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How is Boadsword/Shield defense?

Broken_Wings

By Broken_Wings,
Posted on: 2011-12-18 15:34 in Scrappers

 

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Hey guys.

I've been in a medieval mood lately and feel an urge to make a knight themed character and while I do enjoy making concept characters like this I also like to make sure my future characters will be a fun playing experience and a good helpful character for teams.

How would BS/SD compare to the popular power setups?

 

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BS/SD is a fine combo, and easy to level because Parry lets you softcap your melee defense early on. Personally I prefer WM/SD, though, now that scrappers have it.

 

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I have had two sword/shld toons. The main shield power (deflect) is extra cool because you can slot both Def and Resist in it. You can get good protection early. That said, the lower lvls can be frustrating because the sword attacks are sooo slow. Now that everyone DFBs to lvl 10, that is probably moot, though.

 

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Originally Posted by Broken_Wings View Post
Hey guys.

I've been in a medieval mood lately and feel an urge to make a knight themed character and while I do enjoy making concept characters like this I also like to make sure my future characters will be a fun playing experience and a good helpful character for teams.

How would BS/SD compare to the popular power setups?
BS/SD is a superb combo, easily in the top five scrapper combos.

My top five, in no order:

a) Claws/invuln
b) Electric/Shield
c) Katana/Willpower
d) Dark Melee/Invuln
e) Broadsword/Shield

This leaves out the elec/elec I love so much, but the bad guys running drops it's solo play too far.

And yes, shield is on there twice, because it's STILL so good it's broken. Invuln is on there twice because, on a scrapper, I just like being tough, and invuln can cap your hitpoints.

Play notes:

Claws/inv loves a crowd, and can handle +2x8 easily on most factions.
Elec/shield is a fantastic 'melee nuke' machine. Learn to time your attacks to buildup.
Katana/willpower is a smooth leveling experience and can peak very high.
Dark Melee/invuln lacks AOE damage, but is superb ST. Solo on +4x3.
BS/shield: Thrives on crowds. 1x8 is nearly ideal to cap your AAO bonus. Use SC for the knockdown. The damage is just an awesome bonus.

You have chosen well, young scrapper. Go forth and SCRAP.