Swordsman Archive

I noticed that I am counter attacking with my weapon, but i am only Brawler: 2-hand 4 now.. and habe no counter attack ability . I don't think we get that until Novice Swordsman. So why am i counter attacking on a regular basis.

Secondly if u have another weapon skill like carbine, do the 2 abilities stack so u could in theory get +45 counterattack ability from both Carbine +20 and 2-Hand +25?

I seem to counter more times than i get missed, and that is better than a miss.

+45? i'm master sword/brawler and i have +110.

would like to know if it stackes with carbineer though, that'd be uber.

Yup, it stacks. Same reason why fencer+pistoleer is so hard to hit with their stacked dodge mods.

Oh, as far as counterattack/dodge/block being better than a miss...for the most part I would rather take a miss than a counterattack/dodge/block. Why? Things like bleeds and fire dots will still be applied if you counterattack and wear you down whereas you won't be stuck with a dot effect if you are flat out missed.

Just a strategy thing, if you find your opponent is counterattacking/dodging/blocking try hitting them with your bleeds. With the strength of the swordsman mind bleeds it won't take them long to take your opponent's mind down to 1 point leaving them unable to use specials of their own. After that all it takes is one hit anywhere to any of their HAM bars to knock them out.

well my primary profession is going to be doc . so I'm not too worried about bleeds. Just make sure i have plenty of Muon Gold and my buff's in good order. just trying to figure out the right way to balance the skill . i can master Doc and Swordsman with enuf left over to get only like Brawler:1-Hand 4 . so if i want 4/0/0/0 Fencer too for the extra defense. i'll have to figure out the right distribution of skills.

Dodge= Pistoleer/Fencer, both are able to specifically target the health bar - Dual Master = +210

Block = Rifleman/Pikeman, why are these seperate? why is one action the other mind?? Dual Master = +185

Counterattack = Carbineer/Heavy Swordsman, again.. why the target mix up. - Dual Master = +205

Why aren't they matching according to what each combat profession can specifically target. This would make somebody who is (like a pistoleer/fencer) a dual combatent extremely strong. Why is sony not thinking (again) before acting??

Yes a dual master would be very powerful.. but thats it.. they have very little for other professions.. so they are strong in one area but weak in another...

It does stack, and i'm currently working towards the carbineer counterinsurgency line. I won't get the full 205 counter attack, because I don't plan on matering Carbineer, just the one line. so I end up with 190 Counterattack. Those remaining skill points are better used elsewhere =) I can't wait to use COB with that too.. It's gonna rock.