Build for 1h + shield??

[Macropus]

The 21-18 shielder build is good, and at lvl 33 becomes kinda godlike 24-18.

18-21 -> 21-21 seems to be even better though, and is good with any 1h.


...Now that I think of it, any shielder build with 5+ athletics is extremely good. 

[Mlekce]

18/21

6power strike
5 shield,weapon master
7 athletics

but i suggest you start playing as polearm or 2h,it's easier,more rewarding,alows you to wear plate and stuff. as shielder you need to defend and avoid some fights and you will be fustrated a lot by those 2h hitslashes.

[rustyspoon]

18/21

6power strike
5 shield,weapon master
7 athletics

but i suggest you start playing as polearm or 2h,it's easier,more rewarding,alows you to wear plate and stuff. as shielder you need to defend and avoid some fights and you will be fustrated a lot by those 2h hitslashes.

18/21 is the 1h build of kings and everything this man says is true.

You'll get better faster and find the game more rewarding to start as a 2h or polearm.

[Mlekce]

18/21 is the 1h build of kings and everything this man says is true.

You'll get better faster and find the game more rewarding to start as a 2h or polearm.

I was a shielder for maybie 10 gens and i was doing well when my clannies were arround and i suppored them,now when they don't play a lot i find it hard to play alone and i don't like to play defence so i changed to polearms.
it's totally different expirience and i enjoy it more because i can actualy do something. Most of the shielders in eu1 are powerless against 2h,they just get spammed and hitslashed by 2h.
There are maybie few good shielders out there and they are all high lvl,most of them are just pray for 2h and poles.

[rustyspoon]

I was a shielder for maybie 10 gens and i was doing well when my clannies were arround and i suppored them,now when they don't play a lot i find it hard to play alone and i don't like to play defence so i changed to polearms.
it's totally different expirience and i enjoy it more because i can actualy do something. Most of the shielders in eu1 are powerless against 2h,they just get spammed and hitslashed by 2h.
There are maybie few good shielders out there and they are all high lvl,most of them are just pray for 2h and poles.

I actually hybrid myself. I'm level 33, 18/21 pole/1h. My main weapon is my German Poleaxe, but if I'm in close quarters or fighting throwers I pull out my 1h & shield. I use a Knightly Kite which is so light that it doesn't really slow me down at all carrying it.

[Joseph Porta]

First off, I thought this game would allow freedom of choice to try a bit of everything. And I was proven extremely wrong, apparently everyone follows builds and if you don't you'll just die and get rekt.

You are so wrong lol

But yes, the more unbalanced a build is the harder it gets to play it, and seeing as the game is already pretty hard to get started with it will probably feel like an impossible style to play.

I play mostly;
16/18

5pstrike
5shield
6ath
2if
6wm
4pthrow
5riding

Which is kind of retardedly inneffective, the PT is most useless but I got it for FUN. And imo thats what you should build your char around, having the maximum fun you can have. Efficiency is for sad fucks

[Tovi]

Yep, that's why i'm 1H/shielder/thrower/cav/lancer 

[ZEE_BISHOP]

Yep, that's why i'm 1H/shielder/thrower/cav/lancer 

Jack of all trades, master of none and all that.

I prefer 18/21 as a shielder, it's a little more frustrating with lower PS meaning more wiffs and lower damage. But you need the speed and manoeuvre to dodge in and out of combat. You need it to run away or chase down enemies. If you don't have it, 2Hs will surround you and turn you into pulp. A lot of people who go shielder with low speed will be even more dependent on team mates and will have to trot around in a pack like a little lamb.

I find throwing on a shielder (even low throwing) is fantastic - It stops backpeddlers instantly. The worst thing you want to be doing is waddling after some 2H AGI hero as he backpeddles and lolspams away at you with impunity... Don't make yourself another statistic for a 2Hers ego