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Thread: Swordsman or Teras Kasi Artist for combine whith Rifleman?
I am Rifleman, and i won combine Swordsman or TKA, TKA have the meditation tree but Swordman have more mind attack.
What is beter for combine whith this?
Thx.
TKA...you only have to unarm your rifle to fight and get all the defense mods for melee...if you go sword you have to unequip your rifle..then equip your sword to get the defense mods for melee.
Plus TKA deal out faster jits..the fastes of all the melee classes.
In Most cases the Answer will always BeTKS when the TKS vs "any melee" question is asked.
TKS Will Go Great With Riffle and Can even Stand alone if you wanted.
On the otherhand, You can Say the exact Same for Swordsman when paired with riffle. IMO Sword is Much Better for Pairing with riffle but doesn't stand alone quite as well as TKS. The Sword Mind Bleeds and Head hits are stronger then what the TKS has to offer against the mind pool. Then again if you Consider the advantages of meditate... 
Currently TKS Has MUCH MUCH better bonuses and Specials all around (they are Closer to complete), However it is only a matter of time before Heavy Sword gets the Same kind of love(We are Closer to a Beta build, still...)
Basicly just Go with what you like the idea of more. Do you want Something Complete now or later? Do you likeSwords or KungFu more?
If you go TK, you also pick up more melee and ranged defensive bonuses that apply to you even with your rifle equiped.
On live the numbers are roughly +32/30 melee/ranged for TKA and +20/15 melee/ranged for Swordsman. On Test, the numbers are even more in favor of TKA with their +62/50 vs Swordsman's +20/15.