by Eldil
Now that The Chains That Rust is out, there's a huge number of new possible hero builds (since every hero now has access to a second archetype's classes).I thought it would be fun to have a thread where we could post possible "epic" builds using the new hybrid classes and the "expert" level of the epic play variant:
Each hero receives 6 experience points worth of Class cards
and 250 gold worth of Act I or Act II Shop Item cards.
and 250 gold worth of Act I or Act II Shop Item cards.
I'll start with the most obvious one, because I've been eagerly anticipating his return:
Jaes the Exile
Battlemage (Skirmisher)
Skills:
Arcane Veteran (0 xp)
Planar Weapon (1 xp)
Runic Weave (2 xp)
Dual Strike (0 xp)
Keen Edge (1 xp)
Unrelenting (2 xp)
Items:
Soulstone (125 gold)
Sunstone (125 gold)
With Planar Weapon, the Soulstone and Sunstone become one-handed melee blades, which combines with Keen Edge to give all attack Pierce 1.
When Jaes attacks, he can exhaust Dual Strike to gain an automatic surge and gain access to the surge abilities on both weapons. He can also exhaust Planar Weapon to gain another surge. After the attack resolves, he can exhaust Unrelenting to attack with the other rune.
Sure, to trigger everything requires 4 fatigue, but becauses Jaes gains +1 Stamina for each run he has equipped, he can afford it. And with +4 health provided by Runic Weave (+2/rune), he can stay in the fight long enough for Soulstone to gather a pile of tokens and become a deadly weapon.
And mostly, he just becomes awesome, charging into battle wielding two blazing swords of forged runelight.