Brawler Archive
Thread: Is it worth mastering brawler for Swordsman?
It depends. If you are already doing a primarily melee template with lines from at least one more melee profession, I would say yes. If you are doing swordsman/rifleman/medic or some other similar mix, then probably not.
For NO OTHER REASON than 2hLunge2.
Warcry2 = nerfed to worthlessness
Intimidate2 = Nice for high hitting NPCs\Creatures
Berserk2 = I only use berserk when i need to recover HAM in combat; and berserk2 seems to last forever.
Stat bonuses arent too special.
At master brawler you also get +5 2h speed. So if you're interested in being slightly faster then yes its worth it. As always it depends on how you like to play the game.
Because swordsman is the high-level PvE brawler class, I couldn't agree with the intimidate2 statement more. The only thing keeping my (0/0/4/0 brawler, master swordsman) from soloing high-level NPC's like elders is the lack of a good intimidate.
Mapai wrote:
Intimidate 2 is really helpfull for your high level mobs. I never get lunge2 to stick, so not sure how exciting that is. (course I kill 300k ham elders, they dont kd) The extra speed and acc is always nice. Warcry 2 is still nice if you got healing abiltity, in that you can rest when working on big mobs. But mostly I find I use the Intimdate2 alot.
Well, Im struggling with this as well. I have a character that is currently set to be Master Rifle/Pistoleer with dirty fighting and meditation 4. He is a heavy pvp character. However, I really miss my swords. Im thinking of replacing Pistols with sword. After that I have a choice to make. Master Brawler or use the remaining points for TKA particularly the defence trees.
My question is: is having Lunge 2 and intimidate2 worth the decrease in defenses I would have by not taking the tka defense trees? Im set on having meditate. A must have for poison and disease stopage..