Long time no see all! It’s that time again, I’m ready to go back to the Deadfire.  Will be doing a POTD run. I’ve never done the archetype of the big nasty 2hand warrior guy who smites waves of foes with his giant sword. Would appreciate a build suggestion! All classes/multiclasses on the table, but would like to use a 2hand sword. 

Is great sword the only option or would estoc also be okay?

I personally like defensive builds with Whispers of the Endless Paths (and Offensive Parry), especially Steel Garrote/Bloodmage but also Soulblade/Trickster and such - but the estoc Engoliero do Espirs is maybe best suited to "smite wave of foes".  Engoliero with a Paladin/Forbidden Fist plus Sacred Immolation is pretty dope imo. Berserker/Troubadour, too. Reason is that the enchantment "Blade Feast" gets triggered by any kill, not only weapon kills. And the Ghost Blades that come out do not only profit from all sorts of weapon damage bonuses etc. but also heal your character with the damage they cause - countering the self damage of Sacred Immolation or Berserker Frenzy.

Maybe Whispers of the Edless Paths with a Devoted/Helwalker using Clear Out. Devoted provides Clear Out with high PEN and the Helwalker awesome MIG and INT (for bigger AoEs). The AoE cone of Clear Out "stacks" with the AoE cone of the weapon, giving you a ton of attack rolls if you manage to target several enemies at once: every attack roll of the Clear Out cone triggers a cone attack from the weapon. That's also smiting waves of foes I'd say.

Well... Soulblade/Trickster with Whispers of the Endless Paths is maybe also fitting the description. The Soul Annihilation attack gets dispersed over the whole cone and Riüoste + Offensive Parry do stack. Also pretty tanky and versatile because... Cipher. 

Some call it boring, but a Crusader (Fighter/Paladin) can deal a good and steady amount of single weapon damage with something like Voidwheel or Effort - and at the same time be sturdy as hell. 

 

  

 

Nice! Was just reading about blade feast in another topic on here. Awesome stuff. I guess a concern would be that you can’t get Engolio for quite some time right? The hanging sepulchers are tough …

Edited February 17, 20241 yr by Frog Man

41 minutes ago, Frog Man said:

Nice! Was just reading about blade feast in another topic on here. Awesome stuff. I guess a concern would be that you can’t get Engolio for quite some time right? The hanging sepulchers are tough …

If I’m remembering correctly, you can get the sword quite early (assuming you beat Hanging Sepulchers), but it’s only a quest item. It becomes an actual sword you can use only after defeating Rivan in the third act. So you have to get through Ashen Maw and kill Aeldys or Furrante before you can get it. 

That's correct. It's not a weapon you can get early.

 

Consider using Eager Blade that you can buy early and starts as Superb. You could transition to Engoliero later.

As Kaylon said in some other thread, Eager Blade, enchanted with Battle Unending used by a Berserker/Forbidden Fist is a good combo. You'll get an alternative crush dmg attack with the Forbidden Fist attack. With its Enfeeble you prevent the enemies from getting occasionally healed by the blade - while you still profit from the healing on crit.