Phałanx- Magicka Templar Small Scale PvP

CyrusArya · December 2018

The Phalanx was an ancient Greek combat formation which tactically utilized spears and shields to win battles while outnumbered. This concept is at the heart of our PvP guild, which was born out of a conversation discussing how awesome it would be if we flanked one of our Stamplars with two Magplars. Themed around Templars (Spears) and DKs (Shields), the goal of <Phałanx> is to pursue optimized 2, 3, and 4 man PvP.

Today I would like to share a clip of some highlights from this patch. While we have since developed highly refined group compositions and strategies, I wanted this first video to reflect the unorganized style of small scale pvp that my crew has always played. Huge shout out to the Phałanx core for their efforts in establishing the guild, as well as for being such a wonderful bunch of PvPers and people to play with.
@Jules @gibous @caeliusstarbreaker @DKsUnite @Gilliamtherogue.

Hope you guys enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB_fhxfSxzg

technohic · December 2018

Nicely done

Joy_Division · December 2018

Nice

Elong · December 2018

Love seeing someone pick up Magplar and own it, excellent work Arya!!!

CyrusArya · December 2018

technohic wrote: »

Nicely done

Joy_Division wrote: »

Nice

Elong wrote: »

Love seeing someone pick up Magplar and own it, excellent work Arya!!!

Thank you guys! I have had a great time playing magplar these last few weeks.

TBois · December 2018

Nice video. It is fun running into y'all on the battlefield.

Mrsinister2 · December 2018

I watched him kill a ton of ep on this build

Really enjoy the video and the build great work man

Minno · December 2018

Good stuff! That first clip that features Jules, had a powerful burst drop.
Only criticism is that your outfit game is weak. I expected greek warrior outfits, TBH

Jules · December 2018

You're so pressured in these fights, health pinging back and forth, tapped for resources, fractured, sneaking in damage where you can and turning fights around to clap kids with the crescent. A lot of people misunderstand magplar and think it's just easy mode, and while it can be in tanky block BOL only builds, it's absolutely the exact opposite in a light armor build with no damage mit set. Takes a lot of finesse to be able to pull off kills with such a small offensive window. Really proud of you and this guild.

Iskras · December 2018

Amazing, CyrusArya.

Iskras · December 2018

Elong wrote: »

Love seeing someone pick up Magplar and own it, excellent work Arya!!!

I still want to test my build with Cyrus. Probably it will win, but I'm curious about the results of the combat, what, in this build I use, which could get better.

Akinos · December 2018

good video

LeifErickson · December 2018

Hmmm a top player surrounded by other top players. Of course there is going to be packing. Nice job Arya!

WaltherCarraway · December 2018

Nice

CyrusArya · December 2018

TBois wrote: »

Nice video. It is fun running into y'all on the battlefield.

Thank you, like wise.

Mrsinister2 wrote: »

I watched him kill a ton of ep on this build

Really enjoy the video and the build great work man

Thanks man. I wish I could’ve incorporated that clip in the video, but the one fight was 6 minutes long.

Minno wrote: »

Good stuff! That first clip that features Jules, had a powerful burst drop.
Only criticism is that your outfit game is weak. I expected greek warrior outfits, TBH

Thanks dude, yeah a DB to punctuate a Bats/sweeps offensive is brutal. Throw a perma on top and it’s devestating. And Leo and Rhage got the authentic look part covered.

Jules wrote: »

You're so pressured in these fights, health pinging back and forth, tapped for resources, fractured, sneaking in damage where you can and turning fights around to clap kids with the crescent. A lot of people misunderstand magplar and think it's just easy mode, and while it can be in tanky block BOL only builds, it's absolutely the exact opposite in a light armor build with no damage mit set. Takes a lot of finesse to be able to pull off kills with such a small offensive window. Really proud of you and this guild.

Thank you for the very detailed and insightful post! It captures the essence of magplar dps well. And also thank you for being such an incredible partner in making all of this come together!

Iskras wrote: »

Amazing, CyrusArya.

Iskras wrote: »

I still want to test my build with Cyrus. Probably it will win, but I'm curious about the results of the combat, what, in this build I use, which could get better.

Thanks! I’d definitely be down to 1v1 sometime if you’d like. Friendly duels are the single best way to get better at a class or PvP in general. On a side note, you have improved much as a player and I really appreciate your new attitude when it comes to learning from fights.

Akinos wrote: »

good video

Thanks man. I see you doing work on the magplar as well, keep it up!

LeifErickson wrote: »

Hmmm a top player surrounded by other top players. Of course there is going to be packing. Nice job Arya!

Yeah bro it’s been a blast. I’m glad you finally logged in and joined the squad. You were on our short list of core Templars we wanted for the roster. Let’s play soon.

WaltherCarraway wrote: »

Nice

Thank dude!