2handed Kensai build? Is it possible?

[Kysune]

Hello all,

I'm thinking of building a 2handed weapon Kensai. I'm curious if there's any way to make this work as I hear the Combat Casting requires the use of the offhand to deliver a touch attack.

I was really looking to use either a Naginata (or possibly a Nodachi). I would think that a x4crit weapon that I could get Keen on and feats like Critical Focus would really make the x4crit damage great. Especially if I used Perfect Strike to increase it to x5crit and maximum damage. Any suggestions or is a 2handed Kensai going to be really wonky as subpar in PFS? (I'm not looking for an ultimate build but wondering if this setup is really going to be more of a pain/hassle than enjoyable)

[DragoDorn]

If this wasn't for PFS you could use THIS to be able to use those weapons with the magus's abilities.

[Kysune]

Unfortuntely I'm playing in PFS so I'm trying to figure out how I could play a 2handed wielding warrior that focuses on critting and dealing massive damage.....maybe I should look elsewhere like Barbarian or Fighter?

[Froze_man]

It's not optimal but it is doable. You can't do spell combat with a two-hander but you can do spellstrike. The other major downside in this case is that spellstrike gives you a weapon's threat range for spells but not the crit multiplier so you'd really be losing out on spell crit damage compared to using a weapon with a better threat range.