That's a sharp build, Tulok. Careful, you could puncture the hull of an empire-class Fire Nation battleship, leaving thousands to drown at sea. Because… it's so sharp.
I wonder if you could get a very simmilar build using ranger, 1 lv monk, and some kind if cleric? You would get more stealth that way, and a very "must catch the avatar!" flavor with the UA class feature ranger.
@@thegayghost872 or maybe Scout for the extra movement and survival/nature? Except he didn't do so well with fishing and Iroh almost died of poison tea so maybe not. Just 2 levels of rogue would get the stealth you need, tbh.
My favourite thing about this build is that it lands the point that Zuko isn't a firebender who wields swords: He's a swordsman who knows firebending. If it weren't for his nation's emphasis on bending, he'd be considered *every bit* the prodigy Azula is.
I would have loved to see him take some lessons with Master Piandao at some point. Sokka was a creative fighter with little skill as Piandao pointed out. Zuko, on the other hand, was extremely skilled and adaptable. Piandao could have really refined his skills. Only issue is Zuko himself, I don't really see him humbling himself like Sokka did. Then again, Zuko is always full of surprises. Edit: I stand corrected. Apparently Zuko was trained from a young age in dual sword fighting by Piandao. Makes sense, Piandao is a member of the White Lotus after all. Seems like something Iroh would gift to Zuko, and his natural prowess as a swordsman probably only annoyed Ozai more because he was an elitist prick.
That does fit Iroh pretty well. If anyone wanted to make actual Iroh it would probably be a Monk either Way of the Open Hand or Drunken Master (just make tea your beverage of choice) and multiclass into Sorcerer I’d Red Draconic Ancestry (since he’s the Dragon of the West) for our fire and lightning bending
@@BenDover-dk2sp He only fights with swords when he has a good reason not to firebend, such as concealing his identity. So while he's a pretty good swordfighter, I think his firebending is the superior combat strategy.
Genasi have been criminally underpowered since at least 3e but 5e's is an extra-hard slap in the face. Fire Genasi is the best one and it's still a downgrade to pretty much any of the PHB races, let alone other stuff.
I have no idea if that is exactly what this is about, but i know for sure this is something a lot of show do to "fix" their bad guys. "just make him sacrifice his life at the end fight, bada bing badaboom he a good guy"
Yeah, I wanted to make an Iroh build and went with dumping Strength. The build ended up being much like this, with 13 Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer levels and 7 Battlemaster levels as a prototype. Lo and behold, here we are, though this leaned more on Fighter.
One of THE most terrifying things about a caster with action surge is the potential to cast fireball TWICE in one round. I had to look it up when my players wiped out an army of skeletons.
Are you sure that you can do that? There seems to be some disagreement: rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/94437/can-a-pc-cast-additional-spell-using-action-surge
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 crap, I was hoping Nezuko would win that pole. Well, that means it's only a matter of time before Bae Weiss makes her appearence
Talion from The Middle Earth games would be an interesting build. But none the less, your videos are hella entertaining, Tulok. I'm always hyped when your new vids hit my subscription inbox.
@@authoritykindbeggardynamic well, it's been a while since I played the shadow of mordor series, but the phantom/revived rogue get advantage on death saving throws, making it much easier to self stabilize. If you can stabilize every time you die, you're essentially immortal
One way of flavoring lightning redirection could have been counter spell, action surge, lightning bolt. Zuko also has good stealth skills, he has infiltrated a lot of well guarded places. Also he did learn to be a better firebender when he learned from the Dragons. He was holding his own against Azula during Sozen's comet. I think making him equally good with fire and martial skills would have been better. I know Fighter levels mean sweet sweet ASIs but didn't feel it to be in brand for Zuko tbh
I actually made a Zuko build not long ago. I gave him the tough feat before anything else, the samurai subclass, and more levels in sorcerer than fighter, but it had a lot of the same ideas that I saw here. Very cool!
Great to see Zuko here, I thought about building him myself a while ago and I went with Champion 3/Sun Soul 17 but I didn't know how to work around the issue of conflicting martial arts and dual wielding; this one here is better, keep it up :D
Don't forget Dragonic Bloodline Sorcerers get Elemental Absorb, which allows you too take half damage from an elemental attack and then redirect the other half of the damage with a physical attack.
