Final (?) Update: Dec 24th, 2010: After accepting a promotion a few months ago, I realize that I don't have the time to devote to regular maintenance of this thread anymore. On the bright side, reflecting on the evolution of the Avenger class brings me great joy. When I first started this thread, Avengers were generally considered to be a 'bad Striker', and Ignis Fatuus, kilpatds, myself, and a few others spent a great deal of time defending them in various threads. At this point in time, they are typically acknowledged to be effective and flavorful, and are a very popular class.
Thanks to everyone who has participated in this thread since its inception-- particularly Ignis Fatuus and kilpatds, who have been amazing resources for Avenger players since 'back in the day'.
I'll still be around, of course.
Recent News: May errata batch kills Avenger/Pit Fighter. Morninglord nerf appears to be a given in the next 2 errata.
More Recent News: July Errata murders crit fishers who generate multiple free action attacks with each crit.
No worries, however! Avengers now have the feat support they used to lack, which means that building effective Avengers no longer requires leaning heavily on Paragon Path features!
This thread has really evolved a lot, but the intent and function basically remain the same: To keep tinkering with the Avenger class and put out fully functioning Avenger builds. Some of the builds are very straightforward and intuitive. Others boldly go where no... well... you get it.
1. Elf (Pursuit) Avenger/Serene Initiate/Demigod. A Power-Attacking pure Avenger build that deals automatic damage on misses, as well as giving damage boosts to hits after missing the previous turn. Refer to post 307 for the new iteration of this build for more damage.
2. Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Radiant Servant/Demigod. Divine Retribution, Radiant style.
Post 4:
1. Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Radiant Servant/Demigod--with a Rending Urgrosh. An exercise in showing how Radiant Servants aren't married to lightsabers, thanks to Bond of Retribution.
Post 9:
1. Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Storm Sentinel/Demigod. Something for the Kord-lovers. Another build that isn't married to any weapon, and has COOL POWERS.
2. Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Blightspeaker/Demigod. Fun with (save ends), and self-heals on crits.
Post 33:
1. Hasdru's "Blink". Human (Pursuit) Avenger/PMC Swordmage/Arcane Sword. Huge DPR, At-Will charges, and a very unique flavor.
Post 34:
1. Godlike Devil's "The Silent Lord". Half-Elf (Pursuit) Avenger/Thuranni Shadow Killer/Chosen. A crit-fisher with Wraithblade Double Sword.
2. Ignus Fatuus' Eladrin (Pursuit) Avenger/Zealous Assassin/Chosen of ______. The revised version of this build, which has been changed to remove homebrew elements, appears in Post 338.
Post 37:
Deceased
Post 41:
1. Deva (Unity) Avenger/Radiant Servant/Radiant One. A 'focus-fire' oriented build that has big personal DPR, and also helps a flanking buddy out with accuracy and damage boosts.
Post 49:
1. Victimoffun's Dwarf (Retribution) Avenger/Radiant Servant/Punisher of the Gods. Maximum Bond of Retribution, and serious punishment.
Post 51:
1. Hasdru's Revenant (Hybrid) (Retribution) Avenger|Cleric/Avenging Haunt/Raven Consort. A very interesting build featuring heavy armor, and living with one foot in the grave.
Post 63:
1. Human (Retribution) Avenger/Wizard of the Spiral Tower/Sage of Ages. Using triple-rolls and The One Sword to create strong DPR and virtually permanent single-target daze.
Post 64:
These 2 builds rendered obsolete 3/2/10
Post 69:
1. Revised "The Silent Lord" build by GodLikeDevil.
Post 87:
1. Revision of Hasdru's concept of playing with one foot in the grave. Shadar-Kai (Retribution) Avenger/Avenging Haunt/Raven Consort
Post 88:
1. Obsid's spin on Hasdru's Hybrid build. Revenant (Retribution) Avenger|Cleric/Avenging Haunt/Raven Consort.
Post 93:
1.
Hasdru's Human (Hybrid) (Unity) Avenger|Ranger/Hybrid
Paragon/Beastlord. Unity with a built-in flanker. Fantastic solution for
meeting Unity conditions and cashing in on build features.
Post 103:
1. Hasdru's Wilden (Retribution) Avenger/Long Night Scion/Winter Sovereign. An insane blink-fighter/teleporter who leaves pain in his wake.
Post 114:
1. Human (Unity) Avenger/Angelic Avenger/Radiant One. Automatic Radiant punishment and Combat Advantage against any bloodied enemy within 5 squares.
