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sadly yes fencers have insane dodge skills i dont know if its so much as to only hit them 1 out of 14 but i no they are VERY high

Fencers can be hit, it is the fencer pistoleer tk combos that are hard to hit

when they have the pistolleer dodges stacking on those of fencer to the cap of 125 + what ever sea's and food they have eaten they can dodge like superman.

I suggest to hit them you need

1) a high accuracy rifle

2) accuracy food

3) damage resistance food

4) master rifle

EDIT* OOOPS 5) USE /aim!!!!!

(if you notice something here... accuracy is your friend... raise it up up up!!!)

(alsoresistancefoodcause you will spend lots of time being hit very fast)

at least scatter hit no longer ignores armor and defences...

Also use stun (the state not the damage type)- stun lowers the defences by x amount

sadly yes fencers have insane dodge skills i dont know if its so much as to only hit them 1 out of 14 but i no they are VERY high

When dueling a fully buffed, food drink fencer withs some dodge tapes to go beyond his cap, and using a nasty stun baton, you will find it v hard to win, as said before stat effects do wonders to reduce effectiveness, one of the most effective ways I've found to gain an edge over fencers is by levelling novice pikeman, why? because this enables you to use the array of nightsister lances that drop in their thousands. Yes your accuracy and speed with these will be minimal. But as long as the potency of the DOT is above say 60% you should be able to land the DOT within 4-6 hits.

ok during this time the fencer is hitting you with his baton, but if you intimidate, stun and if possible warcry/peace (lets you switch to lance without him hitting you) (also remember pikeman has block stat on 0040 (im 0030) so when u equip lance your block is still in effect (can be maxed with master rifleman and pikes 0030). Now what DOT works best, well with a fencer you are in for a fairly long fight if you can withstand his stun baton long enough....so what you need is ideally a MIND FIRE DOT, this will eat into his mind bar causing nice wounds and sizable battle fatigue, but a fire dot to health and action is ok too. This will weaken your opponent for the duration of your duel.

If you have any melee skills keep targeting the mind pool and intimidating, and re-applying the dot after it lapses, after a couple of dot durations (usually 4-5 mins) you can start to open up with your jawa rifle hitting his mind which should be already weakened.

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To overcome the intelligent by folly is contrary to the natural order of things; to overcome the foolish by intelligence is in accord with the natural order. To overcome the intelligent by intelligence, however, is a matter of opportunity. There are three avenues of opportunity: events, trends, and conditions.

Dab a little poison on them, that stuff is pretty hard to dodge.

I hate fencers, and have a terrible time with them, but I do know what works against them.

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Against a fencer, first things first stay out of his range but keep him in yours. You can use aim if you need to, but land a stun on him which will help. Then land a dizzy. The purpose of the dizzy is that he can't burst run if he is kep dizzy so it makes it much easier for you to kite. Keep a good distance between the two of you, hit him with stun and dizzy, using aim if you need to (knowing that aim makes you stand there, so think about the distance between you two early). Then if by chance he gets to close you use burst run and if he is still dizzy he won't be able to burst run to follow, and you're back to kiting.

Accuracy foods, the defense versus dizzy drink and a good rifle help also. And really, you should have an IMP PSG and a full stun suit if you like to PvP, so all of the above can take a lot of the bite out of a fencer's attack. Good luck.

Cauil

well its a complex question, with one simple soultion i guess... if you cant beat them, join them.

napoleon

rifleman/fencer

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*well its a complex question, with one simple soultion i guess... if you cant beat them, join them.

napoleon

rifleman/fencer*

Same i did...lol...first 2 or 3 shots using aim-cmdwith mymax. 688dmg T21 and than switching to my stunbaton/gafi if they come in meele range...

Mastered Professions so far: * Brawler *TKA * Fencer * Swordsman * Pikeman * Marksman * Rifleman * Scout * Creature Handler * Medic

I went down the route of master rifle, tkm, pistoleer 0040, pikes 0030 for maxed block, ranged and melee mitigation, tkm is usefull in the simple use of dizzy lunge or dizzy kd, headhit1 comes in handy when using an enhanced vk aswell. The above combination gives great balance in ranged and melee, with pikes for sticking on the dot's and maxing block. Pistoleer giving a nice stat def boost. You effectivly have 3 ways to attack the mind pool:

headhit1 (200 dam vk does the trick)

headshot3 (krayt jawa round the 400 dmg mark)

mind poison/fire/disease dot's (poisons over 200 str 60% pot, fire over 150 str 60% pot)

I've found now i've completed my template I can fairly reliably outlast fencers and swordsmen (unless they have uber baton's or scythes), usually a long duel though.

It's nice not to be part of the FOTM bunch, the above is also great for soloing everything including ns elders in PVE, theres only really a couple of profs better for this CM and swordsman and i was tempted to do swordsman instead of tkm, but i like not having to rely on doc's/medics too much or waste 15+ skill points on novice medic skills. (not been in a med center in 5 months).

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To overcome the intelligent by folly is contrary to the natural order of things; to overcome the foolish by intelligence is in accord with the natural order. To overcome the intelligent by intelligence, however, is a matter of opportunity. There are three avenues of opportunity: events, trends, and conditions.