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Thread: Help A Fellow Swordsman out
AztecImp wrote:
Im inneed of some serious help on **edit** to do besides being a Master Swordsman.I used to be MHS/Master Brawler/0/3/4/0 Doc, but since the warcry nerf i dropped master Brawler. For some stupid reason i dropped doc last night thinking i could be master CM and master Swords. LOL shouldve counted points first. Anyways. i need some advice on a template from yall.I like to PvE but i also would like to PvP and be effective.Your input will be greatly appreciated.
LONG LIVE HEAVY SWORDS!!!!!
I am a Master Rifleman/Master Swordsman/Master Brawler/Medic 0 1 0 0. I find the combination quite enjoyable to play. Lung2 and Intimidate2 work just fine. An Warcry still allows you to hit them with a few intimidates or allows you to get away if you do it right (i.e., do not damage them in the process).
Frankly, there was no reason to drop Master Brawler just because of the Warcry nerf. It is still very useful, and if the only reason you went for MB is for Warcry2, then you were wasting 48 points for 10 more seconds of delay (over Warcry1), and that does not seem to me to be very prudent. But with Lunge2, you can get a dizzy with Area3 or Hit3 then Lunge2 for a KD/Dizzy. You also get speed and defense bonuses, and even without the Dizzy, you can KD then HeadHit3 or Hit3 and do tremendous damage, killing a lot of stuff in 2 hits. Also, with MB, you get additional weapons and additional state changes (2 stun moves and a Blind) as well as the ability to attack all three HAM pools.
But even if you do not go back to Master Brawler, pickup Master Rifleman. We attack the same targeted pool, and you get an AE Stun and AE Dizzy. Thus, you can attack mind from afar, and if the get close to you, switch to Sword and keep attacking it. Or you can start close and finish of their mind as they run.