Power Attack & Str 2 Weapon Style

[Gaz O'D]

Should i get Power Attack if im using two weapon style while using Str instead of Dex?

Cheers

[Gaz O'D]

Any advice?

[RocketMan]

Yep, power attack scales off of strength.

[Gaz O'D]

Originally posted by Mail me to the Moon:

Yep, power attack scales off of strength.

Cheers.

Thing is it says in the description that if I'm using 2 weapons it's damage is halved by 50%. Does that just mean for my offhand weapon?

[StevenXu]

You should but low priority. Two weapons fighting will eat a lot of feats.

For most classes don’t have enough feats to select power attack.

[Gaz O'D]

Originally posted by StevenXu:

You should but low priority. Two weapons fighting will eat a lot of feats.

For most classes don’t have enough feats to select power attack.

Cheers. Will save it for last then.

[Marcos_DS]

The benefit of power attack for twf isn't that great, imo its more worth it to hit with an extra attack or two than to hit less but with more damage. Changes if you want to use in cormugeon smash or you to-hit rate is high enough already, but for damage alone its not worth it (again specificall for twf)

[RocketMan]

Originally posted by Marcos_DS:

The benefit of power attack for twf isn't that great, imo its more worth it to hit with an extra attack or two than to hit less but with more damage. Changes if you want to use in cormugeon smash or you to-hit rate is high enough already, but for damage alone its not worth it (again specificall for twf)

why would you hit less?
Str is used for attack rolls unless you have finesse feats. And the two weapon fighting feats can be gained thru items like belts of dexterity.

My main tank is a TWF str build, and it does just fine.

[JonWoo]

Originally posted by Mail me to the Moon:

Originally posted by Marcos_DS:

The benefit of power attack for twf isn't that great, imo its more worth it to hit with an extra attack or two than to hit less but with more damage. Changes if you want to use in cormugeon smash or you to-hit rate is high enough already, but for damage alone its not worth it (again specificall for twf)

why would you hit less?
Str is used for attack rolls unless you have finesse feats. And the two weapon fighting feats can be gained thru items like belts of dexterity.

The stacking penalty to attack from TWF and Power Attack. You'd end up taking a pretty good penalty to hit. It's not huge and you can offset it by stacking buffs though and feats though.

[AzureTheGamerKobold]

It would also make more sense to do a Dex build and use Piranha strike... there is a reason that in table top for strength based Two Weapon Fighting. Most folks don't split there Dex and Strenth to do both.

To the OP if you aren't rocking a 20 Dex then two weapon fighting is probably a waste, additionally if you do have a 20 Dex its far better to get weapon finess>mythic weapon finesse and get your dex to damage and attacks and you waste alot less that way. Again Piranha strike is the better feat in this case.

That's my opinion on it anyway.

[urartu]

Power attack adds extra 50% damage bonus for two-handers. And you can get its mythic variant for even further damage bonus. Starting with a 20 str build then adding more bonuses via spells or items will already cover the attack roll malus of power attack.

[Gaz O'D]

Originally posted by AzureTheGamerKobold:

It would also make more sense to do a Dex build and use Piranha strike... there is a reason that in table top for strength based Two Weapon Fighting. Most folks don't split there Dex and Strenth to do both.

To the OP if you aren't rocking a 20 Dex then two weapon fighting is probably a waste, additionally if you do have a 20 Dex its far better to get weapon finess>mythic weapon finesse and get your dex to damage and attacks and you waste alot less that way. Again Piranha strike is the better feat in this case.

That's my opinion on it anyway.

I get all that but i want to use scimitars, so i have to go str build.

[JonWoo]

Originally posted by Gaz O'D:

Originally posted by AzureTheGamerKobold:

It would also make more sense to do a Dex build and use Piranha strike... there is a reason that in table top for strength based Two Weapon Fighting. Most folks don't split there Dex and Strenth to do both.

To the OP if you aren't rocking a 20 Dex then two weapon fighting is probably a waste, additionally if you do have a 20 Dex its far better to get weapon finess>mythic weapon finesse and get your dex to damage and attacks and you waste alot less that way. Again Piranha strike is the better feat in this case.

That's my opinion on it anyway.

I get all that but i want to use scimitars, so i have to go str build.

If you wanted to take 5 levels of fighter you could use your dexterity for that. Not trying to convince you, just letting you know the option is there.

[Gaz O'D]

Would it be worth taking Exotic weapons just for Estocs? Or would i just be wasting a feat?

[kampfturke]

Power attack is brokenly good with high str chars.
It is even better with 2 handed weapons.
MASSIVE damage.

[JonWoo]

Originally posted by kampfturke:

Power attack is brokenly good with high str chars.
It is even better with 2 handed weapons.
MASSIVE damage.

Even better with a two-handed fighter. Double power attack damage with a two-hander instead of 50% extra. That's on top of the double strength damage they get for using two-handed weapons too. I made a two-handed fighter merc on my second character that's using a scythe. 2d4+50ish damage a hit isn't anything to sneeze at. And a 19-20 crit range with x5 damage? If they can hit it, whatever they full attack is going splat.