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cRPG => Beginner's Help and Guides => Topic started by: BadooN on November 13, 2012, 02:52:45 am
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Was interested in a 2h Cav build, (gonna try it out on a STF) and I was wondering if the Morningstar, HBS, and Longsword count as 2h on cav or 1h?
I don't plan on using a shield.
Thanks in advance!
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If you're using them without a shield, then they'll use 2H Proficiency.
If not, then they'll be under 1H proficiency.
That's all there is to it.
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If you're using them without a shield, then they'll use 2H Proficiency.
If not, then they'll be under 1H proficiency.
That's all there is to it.
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Use Shortened Military Scythe
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morningstar is the end all be all of 2h cav. Need you look further than BW?
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Shortened Military Scythe is longest range, Swords (bastard, long, heavy bastard) are all around and fastest, morningstar is heavy damage.
Honestly, I was 1 shotting medium armor with the shortened military scythe at 12 strength, which has 30 more length than the morningstar. You don't need to restrict yourself to it, but it is a beast and a guaranteed kill for the most part.
Couple builds I can recommend:
24/15: survivability and damage, able to ride heavier horses.
8 IF, 8 PS, 3 athletics, 5 weaponmaster
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Sack 2 ironflesh to max your athletics, or ditch weaponmaster altogether to max athletics and get a few shield skill.
Personally, I do higher agility so you can weave in and out of support situations, and better maneuver against enemy cav. Riskier on survivability. Also, higher riding and weaponmaster screws with your ironflesh and athletics, so you gotta decide if you want to min/max or not. I did really well with the following build, but I had a +3 Warhorse and +3 shortened military scythe, so my damage was inflated and I was driving a landspeeder.
15/21: 3 IF, 5 PS, 7 athletics, 7 riding, 7 weaponmaster
Anything inbetween. 15/24 or 18/21
18/24: 3 IF, 6 PS, 8 riding
^I've tried it. Extremely aggressive build. Stupid min-maxxing nonsense, but on a +3 Courser, the speed and damage was insane. Extremely dangerous and fun when you're winning, but if you get tapped, you're out of the game. I'd say stick to balance or the 24/15. build. Good luck, man, don't overthink it too much.
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The axes might be worth it with the damage buff.
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inb4 Casimir finds this thread:
2hcavOP
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Miss the time I had +3 war horse, shortened military scythe and bardiche. Best 2H cav gear. 8-)
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Miss the time I had +3 war horse, shortened military scythe and bardiche. Best 2H cav gear. 8-)
Or the horseback side swing crush through bar mace.
GOLDEN ERA.
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Or the horseback side swing crush through bar mace.
GOLDEN ERA.
Drive-by-crushthroughs. The stuff of legend.
BAH MACED
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2h cav op.
Basically Morningstar is your standard poison for 2h cav players, get yourself a +3 one and bring in all the bitches.
IF you wanna skimp out and use a shitty horse (i.e. anything with less armour than a warhorse) maybe consider one of the 'hand and a half' swords (BS/HBS/LS) as they'll serve you better on foot.
Also i suggest trying the Persian battle axe as these days its almost guarantees a 1 hit kill against anything but the most stacked of strength builds.
Ride hard, and show the haters that 2h cav = best cav.
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24/15 or 21/15 have been all my builds. Morningstar for 1 shotting everything as you don't want to be running by people more than once.
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practice longsword.
Longest swinging weapon from horseback.
Go 27str and you will get many kills.
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2h cav takes some serious training to time your swings (compared to 1h cav I mean). Hell, I've played a little bit of that last week. I had to start swinging at one side of the map in order to hit someone on the other side. It's kinda ridiculous, but not always a disadvantage. On top of greater damage (I'm not sure though) and reach (because 2h weapon), a long swing stacks more speed bonus and has a longer time window for hitting.
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15/21 with a bardiche and an arabian warhorse, you will blast shields, one-shot most people and most importantly other horsies like Rounceys and Arabians. You need to time bump slashes because it is fairly slow, but it's very easy to do due to its high cut damage (49 at +3, 46 at +0).
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Go 24/15 with a shortned mil scythe on a destrier, even with low speed bonus you will 1 hit most people :p