Time to improve the algorithm by saying I would’ve chose Pyromancy instead of Draconic Bloodline so all the fire damage I deal isn’t resisted or downright useless, but that’s just me. I’d like to see more Metal Gear characters here, like Revolver Ocelot or Raiden/Jack the Ripper (the cyborg swordsman, not the thunder god)
I woke up thinking "dang what's the Tulok video today?!" and for some reason was thinking it was going to be Jessie and James from Pokémon so uh...constitution based rogues?
Came into this video expecting a monk but thats not what I got. Honestly, I appreciate you showing all the different ways you can make an unarmored fighter without using unarmored defense.
I feel like Green Flame Blade woulda been appropriate for him too. I think Eldritch Knight had things that focused on making cantrips work with attacks, but it depends on whether a DM would be fine with counting a cantrip that makes you make an attack as an actual attack and thus allow it to trigger extra attack. Ah well, great video as always, Mate!
My approach to designing Zuko was actually a Fighter/Bladesinger multiclass. You can take thr feat and fighting dtyle for dual wielding, and warcaster still, but this lets you get much further with the spell options.
I love the build, it does capture what Zuko can do in general, and i do agree that he’s a better swordsman than fire bender. I think that the moments he starts winning in most hard fights for him is when he stops trying to simply out-bend his opponents and focuses on fighting to his strengths. That being said, i personally would have left his charisma at 18 and given him the elemental adept -fire feat, to represent that his understanding of fire itself is now deeper than almost any other fire bender that he faces
Great build! The battle master subclass is probably the best and gives the most for this build, but I think I’m gonna go samurai for my blue spirit build! This was super helpful though!!
12:39 Kylo Ren's arc is structurally pretty similar to Zuko's, he's evil for all of act 1, nearly redeems himself by the end of act 2 but swings hard back into villainy, and then finally becomes a hero near the end of act 3. Do I think it was written as well as Zuko's arc? No, that's what happens when you shuffle directors around instead of having a consistent writing staff. But I do agree on your point that killing off a newly redeemed character is a bad move. That's just a waste of a character.
Worst part is, they did it in the original series as well, so besides being a cop-out from actual character development, it's also a poorly-thought-out homage.
I always thought of Zuko as more of a firebender than a swordfighter. So i would go 6 levels into college of swords bard, just to get two weapon fighting style and two attacks (three if you count the bonus action). This also gives you more/higher spell slots for "firebending", which would be all your fire spells you get from going sorcerer the rest of the way. Though maybe going 8 bard (getting another ASI) and 12 sorcerer would be better since that way you don't have to explain why Zuko suddenly has dragon wings. Also really like the idea of Zuko's scar being made of red dragon scales, since Draconic resilience says part of your skin is covered in dragon scales.
Can you make Greed from full metal alchemist brotherhood? Me and some friends all want to play FMA characters in a dnd character we need 1 more (my friend made Alex Armstrong)
If your working on Sokka I have an idea for him. Normal human Point buy: Strength: 11 (12) Dexterity: 15 (16) Constitution: 11 (12) Intelligence: 13 (14) Wisdom: 12 (13) Charisma: 11 (12) Battle Master 11 [take thrown weapon fighting and quick toss maneuver so you can his 3 times with your sword 6 times with action surge and throw boomerang with a bonus action.] Artificer 2: this is just for returning weapon Kansei 7 [we need a Longsword with Dex and this can do that] Edit:
This was great! Hopefully azula will get one too, I know the main fire bending premise would be the same but curious where the rest of the build would go since she isn't as much a martial fighter like her brother :)
I actually playtested this build all the way to Level 11 (by that point, the character I was playing had split off from Zuko so I remade him as a Paladin). It's a very fun build.
IMO Control Flames and prestidigitation > Light and Dancing lights. Prestidigitation lets you warm things up, and light small fires, like candles, torch, or a small campfire. (i'd rule that a fire started by prestidigitation is non-magical personally) control flames lets you do some minor fire bending tricks like shaping fire. take one instead of light and grab the other as you level up, cause although you would think control flames would let you have a small floating fire in your hand it does NOT (at least that's what I thought it did....) so dancing lights could actually prove useful. good flavor abilities if you wanna do little stuff with fire bending outside of battle :)
Changelings are shapechangers, so they are unaffected by Polymorph. Additionally, post erratum, Changelings have a +2 to Charisma and a +1 to a different ability score. Meaning that you cannot have a +3 to Charisma as a Changeling anymore.
Y'know.... I was just looking for a zuko build the other day. I feel he is much more magic (firebending) than martial. And I honestly would've probably gone rogue instead of fighter (we see him sneak around, infiltrate multiple fire navy ships, a prison, a firenation base....) but I really appreciate the build!
