Guide to Fighter Feats

Feats 41-50

By Scathe and Ralsu

Revised by Nuitaran 11/07/06



A rating of 1 or 2 means the Feat is pretty much
useless to a fighter and one that you probably want to avoid. A rating
of 3 indicates that the Feat can be used with some careful planning if
the fighter build has room to fit it in. We reserve a rating of 4 only
for those Feats that are almost necessary picks for a particular type
of fighter
build. A rating of 5 designates the best of the fighters Feats and ones
players should seriously consider in any href="http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/index.php?meid=5#Builds">DDO build
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1. Acrobatic
2. Alertness
3. Athletic
4. Bullheaded
5. Cleave
6. Combat Expertise
7. Discipline
8. Dodge
9. Exotic Weapon Proficiency
10. Great Cleave

11. Great Fortitude
12. Greater Two Weapon Fighting
    
13. Greater Weapon Focus
14. Greater Weapon Specialization
15. Improved Critical
16. Improved Feint
17. Improved Precise Shot
    
18. Improved Shield Bash
19. Improved Shield Mastery
20. Improved Sunder

21. Improved Trip
22. Improved Two Hand Fighting
23. Improved Two Weapon Fighting
24. Iron Will
25. Lightning Reflexes
26. Luck of the Heroes
27. Mobility
28. Negotiator
29. Point Blank Shot
30. Power Attack
    

31. Precise Shot
32. Precision
33. Quick Draw
34. Rapid Reload
35. Rapid Shot
36. Resilience
37. Resist Poison
38. Sap
39. Self Sufficient
40. Shield Mastery
    

41. Shot on the Run
42. Skill Focus
43. Slicing Blow
44. Snake Blood
45. Spring Attack
46. Stealthy
47. Stunning Blow
48. Toughness
49. Two Handed Fighting
50. Two Weapon Blocking
    

51. Two Weapon Defense
52. Weapon Finesse
53. Weapon Focus
54. Weapon Specialization
55. Whirlwind Attack
    

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41.
Shot on the Run



Official Text: "You can move quickly before and after ranged attacks,
and while reloading."



Prerequisite: Dexterity 13

Comments: This is an excellent choice for those ranged fighters.



Rating:
4

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Official Text: "Grants a +3 bonus to all skill checks for a specific
skill." 



Comments: Some can be useful to a fighter: Intimidate, Balance, Jump,
Tumble, Swim, Repair (Warforged).



Rating:
3 43.
Slicing Blow



Official Text: "Using this attack, your attack may deal its initial
damage plus some additional damage as the target bleeds. Some creatures
may be immune to the bleeding effect."



Comments: The only drawback is the cooldown of 15 seconds. It's a good
Feat to pick up if you have room for it and want something extra.



Rating:
3 style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">44. Snake Blood



Official Text: "The taint of the serpent-like yuan-ti runs in your
veins. You receive a +2 bonus on poison saves and a +1 bonus on all
Reflex saves."



Comments: Your fortitude will protect you from poison and a +1 in
reflex is not much to a fighter. Take lightning reflexes if you want to
improve your reflex saves.



Rating:
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Official Text: "You suffer no penalty to your attack roll when moving
and attacking."



Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +4

Comments: This is also one of the best ways to avoid damage since you
can move to avoid a monster’s attack on you while still swinging away.
This Feat is awesome for getting in flanking position. It also allows a
tank some mobility to run around the field hitting monsters to grab
aggro. This is a great
Feat to have on any fighter and with some player skill makes you
extremely formidable. It also leads to Whirlwind Attack.



Rating:
5

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Stealthy



Official Text: "You are particularly good at avoiding notice. You
receive a +2 bonus on Hide checks and Move Silently checks."



Comments: Leave it to the rogues.



Rating:
1 style="font-weight: bold;">47.
Stunning Blow



Official Text: "Using this attack, you may stun the target for a few
seconds. Some creatures may be immune to the stun effect."



Comments: Hitting stunned monsters does not break the hold. This can be
very useful and it probably the best attack Feat next to Improved Trip
for a fighter to have. The only negative is the 15 second cooldown.



Rating:
4 style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">48.
Toughness



Official Text: "Increases your hit points by +3 at first level, and 1
additional hit point for each additional level."



Comments: I'd only suggest this if your character has a poor CON score.
12 hit points is not much in DDO.



Rating:
2 style="font-weight: bold;">49.
Two Handed Fighting



Official Text: "Increases the chance of glancing blows when wielding a
two-handed weapon."



Prerequisite: Strength 15



Comments: If you’re going to go the Two-handed fighting path, this is a
staple for your fighter.



Rating:
4 style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">50.
Two Weapon Blocking



Official Text: "Increases the amount of damage you can block when
defending with two weapons."



Prerequisite: Two Weapon Fighting



Comments: If you’re going to go dual wielding, this is one of the Feats
you should consider, but Two Weapon Defense is far more useful.



Rating:
3