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Thread: Great PvE / Good PvP template...
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Astao
Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:35 am
#1
I'm Master Swordsman; 4/4/4/0 Fencer; 4/3/0/2 TKA; Novice Medic; Melee Speed FS; Melee Accuracy FS; Melee Defense FS; Ranged Defense FS...
This yields a capped Melee Defense and very nearly capped Ranged Defense as well as good def vs " ". Great dmg output, ability to heal myself with Stim B's as well as status effects. Only thing I can see lacking is no ranged mitigation. Let me know what you think.
Astao
Flurry Server
Message Edited by Astao on 10-01-2004 01:40 AM
Alila
Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:01 am
#2
you cant heal your own bleeds so you're gonna be hard pressed to fight NSs
Styreta
Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:00 am
#3
no point in healing NS bleeds. They tick trice and you wont get the 1k bleed of in that time with just 2/x/x/x med. You need like 4-5 heals, itl allready be gone by the time you get to heal 3.
MrSensitive
Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:09 am
#4
In part I agree but decreasing the bleed from a 500 to a 300 before it even ticks is great. I am still refining my sister killing technique but staying on top of the bleed is key in my opinion.
Hargrass
Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:14 am
#5
If you want ranged offense then you need to drop melee. We arent meant to fight ranged on here. But we can get a little extra reach by using two-handed lunge2. But that requires master brawler. That lets you kd things from 20m away. I use it and it works well in pvp and in pve.
Hargrass
ivossk
Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:16 am
#6
If you plan on using your fencing skills in PVP , master it or pick up the accuracy line. Otherwise you will swing like a blind man against another melee guy, not even def stacker just master of one of the proffs. And do you plan on using your teras skills in pvp? cuz you can get rid of that X3XX if you are not and put that into XXX4 for the defences, then switch the fencer to 0444, or pick up some pike.
The defence line in pike is hot like fire; you could have 80 dizzy def and with an ithorian mist be capped, allowing you to smack your opponents in the head all night long!! ALL NIIIGHT!!! ALL NIIIGHT!!! If you are just doing fencer for PVE, then do X44X, so you can use a stunbaton when appropriate and get the pike skills, you will have like 95 def vs. KD and 70 to posture change?? I forget that one.
If you don't try to stand while posture changed, or have center of being running, getting up from the posture change/dizzy once every 30 seconds prolly won't be a huge deal. With your dizzy def being 100 and their chance for it to stick being 10%, and your melee and ranged def with counter attack and center of being going, you should be ok. Get a stun shirt then go to town. Hope that helps.
The defence line in pike is hot like fire; you could have 80 dizzy def and with an ithorian mist be capped, allowing you to smack your opponents in the head all night long!! ALL NIIIGHT!!! ALL NIIIGHT!!! If you are just doing fencer for PVE, then do X44X, so you can use a stunbaton when appropriate and get the pike skills, you will have like 95 def vs. KD and 70 to posture change?? I forget that one.
If you don't try to stand while posture changed, or have center of being running, getting up from the posture change/dizzy once every 30 seconds prolly won't be a huge deal. With your dizzy def being 100 and their chance for it to stick being 10%, and your melee and ranged def with counter attack and center of being going, you should be ok. Get a stun shirt then go to town. Hope that helps.
Hargrass
Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:17 am
#7
Why cant you heal your own bleeds. 4 0 0 0 medic lets you heal your own bleeds really well. Your never going to be able to defend against every dot. But I changed my template to allow me to heal myself and my bleeds and still be able to have great defense and great offense.
-Hargrass-
Hargrass
Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:20 am
#8
You are wrong. The bleeds tick more than twice. And depending on the NS you are fighting the bleeds can be stronger than usual. Try fighting a NS elder by yourself and only have 2 in the first aid tree and see if you dont die when she puts a bleed on you. I have altered my template to be 4 4 1 0 medic and I can solo NS elders with ease and heal the bleeds easily as well.
-Hargrass-
Hargrass
Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:27 am
#9
This is the swordsman part of the forums. So why are you talking about pikeman and fencer?? Fencer defense sucks on here. You can go ahead and stack your defense all you want but without offense you are going to eventually die. Master swordsman is the best offensive melee profession. I know we dont use dots. But we also dont have to switch back and forth between weapons and hope to stick dots before we can even start attacking with a weapon that does good damage. I am perfectly happy with the Fencer def trees in my template with master brawler/master swords/and some medic skills. And I dont know what you are talking about posture change doesnt matter too much. Because you can have all the defense vs kd/dizzy you want, but if you get knocked down and dont have lots of combat equilibrium you arent getting back up. So forget the pikeman skills unless you want to use dots. The defense in pikeman is no better than TK and definatly not better than fencer.
-Hargrass-
Emavi
Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:41 am
#10
I built my character to be a tank in PvE. I can do OK in PvP but not great only b/c my def vs dizzy sucks..
but Im a Master Swords/tkm/master brawler with 3-2-0-0 medic
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