Crane feats worked with 2H weapons. Otherwise buy one in your capital. Two-handed Strength monk with tolerable AC and Damage. Dont think you can squeeze much more out of the class. This build is current to November 5, 2019. Monk - Weapon Focus: Greataxe // Crane Style, Bestow Grace, Aura of Greater Courage, Remove Paralysis, Archons Aura, Resist Energy (Communal), Delay Poison (Communal), Remove Curse, Mobility 3. Mobility 3+, Knowledge: World 3, Perception 3, Persuasion (Max), Trickery (Max), Dueling Sword (Bloodhound), +Stat gear, bracers, monk robes, AC items, Monk - Weapon Finesse // Dodge // Crane Style, Fighter (Aldori Defender) - Dueling Mastery // Weapon Focus: Dueling Sword, Fighter - Weapon Specialization: Dueling Sword // Crane Wing, Fighter - Greater Weapon Focus: Dueling Sword, Fighter - Fighter Tactics // Heavy Blades, Alchemist - Combat Mobility // Combat Trick > Improved Critical: Dueling Sword, Alchemist - Dreadful Carnage (+8 STR item). Note Rod of Flaming Vengeance activation is just a regular Maximize rod. A Trip Vivisectionist variant. Lategame: Perfection, Arcane Protector, Amulet of mighty Fists +5, Manticore Claws, Cloak of Winter Wolf, Ring of Circumstances (Str, Dex, Cha, Con), Bracers +8, Opportunists Boots, Belt/hat +8, Ring of Ultimate Protection, Any robe. Your standard nuker sorcerer with a good late-game plan. Alternative would be anything with Travel or Plant Domain. Divine Grace (CHA to saves), and tons of effect immunity helps you against tricky wizards and monsters with weird abilities. With Legendary Proportions on, doesnt need Gyronna to reach 70AC for Unfair. Keep at least one at all times. Proper druid centered on shape-shifting and tripping enemies. Has some Damage Reduction (DR) so you wont drop dead unless focused. Vivisectionist is taken for the extra 2d6 sneak attack and mutagen. There are some good longswords late, but it might be a bit of a suffer.Can just go for 2 more magus levels. Cookie Notice Armor bracers. The great thing about Paladin is that they are incredibly flexible when it comes to weapons. Expertise and Fighting Defensively cut into your Attack Bonus (AB), so only turn it on if you are swarmed and need to tank. They are either your get-out-of-jail-free cards, or additional damage per round. Strong all game long. Appreciate you putting them all together. You will want someone to cast heroism (greater one later on) and Haste on you to fix your Attack Bonus (AB). Overkill, but we needed the Crane feats for the early game anyhow. Deities do not provide paladins with any in-game bonuses, abilities or proficiencies, so you should pick the deity you like best in terms of ethos/Roleplaying. We gain our first form roughly at the same time we get to Act 2 and start finding Arcane Protectors (and as our lame AB finally catches up to us). +4 Shield Infusion = 80 melee AC, 76 Ranged AC. . Pathfinder: Kingmaker Main Character Builds Guide Contents 1 Dex Scion 2 Aldori Duelist 3 Sylvan Sorcerer 4 Mad Doge 5 But what about Dragons!? While you cant cast spells in it, breath weapon works perfectly fine. Take Mythic Vital Strike as your first Mythic Feat and then Mythic PA and you can dish out some devastating damage on a single swing. Awesome. Fire Eruption with Low Gather is a nice source of ranged damage. Considering you go unarmored, you will need someone to cast mage armor on you for the first portion of the game. Turn off Spellstrike when you don't use touch spells (which is going to be pretty much always past midgame) to get 1.5 damage mod. That means we will fall a bit behind on DPS. Can go for 5/19/14/13/8/18 or 5/19/14/14/7/18 for more min-maxing. :D. