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Can anyone help me out with this. I've been a master for a little while now and i hoped it would change things but it realy doesn't. The story is the same everytime. TKA dizzy'Kd's and I'm down. I lay on the ground swearing as he beats my limp body, over and over again with that annoying roundhouse speccial. Then I'm dead and he laughs. Sadly even dabblers that haven't spent the same skill points as me can do this. Something just doesn't seem right here.

I have a good PH, and Cleaver, 70% kinetic adv ubese and nothing seems to help. I'm also slowly working up the defense tree of fencer.

So far my only plan at actually winning has been to COB and prey for a counterack on that Dizzy+Kd and then warcry to delay them. Its never my luck that both of those things work right though, they have such high defenses and accuaracy, they generally just need to spam and it will land before i can kill them.

Anyone have some advise? I'm really kinda tired of it dying everytime i see a TKA in pvp.

In my experience unless you get the first hit in, either a one-shotter /headhit3 or a nice bleed and hope to hit him one more time, your doomed.

Alternative is getting warcry in before he KDs you. Then proceed to beat him on his head. If they get a KD/dizzy on you chances are your done for.

If you really want to give them trouble,you need higherdefense vs. knockdown.Fencer 0400 is a good way to get it.

It's funny - they will use that move over and over, trying to get it to work.

Pray your warcry sticks, then as you beat them about the head, hope they haven't powerboosted recently.

Warcry (maybe), bleed, and run. Nobody said just because you're a melee class you have to stand there and get beaten on.

Don't even have to come back into range to finish them, anyone can wield a CDEF pistol

That isnt sportsman like. Id rather be beaten than kite another melleer. FOR SHAME!

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Asmoday_Galamoth wrote:
That isnt sportsman like. Id rather be beaten than kite another melleer. FOR SHAME!

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here here i agree 100%

What i do though is i do kite range professions like this, i show them how i feel when they kite me. i just want for once a range profession to try to get through my COB while i'm running away.

So I have given this alot of thought. I have had 2 different basic fighting templates. The difference between the 2 are the same differences between superman and batman. When my KD def was 115, I was much like super man. I fought them without armor, I told them I wouldn't do my 20 sec warcry on them, I didn't heal or use spice, maybe just some booze, because I knew I was gonna wipe thier minds out. I knew this because my melee def was 110 ish and my kd def was high enought htat I wouldn't get knocked down. I listened to all of their rules while duelling. This is like super man, if he gets shot or hit, he doesn't care, because he is almost invinsible, and no one says hey no fair superman because he can afford to be fair all the time... But now that my kd def is 15, and I get knocked down all the time I am like batman. If batman gets shot he dies. He has no super powers, he is just a rich guy that is crafty. I too am rich, and I am getting crafty. In fights I now am a boozing, eating, spicing, armor wearing, PSG popping, healing, warcrying, head hitting, bleeding mad man. when I do this in duels or GCW I win almost all one on one encounters as long as I am not by a starport. They can say what they want, but they are dueling/fighting Ivossk, I was one way when I was superman, I am another while I am batman. No one says hey no fair Batman! because they are on the ground with a broken jaw, trying not to enhale thier secretions... So, if you are losing to a teras guy, it is probably because you are using his rules . keep the COB on, and you will get up from the KD dizzy long before they incap you, as long as your armor has good against kinetic. And let them know they can do what they want too, you'll still most likely win... I do this in serious duels where trash talking is expected, or when I am Overt.

Beating a TKM? Get KD defense. Thats ALL TKAhas in PvP. They only way to get armor piercing with a TKA in PVP is to get buffs. VK's will kill you faster than the opponent if you use VK's unbuffed.

On an even plane, go for a quick defeat. The longer the battle lasts the less chance of you you winning. I'd try a Lunge2/headhit3/headhit3 attack and see what happens.

i have the secret to beating tkm and its easy as hell

number one. start the duel in COB. when you get knocked down, if you do, just wait a sec and hit the stand button once. you will still be dizzy, but you will stand up and continue to whipping that butt.

Make sure you have a power hammer though. I think TKA get kinetic defense. hammer is blast :-) enjoy