Sokka, could be an interesting build. Weapons; Club, Sword, Boomerang, he also known for a degree of techical skills, plus he likely to have some bard levels, given his penchant for jokes, stratagem, communications and disguises including but not limited to "Wang Fire".
Thank you again Tulok for the amazing video, as always. We love and support you, no matter what happens. P.S: I don't know if it's too much asked, but I think a Hiccup/Toothless build would be quite cool!
maybe instead of light, using control flames since that might be a more in character way to create a light source from the flames you emit. Plus he's a sneaky guy, could of used maybe a few levels of rogue, specifically up to the swashbucker so you can use blades like sims to proc sneak attack and also move away for free for extra nimbleness. Plus could argue that Zuko up till near the end of the series wears either thick leather like studded leather or something in the medium armour range like scale mail (although not ideal for stealth since disadvantage on stealth checks) so maybe hide armor
I have to admit, Battlemaster instead of Eldritch Knight caught me by surprise. Thinking about it though, Zuko doesn't need more firepower, he needs to remember his basics. So it's good he knows how to break his opponent's roots.
I actually was trying to figure this out myself and was thinking Kensai Monk (or Four Elements) / Sun Cleric... which now mentioning the reasons for low wisdom...makes sense. Dammit!
Boston _ Fair, so long as you’re exercising the use of blacklisting tools to avoid it and leaving any fans who do like it alone. No harassment of fellow AtLA fans in this house!
How excited are you that the class feature varients are going to be in the new Tasha book so you can finally use them without worrying about the UA thing?
Pretty close to what I did when I made Zu-zu. I gave more sorcerer levels and used the Pyromancer subclass instead of draconic, but both work well. All in all, good fun. I do wonder though, could you make Hama the bloodbender (or Amon) in 5e well? That'd be really interesting.
@@BenDover-dk2sp sokka isn't that simple lol his whole thing is making plans and until we get a tatical class or subclass hard to replicate that in game wise
Sub optimal it may be, this is still a really cool alternative to Eldritch Knight for a hybrid melee spellcaster. My biggest gripe with EK is that you lose the Battlemaster maneuvers, which are a big part of being a skilled swordfighter imo
I'm hoping when the spooky season coming we'll get to see a character build for Hannibal Lector or one of the other horror icons i know most people would have a basic idea of how to build them but my man tulok is unmatched when it comes to even the finer details
A Kakyoin build would be pretty cool if possible. Range, limited flight, possession, and shooting emerald / stone like projectiles would be awesome. Also tripwires possibly
Around 12:40 he talks about Zuko having to earn his redemption and not dying or just showing up. He talks about a show doing that near the end of the series, is this a reference to Korra? I haven't seen it but the way he talks about it, it as to be connected to something, right?
A few ideas either yami marik to bring the tourture (and maybe an Egyptian phoenix) or any of the seven deadly sins or ten commandments from the seven deadly sins. I reckon that having a character stick to one of the commandments and also forcing other to stick to it would be interesting as a concept.
I'd love to see you make a video about how to play anti-venom in D&D, I know you've done venom before but there are some key differences that I'd love to see how you'd handle
I built an Azula build as a Fire Genasi Mastermind Rogue 9/Bronze Draconic Ancestry Sorcerer 11 with the Elemental Adept, Actor and War Caster feats. I managed to get all the abilities she showed in the show and character appropriate 8 Wisdom, but used expertise to shore up her Insight and Perception skills.
@@AscalonDrake That's fair, I could get the same spells with the Magic Initiate feat. Thanks for the tip! I still might play the genasi version because it's cool though.
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That's a sharp build, Tulok. Careful, you could puncture the hull of an empire-class Fire Nation battleship, leaving thousands to drown at sea.
Because… it's so sharp.
* Slow clap *
AZULA BUILD WHEN
@@rjmunguia1 honestly Azula's just a more agressive version of this with some spell swapping imo....
That's quite a bit of damage.
@@johnnysizemore5797 i like azula i would love to see a build like that
"Isn't there an episode where Sokka learns calligraphy?"
Yes... but I'd hesitate to say he got proficiency...
He rolled very, very poorly.
However, I could argue the stink bombs would make him proficient with alchemist kit.
Definitely got proficiency with Smith’s Tools though
@@grantbaugh2773 Or rolled very, very well
it's the episode where he got a sword fighting master, yes
I’m surprised there were no levels of rogue, or at the very least proficiency in Stealth. Zuko snuck past an entire battalion twice as the blue demon.
