I find glancing blows with Dwarven Axe or B. Tier V Mastermaker, Harper for Know the Angles, and Vistani for crit range/multiplier, 10% doublestrike, haste boost, some prr/mrr, 20 melee power, and 20% doublestrike active ability.
I read about half of the guide and it is excellent for new and intermediate Artificer players.
>LINK TO HEPH'S PDF GUIDE HERE>LINK TO HEPH'S NEWBIE FRIENDLY ARBLASTER BUILD>LINK TO HEPH'S PERSONAL MELEE BUILD>LINK TO HEPH'S INQUISIFICER BUILD>LINK TO HEPH'S CASTERFICER BUILDS<<< Let me know what you found helpful, what parts I could add more too, if I got anything wrong, etc! This isn't me claiming to be THE EXPERT on Artificer - but I've played this class on and off and on and on again since it's debut yearrrrs ago! I hope at the very least you (re)discover the Artificer class of DDO in that classic D&D handbook feel!ĮNJOY! And don't forget to charge that Rune Arm!~
The Guide is in a PDF form! It's rather comprehensive and I find it easier to keep updated that way than to deal with forum-type, but please, leave your comments, responses, and insight here! Feel free to download if you'd like, the guide is full of links, as well as a responsive table of contents on the downloaded version. The Artificer class is a wonderfully fun and powerful support class that can make its way even into the toughest of Reaper content if built right! For these reasons and more I'd like to publish this guide I've made on the Artificer subforum, to give any and everyone supplemental material to look through and mull over! At the very least, perhaps you'll find my humor entertaining :P With the introduction of U38 and the 3rd enhancement tree, Renegade Mastermaker, I felt it was high time for a guide to the class! Most everyone has some idea to play a Fighter, those interested in monks have plenty of material to get started with a monk, etc - but support classes seldom get such love. INTRODUCING HEPH'S ADVANCED GUIDE TO ARTIFICERS Now let's help you make that Artificer now, shall we? A glorious day to create an Artificer, is it not? Why, what's that you say, you're not sure where to start!? You've heard Artificers are no good? Poppycock! The Artificer is the jewel of the Eberron Campaign setting!