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Dec 21, 2010 -- 9:55AM, olfactatron wrote:

Dec 21, 2010 -- 9:23AM, Khan_the_Destroyer wrote:

What is HE TS? No one is allowed to berate me if the answer is obvious. Rather, thank me for giving you the opportunity to enlighten me.

Pretty sure it stands for High Elf Transsexual.  
 

This. It's pretty much the gold standard in tranny combat.

Or, it could also mean Half Elf Twin-Strike.

Sweet. I like me this class, and I look forward to somebody else scouring for ways to make it better at its job! I'll try and help out by offering suggestions from what I know.

- Light Blades (specifically the rapier) are probably the best weapon type for a melee executioner. For Deft Blade, mostly.
- Multiclassing Rogue helps a lot with alpha damage. 9d10 + 5d6 hurts. Incidentally, feverishly pursuing combat advantage is a good idea too because executioners are somewhat innaccurate compared to Slayers, Thieves, Avengers, ect. Given the stealthy nature of the class, combat advantage isn't terribly hard to get (and thus Nimble Blade is another reason to use Light Blades).
- Charging always makes things better. Surprising Charge (requires being a rogue or fighter) gives a nice boost to damage with combat advantage on those, and Horned Helms make it even better (+1d6/+2d6/+3d6 on charge damage).
- Drow get a feat called Merciless Killer which gives you +5 damage against someone that is bloodied. This is a good thing for a race good at this class that likes to kill wounded things.
- This class can take advantage of the assassin feats that allow you to multiclass warlock and get Shadow Walk, combining it with the level 6 at-will utility Darting Shadow to result in near permanent hidden status. Make sure you take Mark of Shadow so your misses don't blow your cover.
- A melee executioner may also be wise to multiclass Avenger. Increasing your chance of critting on the big hit is always a good idea. Elves in particular would do well with fishing for crits this way. Note: I have suggested three awesome multiclass options. They sadden me with their taunting.

I was able to make a drow charger executioner/guild executioner/destined scion last night that did about 71 DPR at-will, and 90 on charges. Without frostcheese, it was more around 57 and 75, respectively. I assumed continuous combat advantage even on the non-frostcheese one, because executioners rarely enter combat situations without backup and there are lots of feats that can make combat advantage super-easy to acquire (Cunning Stalker, that rogue one for basically all conditions, ect.).