I’m not sure if anyone has asked about this but I tried to search this in the forums and found nothing. I just want to confirm if using a much better off hand weapon will increase the damage of this skill by a significant amount? Also, can anyone tell me the damage calculation for this skill? Thanks in advance.
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Hi. I got interested and made a short test. Unfortunately, I didn’t see any real difference. For now. I think I need a longer test to prove it right or wrong, in a more stable environment. But why?
I can tell you for sure nothing beats Mana-Mana and Karacha Dagger. Especially Mana-Mana. So, practically, what kind of change are you going to perform if you get the correct answer to this?
probably get one of them and upgrade it.
Well, I’ve reinstalled my system recently and havent saved any vids, sorry. Maybe I’ll share some later if I got something to film.
But in short - I f**king love my build now that they are going to buff Stabbing hitbox, Hexen hitbox (that’s a HUGE improvement, believe me), Concentration damage, Restrain proc chance, Dust Devil overheat (+1) and Pistol Shot damage and overheat (can’t wait, pistol shot is fine as it is with it’s huge hitbox, the change will make it into a beast of a skill).
Mana-mana alone is HUGE, as it’s simply the best offhand in game, giving some insane amount of stats, EACH OF THEM USEFUL.
Still, even though Sw2 is going to get buffed heavily, being peltasta-less still s*cks. Don’t be peltasta-less, folks. It’s only worth it in very specific builds, this one is not one of em.
Build? i love your build please tell me
Well, why not.
Stats:
100 CON (~63 invested, dont remember) -> can be raised to 150 for PvP
low DEX (15 invested) -> can be raised to 40-60 or even more for PvP, tho keep in mind it makes your Sissel Bracelet proc less often, and that proc is really nice in PvE
rest to STR (~520 currently)
Equips:
Brandish and Maga Spear + Mana-Mana, green gems.
at least one Sissel Bracelet (procs dont stack in any way, but the second one is still good simply because it gives useful stats)
Full Plate equip. Full Grynas currently, but I’d say ideal set of currently obtainable equipment pre-ET is: Grynas Armor + Virtov Leggings + Roxona Gauntlets & Boots
Skillbuild:
Please note Peltasta will still probably be better at c2 even after the buff to Swordsman c2. Without Swashbuckling, you’ll get cut off from most of PvE content. Believe me, I spent like a month or more grinding world bosses like no tomorrow to level my attribs high enough that parties stopped to care I’m peltastaless. Also Guard (shield raising button) is important in mass PvP, too bad for me.
Swordman c2 variant, on the other hand, will do a bit more damage thanks to upcoming Concentration buff and will also interrupt enemies often with Restrain (will also be buffed to 30-36% chance of 1 sec stun + long slow after stun) in both melee range and from short-to-medium distance (Pistol Shot does 5 hits to enemies in a wide short cone, will soon be buffed with both overcharge and additional damage). Additionally, it will have a better uptime on Pain Barrier, which is always nice as some mobs (video above) tend to knockdown quite heavily.
Enjoy.