Yeah, that’s what I meant. Such swordies have quite limited uses as archers alternative only, at least in PvE. And I doubt they can really tank bosses, since they don’t have good defensive abilities and can only take 1-2 hits more than typical archer without lots of CON investing.
But I personally see it as one of the few possible and totally viable builds for PvE swordies here, however I can’t imagine how it will behave at higher level instances (like earth tower). Right now mage looks much better overall. And cannoneer looks better in terms of AoE and utility (dropping flying monsters).

anyways I’ve read that “magic missiles” were buffed 
