How do you guys build your Fane? (Advice on 4 party build plz)

[VincentVolaju]

So I am planning to do a 4 man party on Tactician with Fane as my player character. This will be my first full play through of the game. I put 40 ish hours into it at release but never even finished act 1. So I have a pretty good idea of the game and how it all works, just not 100% on builds and what not for specific characters.

For those of you who have Fane as your main character, what do you usually make him as? I am kind of torn between making him some type of Summoner / Caster, or Death Knight / Warrior type. Not too interested in Rogue on him. I was thinking maybe Summer + Geo to have a pet, but also get the poison heals with geo, as well as a little control with oil and such. Although, not sure how well Summer + Geo works? My other idea was like full Warfare / Necro, and try to make him a tanky type character with 1H + Shield, and some Necro attacks for ranged?


Also as a side note, my other party members will be ...

Lohse - Caster Healer (I think thats Hydro + Geo?)
Ifan - Archer with elemental shots (Not sure how to build that)

Sebile - Rogue (Think just Warfare + Scound)
OR
Beast / Prince - No idea what I'd make them, just want to see their stories lol.


So what do you guys think? Any advice or suggestions for a Fane build, or for that matter, a 4 man party build?

[RK47]

Fighter Fane is pretty good.

Start with Polymorph 1 for Bull Rush and Tentacle Lash
Bull Rush: Good damage, mobility, spammable for 3 turns
Tentacle: Great damage, purely based on STR

Warfare for Battering Ram, Battle Stomp
Battering Ram: Great for knockdown
Battle Stomp: Again, knockdown

You will want to buy some skill books, I recommend:
Chameleon Cloak - for easy repositioning or lose aggro completely. Or start the fight at prime position

Other notable stuff:
Mobility skill: either wait for Phoenix Dive or go for Polymorph's Wing.

[Vicious]

Death Knight Fane

Start with Poly/Warfare. Put a point into Hydro/Scoundrel for Vampyric Hunger
Put about 2 points into necromancy, pump Warfare after.

Bullrush/Tentacle is great, as are any Warfare skills that hit AoE/close distance. Grab Adrenaline from Scoundrel, and maybe Armor of Frost to replensih magic Armor.

Bone cage is great for replensishing armor. Things like Shackles of pain is great sicne you'll be taking tons of damage by being in the middle of things.

...there's no real reason for Fane to do this, I guess. And it works with anyone, but Fane Death Knight seemed cool.

[Qiox]

Toe bone connected to the foot bone
Foot bone connected to the heel bone
Heel bone connected to the ankle bone
Ankle bone connected to the shin bone
Shin bone connected to the knee bone
Knee bone connected to the thigh bone
Thigh bone connected to the hip bone
Hip bone connected to the back bone
Back bone connected to the shoulder bone
Shoulder bone connected to the neck bone
Neck bone connected to the head bone

[VincentVolaju]

Originally posted by Vicious:

Death Knight Fane

Start with Poly/Warfare. Put a point into Hydro/Scoundrel for Vampyric Hunger
Put about 2 points into necromancy, pump Warfare after.

Bullrush/Tentacle is great, as are any Warfare skills that hit AoE/close distance. Grab Adrenaline from Scoundrel, and maybe Armor of Frost to replensih magic Armor.

Bone cage is great for replensishing armor. Things like Shackles of pain is great sicne you'll be taking tons of damage by being in the middle of things.

...there's no real reason for Fane to do this, I guess. And it works with anyone, but Fane Death Knight seemed cool.

This actually sounds better than the full Warfare / Necro I was thinking of. And yeah I imagine Fane as either a Wizard / Summoner type character, or as a Melee Necro Knight of some sort. So this will work pretty well.

Now I've got to come up with builds for the other 3 characters. I was planning on making Lohse the main healer with both max Hydro / Geo for normal heals, plus poison spells. But I really want a summoner in the party as well, so if Fane is going to be a Death Knight now, then I might want to make Lohse Summoner + Support, and make someone else a healer.

[Statsministeren]

I usually have him as scoundrel becouse of poison and bony finger. But you can lockpick with any class, so warrior /poly is good as well (I use Ifane as my warrior since he is my main this playtrough).

[KDubya]

I'd go with Warfare/Polymorph at creation instead of Necro/Hydro.

The attraction of Necro/Hydro is Vampiric Hunger which is great but has a short duration and requires two skill books to combine to get the skill which will be difficult to afford in the beginning.

Going with Warfare/Poly at the start gets you an effective combatant from the start. Bull Rush gets you movement, a move-thru attack and bleeding; Tentacle Lash gets you a hard hitting atrophy applying ranged attack; and Bull Rush or Battle Stomp get you another AoE knockdown.

Have two points in Warfare when you get to level four for new skills so you can have the necro and hydro in the build at level three.

[Demogorgon]

Here's my party, currently finishing up Act 2 (Classic mode - non-definitive)

(1) Louse (1 hd/shield - Frost Paladin)
Job descrption - lay down some ice, magic armor restore, heal others, annoy enemies.

(2) Red Prince (2 hd - Eternal Knight)
Job description - heavy dmg - self-reliant

(3) Ifan (xbow/bow - Ranger/Summoner)
Job description - heavy dmg + Summon for distraction

(4) Fane (wand/shield - Terramancer [Geo/Necro])
Job description - heavy dmg + phys.armor restore)

For the most part,they work well together - except for Ifan that seems to require some babysitting from time to time, since all he has is 'tactical retreat' and 'first aid'. He has no armor buffs, but can be buffed by any of the other 3 characters.

I'm currently enjoying having 3 characters equip 'Shackles of Pain' in order to confuse the AI, plus I love the animation :)