Actually I’m already playing my doppel like this, but I have high c1 instead of swordie c2.
They are planning to rework stats, STR and INT in priority, so that’s good to know.
It’s still a good choice though, both are viable, it depends on your preference, especially the concentrate level 10 and restrain that will allow you to stunlock enemies.
Since I play full str, the con of picking highlander would be that I don’t get much profit from the increased critical attack attribute, but at least I’m not relying on critical attacks to deal damage and the new cartar stroke doubled damage deals a lot and gives you a strike type attack, which is really valuable in the doppel path, plus, deeds of valor gives a nice amount of damage (it only boosts base damage, which means the damage you gain with str, no item related).
So far I deal as much damage as other swordies when they crit, without crits from me. I’m not max level yet, but I count on the barb buffs which will give more critical rate on cleave to have a little more crits. 20-30% would be enough for me.
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You should get rid of Thrust, past some levels you won’t even use it, and get that point into gung ho, so you’ll have it at least level 3 and you will be able to buy the attribute, which is better than nothing.
Pommel beat isn’t really useful, so take it back and you’ll need to get an extra point, either from concentrate or pain barrier, your choice, and put them into bash so you’ll have the knockdown attribute too, you need it level 3.
Helm chopper isn’t useful, just take it at level 1 for its CC, you’ll also want Seism at max level, it’s probably the main reason why people pick barbarian, leave the other points into cleave.
Punish isn’t that great tbh, it got a pretty long cooldown and needs knocked down enemies to get its attribute working, just leave it at level 1, zornhau, zucken and redel at level 1 (try getting them to 6 and then reset so you’ll have the attributes for these 3), and put the others points into zwerchhau and sturtzhau.
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At the moment, dragoon and fencer are a bit ahead of doppel, you could also try and look at their paths, they’re really strong and fun to play.
I’d like to advise you, with the new ranks coming out, it’s either you pick one of the new class, because they gain absurd damages (look the difference between R7 and R8) or either your build is ruined, picking earlier class ranks would be like digging yoru own grave. It’s a permanent gamble until all the ranks are released.
All of this is my personal choice, if you want to stick with your current build, go for it, the main reason of playing a game is to have fun, I enjoy playing it like this, it works well and I feel a doppel should be played with str, but whatever floats your boat and eventually make it bounce for the extra fun.
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