Swordsman Archive

I have been reading the posts so far and I have been loving Swordsman. But I have been wondering about what some of their moves even do? I have made Novice Swordsman and when I tryed out my Power Hammer for the first time, BLAM 2897 damage! Thats was testing 2handhit, Id like to know what these moves can do, also should I train Master Brawler?? The Master Brawler moves the most are what I want to know.

Berserk2

Intimidate2

Warcry2

2handLunge2

MindHit1-2

Headhit2-3

2handhit3

Sweep2

Area1-2-3

Spinattack2

I looked at posts and are no longer sure what any of these do by the posts after this patch that messed-up Knockdown, etc... Id like any information on these Swordsman/Master Brawler moves. Stuff like how dizzy applies to some moves and Master Brawler is important and how we don't have knockdown or that dodge and counter-attack are the only things that work and block is utterly useless, etc...Thanks

Does Spin Attack 2 do more or less damage than the Area Attacks? I've tried comparing the damage/delay but never really took the time to do it precisely.

Nice, which also brings me to my 2nd question what would you train first in the skill tree? I think im gonna go for the Headhit2 tree first because seems the only thing working. But I wanted to know the most about Brawler. Berserk2, someone I think mentioned a HAM boost attached with it and does 1-4k. They said they wouldn't go a day without using Intimidate2/Berserk2/Warcray2. Not sure though but if Master Brawler can be that useful, Id get it on top of Master Swordsman.

Went master techniques then offense and then finally defense.

Beserk 2- Not sure never though it was worthwhile to master brawler for this. If you have a decent sword and go beserk 1 you can hit for 500-800 every second. Very useful for taking down lairs.

Intimidate 2- Still haven't used. I use intimidate 1 on huurton stalkers. They went from hitting me for 110 to 60.

Warcry 2- Don't even use warcry 1

Mindhit 1-2-is amazing. If you can just get one hit off in PvP then this should be it, and if they try to run then run the other way. Also,1 and 2 stack currently which I imagine will be removed so enjoy it while you can.

Headhit 2-3-This is our bread and butter. The ability to focus on one bar and hit for high damage is great. With Headhit 3 the other day, with my power hammer I hit a nightsister sentry for 10,340 damage while she was prone.

2handhit 3- Nice beacuse it will sometimes dizzy newbie creatures, but overall doesn't work. Pretty powerful I guess, but not that impressive because it doesnt focus on a HAM bar.

Sweep 2- worthless compared to area 3

Area 3-hardly use anymore. Since the changes they will get back up before you get another hit off, and sometimes it won't even work.

Spin attack 2- I lived off this. I went to Rori to the borgle caves and took on 3 bloodthirsty borgles at a time with this. Very handy for mass aggros.

Go with techniques first, don't bother with offense anymore (totally gimped), go defense first and then offense (only if you're going for master, otherwise just forget it).