I wonder if you could get a very simmilar build using ranger, 1 lv monk, and some kind if cleric? You would get more stealth that way, and a very "must catch the avatar!" flavor with the UA class feature ranger.
Nicolás Villaseca Alí or Swashbuckler
@@thegayghost872 or maybe Scout for the extra movement and survival/nature? Except he didn't do so well with fishing and Iroh almost died of poison tea so maybe not. Just 2 levels of rogue would get the stealth you need, tbh.
@@JessieShadowhold well, iroh and the tea was his own fault. Zuko told him not to eat it.
@@crownlexicon5225 fair, and maybe he just rolled real bad on fishing that day, idk.
My favourite thing about this build is that it lands the point that Zuko isn't a firebender who wields swords: He's a swordsman who knows firebending. If it weren't for his nation's emphasis on bending, he'd be considered *every bit* the prodigy Azula is.
THIS
*applause*
I would have loved to see him take some lessons with Master Piandao at some point. Sokka was a creative fighter with little skill as Piandao pointed out. Zuko, on the other hand, was extremely skilled and adaptable. Piandao could have really refined his skills. Only issue is Zuko himself, I don't really see him humbling himself like Sokka did. Then again, Zuko is always full of surprises.
Edit: I stand corrected. Apparently Zuko was trained from a young age in dual sword fighting by Piandao. Makes sense, Piandao is a member of the White Lotus after all. Seems like something Iroh would gift to Zuko, and his natural prowess as a swordsman probably only annoyed Ozai more because he was an elitist prick.
I don't know which of red's video it was but she said that if ozai focused on enhancing zuko's ability with blades he'd have one hell of an assassin.
@@riolkinFun Fact: Piandao is who trained Zuko
I once played my own version of iroh in a one-shot: a firbolg sun soul monk who loved tea
with the new cook feat i was very tempted to flavor it as tea and make a wildfire druid with it, high wisdom is a must for iroh
B-b-b-but Iroh is a human!
That does fit Iroh pretty well. If anyone wanted to make actual Iroh it would probably be a Monk either Way of the Open Hand or Drunken Master (just make tea your beverage of choice) and multiclass into Sorcerer I’d Red Draconic Ancestry (since he’s the Dragon of the West) for our fire and lightning bending
@@SpidermanandhisAmazingFriends I don't know, he's short, squat and tough. He might be a dwarf.
Christopher Bacon Actually he’s a loxodon because he has never said he wasn’t
Absorb elements would work also very well with this build: throwing back Ozais lightningbolts right back into his smug face.
I was expecting to get up to fire shield, because it is actually a bending form we see him use a lot
*Tulok:* I'm working through some stuff in this video.
*Me:* That's rough, buddy.
“We need swords but not at the cost of the fire”
>takes mostly levels in fighter
given that Zuko didn't learn the advanced firebending set, I feel that is justified.
@@karsten69 same here I would say he's better at using swords than firebending
He's actually an excellent firebender, he just always fights people better than him, aang, azula, katara etc
@@karsten69 So I guess learning from the dragons doesn't count....
@@BenDover-dk2sp He only fights with swords when he has a good reason not to firebend, such as concealing his identity. So while he's a pretty good swordfighter, I think his firebending is the superior combat strategy.
Tulok: “I’m team Zu-Everyone”
Me: “Ah, I see you’re a man of culture as well...”
Battlemaster / sorcerer gets one fun combo: disarming strike followed by quickened catapult.
that is actually really col never thought of that
That's rough, buddy
"If you wanted him to be weaker and not Zuko." I'm dying.
Genasi have been criminally underpowered since at least 3e but 5e's is an extra-hard slap in the face. Fire Genasi is the best one and it's still a downgrade to pretty much any of the PHB races, let alone other stuff.
Ember Island Azula: "Wait, what's that? I think it's your honor!"
Ember Island Zuko: "Where?!"
12:38 I haven't even seen the newest ones and I still get the strong feeling that this rant is about star wars
It’s exactly the problem that happened in TROS.
I have no idea if that is exactly what this is about, but i know for sure this is something a lot of show do to "fix" their bad guys. "just make him sacrifice his life at the end fight, bada bing badaboom he a good guy"
Also works for Snape
Shadow Weaver from She-Ra also applies, somewhat.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedemptionEqualsDeath
The trope page that fits this description
I love the dedication to the concept, I just think we miss the ninja aspect of zuko when he infiltrates behind enemy lines
Me: *Throws in a random Uncle Iroh suggestion.*
Several weeks later...
