Fencer Archive

Howdy...just got novice fencer. No, not a holo message. I did one holo prof, rifleman and actually had fun again with SWG, so I decided to try out some other professions that sounded fun rather than spending hours looking for those **edit** things.

Anway, I have really zero knowledge of fencer or any melee profs for that matter. Right now, I have a vibro blade, curved sword, and a gaff. I've been using the vibro mostly due to the armor piercing. Is it the only one handed weapon with armor piercing? I guess my question is, what one handed weapon do fencers like the most and why? And what are good stats for one? I bought my weapons from one of the most popular, if not the most popular, weaponsmith on Chilastra....Descartes. However, they seem fairly weak to me. But then again, so is my melee knowledge.

Anyway, I've been hunting pickets. Right now I use a graul to tank although I may give up CH depending on my effectiveness as a fencer. I have 2 boxes infinesse and was wondering what specials you guys use the most and which combos are the most effective. I've read dizzy then lunge. I don't have master so I don't have lunge 2. Is that the combo that works the best? Seem strange to me to be using low level specials, but like I said, I'm not familiar with the fencer yet.

Also, which tree should I learn first...or which boxes that is?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

It's not completely finished (although I will be adding a bunch of stuff this weekend) but my recommendation is to read through the Fencer FAQ. You will find much of the info you are looking for right there. The parts that aren't finished (no asterisk by the link) can still be found on the site, just browse a bit. You will find 20 or so "I'm brand new to Fencer, what do I do" posts in just the first few pages.

And... welcome to Fencer! Very glad to have you aboard.

I started Novice Fencer earlier this week, and I'm really close to getting master now. Basically, I bought a damage sliced Gaff, decent vibroblade and stun baton, then some melee powerups. I only used powerups on the Gaff for bleed purposes, then switched to the vibroblade for multiple stabbing action.

I leveled up the Footwork column first for a few reasons. Since Fencers don't pierce armor too well,bleeds will be your best friend. Also, the footwork column increases your melee speed, so you can hack away at 1 hit per second after reaching completing the column. Next, I went for the technique columnfor Body Hit 2 and 3.

I still haven't done any of the Stances & Grips column, but doing damage to multiple HAM with Scatter Hit doesn't seem very appealing to me.

Since you have a Graul tank, I think the bleed/tank method will work the best for you.

One important thing to remember is that a fencer's strength isn't raw damage, it's speed. Except for maybe pistoleer and tka, I think fencers have one of the highest dps of the combat professions.

While the vibroblade is the only AP weapon available, most mobs have vulnerability to stun damage, which fencers can inflict with a stun baton. The stun damage ignores any armor or resists, so there isn't any reduction. The only other weapon I've seen that does this damage type are jawa ion rifles, and (at least for the looted one I've seen) does less damage and is a lot slower. Of course, it does have the advantage of picking off things from 64m away.

Dizzy/lunge works ok against NPCs, although I'm not sure how the dizzy state affects animals. They don't fall on their back like humanoids, though, that's for sure. Bleed attacks are handy for things with high HAM, and if you get mobbed the spin attacks work ok. Blind and Center of Balance stack nicely with the fencer's dodge bonus to keep from getting hit, and warcry adds to that too.

Ahh the FAQ...I guess that probably would be a good place to start hehe. Thanks for the replies. Gonna check out that FAQ now.

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OsmiOmesifo wrote:

I was at the squill cave yesterday. I couldnt kill them as fast as that. It took me about 2 minutes to kill one of them. (40k xp a minute, that seems too much to be true) To kill them I was using a 1.8 spd Stun Baton with 90-133 damage and using 1 handed Body Hit 2.

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Get used to the idea of taking longer than a tk to kill them, just a fencer thing You'll take less damage though, and that rocks, AFIAK.

Try baz nitch missions on Dath... 8-12k and they spawn 3ish times. XP and credits at the same time... that's how I finished the tree.