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Universal Swordsman Build (USB) +,,,+

Class and Rank Swordsman
#21

Well i’d say hook makes a lot of builds viable in pvp. I can think of some cata that can benefit from hook lol.

Thank you, I’ll need to think about Dop vs Cor. A lot.

At the start, I only really wanted a PvE-focused build, because I never did any towers with my main 280 sw2-hop2-cor3 (who is now rank 1 + stat reset, waiting for rank9 PvP meta to arrive) and I though I would make my main PvP-focused anyway, BUT it will HAVE to go Cor3 with that main (Pistol Shot investments already huge and overall Hook lvl 15 godness), it’s just that I’m going to pick best Rank2, Rank8 and Rank9 according to Rank9 meta.

#22

Hook is a great PVP skill, it’s more the circles of Hoplite that hold you back comparatively to if you went Cata. Still though you can’t really go wrong, Dragoon has a fair amount of PVP potential just through Dethrone, and kinda Dragon Soar if you land it correctly.

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#23

With cata movement speed it it is enuf to carry you even if your gear sux bcuz u can kite and snipe. On foot you would be at a disadvantage.

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#24

Things though seem better with hook in PVP scenarios, but Restrain + multihit skills (which most HopGoon builds have) aren’t bad at all in terms of CC.

Bash and Long Stride are decent enough to cover your KD needs, the latter even able to go through Safety Zones (just the KD effect, not the damage).

Root debuff from Spear Throw and Dethrone adds up to your CC arsenal.

As @fatedhour and @Queue pointed out though, it’s no wonder why Cata is the core for meta PVP builds besides Murm routes. Also, the block pen class bonus is too good to pass for PVP purposes.

#25

@ZeroFoxGiven

Yea Cata is the premier PvP class swordsman has so far. Dragoon 2 is a very good complement to cata, and their synergy in PvP is beautiful.

And this is why in a typical top 100 you can expect to see around 5 catagoons. They may not even be well geared, but they are there cuz it’s just relatively little effort to do well in a PvP scenario.

Diev 3 Inquis is definately number 1.
Number 2 is cryo - kino 3 - featherfoot i’d say
Number 3 might just actually be catagoon! Ease of use, threat, how it scales etc.

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#26

The build becomes a beast when geared well.

A friend told me the usually top-ranking catagoon in SEA would now mostly rank #1 in 2v2 and never below #3 in 5v5.

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#27

I can believe that. Rush scales insanely with gear and you cant avoid it. Hard to avoid both a long range cruise missile and short range barrage of fists lol.

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#28

a thing that make hop good is how it’s easy to play compare to other swordman

can pick pel1 without drawback, tanky with pel

finestra make thing easy (aoe is good, flat cri rate = more point to spare)

less attribute focus (just stabbing and throw spear)

spear lunge is always useful

hop skill set look too slow for pvp

#29

yeah, only corsairs can use stabbing in pvp )