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Wintersborn · 04-02-2009, 11:54 PM

Hello me and my GF just betrayed my Brigand and her Defiler.

She loves the Melee Mystic build but I am not yet impressed with the Swashy options so far.

Maybe I am missing something or just need to try a few AA builds before I spend the plat to buy skills or re betray to Brigand again.

I Duo with my GF Mystic and play tank in most other small groups with other friends so I figured more AOE's would help keep aggro better than the Brig. Well from what I can tell Swashy (lvl 77) only has 2 AOE's (Swathe & Lucky Ploy) ? That is only one more than the Brig and about the same damage so no real help with aggro. The swash seems to only have 2 Taunt/aggro adding skills (Blame blade and Tease) which both seem underpowered compaired to the Brigs taunts if I remember right ?

Skill wise things are not looking better as a chain tank Swash so maybe a AA build will make up for it : (

So far I am 4,5,8,8,1 in STR and 4,8,8,8,1 in WIS and 4,8 in AGI for WTP but may change AGI to STA 4,8 for the extra taunt.

I am at a loss when it come to the Swashbuckler AA lines. The Reach line would be nice if I WANTED to pull the whole level or kite with a blade but not real usefull for chain tanking. The Style line makes you spend way to many points in De arrgo skills which is the opposite of what I want. The Debuffs line just adds stat reductions and that still makes for poor debuffs compaired to a Brigs non AA debuff abillity.

So am I missing something or reading the skill descriptions wrong or should I just go back to Brigand ?

Any AA help or tips would be appreciated.

04-02-2009, 11:54 PM	#1
Wintersborn Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 92	Hello me and my GF just betrayed my Brigand and her Defiler. She loves the Melee Mystic build but I am not yet impressed with the Swashy options so far. Maybe I am missing something or just need to try a few AA builds before I spend the plat to buy skills or re betray to Brigand again. I Duo with my GF Mystic and play tank in most other small groups with other friends so I figured more AOE's would help keep aggro better than the Brig. Well from what I can tell Swashy (lvl 77) only has 2 AOE's (Swathe & Lucky Ploy) ? That is only one more than the Brig and about the same damage so no real help with aggro. The swash seems to only have 2 Taunt/aggro adding skills (Blame blade and Tease) which both seem underpowered compaired to the Brigs taunts if I remember right ? Skill wise things are not looking better as a chain tank Swash so maybe a AA build will make up for it : ( So far I am 4,5,8,8,1 in STR and 4,8,8,8,1 in WIS and 4,8 in AGI for WTP but may change AGI to STA 4,8 for the extra taunt. I am at a loss when it come to the Swashbuckler AA lines. The Reach line would be nice if I WANTED to pull the whole level or kite with a blade but not real usefull for chain tanking. The Style line makes you spend way to many points in De arrgo skills which is the opposite of what I want. The Debuffs line just adds stat reductions and that still makes for poor debuffs compaired to a Brigs non AA debuff abillity. So am I missing something or reading the skill descriptions wrong or should I just go back to Brigand ? Any AA help or tips would be appreciated. __________________ More solo content and Item variations please.