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If you are into pvp....I would think the best you could do is master brawler and master swordsman with a shirt that has + to warcry and\or intimidate (a shirt because you can wear it under armor if you so choose). Here is why:

-warcry2 lasts for 20 seconds....how long does the average PvP fight last anyhow?

-master brawler 2h KD...do this after a successful warcry...and land a good headhit...fight over...next victum

while state defenses are nice....it is better to keep your opponent from even attacking you (imho). This is my planned template anyhow and so far it works extremely well without needing to dabble in some other profession. Dabbling is good...dont get me wrong..but it certainly seems as if the changes that have been going in lately to keep things from stacking (defense stacking...bleed stacking..etc..) seem to go against what I thought a skill based system was all about (you can dabble all you want to get what works for you). Master brawler doenst stack, but adds to MHS and I am not even a master yet and I am extremely effective in PvP and PvE. So far my move is warcry2 until it sticks + 2hlung2 (KD) + and head hit at my leisure. They will be down for at least 15 seconds...which is more then enough time to take any one out.

Pikeman, better AOE. Swordsman is sheer 1 on 1 DPS, Pikeman is sheer DPS when surrounded.

Pikeman has a direct KD and indirect KD plus dizzy, Swordsman has no direct way of landing KD without master brawler. Swordsman you also see a gradual increase in power as you go up the profession. Pikeman is staggered, the power isn't apparent until you reach 4xx4 and higher. Aside that they're more or less essentially the same. The swordsman is obviously much better geared to PvP killing than pikeman cause it targets the mind.

The other thing you want to consider is which damage type is more useful to you blast or electricity? NOTE there tend to be a few more things reistant to Blast than Electricity.

one more thing is that i like to hunt pretty high level mobs (Nightsisters) i can solo any nightsister right now but the ones with medium armor (protecters, spellweavers) just take way to long to kill even when i span unarmed3 and i use flamesingle2 to burn them, and when i with a pikeman or swordsmen they cut them down so fast beacouse there weapons have AP2 so that is why i am trying to deside sword or pike

Swordsmen are the superior nightsister killers, if you ask me. With just 2/4/2/3 in swordsman I could kill Spellweavers much faster than I can at master pike.

Swordsmen have more and better AP2 weapons, and headhit3 is a very efficient way to kill just about anything. They can't heal themselves if you wipe out their minds. Since it's difficult to get a knockdown, dizzy, or stun landed on the high-level nightsisters anyway, it mostly comes down to efficiency of damage, and swordsmen have the upper hand there. Plus they can actually damage elders and Axkva, unlike pikemen.

Generally, though, swordsmen should usually stick to a smaller scale fight where they can focus one or two enemies. Pikemen have a slight upper hand in area attacks.

Man the more and more i read the less and less it loooks pikemen look except for a few positive posts. Someone convince me to do it so i dont feel bad when i drop tk :/. Also, what does AOE, DPS, AP1 and ap2 mean?