MC+DBS+Fth v.2 (SL 121-141)

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Build summary	My own Meat Cleaver+Faith hybrid. Use the MC as your primary and Blessed weapons as your backup for a nice lineup
Recommended starting class(es)	Temple Knight
Recommended Soul Level	**
	Recommended stats (Leave at default (**) if not raised)
Vitality	40-50
Will/Intelligence	18
Endurance	35-40
Strength	20
Dexterity	30
Magic	6
Faith	45-50
Luck	7
Recommended equipment	RH1: -Meat Cleaver (2 hands) RH2: -Blessed [weapon] +5 (GrAxe, CrAxe, GuillAxe, Great sword, Claymore, Knight's sword) LH1: -Talisman of Beasts LH 2: -Dark Silver Shield+5 -Adjudicator's Shield+5 -Morion Blade Armor (male recommended): -Ancient King's set (as much as possible; fill in the rest with black leather, leather, or the venerable sage's set) -If you use a female, use the binded set and fill in with the rogue set. Rings: -Eternal Warrior's (body, soul form if you don't have the friend's or foe's ring) -Regenerator's ring (body) -Magical Dullness (body) -Cling ring (soul) -Foe's/friend's (black/blue)
Recommended spells/miracles	Spells: -Curse weapon Miracles: -Second Chance -God's Wrath -Recovery -Cure
Gameplay tips and progression	This build was created because someone challenged me to come up with a faith hybrid that effectively uses the Meat Cleaver with CW and Blessed weapons. The setup presented provides a fair balance between magical and physical damage. My preferred setup would have been a faith-strength build because the damage output would be higher with physical weapons, but that's not what was requested. The AR for the Blessed GrAxe will be about 540, so you don't lose much compared to a normal faith build with 50 in that stat. The MC will have roughly 460-470 AR with min stats, but benefits quite nicely from CW. You could very well use SWS if you want to add to the magical damage, but if that's the case, you might as well just pull that great axe out. The claymore is the most reliable of the blessed weapons because of the broad sweep of your attacks and the speed of your swings. For combos, the guillotine axe is your go-to because it will hit the hardest, although the knight's sword loses little AR in comparison with similar combo-ability and weighs a lot less, so that is definitely a viable option that i highly recommend. Your magdef is insane with magical dullness and the DSS. Now, if I were to adjust the stats for this build to deal even more damage with CW, I would use the following setup for a FTH-STR hybrid: Starting class: Priest SL 123-138 45-50 VIT 18 INT 35-40 END 34 STR 8 DEX 8 MAG 45-50 FTH 8 LUCK Same exact lineup, but you change out the MC for Crushing weapons.

Comments

Good build

frightnight 25 Oct 2012 18:22

I like this unique build using the MC. When thinking about it, thanks to your post, a high faith build I have(65) used for phantom form PVP could two hand MC with some added SWS on it for its magic damage. It wouldn't be great for physical output, but against hosts who are mags', or faith builds, the MC with Bturp or SWS would be a good weapon.

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