Basically, my partner wants to be a two hand sword DPS, that does not utilize Dragoon, and can mesh well with my Cleric > C2 Priest > C3 Paladin > PD setup. Yes I will have monstrance and all the buffs. Looking for some ideas before I spend possibly 5+ hours researching, theorycrafting, giving myself a headache, and playing with skill builder to figure it out. Pretty much, Class/Skill/Stat point build suggestions if at all possible. Already had enough of a headache figuring out my ideal build as it is. Thanks everyone.
Swordman C1 > Highlander C1~C2 > Barbarian C1~C2 > Doppelsoeldner C1~C2, maybe? Just a suggestion based on what I saw (I actually dont know bricks about Swordmen lol).
Yea I was thinkin Doppel would be in it somehow. Hopefully some swordies who played around with it can help answer.
DEX>STR build as usual, with leather armor set as your protection.
For Highlander, Skyliner is your OP skill to spam in bossfight, Cartar Stroke is your primary grinding tool, Moulinet is your multi-hit skills with great damage, Cross Guard is for your blocking skill that is useful in all situations. 1000 block can get you unscratched from most melee-ranged mobs. Your DEX build makes you more untouchable in PvE.
For Barbarian, their skills are just for filler when your Cartar Stroke is on cooldown, while some of their skills can cause stun which makes you viable in PvP.
For Doppelsoeldner, Cyclone is your best skill for bossfight besides Skyliner, while Punish will cause tons of bonus damage after you blocked someone’s attack by using Cross Guard, Double Pay Earn is enough at level 1 or maybe 2 as you will mostly 1 hit KO most enemies with 1 hit from Cartar Stroke. Redel is still unknown but the Google Translate description said it is a multi-hit skill so maybe it’s worth to take it.
You can also replace Barbarian c1 with Highlander c3 to increase Cartar Stroke, Skyliner, Skull Swing, Vertical Slash like this build.
Hm so one build gives a couple more controlled DPS functions and stuns, good for PVP, while the other will have more raw, PVE focused damage. Very well. As for the stat layout… Im guessing 5 dex, 4 str, 1 con per 10?
But remember that Swordsman will fall behind at PvP later on as their CC skills can be countered by Oracle’s Prophecy & Plague Doctor’s Bloodletting - Beak Mask. They will also have a hard time to deal with wizards with CC like Psycokino, Linker, Cryomancer.
As for the stats, CON isn’t really needed unless you plan to fight magic casters in grinding. If you want to raise your HP, you can just get equipments that can provide bonus CON or HP. 20-30 CON only gives around 3k bonus HP for Swordsman and that is not worth it in my opinion. Instead, you can raise DEX until it reaches around 190+ points then put the rest of the points into STR. By that setup, in level 200, you should have around 127+ STR, 30+ CON, 210+ DEX or more with full set equipment.
Should work fine then for her. Im basically going 3/1/2/4 on my Cleric > C2 Priest > C3 Pld > PD build for str/con/sp/dex to be able to burst dmg, support, debuff, buff, heal and pretty much babysit her as she does most of the damage.