Aldori Swordlord Build

[MageHunter]

Hello all,

So I absolutely love the flavor of the Aldori Swordlord. Unfortunately, I find the prestige class rather tricky to work with. So I'm trying to replicate the idea. Namely, DEX to damage with an Aldori Dueling Sword, Feints & Intimidates, and Combat Expertise or other defensive style.

I'm a bit concerned about the AC and saves, but otherwise this seems pretty fun.

The build is an Unchained Rogue (Rake) 3/Slayer 7/ Fighter 1

I'm using a Half-Elf for Ancestral Arms to get proficiency with the Aldori Dueling Sword.

Level Progression:

Starting Stats:
Str 10, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 10

Traits: Bruising Intellect, Reactionary

Feats:

1- (Rogue) Weapon Finesse, Combat Expertise
2- (Rogue) (Rogue Talent) Weapon Focus
3- (Rogue) Acrobatic
4- (Slayer) [+1 DEX]
5- (Slayer) (Slayer Talent) Improved Feint, Slayer's Feint
6- (Fighter) (Bonus) Swordplay Style
7- (Slayer) Swordplay Upset
8- (Slayer) (Slayer Talent) Dazzling Display [+1 DEX]
9- (Slayer) Shatter Defenses
10- (Slayer)
11- Dueling Disciple

The main idea is to two-hand the sword, activate studied target, feint for a sneak attack, and then intimidate for shatter defenses. Any recommendations to improve it? It was thrown together a bit messily, so some improvement on the feats order might be appropriate.

[DoubleBubble]

I just find out the other day that if you go Human and get Falling Water Gambit with Martial Versatility, you can crit with 14-20/x2 with a katana while they are flat-footed. To get there, you need to have enough fighter level and enough bluff to make other flat footed.

[avr]

11 levels suggests this may be for PFS but I'm not sure. If not you might prefer the Aldori Style chain from the Adventurer's Guide to Swordplay Style.

Also if you're doing a lot of feinting you might want to look at the Devoted Muse PrC, which is PFS-legal.