Has anyone built a shield cataphract? One that’s pelt c2> rode c3> cata c2. I was wondering about their stats about whether going STR DEX or go with the usual CON DEX.
Interesting build. I just realized now that almost all Rod skills (except Targe Smash and High Kick) are usable while mounted.
One core problem of the build though is that you will lack decent damage to deal with R8 content, considering you can’t go Murmillo (which significantly improves your Pel and Rod skills) unless you like mounting/unmounting which also causes you to cancel your buffs (Trot from Cata, Cassis from Murm). Your build might have been viable before R8.
Lancer won’t be an option either since it’s skill-exclusive to 2h spears.
Which was why I was curious. If someone built this way, they would most likely be forced to put points in STR. Another thing is if the trot would make slithering go faster while mounted thus giving the ten second window for boosted strike damage sooner to targets.
Standart build sw3-cata3-goon2 with one hand spear and shield…???
Yeah, no. We’re talking about a non standar phract that is aimed with shields seeing as there are actually a few skills that can’t be used while mounted on shield focus classes. Was curious if someone made this and got away with it even barely at the current game state.
i’d like to throw something into the mix, hoplite also fits what you could want
(+30% block chance, 150 crit chance, 20% damage vs normal sized enemies )
maybe pelt c1, hoplite c1 - catac3 - dragoon c2
sounds interesting, but cata 2 at rank 8 will make really bad damage unfortunately D: you will be rerolling that character really fast cata 3 even after the buffs struggles against rank 8 mobs and so is rodelero.
the combination of rode past c1 and cata forces y ou to take cata up to rank 8, cata at rank 8 alone with no dragoon/lancer will not be making any damage
especially at c2 with no rush
rode at rank 8 without murmilo won’t be making any good damage too
you could technically combine it, but i wouldn’t go rode c3 on something like this 
i don’t think imc had any intention of both rodelero and cataphract to fit in the same build, thats why both are rank 4 classes
its like going lancer 1 and then murmilo 1 at rank 9.
Or musketeer c1 and then cannoneer c1 at rank 8, just entirely different spectrums of the swordsman tree.
you could do what @Xojii said, pelt 1 hoplite 1 cata 3 drag 2
that way, you use 1h spear+shield on your mounted cata, and pelt will give some useful shield utility for ur cata
Thought rush wasn’t that much of a difference with shield charge when it occured to me. What if we throw in doppel for the buff? Like, pelt c2>rode c1>cata c1>doppel c1> goon c2.
looks a little better but now you got a bunch of classes with absolutely no synergy with dragoon, you could go that route if you like to but its not optimal.
Cata is really not worth without c3, rush really makes a difference and after the buffs, its even more important to take it to c3
all of that aside, the most important thing is that you pick a rank 8 class at rank 8.