Pikeman Archive

I would suggest very highly getting the first column first. This will give you pretty good attacks and speed you up with your attacks. When grining up to my first +15 speed boost I could do janta missions but they would take about 10 minutes to do. After my first speed boost I am slicing through them like butter. I can now complete a janta mission in about 1.5 minutes. Because at 3/0/0/0 you get an area attack that also can dizzy.

I would also during your climb up the first column at least take 1 box in the third column. I would suggest this for the fact that you get Melee Mitigation 1. This will help you by lowering the damage that you are taking per hit.

I did exactly what the others have said to do. I have climbed 4043 in pike and am now working on the offense line.

Based on a Pikeman guide (that I can't find anymore) I chose Defense first. I am now 1142 (sig says 1143...goofed up, but I'll be there soon ;-) ). I rarely get incapped (buffed, of course) and have no problem whatsoever doing Piket missions (although, I should note that I am also a1113 CH). I got jumped by 3 Voritors, 3 Pikets, and a Huurton the other day (without a pet) and fought them all off without so much as a single gram of Muon (I was, of course, buffed and had some Brandy and Canape). Without having gone another route, I can't tell you if my way is better than another, I can tell you it is working for me.

I went defenses 1 first, then up to the first box with speed in it, then went up to polearmsweep 2, then finished thespeed boxes, finished defenses, then worked on offense.

I got defenses 1, then I got all the way up in stances, then I finished defenses, then I did offensive. I got the last box of combat xp before I got the last box of offensive.

When I hit novice I was immediatley able train 0.0.0.3, big help for accuracy. Then I went 0.0.4.3 for the bleed andKD and I like to fill out atree right away so I can build up the xp and not have to train as often. Now am 2.0.4.4 and will go 4.0.4.4 then the offense column.