Done this build on a smuggler in a witch hunter warband. Gave her Captains order think I might swap this out for underdog. After critting the flagellants charge with mighty Charge/dare devil. Hilarious amounts of damage.
How do you master fatality with max 9 accuracy? I know you can use a book, but it doesn't seem feasible for most people. I build my favorite vampire thrall with frenzy, heavy armor and two one handed swords. Throw in awareness, 40 extra base hp from the toughness skill and fear and she'll turn into a crazed murderer able to exchange blows with even deadly enemies. With frenzy you'll turn 60 damage per swing to 80.
First I'll say that I'm real rusty on COTD, so my info may not be super helpful. Mastery takes 12 accuracy. Not sure if there's any workaround... Let me look into it.
DANGIT. I'm still trained when fatality was the win button and stacked (those were the days!). Even so, I think this build is still quite potent, even if it's not quite as broken as it'd otherwise be.
Yes, the link seems to have come through ok! I'm curious why you've added in adrenaline rush, since each vital strike costs 3 Op and you've got 9 OP... What are your plans for that one lone OP?
The mastered version gives you 3 OP for 60 wounds, so you get a total of four chances to vital strike your enemies. This somewhat synergises with the dreg's ability to heal the vampire thrall, even if just a little. Since the goal is to use crits in order to debuff and stun enemy units, you don't really need that much strength, so dump those points into Toughness and Agility for more health and Melee Resistance. She's also Unwavering, so no need for much Leadership, she's not gonna feel alone at all. Instead, get higher Alertness so she can act before her target, and Intelligence for stun resistance. Martial is just right, so no need to chance that. Regarding skills: Adrenaline Rush is for what I previously said; Vital Strike because duh; Regular Sidestep because you can't master it with 11 Agility, but two dodges are still better than one (though I personally think Web of Steel could be a better choice given the possibility of getting the shield enchantment that has a chance to give back one OP every time you parry, which gives you a free attack, so yeah); Fatality and Underdog for the same reasons you stated. The only reason you'd want to replace one of them would be to get Knowledge: Mordheim or some survival passive instead; Hardy because she needs a lot of wounds so she can use Adrenaline Rush. The sword is the obvious weapon choice; while the shield is there for the melee and ranged resistances (and parrying) Enchant the sword with Havoc (correct me if I'm wrong) for more crit chance, and the shield with Alacrity for the chance of extra OP (if you go with Web of Steel) or Shielding for more melee resist (if you go for Sidestep) Clothing of Accuracy and Helmet of Celerity for crits and speed, respectively. You don't really want to use Adrenaline Rush every round since she's wearing cloth and in the middle of the enemy warband, but it can let you completely destroy an enemy unit if you use it properly. You could even use it without Vital Strike for a total of six attack in a single turn. Just don't forget to NEVER use it while you have all your OP, since you'd get nothing from it.
I was about to be super excited to use two globadiers running infused globe spam to heal a ton to offset adrenaline rush, but then I remembered that undead cannot be affected by poison, good or bad. Are globadiers immune to their own infused globes, or only poison debuffs?
JUST LEARNED infused globes heal all characters, even those immune to poison! steamcommunity.com/app/276810/discussions/1/305509857566141800/ This has some tasty ramifications regarding the build you've outlined to push crit swings using adrenaline rush and vital strike... There's some tasty sauce there, up to three globes per round with a maxed out globadier...
