There are some great threads in the build section,
But since the pally gear you get from bladeforged will probably suck for a warlock's casting abilities, I'd have a blue dragon scale docent for heroic levels (9% to all crits.)  (Upgrade to a stoneheart/blademark/templars docent at 20 and a flawless blue docent at 25)
A shamanic Fetish from AH (level 14) for radiance spell power
A Hammer of leaden clouds for Sonic spell power and sonic lore. (assuming you are going Fey pact since you will be lawful good)

The base gear you get from bladeforged should give you good HP/con/charisma/fort/PRR type of options beyond these but that will boost your spell power and crits in both your base blast and pact damage.  You might want to look for an Int item as well, since I doubt the pally focused gear will be boosting that.

noamineo wrote on Oct 14^th, 2015 at 11:21am:

there is also cannith challenges for the chime. gives sonic lore and resonance, along with a few other abilities+slots and can be tier 3 upgraded for crafting on it.

Ash gave much easier to acquire items however.

When doing an Iconic, I generally try to have a level 15 gear set, a level 20 gear set (because the boost in epic gear is so large, even if it is just a bunch of eveningstar comm turn in gear), and a level 25 gear set.  I don't do much gear swapping outside these 3 points.  Of course, I have a level 28 gear set if I'm staying at cap. 

m4lacka wrote on Oct 14^th, 2015 at 12:03pm:


True that.  It's still an easy source for crit %.  Especially for Radiance.

I'd recommend keeping the pally level and going Bladeforged warlock/pally, 17/3. The 3 pally levels are to get sacred defender stance. Great PRR and MRR while keeping decent DPS.

noamineo wrote on Oct 15^th, 2015 at 2:23pm:


Con-op procs on being hit, not hitting, whether equipment or weapon.

I think I'm still stuck on Munk's Pastlifenmo build; the kama lets you stay centered.  If you're not planning any monk splashes, another one-hander will do.

noamineo wrote on Oct 15^th, 2015 at 2:30pm:

Your pact damage will lose 2d4 and your blast damage will lose 1d6 with a 3 level splash.

You are also losing the level 18 and 20 cores in the enhancement trees.  ES cores have 3d6 blast damage at level 18 and +2 CON, +2 CHA, +20% Competence Bonus to Maximum HP, full Base Attack Bonus, +10 Melee Power, +10 Ranged Power, +10 Universal Spell Power, and +20 Light Spell Power at level 20.  TS core has 10% faster blast RoF at level 18 and 1d6 blast damage, +30% spell crit damage, +4 charisma at level 20.  SE core has +5% crit chance on blasts at level 18 and a insta kill spell that has a necromancy will save of 46+charisma mod at 20.  You can easily get that into the 80 range. 

Just for the level 18's, would you give up a +1 to crit threat range that stacks with all other bonuses on a melee as a level 18 core?  Because that's what the SE level 18 core offers.  What about a core that offered +10 to base damage or a stacking 10% alacrity bonus?  17/3 is going to be a weak blaster.  I would only do that if I was going Aura and planning on meleeing. 

The ES level 20 core gives you 20% HP and a +2 to Con.  If you are feeling like you need more survivability, look in the ES tree.  You will find PRR and MRR as well as self healing and HP boosts.

"Any must-have gear I should be looking for while I can still farm quickly and easily?"

An ice cold bottle of bleach, so you can chug it before the taste of the first sip hits you and kill youself?