Nasi his Guide to becoming a STR whore.

[Butan]

Not been way to mutch on computer lately and wont be that for atleast 2 more days , after that il put all my effort in the guide again SORRY FOLKS

I will never forgive you.

[sF_Guardian]

Still no update, lazy Dutchmy old friends!

[Fartface]

I'm such an lazywhore... I realy should put work into this.. Anybody that can record gameplay footage please message me as It will help me out alot.

[Byrdi]

run in a circle and spam left.

Spoken like true Brute. I admire you emission Butan.

Also add Barmace. I hate fighting that thing, thus it must be good.

[Vibe]

Also add Barmace. I hate fighting that thing, thus it must be good.

:p

[Slev23]

I just respecced to your preferred build with 3 agi using the maul. Do you have any recommendations on how to approach fights/not just get killed by faster or longer weapons?

[Butan]

face hug them and block until you are in range

[Laufknoten]

Add the long iron mace to the weapon list. Butan once killed me with his MW'd one with a poor executed stab. I had only light armor on (30+) but full health (something like 65) and like I said it was not quite a good hit...I hate him...
It also fits the requierments for you strenght my old friendgets: Blunt damage, knockdown and still quite fast.   

[Shaksie]

To be honest from my experiences with having very high strength, it is better to use a faster weapon with light armor. This deceives enemies into thinking you are just some normal guy until you 1 shot them, it also stops people from spamming you and if you choose your speedy weapon correctly you don't lose THAT much damage. It also provides a limited defence against cav and ranged in that you have more mobility and you will be able to keep up with more people. Being good at kicking is the main offensive tool of a high strength user if you cannot hold and feint very well as the average player (at least in Australia) can block almost all ordinary swings thus you must either use the above tools or surprise them; eg. jump over their swings (in Australia this can be extremely effective hehe).
The above textwall is mainly related to being able to duel more effectively, it may well not be as effective as being a slowass tincan with a giant weapon.

[Daniisme]

Does this work on polearm charcters too?

[Butan]

Everything works with STR whore.

Then when you choose polearm its just like every other class, you have +++ range but - speed (except the fastest poles) and --- gank management / close quarter combat.


The gank management / CQC problem is why I chose a 2 handed weapon with an average length : with STR char with very few ath (or even 0) you cant run from gank (or you need to be really aware), so when they are all up your ass, if you try to swing a polearm around you will glance 90% of the time (less if you manage it well like guys like Skono).


Would even be better in a gank with a 1H STR char and warhammer, but then with 0 ATH its nearly impossible to face hug or do some spins against average/high ath characters.



In general, the only great difference is this: STR char have to think about dueling capacity and CQC when they choose a weapon, because low ATH gives them a disadvantage with closing distance in a duel, and evading people in gank. Thats it.

[Akynos]

                                                                                                   
                                                                                                        Why would you go STR?
+ points.

• Survivability , 1 points in STR gives 1 health and it allows you to get higher IF for even more health.
• Mistakes are not punished that hard , you wont get one hitted if you miss a block.
• Very good at securing kills because of your high damage and 1v1 if played correctly you just got a major advantage.
• Alot of crowd contol with certain weapons.

- points.

• Slow speed , this means that you cant get out of nasty situations you , It's hard for you to dodge cav and 2 lancers will kill you , you sometimes cant keep up with your team and that means that you're either unable to retreat with them ( resulting in your dead due a gank) or you cant keep up with them charging ( meaning you will become cav bait)
• In order to make full use of your STR build you need high damaging weapons and high armour , that means you will get expensive upkeep and usualy shorter weapons.
• Once the enemy team realises your a thread or you got yourself some name fame , they will sometimes target you first or quickly and because your very slow you cant realy do anything if your team doesn't back you up then.
• Against certain enemy combo's your just hopeless : xbowmen , archers , cav , and long spears and pikes ganking you

Why do I get flamed everytime I try to explain this :(

[Daniisme]

Danish works good with the build right?

[StonedSteel]

Danish works good with the build right?

Id go HBS or longsword instead....remember...u are a slow fat ass

so something extreamly fast and spammy.....its just a win win with str builds

[Fartface]

Id go HBS or longsword instead....remember...u are a slow fat ass

so something extreamly fast and spammy.....its just a win win with str builds

NO,  you need a weapon that can kill opponent in 1 hit , since you won't get 2 hits in most of the time. Also since you're realy slow you can't waste your time dueling 1 guy you have to kill him quickly or you will get surrounded and ganked.