this is broken o.o what do you guys think
Yup, totally OP. Totally abusing it.
Sorta yes sorta no.
While it does a lot of damage to bleeding target, on non-bleeding target itās damage is āokā
They upped the SP cost by about 50% and nerfed the skill damage by 150 at lv 10 so you burn through your SP very quickly (not Oblique Shot quick, but still)
And from what I heard Swordsman is already losing to Cleric/Wiz on world boss damage anyway so this is just giving them something to keep up.
Is it strong? Yes
Is it OP? Not really. OP would be if itās above others but Highlander was lacking, also they nerfed Cartar.
how did they nerf cartar?
I think the full detail is still being investigated, but the āfixā to Cartarās knockback attribute seem to make it no longer work on enemies thatās immune to knockback.
So no more extra damage on bosses.
full spirit highlander incoming
I want a vĆdeo on that, was hoping to find one on this thread 
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It doesnāt feel that strong to me, to be honest.
Yes it might be not strong but it encourages build diversity isnāt that why u play tos? If not then the whole tree of swordy would be stuck with with the usual strength dexterity all the way rofl
Well, hereās an update.
On any enemy that can bleed, itās the best DPS that Iāve seen out of the entire swordie tree. If youāre going for DPS, thereās little reason to not take at least highlander c2 now. I went highlander c2 hoplite c2, and thereās almost no reason for me to even use any of my hoplite skills ( even stabbing doesnāt out DPS it ). I literally might as well use 2H swords over spears because I can just cross cut bleed + skyliner spam and get the best DPS. Even against plate monsters ( slash reduced, neutral to pierce ), or leather monsters ( weak to my hoplite pierce moves ), skyliner spam is better DPS.
The only caveat is if it canāt bleed, and itās leather. On a leather mob that canāt bleed, I will do more DPS with stabbing. But stabbing is a 40 sec CD, and once itās done, what am I doing? Skyliner spam. Thereās not even a reason to use Pierce ( the skill ), as with the windup time and animation, I couldāve used 3 skyliners and thatās more DPS even on a large target ( 3x/4x hits from Pierce ).
This kind of sucks for me, as my 2 ranks in hoplite give me nothing in terms of DPS ( I get finestra, but the difference between using a 1h spear and a 2h sword, and the +50% crit attack Iād get from using a 2H sword kind of outweigh that ).
It kind of destroys any diversity in DPS builds, but I think itās ripe for a nerf. I wouldnāt trust a build relying on skyliner atm.
we neeed to check if its that OP later on, i know stabbing gets REALLY strong when u are high lvl (and kinda suck low lvl). like barbs, they are monster early on, but laterā¦
lvl 100 is early on, a lot of dps classes can kill bosses in less than 1 minute too when they are like 185-200
theres a video somewhere of a cryo one shotting a boss with ice wall
Does not seem OP for meā¦ (But I didnāt even play so iām just saying my opnion)
Cartar Stroke seems to be weak. I read about a kind of nerf in Colision Damage, something like that, or maybe was just the armor type.
Yes, it kind of got a nerf. BTW, the Highlander in the video is around lvl 100, if Im not mistaken.
It didnāt get a ānerfā so much as a āfixā. It wasnāt supposed to be doing such ludicrous amounts of damage against un-knockable foes.
Yeah, unfortunately I agree XD
Yeah, that highlander isnāt even critting, and is definitely not too much higher lvl than the necroventer.
@Lenny find me someone in the kobt that is 185-200 right now.
unless bosses got super strong now, i think we can use the same info from the last CBT for some classes, like hoplite (hoplite skills are the same and str hoplite could kill bosses in less than a min in the last CBT)
i know other classes could do it, but i only played swordsman to high lvl, and i didnt see any nerf in any class