N I C E
I've been asking for an Iroh build since Incineroar. He might be close...
Yeah, I wanted to make an Iroh build and went with dumping Strength. The build ended up being much like this, with 13 Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer levels and 7 Battlemaster levels as a prototype. Lo and behold, here we are, though this leaned more on Fighter.
@@rararasputin8608 I'm torn between Iroh and Azula for the next Avatar build. Oh wait, he does two builds a week, problem solved
One of THE most terrifying things about a caster with action surge is the potential to cast fireball TWICE in one round. I had to look it up when my players wiped out an army of skeletons.
Well RAW rules state that you cant cast 2 spells on the same turn unless 1 is a cantrip lol, if you let them thats another thing haha
Are you sure that you can do that?
There seems to be some disagreement:
rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/94437/can-a-pc-cast-additional-spell-using-action-surge
No, the rule is specifically about Bonus action spells, it basically says if you're BA casting spell, the action spell must be a cantrip
Wac
@@falchion776 omg you are right guys, thanks for pointing that out oof thats heavy action economy haha
Woah! Zuko! I love me some fire boy! But know what I love more? Anderson Cooper. What about a build for him?
Outcome is looking pretty Blake for that one.
Sorry, bleak*
Tulok I can’t believe you’re doing Blake Shelton but not Anderson Cooper. Big disappointment.
Tulok the Barbrarian don’t succumb to peer pressure!
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 yo how about that folgore build
@@tulokthebarbrarian2033 crap, I was hoping Nezuko would win that pole. Well, that means it's only a matter of time before Bae Weiss makes her appearence
"He's got chemistry with everyone."
Yes.
Because fire.
I'm surprised that you didn't include any rogue for stealth expertize.
Zuko is very good at sneaking around.
I think the Blue Spirit would be a build all of it's own.
Talion from The Middle Earth games would be an interesting build.
But none the less, your videos are hella entertaining, Tulok. I'm always hyped when your new vids hit my subscription inbox.
He would most definitely be a kalishtar, because he literally has a spirit inhabiting him.
The rest would probably be a fighter/rogue combo
@@captainbirch9835 Yeah it would fix the Celebrimbor part, but how'd you make him immortal?
@@authoritykindbeggardynamic maybe revenant for that undead and immortal fix.
@@authoritykindbeggardynamic well, it's been a while since I played the shadow of mordor series, but the phantom/revived rogue get advantage on death saving throws, making it much easier to self stabilize. If you can stabilize every time you die, you're essentially immortal
@@captainbirch9835 Yeah that would do.
12:51 I sense resentment, remember, your doubts can clog your mind, you have to let go of your anger if you hope to find true peace.
One way of flavoring lightning redirection could have been counter spell, action surge, lightning bolt. Zuko also has good stealth skills, he has infiltrated a lot of well guarded places. Also he did learn to be a better firebender when he learned from the Dragons. He was holding his own against Azula during Sozen's comet. I think making him equally good with fire and martial skills would have been better. I know Fighter levels mean sweet sweet ASIs but didn't feel it to be in brand for Zuko tbh
Zuko is the best redemption arc in fiction
Nah, best “recovery from abuse” arc.
"You were the chosen one, destined to bring balance to the force..."
Tibbo Ocelot “Hello there.”
Actually I think he ties with Darth Vaders
Oh, undoubtedly; though, personally, I might actually say Ken Ichijoji from Digimon Adventure 2 takes Silver.
i was really hoping for some rogue levels. Zuko is a helluva ninja, a la Gaijin Goomba's recent videos
Drive by Gaijin Goomba love! :D
Not even half a minute in and I was already compelled to like. That was fast, unlike Zuko's realizations.
Three down, just the Water Tribe siblings to go. Then we’ll have all of Team Avatar to do a one-shot with.
I actually made a Zuko build not long ago. I gave him the tough feat before anything else, the samurai subclass, and more levels in sorcerer than fighter, but it had a lot of the same ideas that I saw here. Very cool!
YES! Just when I got back into Avatar and was really wanting to see a Zuko or Iroh build. Thank you, your videos are really great.
Great to see Zuko here, I thought about building him myself a while ago and I went with Champion 3/Sun Soul 17 but I didn't know how to work around the issue of conflicting martial arts and dual wielding; this one here is better, keep it up :D
Don't forget Dragonic Bloodline Sorcerers get Elemental Absorb, which allows you too take half damage from an elemental attack and then redirect the other half of the damage with a physical attack.
