Swordsman Archive

Swordsman hasn't really gotten all that much better. However, the introduction of 40% Stun Comp and Imp Stun Resist PSGs has made Fencer's stun batonand the Rifleman's jawa much less effective than before. Also, scatter hit 3 no longer bypasses armor, again, reducing the fencer's effectiveness.

Hitting the speed cap is what really helps out a swordsman in PvP. Couple that with a nice 800 dam PH or a very well-made scythe and you can do some serious damage.

A speed-capped pikeman with a couple of nasty looted DOT pikes and a 1k+ dam LVA will still ruin your day faster though.

For the record, my non-jedi toon is MPike/MSword/Mbrawlr/Medic4140 and I am speed capped in both swords and pike.

very well, thanks for the information

Do you spend a lot of time on the floor or generally you stay up long enough with CoB going to get a fire or something on it so you don't just lay there and get hit without them taking some damage? I always thought that template or something similar would be nice, like get 4000 tka and 0040 medic but that's just me, but it seemed like it lacked in melee/ranged and def vs.

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Scylla

I have +25 in SEAs to both Dizzy and KD, plus I always eat Thak for more KD def, so generally, I am fairly difficult to KD. My first trick is obviously to try and land an Intimidate2, followed by a Stun, then a Dizzy and KD. Once they are on the ground, they get every DOT I have in inv, which I can do fairly fast with my swapping macros.

If it turns out that my opponent is a stacker that's nearly KD proof, I stick random DOTs on them, starting with Fire, to keep them distracted. Once I have several DOTs ticking away on thier mind bar, I swap to the hammer and go to town. I can get around 2200 in tics from my 5 best Mind DOT lances Who says DOTs are evil?

Fighting someone with a bunch of Doc or Master Doc is pretty much a given win, since they dont have enough KD def to stay on their feet and every time they waste a round healing a DOT, I am still cranking out damage.

Without the SEAs and nice lances that I have, you will get KDd. So long as COB is running, you should be able to get up without too much damage being done. It takes more pratice and skill to be a Pike PvPer w/o the benefit of great gear. However, once you have that great gear....

My best LVA is 1107 Dam, which really hurts, and best current PH is 955. (Both looted, Pike by me, PH bought at auction way back before sword bleeds got the bat.) Even as it is, I still get killed, but I win far more than I lose, so I'm happy.

I have been out of the game for about 3 months. I used to be a swordsman then. I want to be good at pvp and i posted on the forums asking advice on what professions to be good at for pvp. I got advice to go with swords and rifles. Now 3 months ago when i was a swordsman they really sucked at pvp. Someone told me they arent anymore. Can anyone please tell me why this is and if its true?

What happened to make swordsman alot better at pvp?