Shield PVP

Cously

Right I got a VR12 Sorc. It does good in pvp, but I'm tired of ranged combat. Now I didn't follow latest changes and discussions on melee builds. Last I read, everyone complained about being inefective and weak. I never played melee so I can't know.

I really want a heavy armour, sword and board character but do not want to tank LOL is possible it to be a efficient DPS with that setup? PVP wise of course.

I'd be grateful if anyone could share their experiences with melee builds and the most appropriate class for it, all for PVP DPS.

Teargrants

If as a sorc you're just running the curse/shards/streak/mages fury rotation, you can just use that w/ sword/shield for increased survivability, but you'll need to stick to light armor for spell penetration. Heavy armor will just gimp your dps even more over what you already lose switching from resto staff to sword/shield.

Cody

your current set up is fine as it is. I use a melee character(shield, like you want to). she is new, though, so I have not done PvP with her yet(nor will I, not until the lag gets fixed) but she does a good deal less damage, then my NB archer did when SHE was new. not to mention a lot of the passives you get in one handed and shield are aimed at improving your tanking effectiveness. one of the 5 abilities is solely meant for tanking. if you want to make a melee that does DPS, I advise going the dual wield, or two handed route. no matter what you do though, it wont do as much damage as ranged:( that will get fixed later on though.

Engelin

I don't know if a melee sorc will be AS good but it can be good enough and a lot of fun. Keep at least 5 light armour, maybe make the last 2 pieces (make it 2 large pieces) heavy for extra armour.

1h + shield has a good skill reducing armour and spell ress by 40% so a sorc should be able to really benefit from that. Invasion is an unbreakable stun atm, but I would save my stamina for immovable (heavy armour active). Then u can throw in what ever skills u fancy, bolt for movability and stun maybe. Some aoe for larger fights and shards seems to work really well to.

Cously

Ahh, I think I expressed myself wrong. I meant, I want to roll a completely new toon and make it sword/shield heavy armour DPS. Also the best class for it. But for the comments I read here, melee builds are clearly at disvantage and yes hope they fix it.

Halrloprillalar

Joolio wrote: »

Ahh, I think I expressed myself wrong. I meant, I want to roll a completely new toon and make it sword/shield heavy armour DPS. Also the best class for it. But for the comments I read here, melee builds are clearly at disvantage and yes hope they fix it.

heavy armor is currently not the greatest for any cause (pve or pvp), save a couple passives. But the answer to your question is DK, for anything.