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. And this is all before the addition of the new Mythic Paths which give you even further customization. Most enemies will never hit you unless you are paralyzed or otherwise denied DEX/dodge bonus to armor. Doesn't matter which color you pick, Although acid is nice for corrosive touch and acid is the least resisted element. Interesting build there, 2handing a longsword with no shield is an interesting idea, but I guess I should have specified heavy armor wearing, lol! New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Valve Corporation. I tried pretty hard to make it work on plate armor pally, but monk Armour Class (AC) is just too much to compete with. Iomedae is the most common paladin deity. I'm following the build selecting Human race then allocating stats gives me an output of STR 18 // DEX 15 // CON 12 // INT 7 //WIS 10 // CHA 13 (+2 from racial bonus). Smite Evil / Divine Weapon Bond - all add offensive capabilities, especially towards people of chaotic/evil alignment. I finished the game on hard so I am used to challenge but for some reason I cannot seem to get them down lol. And damage spells too if you need something on the level. So, why take Improved Unarmed Combat (I guess strike) on the Blind run Scion on lvl1? 7/19/14/14/7/18 stats for those. Monk Robes, Bracers of Armor, AC gear, +Stat gear. Turn on Fighting Defensively at level 4 and never turn it off again. Can be done better on Musetouched Aasimar. No robes ever meld into the form as far as I know, so it doesnt matter. Pretty roleplay-friendly. First I know the new game is out. Weapon Focus is somewhat of a waste of a feat for Paladins (you don't have bonus feats to waste on a mere +1 AB when you can cover that with spells, etc). You can drop it by 2 and get 9 CHA for more balanced stats that you want, because reasons. Improved initiative is an option. Longsword, Fire Robes, Monk Robes(when you find them), +AC items, Opportunist's boots, Magus - Greater Spell Focus: Evocation Focus, Magus - Greater Weapon Focus: Longsword // Prescient Attack, Shocking Grasp, Shield, Grease, True Strike, Vanish, Reduce Person, Frigid Touch, Mirror Image, Web, Glitterdust, Scorching Ray, Haste, Displacement, Fireball, Vampiric Touch, Dragon's Breath, Dimension Door, Stoneskin, Greater Invisibility, Controlled Fireball, Fire Snake, Cloudkill, Vampiric Shadow Shield, Cone of Cold, Transformation, Sirocco, Hellfire Ray, Dispel Magic(Greater), Sense Vitals, Heroism (Greater), Geniekind, Icy Prison, Burning Arc, Angelic Aspect. Your tools for solving early-gameEasy to find/buy scrolls. The rest doesnt matter. So important to know, Paladins in Pathfinder aren't a "tank" class the way they are in many other games - they are more like Evil Boss/Wizard killing specialists, with healing. Fire-breathing bears. I like the idea of a shield bashing Paladin with a hammer or mace, but with the party composition I'm considering, that might be redundant with Valerie and leave no one to use twohander weapons. Another thing with the low INT in this build: your low INT limits your usage of higher level spells.. ok found it.Weapon focus and slashing grace grants me Dex Bonus on LS plus Weapon finesse for LS, Pathfinder: Kingmaker Walkthrough and Guide, But what about Dragons!? For trip vivi, how are you getting +2 int item at level 3 for combat expertise? Shatter and arcane accuracy will take care of things. Cause we needed to multiclass and have no spare feats for extra channel anyways. While deadly opponents of evil, they can also empower goodly souls to aid in their crusades. Will have about 70+AC and 40+ AB late-game in case you are interested. Damage from Touch Spells, Ability to skip Crit in favor of keen weapon Arcane Weapon additional property. There is no way for monk to contend with that. If not you do have Use Magic Device (UMD) for shield wands. Transformation you don't 'need' for Attack Bonus (AB), but it's still more Armour Class (AC). All rights reserved. Or when you get some nice two-hander you want to use. what party would you recomend with the mad doge build. Hi, I'm playing the ps4 edition. Dragon Forms allow you to cast. Wait till you get a decent one. Extra attack per round goes a long way. x1.5 STR as damage bonus. I wanted a tank and have been referencing this guy. The latter option will take up most of your feats. Has a pet to carry his stuff. 131.25 is nearly 4 times the weight of the halfling. Thug is there to Frighten enemies, add more sneak dice, and offer evasion and Uncanny Dodge in one neat package. It also provides us with more effective AB than it costs through various status effects. Monk robes, AC gear, Stat Gear. You will have enough spells from leveling to grab everything you really need, but its nice to accelerate the process. 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