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I Don't Know If This Will Work

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Maxximus
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I haven't played the game in a couple months. Last I played I played as a DK with two-handed and absolutely hated it. It felt like I was running around aimlessly trying to get off a couple of hits on a target while my mage friends zapped away from a distance with ease. Keep in mind I'm a beginner so the odds that I just sucked as a DK are pretty high but I'm not totally sure. I watch a lot of videos and to me it seems like Sorc's are probably the easiest to play in PVP and PVE but I may be wrong given I don't have a lot of experience.

I want to play as a Imperial stamina templar with sword and board and bow as my secondary because I love the idea of being a roman soldier kind of character but I have no idea if this will turn out any good. I wondered if I could get some advice. I don't want to be running around barely getting hits off or sniping with a bow only to be attacked head on then killed two seconds later. I also don't want to be chasing others around in PVP while mages dash away quickly or just kill me form a distance.

I wanted some opinions because I know a lot of good two handed melee characters, I just find them very hard to play. Would a Sorc be an easier character to start off with or does it just take some getting used to for melee?
  • Jimmy_The_Fixer
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    Just gonna give the pvp perspective here.

    2h would be more effective for pvp, either sword-n-board/2h or 2h/bow. Also duel-wield is really good right now.

    But you could make SnB/bow work by using the bow bar for DoTs and buffs and then using the Shield bar for a light attack->Puncture->bash combo. You want a class with easy access to major brutality (warden/stam sorcerer/DK) since you you need that buff and can't get it from SnB or bow.

    It wouldn't be 100% tryhard optimal, but you could make a pretty functional build with sword-n-board/bow.
  • DoonerSeraph
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    Jimmy_The_Fixer wrote: »
    Just gonna give the pvp perspective here.

    2h would be more effective for pvp, either sword-n-board/2h or 2h/bow. Also duel-wield is really good right now.

    But you could make SnB/bow work by using the bow bar for DoTs and buffs and then using the Shield bar for a light attack->Puncture->bash combo. You want a class with easy access to major brutality (warden/stam sorcerer/DK) since you you need that buff and can't get it from SnB or bow.

    It wouldn't be 100% tryhard optimal, but you could make a pretty functional build with sword-n-board/bow.

    Yep, and in PvP you have powerful reflects on SnB that can help you surprise people, reflecting spells and sending a good Snipe together with them is very nice.
  • Maxximus
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    @Jimmy_The_Fixer @DoonerSeraph So if I was going to run this build in PVE as well would I want to roll as a tank or dps?
  • DoonerSeraph
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    Maxximus wrote: »
    @Jimmy_The_Fixer @DoonerSeraph So if I was going to run this build in PVE as well would I want to roll as a tank or dps?

    Tough question, in PVE you certainly dont want to run SnB as a DPS (theres a taunt there only useful for tanks), and you dont want to run Bow as a tank, the only thing it may be useful is to draw initial aggro with endless hail. I would swap SnB for dual wield if you want to DPS and double bar SnB if you wanna tank.
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