WE SIMP FOR ZUKO!
WE SIMP FOR ZUKO!
I'd love to see Tulok make Ron Swanson or-completely unrelated to Parks and Rec, buuut-the Miscreated Monster in Raid Shadow Legends.
Let’s be honest, Raid Shadow Legends in D&D would be a Tarasque made of 100-dollar bills.
@@guyvingelli9046 , I just love the design for characters like the Miscreated Monster, Galek the Orc, etc
Awkward N8 yeah I agree that the design is pretty good but it’s been memed to death.
Time to improve the algorithm by saying I would’ve chose Pyromancy instead of Draconic Bloodline so all the fire damage I deal isn’t resisted or downright useless, but that’s just me. I’d like to see more Metal Gear characters here, like Revolver Ocelot or Raiden/Jack the Ripper (the cyborg swordsman, not the thunder god)
I was thinking the same thing
I had the exact same thought with regards to pyromancer. I will now I will delete my comment that I made before I read yours 😏
Could just take Elemental Adept.
"Your still a villain at level 2." So true..."Bring me all your elderly!". 😋
I saw what you did there Tulok at 12:35, I'm sooooo glad nothing like that ever happened in star wars or something, that'd be caaaaazy
I woke up thinking "dang what's the Tulok video today?!" and for some reason was thinking it was going to be Jessie and James from Pokémon so uh...constitution based rogues?
Did Tulok just throw shade at Star Wars third trilogy? Oh snap!
Either that or Game of Thrones.
@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick DEFINITELY Star Wars. Either VI or IX, take your pick.
Lazarus1095 I’unno...
Was literally just looking for a VPN option, purchased!! Thanks Tulok!
Came into this video expecting a monk but thats not what I got. Honestly, I appreciate you showing all the different ways you can make an unarmored fighter without using unarmored defense.
I feel like Green Flame Blade woulda been appropriate for him too. I think Eldritch Knight had things that focused on making cantrips work with attacks, but it depends on whether a DM would be fine with counting a cantrip that makes you make an attack as an actual attack and thus allow it to trigger extra attack. Ah well, great video as always, Mate!
Subtle jab on Star Wars. Loving it.
Was THAT the thing about dying before finishing the arc? I was really wondering about that.
@@alarin612 yeah. Ren dying instead of having to explain and justify genocide. For the best, imho. But still kind of lazy.
@@Leosklein69 Thanks.
My approach to designing Zuko was actually a Fighter/Bladesinger multiclass.
You can take thr feat and fighting dtyle for dual wielding, and warcaster still, but this lets you get much further with the spell options.
Video up for 3 minutes, 220 views, 42 likes, and 8 comments. Doing good, Tulok, doing good.
It's my birthday and you posted a video I was hoping to see eventually. This was an unexpected gift.
I love the build, it does capture what Zuko can do in general, and i do agree that he’s a better swordsman than fire bender. I think that the moments he starts winning in most hard fights for him is when he stops trying to simply out-bend his opponents and focuses on fighting to his strengths.
That being said, i personally would have left his charisma at 18 and given him the elemental adept -fire feat, to represent that his understanding of fire itself is now deeper than almost any other fire bender that he faces
I figured lightning redirect was heavily upcasted absorb elements.
also, no GreenFlameBlade?
I really get Paladin of Vengeance vibes with Zuko. With some levels in rogue
He even gets ill when he breaks his oath by doing a single nice thing lol
Great build! The battle master subclass is probably the best and gives the most for this build, but I think I’m gonna go samurai for my blue spirit build! This was super helpful though!!
12:39 Kylo Ren's arc is structurally pretty similar to Zuko's, he's evil for all of act 1, nearly redeems himself by the end of act 2 but swings hard back into villainy, and then finally becomes a hero near the end of act 3. Do I think it was written as well as Zuko's arc? No, that's what happens when you shuffle directors around instead of having a consistent writing staff. But I do agree on your point that killing off a newly redeemed character is a bad move. That's just a waste of a character.
Worst part is, they did it in the original series as well, so besides being a cop-out from actual character development, it's also a poorly-thought-out homage.
He was talking about Star Wars? I thought he meant Game of Thrones. Either would be appropriate.
Kylo Ren has one big difference in his arc, it's terribly written....
First a death battle and now a Tulok build Zuko really on a hot streak
I always thought of Zuko as more of a firebender than a swordfighter.
So i would go 6 levels into college of swords bard, just to get two weapon fighting style and two attacks (three if you count the bonus action). This also gives you more/higher spell slots for "firebending", which would be all your fire spells you get from going sorcerer the rest of the way.