Post 115:
1. Hasdru's revisions of his cold-teleporter concept.
Post 116:
1. Human (Retribution) Avenger/Battle Engineer/Radiant One. Triple-stat dipping for obscene statics, and guaranteed accuracy kickers and bonus damage after any hit OR miss.
Post 124:
1. Hasdru's Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Morninglord/Revered One. Turning Channel Divinity into a supernova... and ending Epic with 11 Channel Divinity feats to keep the fireworks coming.
Post 126:
1. Hasdru revisits the Avenger/Storm Sentinel. Longtooth Shifter (Retribution) Avenger/Storm Sentinel/Avatar of Storm.
2. Hasdru's Dwarf (Retribution) Avenger/Lyrandar Wind-Rider/Avatar of Storm. 'Bends' a racial convention in order to tackle the Thunder & Lightning damage theme, and finds some nice damage output as a result.
Post 128:
1. My revised Avenger/Ardent Champion/Eternal with Rending Urgrosh, adding Radiant feat stack
Post 129:
1. Hasdru's Shadar-Kai (Retribution) Avenger/PMC Wizard/Archmage. Staff-fighting Missile madness!
Post 133:
1. Sticks128's Elf (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Demigod. Another take on this soon-to-be standard build.
Post 142:
1. Hasdru's "Cold Saves The Queen". Elf Avenger|Wizard/Battle Engineer/Winter Sovereign. Crazy damage output, sweet nickname.
Post 146:
1. Deva (Unity) Avenger/Wizard of the Spiral Tower/Sage of Ages. "Bedazzler". Striker DPR with virtually At-Will daze.
Post 154:
This build rendered obsolete 3/2/10
Post 155:
Deceased
Post 182:
1. Hasdru's Dwarf (Pursuit) Avenger/Serene Initiate/Perfect Assassin. Hasdru returns with a hard-to-kill little person.
Post 191:
1. Human (Unity) Avenger/Warpriest/Radiant One. "Scorpion Zero". Cold and Radiant synergies.
Post 204.
1. Ironchef's Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Zealous Assassin/Demigod. A hard-charging build whose damage ramps up when the target is bloodied.
Post 210:
1. Hasdru's Eladrin (Pursuit) Avenger/PMC Ranger/Lorekeeper. Twin Striking death machine.
Post 212:
1. Darklink69's Githzerai (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Demigod. The Ardent Champion build with a Gith twist and racial feats, as well as an emphasis on charging.
Post 227:
1. Human (Unity) Avenger/Twiceborn Leader/Radiant One. Fully functioning Striker with a heavy minor in Leader.
Post 230:
1.
Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Draeven Marauder/Planeshaper. Low At-Will DPR,
but decent actual damage, emphasizing control via push, slide, and
prone.
Post 238:
1. Dwarf (Pursuit)
Avenger/Hammer of Judgement/Demigod. Frost cheese + Censure's Grip
combine with extra push/pull/slide ability to let you bulldoze enemies
around the grid, and abuse them whether they run away or remain adjacent
to you.
Post 241:
1. Half-Elf (Pursuit)
Avenger/Coiled Serpent/Eternal Seeker. Beast form fun and increased
control without straying from pure Pursuit Avenger playstyle.
Post 307:
1. Elf (Pursuit) Avenger/Serene Initiate/Demigod. The New, Improved version of the concept, now with much better damage.
Post 338:
1.
Ignis_Fatus' Eladrin (Pursuit) Avenger/Zealous Assassin/Punisher of the
Gods. A new, markedly improved version of her Greatspear charger, with
homebrew elements removed through use of new content. Lots of charging,
huge mobility and damage.
Post 356:
1. Elf
(Pursuit) Avenger/Favored Soul/Chosen. Fun with flying and Distant
Vengance, gets you Censure of Pursuit virtually every round with a
little finesse.
Post 359:
1. Deva
(Retribution) Avenger/Self-Forged/Radiant One. An exercise in squeezing
functional damage out of flavor-oriented concepts.
Post 367:
1. Mirtek's take on the Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Favored Soul/Chosen of Tempus. Flavor-heavy build that functions and FLIES.
Post 377:
1.
Deva (Retribution) Avenger/Simbarch of Aglarond/Sage of Ages.
Triple-rolls + Power Attack + Radiant feats + non-Standard attacks +
Simbarch's 11E = BIG FUN!
Post 433:
1.Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Sage of Ages, with Rending Urgrosh + Two-Weapon Opening. conservatively estimated at 140 At-Will DPR.
Post 461:
1. Avenger/Crimson Hunter/Eternal Seeker. Greatbow user who specializes in RBAs and powers which can be used as such.
Post 474:
1.
