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What's the highest DPS build for swordie at the moment?

Hello everyone!
Anyone has a link to a guide/can suggest me which combination is the best at the moment to have highest dps? Or the best combination in general at the moment for swordsman?
My biggest concern is how to place points in stats and also skill points to a certain extent, considering my knowledge in dps builds is limited enough (played mostly mages and tanks).

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i like the swordsman3>highlander2>doppelsoeldner3>shinobi for aoe
but waiting to see what’ll happen for dragoon3 after we get the skill changes, it looked pretty good

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@ijbest this one is also good, i didn’t find and example on public build

my build was something like this
https://tos.neet.tv/skill-planner#111122999d.233f4f517185.3a557581.41315f6a867a91a1.5525

after i got the main skills, the rest of the points were w.e, since everything died fast anyway
didn’t get DoV cuz after a while it just felt like I was taking more damage for virtually no reason because of how fast most things died.

Uhmmm I like the last one that @pedrinsotero posted, I may go for that one.
Regarding the stats (120 DEX, 50 CON and rest in STR) if I follow them exactly like this, it should be good, right? I’m also concerned in which order I should distribute the skill points (like 120 dex then con or some dex:con ratio).
Oh and another thing, in that build what’s the function/main advantage of having barb1?

Forget about con, Dex/str are the way to go, barb is there to debuff enemies for you, so you can do high damage/crit, but I do like more the build @ijbest linked, for the current endgame this one is better, as him pointed already the mobs will die faster then you can combo if you have good gear

Oh ok, man I’m so confused xD
Mhhh I found this build which looks similar


About the DEX/STR ratio how should I distribute the points with Swordsman3>highlander2>doppel3>shinobi1?

100 STR rest in DEX, 150 DEX rest in STR, Full STR/DEX with STR/DEX equips, really anyone of these can do the job just fine

Barb1 is just for the Cleave skill, which increases slashing damage against the target by 50% for the next 5 seconds. It also gives you 50 crit rate for 4 or 5 seconds too, but that’s a small bonus compared to the slashing damage boost.

Right now, the Swordsman3>Highlander2>Doppel3>Shinobi build has better damage than the Swordsman1>Highlander3>Barbarian1>Doppel3>Shinobi route. The Murmillo build linked above beats both of these builds at bossing by far though.

For stats, I’d recommend full STR if you’re a beginner, especially if you’re using the Swordsman3 build. You can get DEX and CON increasing lines from your gear later if you find that you need them.

Oh I see so it’s up to me for the stats, thanks a lot for your help :3

Ah okk, thanks a lot for your explanations :slight_smile:
Indeed I’m a beginner on this type of builds so I’ll go full STR I guess. Anyway why a beginner/newbie should go for full STR without anything in dex instead of hybrid str/dex?

Dragoon can compete against dopple in AOE department. When shinobi patch comes here they will lose quite a lot of clone DPS and dragoon will get 3 OH on dragoon soar making dragoon potentially the strongest single target too.

I think when the shinobi changes come Doppel or Fencer-nobi will get the #1 spot as Single Target Dps.

Murmnobi will get rekt hard.

Lancer/Dragoon will be good too.

But i prefer to play my immortal Dragoon anyway xD

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Yea, people need to be aware of this since Murmillos helmet will never get applied in clones making shinobi questionable for Murmillo.

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The way the damage formula works is that physical attack almost exponentially affects your damage - since it’s first multiplied by your base damage, then factored into the enemy defense damage reduction calculations. STR is the main stat that increases your physical damage.

If you picked Swordsman 3, you have level 15 Gungho, which further increases your physical damage based on your STR stat.

Ah okie got it, thanks a lot again for the explanation :3
Anyway you know/have any skill tree that I can look at? There are many skills I don’t know how many points to put in >~<

clones dont get buffed from murm helmet now anyway

I dont have proof since my Murm dont have shinobi. If thats the case. Just the attributes damage will lose per clone. It would be good. Lancer, Dragoon, Murm, Dopple and Fencer will brawl against each other for top single DPS. All possible.

ah, i was going to make a video of it like 2 days ago on my murmnobi, but seemed like a lot of ppl already knew