Though maybe going 8 bard (getting another ASI) and 12 sorcerer would be better since that way you don't have to explain why Zuko suddenly has dragon wings.
Also really like the idea of Zuko's scar being made of red dragon scales, since Draconic resilience says part of your skin is covered in dragon scales.
I like Zuko. He has honor. You know who else is honorable? Optimus Prime. He deserves a video.
Can you make Greed from full metal alchemist brotherhood? Me and some friends all want to play FMA characters in a dnd character we need 1 more (my friend made Alex Armstrong)
I can almost feel the joy of Tim from Hellofutureme from this video
If your working on Sokka I have an idea for him.
Normal human
Point buy:
Strength: 11 (12)
Dexterity: 15 (16)
Constitution: 11 (12)
Intelligence: 13 (14)
Wisdom: 12 (13)
Charisma: 11 (12)
Battle Master 11 [take thrown weapon fighting and quick toss maneuver so you can his 3 times with your sword 6 times with action surge and throw boomerang with a bonus action.]
Artificer 2: this is just for returning weapon
Kansei 7 [we need a Longsword with Dex and this can do that]
Edit:
I HAVE WANTED THIS VIDEO FOR MONTHS THANK YOU TULOK
This was great! Hopefully azula will get one too, I know the main fire bending premise would be the same but curious where the rest of the build would go since she isn't as much a martial fighter like her brother :)
Your value doesn't come from being perfect your value comes from being you; this right here, this is straight facts...
Pit from KIU would be really cool to see!
Yes!! I've been waiting for this build!
Wow, this build fits Zuko *to a T.*
@@nicolasvillasecaali7662 I agree, we just need a few levels in rogue to make this absolutely perfect, but as is it's super close.
I can't tell if this is a pun or not, because of the red T in the thumbnail
@@grantbaugh2773 it is.
But why is the T there?
T because of Iroh I believe.
I actually playtested this build all the way to Level 11 (by that point, the character I was playing had split off from Zuko so I remade him as a Paladin). It's a very fun build.
IMO Control Flames and prestidigitation > Light and Dancing lights.
Prestidigitation lets you warm things up, and light small fires, like candles, torch, or a small campfire. (i'd rule that a fire started by prestidigitation is non-magical personally)
control flames lets you do some minor fire bending tricks like shaping fire.
take one instead of light and grab the other as you level up, cause although you would think control flames would let you have a small floating fire in your hand it does NOT (at least that's what I thought it did....) so dancing lights could actually prove useful.
good flavor abilities if you wanna do little stuff with fire bending outside of battle :)
Woah! Nice Cinder build!
Changelings are shapechangers, so they are unaffected by Polymorph. Additionally, post erratum, Changelings have a +2 to Charisma and a +1 to a different ability score. Meaning that you cannot have a +3 to Charisma as a Changeling anymore.
We definitely need an Uncle Iroh build.
Y'know.... I was just looking for a zuko build the other day. I feel he is much more magic (firebending) than martial. And I honestly would've probably gone rogue instead of fighter (we see him sneak around, infiltrate multiple fire navy ships, a prison, a firenation base....) but I really appreciate the build!
I have nothing to say, but this pleases the algorithm
I think the Iron Giant would be a great idea. Warforged barbarian with a bit of destructive spellcasting thrown in.
Sokka, could be an interesting build. Weapons; Club, Sword, Boomerang, he also known for a degree of techical skills, plus he likely to have some bard levels, given his penchant for jokes, stratagem, communications and disguises including but not limited to "Wang Fire".
I just can't wait till you do Uncle Iroh; Dragon of the West.
Second video asking for a Darksiders build. Please and thank you, love the content!
Thank you again Tulok for the amazing video, as always. We love and support you, no matter what happens.
P.S: I don't know if it's too much asked, but I think a Hiccup/Toothless build would be quite cool!
maybe instead of light, using control flames since that might be a more in character way to create a light source from the flames you emit. Plus he's a sneaky guy, could of used maybe a few levels of rogue, specifically up to the swashbucker so you can use blades like sims to proc sneak attack and also move away for free for extra nimbleness. Plus could argue that Zuko up till near the end of the series wears either thick leather like studded leather or something in the medium armour range like scale mail (although not ideal for stealth since disadvantage on stealth checks) so maybe hide armor
I have to admit, Battlemaster instead of Eldritch Knight caught me by surprise. Thinking about it though, Zuko doesn't need more firepower, he needs to remember his basics. So it's good he knows how to break his opponent's roots.
