Playing and abilities: Knights

[ArchmagusArcana]

On Amun i set my knight as a Knarb, and only had block on 13 i think. I did notice a difference.

Even so, block is too unreliable to be worth counting on and to be really viable as a base for a character class. Better to have slightly better armor and no block than to have block as it is.


THOUGH, maybe making changing protector to 100% block rate for 7-15 seconds (like low pro) would be a power worth having (higher in the tree of course). Meh, block needs to be changed in some way.

[Pakos]

Originally Posted by ZericOfGa

Everyone is talking about maxing the shields tree....I have had no luck at all with Shields(19). I end up with a 128 block chance and am lucky if I block 5 hits in a whole fort war. Either I'm unlucky or theres a way to raise your shield and hide

Comments? Knight is getting boring as hell for me to play, imo the shields tree is broken :s

well i'm using shields at 19, only for passive block and knock over (does it really works?), i dont use block because it's too short (30 secs only ;o).

[Freduardo]

Run over definately works, and is one of the nicest things in that whole broken tree. I used shields 15 for a long time just so I could have Run Over (4).

Lately I've dropped shields to 9 (yes nine ). I miss run over, but since shield bash is way too tricky to land, and block is non-existant I prefer to put my points somewhere else...

[Dupa_z_Zasady]

Originally Posted by Freduardo

Run over definately works, and is one of the nicest things in that whole broken tree. I used shields 15 for a long time just so I could have Run Over (4).

Agreed. Run over is the best in the shield tree.

Lately I've dropped shields to 9 (yes nine ). I miss run over, but since shield bash is way too tricky to land, and block is non-existant I prefer to put my points somewhere else...

I have shields maxed but i don't have vanguard maxed. It seems, so called knarb setup gives more fun nowadays than full defensive, not attacked, tin can. AoO is even more useless to me than blocks, cause i like to have mana.

[_dracus_]

Originally Posted by Dupa_z_Zasady

I have shields maxed but i don't have vanguard maxed. It seems, so called knarb setup gives more fun nowadays than full defensive, not attacked, tin can. AoO is even more useless to me than blocks, cause i like to have mana.

AoO is really nice sometimes when you meet that Holy conjuror using synergy bound(3). Yes I know some on Syrtis/Ra that does it really well on warriors, each time you use a huge mana costing buff like Madness or AoO, you get mana back, but that's rare ;(

[Dupa_z_Zasady]

Originally Posted by _dracus_

AoO is really nice sometimes when you meet that Holy conjuror using synergy bound(3). Yes I know some on Syrtis/Ra that does it really well on warriors, each time you use a huge mana costing buff like Madness or AoO, you get mana back, but that's rare ;(

Heh, yesterday i was told by some conju, to learn to play without relying on conjus.

[ZericOfGa]

Unfortunately many conjs have the misconception that knights don't need heals. I tend to get a rez more often then a heal. Then they say "damn you're fragile for a knight". Well...4,500 hp goes fast when 8 people are on you

[Pakos]

what skills are good in blunt? for sure ms but anything else? I'll use hammer as a main weapon

[Titine]

I'm having a lot of fun with balestra because it's very usefull for grinding (prevent 1 or 2 hits from monsters) and to catch runner at war.

I'm lvl 40 so I can only max one tree which is vanguard but I cant see if Heroic presence is usefull for allies in wars or not. Are shield auras better for war ?

[_dracus_]

Originally Posted by Pakos

what skills are good in blunt? for sure ms but anything else? I'll use hammer as a main weapon

The passive resistance to piercing damage isn't bad, then thunder strike as very long CC.