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Gazfrost
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Cavalier build ideas

Post by Gazfrost » Fri Mar 26, 2021 3:58 am

I seen a few Cavaliers charging around, I must say I'm impressed and would like to make one myself.

I know of one Build that one guy is doing and that's a Fighter 15/ Cavalier 10/ and 5 Loremaster.
Nice AB and the ability to have UMD with good chance of saving wand charges is a great idea.
Anyone else got Ideas for a Cavalier build?

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Re: Cavalier build ideas

Post by Kenji » Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:04 pm

Here, have fun picking them apart. Let me know if there are any typos or incorrect combinations.

Basic Cavalier Builds
Fighter 12 / Cavalier 10 / Weapon Master 8 - High Saves/HP build on the first tab (PvP), Overwhelming Crit feat line on the second tab (PvE)
Fighter 6 / Cav 10 / Weapon Master 14 - Higher AB and more versatility with two weapons of choice
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... d=98183710

Barbarian Cavalry Builds
Barb 20 / Cavalier 10 (PvP) - All 3 rages with EDR 3
Barb 16 / Fighter 4 / Cavalier 10 (PvE) - Thundering and Terrifying Rage with EDR 3, more sustained damage
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1071437294

Paladin Cavalry Builds
Paladin 23 / Cavalier 7 - More charge damage, 28 CL vs Dispel, can go Paladin 24 / Cavalier 6 for 29 CL vs Dispel, instead
Paladin 26 / Cavalier 4 - Less charge damage, 29 CL vs Dispel, +5 Bless Weapon, ESF Discipline
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... =553327516

Knight Cavalier Builds (All are 10/10/10 with different starting class)
Tab 1: Paladin - Access to divine wands, paladin chain, divine feats, good saves
Tab 2: Hexblade - Hexblade armor, dark blessing (good saves)
Tab 3: Monk - Naginata meme build, attempt at your own peril
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 1627738716

Divine Cavaliers
Fighter 16 / Cavalier 10 / Paladin or Blackguard 4 - builds into overwhelming crit with 4x Great Strength, divine feats with good saves
Rogue 19 / Cavalier 8 / Paladin or Blackguard 3 - utilizes light flail for knockdown while being Div Dex with Epic Dodge
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... 2002361428

Weeb Cavalry Builds
Rogue 13 / Cavalier 10 / WM 7 - Dex, Katana or Light Flail, Epic Dodge, and Blinding Speed
Monk 18 / Cavalier 5 / WM 7 - Dex, Katana, Epic Dodge, and Blinding Speed
Monk 13 / Cavalier 10 / WM 7 - Str, Naginata meme, 4x Great Strength, attempt at your own peril
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... =570484818

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Re: Cavalier build ideas

Post by Chaosrook » Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:18 pm

I had an idea to stack cavalier onto a earthkin defender for unmounted spirited charge. Yea cannot move fast in defensive stance but a burst of speed in combat could have its advantages
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Re: Cavalier build ideas

Post by malcolm_mountainslayer » Mon May 03, 2021 6:20 pm

surely there is some kind of divine champion knight build too. Base paladin? not sure

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Re: Cavalier build ideas

Post by Waldo52 » Mon May 03, 2021 8:18 pm

I once saw an archer character in Skal using a cavalier/archer ranger. I don't know how he got that to work but the damage from his bow really surprised me.

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Re: Cavalier build ideas

Post by a shrouded figure » Mon May 10, 2021 10:51 pm

Cavalier is in a bit of a weird place for me. I like a lot of the features but the move to 10 levels kinda feels like old lore master. I do understand /why/ the change was made, but it doesn’t generally take me long to quickly lose interest when theory crafting with cavalier.

I will say that I had come up with an about identical version of Kenji’s 20 Barb 10 Cav triple rage EDR3 that I was actually tempted to build on PGCC but in the end I moved on.

I’d personally vote for something silly like 10 Cav, 7 Weapon Master, 13 Swashbuckler

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Re: Cavalier build ideas

Post by MRFTW » Fri May 14, 2021 6:01 am

I tried a rogue 10 cav 10 divine champion 10 and it had decent ab and saves, slippery mind for the weaker will save and reasonable damage.

It was very tough, thought and could dps quite well even without charge and tank in a pinch due to getting 10 bonus feats.

Definitely not optimal but cav seems not hard to make a working build with, fully optimised builds would be a different kettle of fish, though.

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