So how much SPR are you going to invest? The math isn’t there either for block penetration either, although not as bad as magic defense:
1 SPR = 1 Block Penetration
30 SPR = 30 Block Penetration
I don’t have the exact number but I am sure I had over 1,500 block when manually blocking (not sure about the amount when I was using Aias). You are gonna miss a lot of your attacks if anyone with a shield is pressing C, no matter what.
Block Penetration helps against passive block, but most of it will come from your level and equipment as the formula is: Level * 0.5 + SPR.
Even then, builds that invest in CON for PvP can easily get over 600 passive block when using Aias (this includes Wizards, Clerics, etc). You would need to spend A LOT of points into SPR for you to be able to get through that easily.
It makes no sense to invest points into SPR for Block Penetration as a Swordsman, since you get no other benefit (SP doesn’t really count) and you lose more from doing so.
And for reference: Aias (that is block rate * 2, +164 critical resistance and 8% chance to reduce damage by 50%).
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You will always have a guaranteed spot in a party with Peltasta C1 (as long as they need a tank in the party).
Sure, Swash Buckling level 15 is nice to have, but you are giving away too much for it and in my opinion it is not worth it. It would only be good if you are running in a party 24/7, which is unlikely as sometimes it is just faster to level up solo.
Level 5 Swash Buckling is more than enough in my opinion. Plus at high levels, everyone deals so much damage that everything on the screen dies really fast and you are gonna have to manually pull mobs anyways (because Swash Buckling is gonna be on cool-down).
You are even gonna have party members who don’t care about that at all, since everyone is so strong already, and will just roll through mobs with or without Swash Buckling and they will even help pull mobs into the AoEs. At least that was my experience running the level 190~200 dungeons daily during the icbt2 with multiple people and different parties. Pretty funny.
But yeah, don’t worry about that too much, people are just gonna get the first tank they find for their party.