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i use intimidate and warcry a lot, actually (because i'm also master brawler), and appreciate the skill mods from a good BE shirt (+15/+15). in some cases, i've been able to warcy an opponent, stack both intimadates, lunge2 to kd, dizzy, then pound away some stat (usually mind using scatter 2), all before an opponent can take a shot, let alone land one. if you're not a master brawler, something else would probably suit you better.

-dc

whats a good BE shirt to have as a fencer in PVP? warcy/intimidate? stun def/melee?

also, what are some good foods, drinks, and spices to have in PVP as a fencer?

________________4Swatch Darkstar3

I use melee/stun defense myself although both have their merits. Bleed resist is practically useless and injury/wound is not far behind.

Foods:

Synthsteak -Damage mitigation. Its based on a number of hits you take not a "timed" food so be sure and examine it closely

Pikatta Pie - increase your chance to dodge an attack. This does not stack with our dodge ability and is on a totally different scale

Thakallito - increase chance to resist a knockdown. Unsure if this stacks with our defense so its best not to take chances. Get the best.

Canape- For dueling ONLY. It increases your MIND substats so that you use almost no MIND for your specials and regenerate much much faster. Downside is that its a 30+ filling and only lasts for 5-10mins which can cost you badly during prolonged events.

Snow Cake - vs. other fencers we face the same problem of landing a blow. This cake increases your accuracy by as much as 50% making the CoB not as effective. Its what riflemen use to counter our defenses.

Drinks:

Vasarian Brandy- Increases all MIND stats for 30-45min and anywhere from 180-450 power. Usually a 50% filling give or take a few but with the necessity of the MIND being as high as possible its best to drink 2 of these.

Blue Milk - Instant MIND stat fill. Given a few minutes to digest the brandy there may be enough room to drink one of these low filling milks. The filler can be up to +500 MIND if enhanced and can mean the difference between a win and lose (especially to riflemen)

Spice:

Muon - Increases all MIND stats by 600 while giving a 600 fill when taken. Hotkey this one somewhere easily accesible. Use it as an emergency MIND heal/fill if you dont have the room for a blue milk.

The foods are pretty much situational but the drinks and spice are not. What I mean is that if you have time to prepare then pick your foods according to what you are fighting. Any sort of TK or Pike and you'll want to take the Thakatillo to counter the knockdown. Snow cake if you're fighting another fencer. Pikatta Pie or Synthsteak depending on how much damage you believe you can handle due to armor or the type of attacks you'll be facing. etc etc. Most of these have a 30% filling meaning you'll only get to choose 3 foods. Brandy is anywhere from 46-55. Make sure its 50 or below or you wont be able to drink two at the same time.

The anti-state foods (dizzy, stun, blind) are all to low in power, have two sort of a duration, are usually drinks (which is already being taken up by brandy), and are generally worthless since its too easy to just spam a state laying attack until the state lands.