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Highlander Tank - Build help

Class and Rank Swordsman
#1

Here is the build plan, currently in Highlander c3:


At the time of this post my stats are: 48 STR : 41 CON : 74 DEX, Level 80.
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Will Re-speck once class circle 5 to mostly con with enough str to still do damage.

Mainly wanting to know if this build will be viable as a tanking/dps build. At the moment the damage is very good (probably due to arde dagger + golden falcon + DEX).

Taking templar is the goal of this build, but also to be able to tank, and dish out decent damage at the same time.

Reason for chosing highlander:
Aesthetically im not a fan of spears, so I wanted to play with sword+shield / 2h sword / dual wield with dagger.
Highlander c3 gives skull swing, lowering enemy armour, which in boss fights I think would be very beneficial for the party.
Highlander has decent damage output, im only level 80 but can crit for 2.8k by myself. However late game crit will be removed, but the build will become more party orientated so I can slack on my damage and focus on being a tank.

Please leave any feedback or suggestions on how to improve this build and/ or any opinions you may have with it. Im generally after constructive feedback as to how effective a TANK this build will be for the party.
Also if any suggestions on 170+ Gear to be focusing on, or 120 if it’s just better than what 170 has to offer. And also what CON/STR should I be aiming for?

#2

No, really no.

First, 2h swords are the weaker option out of all weapons. they are only good against cloth. and cloth monsters are easier to kill in first place.
while plate monsters make it super hard for 2h swords.
and ok for spears.

as high level I can tell you spear are the only really good choice rightnow for swordsman… unless you’re doppel…

if you want 2h sword. try Barbarian, he has Universal skills that work with any weapon.

as for Tanking, barbarian is better aswell… provide you with option to stun things that attack your group, and also AoE debuff, AoE stun.

there is no reason for c2 peltasta, and it’s bad to take it in late rank. should take peltasta right away, it help leveling.

would suggest you sword>pelt>barb3>whatever you want.

i’m level 170 (also dislike spear) and so far i’m tanking with just pelt1… blocking any physical attack, jumping aside from any magical dmg… i’m talking on all bosses, and dungeons.
sometime I think that if i invested more in defense i would have been useless.

for the highlander part, I think it’s wrong in so many ways.

  • I never ever take highlanders to my party, annoying knockbacks ruin mobbing, you will have x2 blocks 1 for 2h and 1h ? useless pointless… other highlander skills are not worthy for “tanking” not even utility…
    in my point of view highlander is some sort of pvp dps class, that aims for doppelsonger… no offense for highlanders out there:)
#3

I dont use 2h on highlander, at the moment I use golden falcon + arde (outputs 2x the damage a 2H would, atm). Highlander skills are global too appart from the gaurdian block which is the only skill that requires a 2h sword. I also have the atribiute to remove the kockbacks as they are annoying to work around with smaller mobs.
As for PvE with highlander, it has very strong damage on bosses, due to the fact that you can crush their defense then get double damage + bleed + double damage again. And if a highlander doesnt take the attribute to remove knock backs they’re bad if they use them to break grouped mobs >.< I also dislike that.

My weapons late game 170+ would probably still be 1H+dagger and 1H+shield. I’ll get myself a strong 2H and compare damages and if the 2H comes out over dual wield then so be it. Thankfully I can shovel items from my main onto this character so gearing shouldnt be too much of an issue.

So instead of taking Pal c2, I should take doppel or something? is Pal c1 enough to tank?

#4

You can take fencer if you want to tank,
there’s fencer skill that give evasion, which will help you tank physical thing.

for Highlanders, it’s good for bossing, but you’re mostly useless for normal monsters due to most of the skills being very melee range (skyliner/crosscut), or ok range but very high cd(moulinet).

Also, don’t take vertical slash. it only does 1 hit, and pretty low damage.
Wagon wheel, get lv 1, useless at higher level. Skyliner must be max, it’s your main damage on bleedable monster !