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Some question about tanking builds

Class and Rank Swordsman
#21

Some more theorycrafting.

My Fencer tanking build:

Swashbuckling+Warcry on group of monsters, and Frenzy on bosses.

I’m using Lunge mainly for the evasion buff, but I can Seism twice with it’s buff, and continue CC-ing with 2 Helm Choppers.

And of course, there’s the Attaque Coquille+Sept Etoiles combo. But since Attaque Coquille level 10 lasts for 14 seconds, all of my party’s piercing atacks’ll(not only skills, but normal attacks too) be thrown at 0 armor(only usefull on bosses)

Of course, since I’m not playing on KTOS, all of this is only theorycraft.

#22

I think higlander would merge better with fencer. Lung not only increase your evade, but a slash damage to, and you will be able to deal a lot of damage with your Skyliner after applying Lunge and Crosscut .

#23

I don’t think Skyliner goes well with Lunge.

Lunge’s buff only lasts for 4 seconds, and Skyliner’s animation’ll make it like you’d land only 2 Skyliners to the enemy. Crosscut animation is even slower.

Seism has faster animation, attacks in a much higher area and can stun.

And don’t forget about the buffs from Warcry(mob) and Frenzy(boss).

#24

i assume you thought of something like this?

and full con as stats?

do you think doppel 1 instead of dragoon/(even pelt 2?) could be more useful? i really want Double pay earn :heart_eyes:

i kinda like it this build more than pelt 3 squire 3 because of:



(and spear throw in general)

thoughts?

what skills/attributes should i raise first for leveling purposes?

#25

Get Guardian at lv 1 for evasion attribute.

And I don’t recommend maxing out Syncro Thrusting. It’s enough at level 1 if you really want to grab it. Get Stabbing at more levels instead.

You can also grab Gae Bulg now. Flash just updated his tosbase simulator and that skill is actually useful now.

You can replace Dragoon with Doppel but that will reduce your damage output by a lot. You can also replace Pelt 2 with Doppel, which makes your build the common Dragoon build, and it’s still a fine build.

I personally have mixed feelings about full CON. STR-CON or CON > STR is a better choice (to me at least).

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#26

isn’t syncro thrusting more useful because it scales with shield defense, has low cd and overheat?

i don’t know the exact math but shouldn’t it do more damage than stabbing?

what was the gae bulg buff/update?

#27

Syncro Thrust lv 15 :
724 + (Shield def x 5 + 724) damage
Scales on shield defense, and the highest shield defense I know is around 88 so far (Aias). You will deal around 4k damage if you use up all the charge (not counting attribute damage and your patk).

Stabbing lv 15 :
399 damage x 10-12 hits
You will deal more than 4k damage. And Stabbing allows you to deal critical hit easier considering the amount of hit it has.

Gae Bulg makes your enemy more vulnerable to physical attacks, so you will deal more damage.

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#28

upgrading it also adds some def

I’ll go with stabbing for now since we can reset skill points
(in case I want to go with synchro thrusting later on)

I’m just worried about not having enough health for earth tower :smiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Msql_Sen3w is concering :cold_sweat:
judging by that video paltesta c2 seems useful

I wonder what the chance is of dragoon becoming irrelevant if they add another class at rank 8+, i might actually go for doppel.

hopefully they’ll just announce new ranks before obt starts or while i’m leveling

#29

And what ratio for str/con and con/str?

#30

I have hope IMC realease a rank 8 that has good synergy with dwal wield.