Dual scim build help please

[Jasmine005]

I want to play as a dual scimitar which class would I go for? and eventual become a demon. is it possible? I want to hit and keep on hitting. Noob by the way.

[Jasmine005]

Really want to focus on trickery and perception too, I just never feel right not being able to do those things in a game i play, LoL

[渺羽 (Nihilmace)]

You can choose between a Ranger demonslayer or a regular slayer.
Both of these professions are perfect for the dual scimitar.

No, you can't really be a Demon, but you can choose the Demon path at the end of Act2.

[Jasmine005]

Originally posted by 渺羽 (Nihilmace):

You can choose between a Ranger demonslayer or a regular slayer.
Both of these professions are perfect for the dual scimitar.

No, you can't really be a Demon, but you can choose the Demon path at the end of Act2.

Sorry should have said planning to go into demon mythic path. And should I start with 5 levels of fighter then slide into slayer?

[Draken]

On the lower difficulty levels, which you should play as a new player, you shouldn't really need to multiclass.
Just going with pure Slayer or Ranger is fine. You can even use some other classes depending on how much want to engage with magic. There are a lot of classes that can fit a dual wield build in.

Fighter, Rogue and even Monk should all be able to fit in dual wielding without too many problems.

One of your early companions for example is basically a dual wielding mage/rogue hybrid that also has a lot of Trickery. :D

[hilburnashua]

I don't think anyone has mentioned the problem with dual-wielding scimitars. They are not light weapons. Which means if you dual-wielding them with the two weapon fighting feat, you are taking a -4 to hit with each hand. The only way I know to reduce that down to the -2 with both hands that you get when wielding a light weapon in the off-hand is to take 9 levels in figher. At level 5 take heavy blades for your weapon group and at 9th, instead of taking a second weapon group take Effortless Dual Wielding.

[HydraLord]

Hi
As hiburnashua said scimitars are not light, i was pretty sure they were...i stand corrected. The comment went useless as it was for light weapons, so i deleted it...sorry for the confusion.

Stil i will keep some of the info from the previous deleted comment...
A. Need a base of 15 dexterity to be able to adquiere twi weapons fighting feat (reducing penalties).

B. At the first few levels it would be hard to play with 2 weapons appart from light ones, some feats should be adquiere first or the attack bonus would be too low to hit anything.

C. If the class you choose have trickery or perception, you may adquire the other via background selection.

D. Have in mind while creating the character that trickery benefits from dexterity and perception from wisdom. If you do no manage to make one or both skills of your class, you may need spend some points into intelligence to get more points to spend as you level up.

E. Some daemon role may be played by choosing a tiefling, or using some class with bloodlines (like the bloodrager).

Sorry for the misinformation
Hope this help
Have fun

[GunStarX]

Originally posted by hilburnashua:

I don't think anyone has mentioned the problem with dual-wielding scimitars. They are not light weapons. Which means if you dual-wielding them with the two weapon fighting feat, you are taking a -4 to hit with each hand. The only way I know to reduce that down to the -2 with both hands that you get when wielding a light weapon in the off-hand is to take 9 levels in figher. At level 5 take heavy blades for your weapon group and at 9th, instead of taking a second weapon group take Effortless Dual Wielding.

Basically this, but you can take advanced weapon training as a regular feat once you hit level 5, ala Regill's build.

[Draken]

You could also try to go for shattered defense or final feint so that you just don't care about the penalty. Though that would be more feat tax.

[Jasmine005]

I want to say thank you to everyone for all the amazing assistance and helpful tips. It's been amazing help to find a build that I can enjoy playing. Finally made it to act 3 and am now figuring out buildings positions to boost troops in drezen.