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Character Build: The Ka Po' Tun

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  • Member
    August 26, 2012

    Can you explain that trick a bit more?  Do you just tap sprint, then block?  Or both at the same time?  Does it work every time, or only occasionally?  Does it do damage equal to your sword when it knocks opponents down?  Can you keep it going indefinitely?

    Pretty cool build Henson, as usual.  I always envisioned the Ka Po'Tun as being closer to conventional warriors – agile, sure, but not so stealthy.  That said, the way you use stealth is more of a "stalking" approach, befitting of a hunter, than a classic assassin style.  I was planning on taking a break from making builds, and giving some of everyone else's a try.  I was about to start a playthrough of Mason's Revenant, but I might try this instead.  I haven't done anything significant with Light Armor, Sneak, or Block in a while.

  • August 26, 2012
    As I always say, refer to the Nile Crocodile vs Lion debate. I've seen crocodiles literally snap lions in half.
  • August 26, 2012
  • Member
    August 26, 2012
    Hey EasilyRemember,

    Sure can!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOKgNkufZAI&feature=youtube_gdat...

    Start at around 12:05 where he explains two handed weapons work with shield charge. It's sort of an instantaneous effect, but I found I can time it so I only have to tap block once while sprinting. Does not seem to do damage similar to your weapon, just knockdown and maybe a few points of damage like a shield would. It works for me everytime, as long as I time it right near an enemy. What he does not explain is it works similar with silent roll. Tapping block at the right time when silent rolling into an enemy achieves the same effect. Sort of a silent knock down.

    And thanks. Having done true assassin's already, I thought I would explore the left side of the sneak tree as most people just see "15x damage" and only focus on that aspect.
  • August 26, 2012

    Got a few questions here, do you not use enchanting in this build? And what would you reccomend as an ideal stat distribution?

  • August 26, 2012

    That's absolutely incredible, going to make my favorite build/playthrough so far even better, AND seals the deal on convincing me that this here is the ultimate Khajiit build on this site. In fact, I'm going to slightly modify that favorite Berserker Khajiit of mine to fall more in line with this build, knowing what I now do. The pictures are awesome, the lore is awesome, and the gameplay is fucking stupid awesome... It just wins all around.

    The idea of using sneak (and the left side of the tree at that; the FUN side) in conjunction with two-handers and sprint-rolls to set up great critical charges and so on and so forth in order to make this dude more of an ultimate stalker/predator than plain ol' sneaky assassin is just incredible to me. Exactly what a Khajiit should be. I've been working on an ultimate hunter Khajiit with a bow, myself, and I may end up posting it still but tbh this appeals to me even more b/c I love me some two-handers. More great stuff, and you're officially probably my favorite build-maker on this site by now. +1

  • Member
    August 26, 2012
    I do not as of right now. Currently level 51, so if I want to extend my skills I might go with enchanting. But with enchanting, I would only use gear specific enchantments, like boots for sneaking, gloves to improve damage, armor dor resists, and so on. Sort of like gear that is smithed so well it provides magic boosts if that makes any sense lol. Stats? Always forget that... I would say a 1/2/3 ratio of magicka/health/stamina. Do this until you have a healthy pool of stamina since a lot of this build is sprinting and power attacks. Magicka can stop until you feel a good balance of healing spell needs.
  • August 26, 2012

    Ah I see. So for the muffled boots, did you just get lucky and come upon them? How exactly did you get muffle onto the dragon boots without enchanting?

    EDIT: I misunderstood your meaning, I now realize you do enchant your gear but only with certain gear enchantments. But that brings me to my next question. Aren't your enchantments on your armor going to be significantly weak without any investment into the enchantment tree?

  • Member
    August 26, 2012
    Well I did enchant them. By "not using enchanting", I meant no taking perks or purposefully level enchanting. Sorry if that was misleading. But I actually only muffled my scaled boots for lower levels, as once I took the Silence Perk it didn't matter! Just enchanted some dragon scale boots to be cool.
  • August 26, 2012

    Lol my bad, I just like to get a good idea of how I'm going to plan my playthroughs. This build is friggin sweet by the way