crazydamage wrote on Apr 7
th, 2011 at 3:36am:
Well at a certain point there simply are no more dps feats or enhancements worth taking, so basically in my opinion even "pure wf dps dvs" includes max healing enhancements.
(other wise what the hell did he blow all his AP on, racial and wf toughness IV or something?)
Becuase there simply is no other way to spend those enhancements on anything that would increase your dps (might change now with angel of vengeance).
Similarly, what feat could you possibly take instead of empowered healing. Weapon focus for +1 hit?? i dont really think so.
I don't know why some of these WF FvS can't seem to heal for shit, but it happens. It's certainly not all of them, but the chance that a WF FvS is a competent at healing is somewhere around 33%, in my experience. At end game it might get up to close to 50%.
Compare that to any other race as an FvS and the competency level is probably around 75%-80%. End game probably closer to 90%.
Let's face it. There are certain classes and races that have solid synergy. There are others that make you scratch your head. WF FvS and WF Cleric is one of those. Taking a -2 to your casting stat. Your self healing abilities are dimished. It brings NOTHING to the table for the majority of the class features.
The only reason someone does WF FvS is because they are just smitten kittens for WF and all their toons must be WF or because they want to do the Lord of the Blades thing and be a THF DPS machine. The only real benefit of which is the bladesworn transformation. Which is basically Rage with a +4 to AC and the inability to cast spells or be healed by healing spells for the duration.
Why not just roll a Human and splash two barb levels in for rage that works just as well with fewer negative side effects?
So an WF FvS is swimming upstream on a build. There are better race/class combos to get the same or better results with less lost features or gear costs.
Sure, a great vet with experience, gear, and knowledge can make it work, but more likely its going to be a fucked up mess.