Build

Gendarme (race: Human) - Trickster

Pure Human STR Gendarme 20 with a Longspear: the reddit one-hit charge build. A mounted Spirited Charge multiplies the whole hit after the crit, so the Trickster crit chain (Improved Critical II-IV and the mythic feat, x5) times the charge multiplier is the nuke. Sustained DPR is a plain full attack; the charge is reported beside it. Ported from the user's Gemini build (2026-10-02).

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Commits to: Gendarme
Race: Human
Point buy: STR 18, DEX 13, CON 14, INT 10, WIS 12, CHA 14
Mythic path: Trickster, rank 10 at 20
Equipment that scales with level: armor enhancement, amulet of natural armor, ring of protection, weapon enhancement, belt of physical perfection, headband of mental perfection
Other worn items: Engraved Lucky Bracers from 1 to 17 (counted): +1 luck AC in the free wrist slot.; Half of the Pair from 12 (counted): Act 3, Drezen (Arsinoe) and Artisan's Tower (Devarra), around the Ivory Sanctum, about level 12 (user, 2026-10-22): one half on the rider, the other on the horse, always within 10 feet while mounted, so both get +2 circumstance attack and AC (user, 2026-10-22). It takes the neck from the natural armor amulet.; Embroidered Gloves from 18 (counted): +3 luck AC in the free hands slot (replaces the bracers' +1 luck).

Level by level

Level	Class	Picks	Gear from this level
1	Gendarme	Order of the Sword · cavalier order Mounted Combat · general feat Spirited Charge · bonus feat Power Attack · bonus feat	Longspear, Half Plate
2	Gendarme
3	Gendarme	Outflank · general feat Cleave · bonus feat
4	Gendarme		Full Plate
5	Gendarme	Weapon Focus:Longspear · general feat Close to the Abyss · mythic hero Mythic Charge · mythic ability
6	Gendarme	Great Cleave · bonus feat	Mithral Full Plate
7	Gendarme	Dazzling Display · general feat
8	Gendarme	Weapon Focus (Mythic):Longspear · mythic feat
9	Gendarme	Shatter Defenses · general feat Indomitable Mount · bonus feat
10	Gendarme
11	Gendarme	Improved Critical:Longspear · general feat Mythical Beast · mythic ability Perception 1 · mythic trick
12	Gendarme	Mounted Shield · bonus feat Improved Critical (Mythic):Longspear · mythic feat
13	Gendarme	Combat Reflexes · general feat
14	Gendarme
15	Gendarme	Improved Critical II:Longspear · general feat Critical Focus · bonus feat Ever Ready · mythic ability Improved Mythic Trick: Perception (Rank 2) · mythic trick
16	Gendarme
17	Gendarme	Improved Critical III:Longspear · general feat Power Attack (Mythic) · mythic feat
18	Gendarme	Dodge · bonus feat Last Stand · mythic ability Leading Strike · mythic ability Critical Focus (Mythic) · mythic feat	Fabled Hero's Lance
19	Gendarme	Improved Critical IV:Longspear · general feat
20	Gendarme	Toughness · bonus feat Flawless Attacks · mythic feat

Open points and things not counted yet

Source build listed 'Mythic Charge (Feat)' (no such feat; Weapon Focus (Mythic) moved here) and 'Rupturing Storm' (not in the mythic catalog; Mythical Beast took the slot, user 2026-10-02).
Source bonus-feat levels (1, 5, 9, 13, 17) don't match Gendarme's (1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20); remapped.
Improved Critical II needs Perception rank 2 (mythic rank 5, level 15), so the chain is 15/17/19, not 13/15/17.