OpenPalm's Avenger/Long Night Scion/Radiant One. Avenger melee combined
with teleport & auto-damage shenanigans. Off hand 'Staff of the
Traveler' turns Overwhelming Strike's built-in shift into a teleport for
extra punch.
Post 500:
1. Ignis_Fatuus' Eladrin (Pursuit) Avenger/Zealous Assassin/Invincible Vanguard...
a charger that uses Polearm Gamble to encourage its target to attack
someone else. This one is right there in the 100 DPR club.
Post 545:
1.
SongNSilence's Half-Elf (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Eternal
Defender, w/Twin Strike Dilettante. A Str/Wis multi-attacker with Chain,
Windrise, an axe in each hand, and 196 At-Will DPR (255 with Dancing Weapons, doable all day long)
Post 566:
1.
l33's Half-Elf (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Fury of the Wild with
Twin Strike Dilettante. An 'Adept Dilettante' based monster that puts
strong hits on every unbloodied enemy within 10 squares each time it
crits. Oh, and... it crits a lot.
Post 585:
1.
Toxicated's Half-Elf (Twin Strike Dilettante)
Avenger/Morninglord/Radiant One. Twin Radiant Bastard Swords and near
constant Radiant vulnerability plus Radiant Advantage and Radiant One = 154 DPR. Another one in the 100+ DPR club!
Post 598:
1.
Toxicated's Shardmind Avenger|Seeker/Morninglord/Radiant One. Distant
Vengeance helps turn Grappling Spirits into a 100+ DPR attack with very
strong control.
Post 602: *Moved from Post 2.
1. Longtooth Shifter (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Eternal Seeker. A nova build.
2.
Longtooth Shifter (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Demigod. A
pure Avenger with crit-driven multi-attacks and Radiant madness.
Post 620:
1. Ignis_Fatus' Wilden (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Invincible Vanguard. Another charging polearm wielder in the 100 DPR club. A truly Archetypal build.
Post 647:
1.
Toxicated's Longtooth Shifter (Pursuit) Avenger/PMC Ranger/Martial
Archetype. I'd recommend using this one only in Epic tier games. Slow
starter with no AC until it picks up Heavy Armor at Epic, achieving
extreme DPR via Twin Strike.
2. Toxicated's Half-Elf (Pursuit)
Avenger/PMC Rogue/Martial Archetype. A visitor from Windrise Ports that
brings Twin Strike via Adept Dilettante, and brings some extra
non-Standards. Another slow starter, though this one pays lip service to
defense early on. Another member of the 100+ DPR club.
Post 648:
1.
Ignis_Fatus' Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Favored Soul/Chosen. Strong
defenses become absurd with easy to meet conditions. 66 At-Will DPR, and
a nova in the high 600s. Oh... and at-will flight.
Post 653:
1.
Human (Pursuit) Avenger/Adroit Explorer/Demigod. Striker with heavy
Defender/Controller secondary ability and high defenses. Lockdown,
served with two d20s on the side.
Post 679:
1. maverick0023's Deva (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Soul of the World. Generates 3 extra attacks per crit, and uses its Epic Destiny to poach some very useful powers. Post 680:
1. Hasdru's revised (Unity) Avenger|(Beastlord) Ranger/Paragon Hybrid/Beastlord. Bring your own flanker for Unity and CA.
Post 710:
1.
Hasdru's "Holy Skirmisher". (Pursuit) Avenger/PMC Seeker/Fury of the
Wild. Creates range-based catch 22 to guarantee extra damage, and is
range flexible.
Post 713:
1.
Hasdru's "Swarming Death". Human Avenger|Druid/Paragon Hybrid/Raven
Knight. Hasdru proves that there's an exception to every rule by
creating a martyr that isn't a trap, and also... one that I don't hate.
In fact, I kinda like it! Censure of Retribution, done the right way!
Post 745:
1.
Hadru's Human Avenger/Relentless Slayer/Demigod. I never thought I'd
see the day... someone made Relentless Slayer work, and it works VERY
WELL here.
Post 750:
Inferenz' Razorclaw Shifter (Pursuit) Avenger/Moonstalker/Invincible Vanguard. A similar version of IgFa's take on the same frame, giving up some damage for control elements.
Post 781:
Githzerai
(Pursuit) Avenger/Storvakal/Demigod. Classic & current
Pursuit-style Avenger emphasizing Defender secondary via Deadly Draw +
Censure's Grip. 80+ DPR.
Post 813:
The_Yakk's
Half-Elf (Pursuit) Avenger/Ardent Champion/Eternal Seeker. A
late-bloomer who dumps Wis in favor of Str. Twin Striking &
power-poaching chainsaw using vuln: Radiant.
