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Usefull "tank" build - grinding - path choices

Class and Rank Swordsman
#1

I have spent over 4 hours today talking to lvl 230+ swordsman(all builds) in fedimian to have a better uderstanding of higher level grinding and also GvG.

Everyone I’ve talked about tank builds have told me that peltasta C3, rodelero C3, squire and also fencer C2 are not wanted in groups since they can’t do damage and don’t have anything better than rod2/pelt 2 defense wise, with that in mind I’ve decided to go with damage on ranks 6/7, the build would be:

Swordman > Peltasta > R3 > Rodelero C2 > R6 > R7

R3:

  • Hoplite ( finestra + nice damage skills )
  • Peltasta C2 (high guard + lvl 10 taunt )
  • Barbarian ( cleave will buff slash damage in the near future)

R6/7:

  • Corsair C2 ( more loot+ hexen dropper + iron hook )
  • Doppel C2 ( lvl10 cyclone )
  • Corsair > Doppel (loot + hook + cyclone )

Help me figure this out ! Thanks.

#2

It really depends on what you’re building for.

PvP or PvE

I honestly wouldn’t recommend PvP builds. In kToS only 2 swordsman made it up to the top 100 pvp ranks. The rest are wiz/clerics.

#3

I wan’t to particape in GvG, but my main focus would be PvE.

#4

Well, if you want my first hand experience I have a Lv200 squire c2 and I only really tank with that character. I’ve ran Lv200 dungeons. I also have a Lv200 Doppelsoeldner for when I want to play a DPS class.

Here is my opinion:

Tanks aren’t supposed to deal DPS. Tanks are there to tank, not deal DPS so let’s get that out of the way. That is the very definition of a tank lol.

What is not wanted in groups are the swordsman classes who have no taunting skill and have pitiful DPS.

For some reason most of the Lv200 swordsman I run with are sitting around 15k of HP and die 3-4 times per run because they all build pure DEX builds. There are a few good DPS players but that is in the minority.

Rodelero has slithering which could be useful against magic. The Rodelero class complements Peltasta if you’re locked into a shield playstyle.

Ultimately your build should focus around what weapon you want to use and the skills you want to choose.

The classes you choose early on will support your Rank 6/7 class. In this case since you want to be a full dedicated tank there is really no reason not to go Rodelero. It doesn’t matter if your class doesn’t give out much DPS. Wizards and Archers already deal 5 times more damage than a swordsman anyways.

Peltasta c2 offers mainly high guard which increases your block rate and Peltasta c3 offers some DPS skills and further improves your Peltasta skill levels.

If you want my take tho, I would have just gone Peltasta c1 into hoplite c3, doppel c1 and dragoon. I think that’s probably one of the better tank class with pretty decent DPS.

#5

Synergy…

Look to synergy, the “tank” classes offer ip everything c1 for pelt and c2 for rod.

But IMO there are better routes than rod2… you sacrifice way to much for some magic immunity. The way to deal with magic is to soak it up/ stomp it dead fast. Preferably both.

There are also the non-group implications, if you go rod2 then it becomes very difficult to keep up after rank6 with other DPS, even swords, because most DPS round out their rotation at rank 6 where Rod causes you to have a pitiful damage kit.