Some feats for flail users?

[Quartz]

Can anyone recommend some decent feats for a flail user? 8th-10th level fighter or Kt 2 / Ftr 6-8. Base (unbuffed) stats will be something like S:16 I:12 W:10 D:14 C:16 Ch:12 and he'll be in Mithril full plate. I'm thinking of him using a one-handed flail when mounted, and a two-handed flail when on foot. So, he'll have the Mounted Combat (if not a Knight), Weapon Focus (2H flail), Weapon Specialisation (2H flail), Improved Disarm, and Ride-by Attack feats. Power Attack, too.

That's 6 feats: what else would you give him for his other 2 (L8) to 4 (L10) feats? Melee Weapon Mastery seems a good one to give him Focus and Specialisation with both weapons.

Defensively, Endurance and Steadfast Determination seem good (vs Will spells). Equally, he could have Shield Specialisation and Shield Ward (vs touch attacks).

 

[hafrogman]

Bear in mind you need combat expertise for improved disarm, so that's one more set.

 

[Shazman]

Yeah, if you had the int, then combat expertise and improved trip would rock. Maybe improved sunder would be a good one?

 

[Archade]

Dire Flail Smash

 

[Legildur]

You'll need to bump Int to 13 to qualify for Combat Expertise and Improved Disarm (which would be pretty effective with the flail).

Given your focus on a two-handed weapon, I wouldn't be worrying about the shield based feats.

Melee Weapon Mastery (bludgeoning) is hard to beat given it gives you and extra +2 attack bonus and damage with ALL bludgeoning weapons. Pre-buff, you'd have a disarm check of +26 (BAB +10 +3 Str +2 flail +3 wpn feats +4 imp disarm feat +4 2-handed wpn) before adding in any magical benefits to the weapon or your strength.

Cleave is always a good standby. As is Iron Will.

 

[Quartz]

You'll need to bump Int to 13 to qualify for Combat Expertise and Improved Disarm (which would be pretty effective with the flail).

I knew I'd forgotten something. So we'll up his Int to 13. We can make him human and have Combat Expertise as well.

Given your focus on a two-handed weapon, I wouldn't be worrying about the shield based feats.

But he uses the one-handed flail when mounted, so he'd have his shield in the other hand.

Melee Weapon Mastery (bludgeoning) is hard to beat given it gives you and extra +2 attack bonus and damage with ALL bludgeoning weapons. Pre-buff, you'd have a disarm check of +26 (BAB +10 +3 Str +2 flail +3 wpn feats +4 imp disarm feat +4 2-handed wpn) before adding in any magical benefits to the weapon or your strength.

Cleave is always a good standby. As is Iron Will.

Yes. Iron Will would go well with him having two levels of Knight. And Lightning Reflexes would be good for his abysmal Reflex save. Choices, choices.

 

[Simm]

The justicar from CW can fight with manacles as if they were light flails.

 

[Dross]

But he uses the one-handed flail when mounted, so he'd have his shield in the other hand.

While I prefer this style-wise, why go one-handed on a mount, you are not restricted to only 1H-weapons.

 

[Felix]

And Lightning Reflexes would be good for his abysmal Reflex save.

Lightning Reflexes is nowhere near as good a feat for a melee type as Iron Will is. This is because generally you'll be long on Hit Points, so it will take a few Reflex-half spells to take you down, where one failed Will save will put you (and your party) at considerable risk.

 

[Quartz]

While I prefer this style-wise, why go one-handed on a mount, you are not restricted to only 1H-weapons.

Maybe not in the SRD, but common sense should prevail in certain situations.