Dueling and bruisers

[Psyker3]

I have been dueling everybody I can find and the only class I find that even gives me a challenge in a duel is a wizard,  Anyone else finding similar outcomes?  Im dueling people generally above level.       <div></div>

[Oneira]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Psyker320 wrote:<BR>I have been dueling everybody I can find and the only class I find that even gives me a challenge in a duel is a wizard,  Anyone else finding similar outcomes?  Im dueling people generally above level.       <BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Not surprised at all.  Bruisers strike me as probably the best dueling class in the game.  Tops in HPs, dishing out more damage than any other fighter class, having a 90 sec self heal, and let's not forget the avoidance and stances.</P> <P>Took my high lvl  monk against a same level Pally who was boasting how he was beating everybody and hadn't lost all day.  Guess who won?  And that was only my first duel.</P> <P>And I'd give you the edge against your Qeynos Brawler rivals too.  Course, we're better tanks <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P>

[Pauleh]

<DIV>what weapons are you all using?</DIV>

[QQ-Fatman]

<DIV>I foudn that it's hard to win SKs. They have short-recast wards and lifetap to keep them alive, while we can only self-heal once in a fight. They also can HT for 1500+ dmg. I tried to stun an SK but it seems our stun skills dont work very well in pvp. They last much shorter. Anyone has any experience fighting SKs?</DIV>

[Sa]

Sks are tricky. Try this. You gotta kill em fast and keep them stunned so what I do is start off with mez. Get behind them and back stab. This starts a stun chain so hit him with all your stuns following this and end with your 8 hit combo skill. Usually by this time they are dead. If not wash rinse repeat. his prevents them from Ht you and life tapping you. I use this style of dueling on everyone and since I started it this way I havent lost. Only person who beat me using weapons before was an Sk. Now I own him.

[MakhailSamma]

<DIV> There is a SK in my guild that has been giving me fits, I have only beaten him once out of 4 times. Will try this strat tonight, never started out with the Mez before, grand idea. Thanks.</DIV>

[Psyker3]

Start out with mez and when he starts to cast something you KNOW takes over a second to cast instil fear and send him hauling out of the ring.  Once fear wears off he will be too concerned with getting back in the ring to remember casting.     Keep moving behind them and backstabbing.  Tanks REALLY hate small targets that move around.  I was told I was cheating because I didnt stand still.   Apparently sony didnt MEAN for characters to move.    You don't even have to mez them to get behind them. Just keep running straight through them and spinning around and 9 times out of 10 you get hits off and they dont.  I am very used to moving behind people in pvp because in WoW it stopped casters from using spells at all if you werent in the lign of sight at the end of it.     While we dont have that benefit in EQ 2 we can still stop the melee from landing by staying behind them.    <div></div>