Katana spammer and other assorted questions

[Xelaris]

Hi!
What is the standard build of the katana wielders?
And what armor do they usually go with?
And most important of all, can i replace katana with bastard sword?

[Son Of Odin]

The most important thing you need to remember is that there is also "W"- key too...

[Xelaris]

helpful
thanks

[Lobster]

I never played the build myself so um geussing


Strength: 15
Agility: 24

Hit points: 54
Skills to attributes: 8

Ironflesh: 2
Power Strike: 5
Athletics: 8
Weapon Master: 8

Two Handed: 173


Ninjas are very squishy so you need to adapt a play style to suit.  your not a frontline warrior you a flanker. attack from you the rear, make sudden strikes then retreat, kill archers ect.

you need ace footwork for this build and you need to play tactical.  I seen some Ninjas use throwing as well, wich works pretty well for the play style.

Snowflake build

Strength: 15
Agility: 24
Hit points: 52

Skills to attributes: 8
Ironflesh: 1

Power Strike: 5
Athletics: 8
Weapon Master: 8
Two Handed: 143
Throwing: 1
Throwing: 106

Snow flakes are good against anyone in light armor and cav, If you not going to use a katana use a heavy bastard sword. the armor ninjas use is a lamellar vest with black hood with mask light boos and gloves.

Like i said i not played a Ninja before so you go go to the fractions halls find the Ninja clan thread and ask them directly

[Xelaris]

another opinion from someone who plays it?

[Shatter]

There is no katana build. Some people use katanas with 15/24,  others with 24/15 and anything in between or even more extreme. Armorwise, most people wear Japanese stuff but mostly for looks rather than its armor values. Light to Medium armor is generally better with short weapons though, since you normally have to close the gap and can abuse your speed better.

[SirProto]

I think... think, that some go:

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    Strength: 9
    Agility: 30

    Skills to attributes: 8

    Power Strike: 3
    Athletics: 10
    Weapon Master: 10

    Two Handed: 190

because SPEED

[Mars]

yeah what shatter said, but also u do want more str then agil with a weapon like katana/HBS/LS since they are weaker then most 2hers. I love the katana, with it's 95 length and 1.2 total weight u naturally move faster with it then almost all the other 2hers, so I'd recommend rolling with 15 agil at least, 18 agil is great ( what i use atm ), or 21 agil ( ideal and u really never need anything above for great speed ). Oh and if u can try and get 7 or 8 PS.

[Vodner]

I recently made a 12/27 STF. If you are careful with your speed and hold bonuses, you can do a shocking amount of damage. You can also single-handedly fend off small groups of infantry by yourself (you can do that with 7 ath too, but 9 ath makes it far easier).

[Thomek]

This is THE standard Ninja build that the ninja clan recommends to new members:

Lvl30

Strength: 15
Agility: 24
Skills to attributes: 8

Ironflesh 0
Power Strike: 5
Athletics: 8
Weapon Master: 8
Two Handed: 173

You get 2 surplus skillpoints which you can put wherever you like. 2pt, Throwing daggers and around 100 wpf in throwing is not a bad idea.

Consider this the minimum amount of powerstrike to be effective with a stock katana. With a MW katana, you could go 12-27 even because of the extra base damage.

* Use your speed to pick the fights YOU want and you can win.
* Always bring a throwaway bamboo spear when moving alone in the open. Aim for horsehead, when stopped immediately switch to katana, block the horse with your body and take it down.
* Your melee skills must be good
* Try to use your brain in stead of melee skills.
* Aim for heads

Personally I like my hybrid thrower because of lots of flexibility. I do sacrifice a lot of speed and 2h wpf to make it work though. You can't spam anyone with my build. The idea is that 3 jarids replace bamboo spear for cav deterrent. I also carry 8 mw snowflakes to scare/headshot archers, prevent xbowers from reloading.

Also, lvl 33

Level 33 (35 569 612 xp)

Strength: 18
Agility: 24
Skills to attributes: 8
Power Strike: 6
Athletics: 7
Power Throw: 6
Weapon Master: 7
Two Handed: 122
Throwing: 133

(The build is complete at lvl 34 around 80million XP though. It also has a 15/24 sweetspot at 31 so this is if you dont plan to retire. Also, all weapons and most armor masterworked.. lvl 34 is like 10 generations so for average player with not many masterworks, better wait a bit. On the other hand, pure ninja is a money saving playstyle, so you might be able to buy some loompoints after a good while. If you take a hybrid Ninja like me, you make much less.)

[zagibu]

Best Ninja build:

36 STR
3 AGI
11 IF
12 PS

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