| Ardenup |
uHi,
Starting this one to build a list of options for locking down and opponent. There seems to be a misconception among some people that melee classes can't protect their allies. I won't know all of them so any I miss, it would be great if people could add to the list. Comments on frequency of use/effectiveness and reliability would be good.
Feats:
Tripping- probably best option below 13. After that not as effective since flight is common- you can prolong it's effectiveness if enlarged. Best bit is you can do it as part of a full attack. Best on a fighter.
Grappling- works well, best on a monk.
Overun- pretty effective at lower levels for any mounted build, since you can knock them prone. The mount takes the feats not you. Works better with charge through. Best for a Mounted Fury Barb, Horselord Ranger or A Cavalier.
Standstill- decent feat that allows you to stop movement on AOO, downside it's a CM that gets let's effective as you level
Staggering Critical- Great effect. Lasts rounds. Downside is it relies on a critical. Best on Scimitar/kukri duel wielders.
Stunning Critical- better effect but requires too many preqs. Best for high critical fighters with spare feats.
Dazing Assault- full of sex and win for any full bab class. Only PA preq (which you took anyway) Decent fort save, lasts 1 round. On a high DPR build this is great. Best for Fighters, Rangers with FE, Smiting Paladins or Challenging Cavalier's. Hit a Caster with this and he's gonna be dead real quick- works on undead too. Fighters should reform for Stunning Assault at 16.
Stepup, Following Step, Stepup and Strike- Not a lockdown feat but allows a melee char to get sticky if opponent moves. Very good but you need enough feats. Best for Fighters, Rangers, Monks, Cavalier's and Arcane Duelists.
Disruptive, Spellbreaker, Teleport Tactician- Only accessable to fighters and Arcane Duelists (who get it for free). Again not lockdown but awesome with Stepup line. The real strength of.these 2 feat chains is the extra AOO's and full attacks. They give you more chances to Dazing Assault the enemy. A fighter or Arcane Duelist with all 7 feats gets at least 2 or 3 chances to daze a creture in one round.
Class features- Mighty Charge- 11th level cavalier ability that letsyou throw a CM on a charge attack, Use trip.
OOTShield cavaliers get a better version of Standstill which resolves as an attack and does damage as well as stopping the opponent. Very Good ability.
Spells- Challenge Evil- Paladin spell that forces a foe to fight you. The will save is ok, but at higher levels, just using Dazing assault is better.
That will do for now. Back Later.