Are you taking Highlander because of Cross Guard or Crown? I think it is just better to pick Peltasta overall.
The skill distribution of your build is good, I wouldn’t change anything if those are the classes you want to play and the style.
They do have the mobility to close the gap between them and the ranged classes, so they have more opportunities to do well in PvP although picking it doesn’t really guarantees anything.
That is probably from when Sky Liner had a 0 cooldown, but that changed now so that build isn’t particularly in PvE. It could maybe be good in PvP?
But yeah, Peltasta and Hoplite would be better options.
That is fine, if you feel like you need more HP you can always add more CON.
No, Stabbing doesn’t stack Frenzy. But if you already have stacks of Frenzy, they will increase the damage of Stabbing.
You can use Barbarian’s AoE skills with any weapon, but I wouldn’t really mix it with Hoplite. If you want to use Barbarian with spear, then I would wait until Dragoon for it.
It could be slightly faster, but not significantly (could also depend on your ping).
And you can use Barbarian skills with any weapon combination.
I think your second build looks better if those are the classes you want to play. You could also choose to pursue a Doppel build if you would rather stick with 2H Sword instead of Spear/Corsair. So it really depends on which class(es) you like more.
Not really, you get a lot of silver at high levels too.
While rapier’s durability might be a concern on really long sessions of playing, I think that with the limited amount of dungeon runs we have now, it won’t be that much a problem anymore.
Unless you are going to do something where you are expected to die a few times (like Earth Tower maybe), but by then you will have more than one rapier available in your kit to use.
You most likely will have a couple rapiers anyways because there are different types that help on different situations.
Evasion mostly while having a reliably high Critical Rate through your journey to max level.
While you won’t deal as much damage as a High STR build, the difference in damage for the Fencer class isn’t that significant to justify giving up the Evasion advantage.
The only way it would be significant is if you took Doppelsoeldner somewhere in your build.
If those are the classes you want to follow, I think this ratio is fine. You most likely will adjust it as you have a better feeling of it while playing your character.
The idea is that since you are aiming to get Doppelsoeldner at the end of your build, then you don’t want THAT much dodge, because you need to be able to stack Deeds of Valor to increase your damage.
In this case I think it is better to follow a balanced build like yours, perhaps focusing more on DEX during the most part of it and then heavily switch to STR once you are reaching Doppelsoeldner.
That is fine, you don’t have any other Pierce source of damage while you are Barbarian anyways.
Knockback.
Yeah, it is perfectly fine, especially for Fencer.
Uh, for boss fights maybe it takes a little too long to stack it up. But the extra Physical Attack you are gaining will later on stack with your Deeds of Valor so it is a pretty nice way to increase your damage.
I think it could, but I also think that you could sacrifice Helm Chopper and get both instead to maximize your utility at high levels.
It depends on whether or not you will take Pouncing to level 5. I think level 1 might be nice to have another skill on your bar, but once you reach Fencer you will never really use it.
If you are aiming for PvE, I would just skip this skill or get level 1 for bosses while you are a Barbarian C3.
But overall I think those points would be better spent on War Cry rather than Helm Chopper in this build (keeping Helm Chopper at level 1 still gives you a Strike skill, although not as powerful).
Yeah, if you don’t want to increase Flanconnade, then put them on Attaque Coquille for Pierce.
I think it is a solid choice, you will significantly increase your damage with this build as a Fencer.
You will lose Composee a 0 cooldown Pierce-type of skill and your high evasion though, but I think it is a fair trade to take if you are aiming for higher damage while using Fencer.
You will also cover one of the weakness of Fencer with Cyclone, which is AoE.
That is why you are not going to want too much evasion on this build.
Pretty much.
I think a little bit too high on CON and DEX, but it is fine. For now just increase STR and if you feel like you need either more CON or DEX then level it up. But I think you will be fine for quite a while with that amount of stats.
Iron Hook and Keel Hauling. Dust Devil is usually better at level 1 anyways.
You can max DWA if you want that tool in your kit too, as it is not necessary to max out Iron Hook and Keel Hauling and you will still be able to get them to a good level.
I only works that way if you use keyboard mode but aim with your mouse. Normal mouse mode has a very short range.
It is a pretty underwhelming skill all around. It could be used as a filler for boss fights, but level 1 is more than enough for that.
It could be good for PvP, but it is unproven so far.
