IB wardbasher and tank

[sohdbrimks]

This character will only used for wardbashing, stepping inside, and killing pets with my aura. I'll probably not even attack anyone inside.

Lv CP Skill
1 10 Melee Combat
1 0 -- Saved --
2 0 -- Saved --
3 20 Advanced Melee Combat
4 10 Search
5 0 -- Saved --
6 0 -- Saved --
7 30 Expert Melee Combat
8 0 -- Saved --
9 0 -- Saved --
10 0 Enervate
10 20 Strong Attack
11 20 Combat Mastery
11 10 Sense Magic
11 10 Planar Protection
12 10 Engineering
12 10 Strength
13 20 Stamina
14 20 Structural Engineering
15 0 -- Saved --
16 40 Rend Flesh
17 10 First Aid
17 10 Hide
18 0 -- Saved --
19 0 -- Saved --
20 0 Hulking Brute
20 30 Leathern Wings
20 -40 40 Exploration Badges
20 30 Infernal Combat
20 -10 Books Read Accomplished
20 -15 Books Read Accomplished
20 60 Whip of Torment
21 30 Elite Attack
22 0 -- Saved --
23 60 Chitinous Armor
24 30 Fire Immunity
25 0 -- Saved --
26 60 Burning Aura
27 0 -- Saved --
28 60 Fiendish Bulk
29 30 Bloodlust
30 -10 Power Removed Accomplished
30 -15 Power Removed Accomplished
30 60 Adrenal Healing

I picked Rend Flesh just to use up the required CP to level up. Maybe switch it out for hth+dodge+sense morality? Is the 5% dodge useful against pets?

edit: just realized I could skip rend flesh, hide and first aid and get the whole evasion tree. Is 10% dodge worth the 60 CP?

[Nayru]

mitigation is everything vs things that you can easily take triple digit attacks from

for the usual 65% pets, 10% dodge translates to ~15.4% damage reduction when reducing them to 55% acc (more potent than 5%'s ~7.7% damage reduction)

[Tathers]

You need that skill that allows you to bash wards harder, Destructive Blow I think it's called.

[sohdbrimks]

New build
Lv CP Skill
1 10 Melee Combat
1 0 -- Saved --
2 0 -- Saved --
3 20 Advanced Melee Combat
4 10 Search
5 0 -- Saved --
6 0 -- Saved --
7 30 Expert Melee Combat
8 0 -- Saved --
9 0 -- Saved --
10 0 Enervate
10 20 Strong Attack
10 20 Combat Mastery
11 10 Planar Protection
11 10 Sense Magic
12 10 Strength
12 10 Engineering
13 10 Hand to Hand Combat
14 20 Dodge
15 30 Evasion
16 0 -- Saved --
17 40 Destructive Blow
18 0 -- Saved --
19 0 -- Saved --
20 0 Hulking Brute
20 30 Leathern Wings
20 -40 40 Exploration Badges
20 30 Infernal Combat
20 -10 Books Read Accomplished
20 -15 Books Read Accomplished
20 60 Whip of Torment
21 30 Elite Attack
22 0 -- Saved --
23 60 Chitinous Armor
24 30 Fire Immunity
25 0 -- Saved --
26 60 Burning Aura
27 0 -- Saved --
28 60 Fiendish Bulk
29 30 Bloodlust
30 -10 Power Removed Accomplished
30 -15 Power Removed Accomplished
30 60 Adrenal Healing

10cp left over
I can grind some easy 500 badge to buy stamina, but is it necessary?
Does Rage Strike activate bloodlust if I hit a ward(edit:just read the wiki, it doesn't)? Otherwise how easy is it to find blood ice before every raid, assuming I raid only once or twice a week?
Is adrenal healing worth the 60cp just for an extra +1 soak? I'm considering dropping it and buying stamina and structural engineering.