If you are going pure 1h, i suggest the following build:You can play around with IF, Wm and shield, just min max PS and athletics(click to show/hide)
If you are going pure 1h, i suggest the following build:You can play around with IF, Wm and shield, just min max PS and athletics(click to show/hide)
Well when you use neckbeard weapons, of course you don't need much strength. As a peasant, however, you will need 24 str to not glance off all the filthy heavy armor try hards. So I suggest 24-15
filthy strength shielders! man up and crutch on your speed and your shield instead, like a manly agi shielder does!
You question my weapon choices?! I'll have you know I despise the steel pick and the (elite) scimitar! Those are the weapons of knaves! it is only forgiveable to use them in strat if you didn't buy them! Real agi shielders use axes and stabby swords!
You lost my respect when you started riding those beasts....
I have not yet decided, and never been over 31, but the ones I have had the most fun with are 12/24 some 6 months ago, and 21/18 lately.
Getting a short weapon and outreaching greatswords has always been my favourite playstyle, dancing in their faces and back out, and the 12/24 build does that perfectly.
However, lately I have had internet and computer issues that make my fps and ping suffer, so I am lately going for the more forgiving 21/18. I have strangely not liked any other build in between, lacking damage, which I worked around with the 12/24 with speed bonus.
Never played much strat, found it a gank fest.
If you like 12/24. You should love 15/21. I have an alt with that that can have a shield but I'm just using him as a swashbuckler. You can make it 15/24 if you want though if you take out shield and riding.
I have a lot of fun with him.(click to show/hide)
15/21 is no good. that 8th athletics makes all the difference.
What Matey says, I felt a big difference with 7 vs 8 athl, plus with 4 ps, I expected to do very little damage, and compensated with movement, but with 15/21 I felt like I lacked damage. I know it is a mental issue, since I did more damage most of the time, but that little damage was not worth it compared to the extra mobility for me.
Also, bucklers improve so much with shield skill, it lasted so much longer and covered arrows better with 8 shield, so with 7 I had to use elite cav and similar which slow you down even more
And my 12/24 was a backstabber, whereas with the 15/21 I had to stay with the main group much more often.
of all the builds i've tried i like my current build the best
Level 32:
18/21
One Handed:127
Polearm:127
Weapon Master:7
Athletics:7
Iron Flesh:2
Shield:7
But for that build you need light armour and a short 1h (~~ 97 and below) (the low 1h wpf and low powerstrike means using a long 1h is useless)
If you want to use a long 1h (nordic champion sword) however, you need more 1h WPF but less speed, meaning you can't really effectively hoplite, but you can wear more armour
but if you wanted to do that i'd suggest a 21/18 build with ~~ 14-18 armour weight ...
i'd always put around ~~ 10-20% of my WPF points into polearm when going 1h, giving me some defence in the open against cavalry, but i'd dump the majority into 1h.
of all the builds i've tried i like my current build the best
Level 32:
18/21
One Handed:127
Polearm:127
Weapon Master:7
Athletics:7
Iron Flesh:2
Shield:7
But for that build you need light armour and a short 1h (~~ 97 and below) (the low 1h wpf and low powerstrike means using a long 1h is useless)
If you want to use a long 1h (nordic champion sword) however, you need more 1h WPF but less speed, meaning you can't really effectively hoplite, but you can wear more armour
but if you wanted to do that i'd suggest a 21/18 build with ~~ 14-18 armour weight ...
i'd always put around ~~ 10-20% of my WPF points into polearm when going 1h, giving me some defence in the open against cavalry, but i'd dump the majority into 1h.
No PS :OThat build leaves 6 points free, so presumably he just forgot to list his powerstrike.
No PS :O
Yeah, this is what we plan to do.
Fair point, although if we had this conversation the day the wpf rework was first announced, I think in retrospect going for the build I suggested would have been a good idea.you just really wanted to post that gif, right?(click to show/hide)
you just really wanted to post that gif, right?
Interesting. 24-15 and the "Other" are the two most popular.
Soon it will be 27-15 once I get there.
pretty sure you mean 15-27. that is a real build.
Knockdown/Blunt beats pierce any day.
Free hits are better.
Knockdown/Blunt beats pierce any day.
Free hits are better.
On a side note. Does hoplite use 1h or pole arm proficiency?