Almost at episode 200. I'm curious what will come out next.
That Star wars rise of Skywalker call out on point! Too fire! Lol
I actually was trying to figure this out myself and was thinking Kensai Monk (or Four Elements) / Sun Cleric... which now mentioning the reasons for low wisdom...makes sense. Dammit!
As a lifelong Team Zutara, Zu-everyone is also best ship. Ship wars are dumb, everyone in one giant love pile, tbh.
Only one I absolutely hate is Zucest
Boston _ Fair, so long as you’re exercising the use of blacklisting tools to avoid it and leaving any fans who do like it alone. No harassment of fellow AtLA fans in this house!
Caterfree10 oh yeah I don’t care enough about the ships to harass anyone about it
How excited are you that the class feature varients are going to be in the new Tasha book so you can finally use them without worrying about the UA thing?
Pretty close to what I did when I made Zu-zu. I gave more sorcerer levels and used the Pyromancer subclass instead of draconic, but both work well. All in all, good fun. I do wonder though, could you make Hama the bloodbender (or Amon) in 5e well? That'd be really interesting.
I am praying on my knees for sokka.
Battlemaster fighter, done
@@youngoptimus14 ill do you one better, champion fighter
@@BenDover-dk2sp I'll do you one better, Battlesmith Artificer for a MechaMomo.
@@BenDover-dk2sp sokka isn't that simple lol his whole thing is making plans and until we get a tatical class or subclass hard to replicate that in game wise
Boomerang...?
Sub optimal it may be, this is still a really cool alternative to Eldritch Knight for a hybrid melee spellcaster. My biggest gripe with EK is that you lose the Battlemaster maneuvers, which are a big part of being a skilled swordfighter imo
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A FIREBENDER FOR SO LONG!
I'm hoping when the spooky season coming we'll get to see a character build for Hannibal Lector or one of the other horror icons i know most people would have a basic idea of how to build them but my man tulok is unmatched when it comes to even the finer details
A Kakyoin build would be pretty cool if possible. Range, limited flight, possession, and shooting emerald / stone like projectiles would be awesome. Also tripwires possibly
Tulok should make a Turok build
Around 12:40 he talks about Zuko having to earn his redemption and not dying or just showing up. He talks about a show doing that near the end of the series, is this a reference to Korra? I haven't seen it but the way he talks about it, it as to be connected to something, right?
It's about Kylo Ren
Sending love, Tulok, you’re worth it
It bother's me more than it should that you couldn't get Stealth proficiency, but you gotta prioritize, I get it.
I'm so excited Finally have the build I was looking for.
A few ideas either yami marik to bring the tourture (and maybe an Egyptian phoenix) or any of the seven deadly sins or ten commandments from the seven deadly sins. I reckon that having a character stick to one of the commandments and also forcing other to stick to it would be interesting as a concept.
I did 12 levels rogue(thief) and 8 levels draconic bloodline sorcerer. Because he is really good at breaking in or out of places(infiltration)
Quickened Spell would be a great metamagic option. Cast a fire spell as a bonus action and still get all your extra attacks
@@rhiarose9436 or quicken spell fireball, attack, action surge, attack again lol
I'd love to see you make a video about how to play anti-venom in D&D, I know you've done venom before but there are some key differences that I'd love to see how you'd handle
I always appreciate an ATLA build
Best use of intro song ever.
Is there significance in the T of "To" in the thumbnail also being red? Best I can come up with is Uncle Iroh's tea but that's a stretch.
12:38 I couldn't quite catch, what is he throwing shade at here?
also unsure myself, newer star wars maybe?
Kylo Ren's god awful and unearned redemption
@@biohazard724 It was earned, and he should have lived.
@@molliethomas2585 It wasn't and Rey should have run him through.
@@biohazard724 As a Reylo I have to disagree. But we're all entitled to our opinions.
I built an Azula build as a Fire Genasi Mastermind Rogue 9/Bronze Draconic Ancestry Sorcerer 11 with the Elemental Adept, Actor and War Caster feats. I managed to get all the abilities she showed in the show and character appropriate 8 Wisdom, but used expertise to shore up her Insight and Perception skills.
Variant human would be stronger and more accurate
@@AscalonDrake That's fair, I could get the same spells with the Magic Initiate feat. Thanks for the tip! I still might play the genasi version because it's cool though.
@@nicholasdriskell6540 You mean the custom lineage one?