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Oh, looks like Arcane Implement Proficiency will work now, as they've dropped the "with your arcane powers" bit it used to specify.  Pact blades will work, as they're just an implement.  The paladin-intended weapons are still all over the place, as some (like Scepter of Bane, Disrupting, & Holy Avenger) say that you can use them as a holy symbol, so they're good for warlock powers, but others (like Unforgettable Cudgel, Weapon of Evil Undone, Bradaman's, & Lion's Heart Hammer) specify that you can only use them as a holy symbol for divine powers, which won't work for this build by RAW (but if I were GMing, I'd let it work).

Mar 3, 2011 -- 11:33AM, AlphatheGreat wrote:

2.  Nope.  I'd like to give them that much credit, but nope.  Essentials half-fixed it, but not completely.  In some ways it's worse now, as they changed weapon focus so that it no longer applies to implement powers with a weapliment.

One thing to note is that the racial proficiency feats still apply to both weapon and implement attacks, so if you're a tiefling and don't mind a scimitar instead of a longsword, you can use Turathi Weapon Training for a universal damage feat bonus.

Is it possible to create an Eladrin variant of this build that's still great at his job?

By taking Two Fold Pact, you get the pact boon of what ever pact you pick (Mine being infernal.) So now if you have rod of corruption at any level, if you kill the thing you can then decide to not gain the TBH and spread your pact around to everything in 5 squares. So what you could end up doing is use AIP to have all your powers being cast through your sword, in which case, as long as you keep the rod of corruption +1 in your free hand, you can get the awesome benefit of cursing everything, while not having to worry about upgrading it and instead find a good sword and get another good item.