Strength build viable?

[Vexus]

So one day when I manage to get to 31 on my alt I was going to change from 21 strength 20 agility build to say:

Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)

Strength: 27
Agility: 12

Converted: 8
Ironflesh: 6
Power Strike: 9
Athletics: 4
Weapon Master: 4

Two Handed: 139
Polearm: 8

Would this be a viable build or am I going to be gimped on the speed of swings and movement?

Additionally maybe I could use this build:

Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)

Strength: 24
Agility: 15

Converted: 8
Ironflesh: 5
Power Strike: 8
Athletics: 5
Weapon Master: 5

Two Handed: 140
Polearm: 60

My alt is a mauler (A protest against all the shielders lately ) so while damage is needed I need some movement to be able to reach backpaddling people since for some reason with 6 athletics they still manage to backpaddle faster then me sometimes.

Any suggestions on the build would be nice.

[Casimir]

Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)

Strength: 27
Agility: 12

Converted: 8
Ironflesh: 6
Power Strike: 9
Athletics: 4
Weapon Master: 4

Two Handed: 139

Is the build i'm using on my 2h.

I also Believe its Parre's favored build when paired with his powerful iron mace.

Your just as fast as others in melee combat, and you will kill in one hit.

Spamming people isn't really possible but you cant be spammed so don't worry.

Its a really effective build so i'd say go for it.

[Vexus]

Good to know your build

I'm still far away from 31 need 3,296,243 more

Thanks cas

[Spawny]

I'm going for 24/12 on my shielder. I'll let you know how it works out

[Vexus]

Sure tough shield might slow you down but you will hit hard

[Kalam]

So one day when I managed to get to 31 on my alt I was going to change from 21 strength 20 agility build to say:

Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)

Strength: 27
Agility: 12

Converted: 8
Ironflesh: 6
Power Strike: 9
Athletics: 4
Weapon Master: 4

Two Handed: 139
Polearm: 8

Would this be a viable build or am I going to be gimped on the speed of swings and movement?

Additionally maybe I could use this build:

Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)

Strength: 24
Agility: 15

Converted: 8
Ironflesh: 5
Power Strike: 8
Athletics: 5
Weapon Master: 5

Two Handed: 140
Polearm: 60

My alt is a mauler (A protest against all the shielders lately ) so while damage is needed I need some movement to be able to reach backpaddling people since for some reason with 6 athletics they still manage to backpaddle faster then me sometimes.

Any suggestions on the build would be nice.

Very viable. Most of my clanmates run around with 12 agility or less. High strength builds are actually pretty common this side of the atlantic, and they do well. In my experience as a shielder, that build is great in 1 on 1 fights but suffers against multiple opponents.

[Laufknoten]

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Would this be a viable build or am I going to be gimped on the speed of swings and movement?
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I play with a similar build at the moment (23/13-lvl29) and it's great if you are a "range and damage"-guy and don't need much speed. It's good for the Spamberge and blunt weapons, but you sure can use any other 2h. It's also no problem to take out ninmy old friends or shieldspammy old friends, you are faster then you would expect. 

[Spawny]

I play with a similar build at the moment (23/13-lvl29) and it's great if you are a "range and damage"-guy and don't need much speed. It's good for the Spamberge and blunt weapons, but you sure can use any other 2h. It's also no problem to take out ninmy old friends or shieldspammy old friends, you are faster then you would expect.

Nice terminology. I smell elitism.

Anyway, what he meant to say is you won't get outspammed with 12 agility.

[Laufknoten]

Nice terminology. I smell elitism.

Anyway, what he meant to say is you won't get outspammed with 12 agility.

No, it's just antipathy. My next build is gonna be a shielder, but I won't use huscarl-lolshield, lol-lightsaber-sidesword or lolpick.

And yes, you won't get outspammed but it's not the best build against dedicated german/danish greatsword player. 

[Dravic]

And yes, you won't get outspammed but and it's not the best build against dedicated german player Phyrex wannabes

[Vexus]

Ok thanks guys for all the information I'll be sure to try the build when I retire

[Paroxysm]

I'm currently this:

Strength: 33
Agility: 9
Hit points: 68

Converted: 14
Power Strike: 11
Athletics: 3
Weapon Master: 3

Polearm: 132

Kills low armor people in one hit, high armor people in two with a gen1 bec. I'm going to be making my bec gen2 in a day which basically gives me a free level of PS, so as my bec dmg goes up I'll be swapping str for speed to maintain parity somewhat. My next build will be this:

Strength: 27
Agility: 15
Hit points: 62

Converted: 14
Power Strike: 9
Athletics: 5
Weapon Master: 3

Polearm: 132

Past 130 in WPF I think is a waste of skillpoints and I feel the extra speed from athletics is more beneficial, and with 40p on a gen2 bec 9PS will still do a ton of dmg. When I finally get a masterwork I'll probably drop to 8 or 7 PS.

[Cyclopsided]

My favorite build is definitely a strength build. 30/9.
10 PS/7 IF/ 3 WM/ 3 ATH at level 30.

Much more than simply viable.

[DesertEagle]

Level 30:
Strength   27   
Agility   9   

One Handed   110
Polearm   83

Ironflesh   8   
Power Strike   9   
Shield   3   
Athletics   3   
Riding   3   
Weapon master 3

+ Warhammer (Masterwork Nordic Champion optional)/Great Long Axe - almost always one-hit

[Vexus]

Kinda explains why on my balanced character with no IF I died very fast from many it's like strength builds became the trend now