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Inspired by the Divine Recovery + Elven Accuracy = Infinite Rerolls thread, I originally posted the build there; however, I would like to create a new thread for discussion specifically about this build instead of the mechanics of Divine Miracle and Elven Accuracy.



Level 30 Elf Paladin / Astral Weapon / Demigod
Tools:
Elven Accuracy
Pray for More
Divine Miracle
Vorpal Weapon
[!] Given this build, there are no additional feats, optional class powers, or ability scores that are required to accomplish the trick.

How it works:
Setup: Before attacking you must expend every encounter power you have except Elven Accuracy.
Execution:
Step (1) Approach your enemy.
Step (2) Perform a basic melee attack.
∟(2a) Regardless of the roll (even a natural 20), use Elven Accuracy to reroll.
Step (3) Reroll your attack. After rerolling, Elven Accuracy has been expended and you can use Divine Miracle.
∟(3a) If you roll a natural 20, you hit. Use Divine Miracle to recover Pray for More.
∟(3b) If you do not roll a natural 20, you might not hit. Use Divine Miracle to recover Elven Accuracy . Repeat Step (3).
Step (4) Roll for damage.
∟(4a) If you roll max damage, roll an additional die as provided by Vorpal Weapon. Repeat Step (4).
∟(4b) If you do not roll max damage, use Pray for More to reroll your damage. Upon expending Pray for More, use Divine Miracle to recover it. Repeat Step (4).
Step (5) Repeat Step (4) until your damage is greater than your target's hit points and other miscellaneous modifiers such as temporary hit points or resistances.
Step (6) To end the cycle after completing Step (5), Use Divine Miracle to recover Elven Accuracy instead of Pray for More. Thus, you will be able to repeat this trick upon your next attack.


Conclusion:
This build is capable of instantly killing anything with a basic melee attack at-will. Furthermore, the trick can be accomplished with any At-Will or Daily power also. However, It can not be used with an Encounter power! Astral Whirlwind would be great if you ever ran into a pack of Elder Red Dragons. You could even perform this trick multiple times in a single turn from things such as Opportunity Attacks or other bonus attacks.

Furthermore, the build is completely independent of feats, other powers, and ability scores. In terms of optimizing any of those, I would suggest optimizing your survivability as you no longer need to worry about your offensive capabilities.

Also, the base class of Paladin is not required. Only Astral Weapon and Demigod are required. Therefore, in the pursuit of defeating Orcus with each class, Level 30 Elf x / Astral Weapon / Demigod with Soldier of the Faith can serve as a template for any class.

Enjoy.

Arismir wrote:

Setup: Before attacking you must expend every encounter power you have except Elven Accuracy. (Use them on the nearest rabbit each morning.)

I'm compelled to point out you can't expend Encounter powers until you are actually in an encounter.

Cheers, -- N

I may have missed something here.

I can see how Pray For More allows you to re-roll your damage roll, but nothing that shows it allowing you to add any damage or make a second attack. So how does this do infinite damage?

EDIT: Nevermind, I see it now. Sigh. One more item for the errata pile.

This would run afoul of the rule about requiring actual meaningful threats to use your powers.

According to RAW, you can't attack a bunny to allow you to Cleave into Orcus, and so you cannot attack a bunny just to dump your encounter powers. You would have to use them in the actual encounter.

SeraphimDominion wrote:

This would run afoul of the rule about requiring actual meaningful threats to use your powers.

According to RAW, you can't attack a bunny to allow you to Cleave into Orcus, and so you cannot attack a bunny just to dump your encounter powers. You would have to use them in the actual encounter.

He has to use them in an actual encounter.

He just has to refrain from taking a Short Rest before visiting Orcus.

Cheers, -- N