swashbuckling
what is the definition of thisThe word "swashbuckler" generally describes a protagonist who is heroic and idealistic to the bone and who rescues damsels in distress. His nemesis is typically characterised as the dastardly villain.
I would have to say an AGI build is quite important for this. 18-21 at least, maybe even 8 athletics, and no armor over 12 weight. Stick to 8-12Crap advice, I had no problems at all with 5 athlethics and 16 weight body armor. 1h's are not that short and you need that damage. I'll see if I can dig up a PM I once sent to a guy asking for swashbuckling advice, pretty much wrote a semi guide, use it as you see fit Duke.
I am a shielder but I practice swashbuckling on duel server for fun and to improve my manual blocking (which isn't very good since I use shield all the time), and my 24-15 build just sucks for it. Decent duelists with greatswords and even longer dueling polearms just dance outside of my range. With a shield I can just put it down and bullrush them and then maintain position so lower athletics doesn't hurt me, but without it I have to play that dancing game too which I inevitebly lose with a much shorter range weapon and lower athletics.
I would think a long weapon like long espada would be useful too, so would making use of that stab. You'd also need to be really good at holds, footwork and headshots to make up for low damage of only 6 PS.
I would have to say an AGI build is quite important for this. 18-21 at least, maybe even 8 athletics, and no armor over 12 weight. Stick to 8-12
I am a shielder but I practice swashbuckling on duel server for fun and to improve my manual blocking (which isn't very good since I use shield all the time), and my 24-15 build just sucks for it. Decent duelists with greatswords and even longer dueling polearms just dance outside of my range. With a shield I can just put it down and bullrush them and then maintain position so lower athletics doesn't hurt me, but without it I have to play that dancing game too which I inevitebly lose with a much shorter range weapon and lower athletics.
I would think a long weapon like long espada would be useful too, so would making use of that stab. You'd also need to be really good at holds, footwork and headshots to make up for low damage of only 6 PS.
talking about duel arena not battle, and fighting good duelists with weps twice as long as yours.
Dueling with a 1h sword is basically like dueling with a gimped Longsword (less damage, worse animations)1h animations are pretty awesome.
1h animations are pretty awesome.
The whole point of being 1h is that it requires more skill, more intuition if you like than other builds. Thus making it more self-satisfying whenever you kill an experienced enemy with a 1h no shield. You have to watch out for the outreach, 2h stab (if fight against those), kicks, and overall fighting in a way you are not comfortable with, as your opponent is forcing you to adopt a new tactic in order to be able to face him.
In other words, 1h no shield teaches you how to really play the game. Several things in your mind while you play, watch out for his outreach, his kicks, spam etc, and at the same time remain concentrated on the game. It overall improves awareness, footwork, and the ability to adopt new tactics depending on the opponent your are facing.