Im thinking on going with this build on the beta, what you guys think? Any tips to improve?
Edited build from @Karjalainen suggestion.
Edit 2: build fixes.
explain 1st why you took those skill before we comment wrongly of your intent. but seriously get atleast 1 point in earth quake, it kills low level mobs fastly and on low CD
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Ahh so i might as well redo that then ty, well my main objective is a summoner type char, but i dont know how the damage of the summons will fare at this point, so i took linker to see IF i can get some extra damage from it even tho the summon probably hit multiple targets (not that i dont know if the aoe from the summon will add to the link too for extra damage), so depending on how it goes i might as well redo it to something more viable.
:/, some better wizard player can comment but at least lvl1 earth quake suffice for me. you still need some energy bolt for spamming. targets affected by sleep takes more damage from energy bolt. welcome to dilema.
paging @GoldenCross master of expert builds this kind soul needs your help
There is that too, i might do that tbh, i confused lethargy with sleep thinking it would do the damage increasing lol, gonna fix it.
Hmm, well im gonna try it out, if it miss too bad, i do it again with other set, maybe instead of linker i could go with Thaumaturge
I was thinking something like Wiz > Cryo 2> Thaum 2 > Sorc.
I don’t play anything else except Swordsman 
I’m no expert but I spend a lot of time doing research extensively on Wizard since it’s what I intend to main, and after consideration, I would probably take at least one point into energy bolt and earthquake even if I don’t plan to use it because the AoE’s and short cooldowns for dealing with trash mobs.
Edit: Brain forgot how to English
Hahahahaha, its ok.
If i got you right you said to put at least 1 point in each skill for trash cleaning?
If you play nothing but swordsman, any idea which classes are best on the road to cataphract? I’m so unsure of which classes that have skills that compliment a high damage cata.
Depending on what you want to be as a cataphract you’ll have to choose.
For example C2 Pelt / C3 Hop > Maybe C7 Hop too if there is nothing better. Would be a possibility if you want to get better tanking while having more crits and one of the best Skill to kill Bosses on the Hoplite (if you use two ranks on it).
You can mix your Cataphract with Barbarian/Highlander/Swordmsan if you want to only to maximize your damages on your Cataphract.
There is no proper way of playing in this game, every build will have his pro’s and con’s. What you make of your build is what will make your character unique. And you may do a build that you are the only one capable of playing while rocking! ^^
Hmmm did i lost my post to swordsman builds? lol
Yes. My reasoning being that it’s better than the auto-attack, at least I would assume. As I said before, I’m not expert as I haven’t actually played the game. Not trying to spread misinformation, but rather get a reply to see if someone else would agree or not and hopefully create more discussion.
Ahh yeah, well i did got both because theres no other place to expend the points, and depending on later levels i might just forget those skills but who knows, just gonna test out, my real doubt right now is, when my minions do aoe, will Joint Penalty trigger on each linked monster adding up to the damage or only 1 at time will be triggered spreading the damage?
If its the latter i will change my build drasticaly because i dont see much use on that way.
First question you should always ask yourself when making a build - what weapon are you ultimately going to be using?
If it is 1H spear + shield, then answer is simple:
Swordsman c1 -> Peltasta c1 -> Hoplite c1 -> Cataphract c3
If it is 2H Spear, then it is a bit harder to build…since Highlander’s Cartar Stroke doesn’t work while mounted.
Personally if I had to build a c3 Cataphract I would do it like this:
Swordsman c2 -> Barbarian c1 -> Cataphract c3
Why?
Barbarian’s Cleave adds 50% crit rate for 5 seconds each use, with overheat (2 charges) = 10 seconds.
Barbarian’s Helm Chopper can stun enemies, giving you time to charge up your attacks. For memory the stun is 2 seconds.
Otherwise if you’re lazy you can just go c1 Hoplite -> Cataphract and throw up Finestra like everyone else, this will give +50 crit rate (flat number) for 33 secs instead of 50% crit rate for 5 secs X2.
Up to you really.
Btw in future please don’t hijack threads talking about wizard and make it into a swordsman thread 
I dont want to be an ass here but, could you guys create a thread about barbarian instead of using mine? It became a mess already, i asked about a summoner build not a barb.
Don’t worry this’ll be the last time i’ll post on this thread 
It could be either one. Destiny has a skill similar to this called “Blood Bound” which is a variation of an ability called “Shadowshot” which basically tethers enemies and functions just like joint penalty and is extremely powerful with AoEs as the AoE damage is multiplied which each enemy hit while tethered. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work in this game unless they opted to make it not work as such because it might be OP and in Destiny it’s very OP though I don’t know anyone but myself who really uses it in such a way.
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I do hope so, because i see some potential on this build, and i will probably tweak it before the beta start, i got other buiild which is Cry 2/Thaum 2/Sorc just in case someone do an insight about the currently one i made.
My bad, will keep that in mind. xD
Thanks for replying though!