Harder than you'd think when they're rocking +15-20 dex. As a dexy sword spec, your 'ideal' suit is +15-20 to dex and strength. As long as you can keep your stats up, you can win against almost any gang. stxt

March 11, 2015 10:07PM
Gangs don't work for a few reasons.

Firstly, seven winds of hamsah mu'tazz. It's sort of obscene.

Secondly, ganks tend to focus on lagging. Lagging doesn't kill dexy sword specs, especially not when you're eating tons of ripostes a round. Something I've covered before in great detail. The best way to deal with dexy sword spec if run them out of preps and burst damage when they overextend. They don't have much hp, and they will overextend. Catch an elf/dark-elf sword spec with only minimal protection and you can burst them with a good flurry/drum/ambush/savage feedings etc.

There's a time and a place for a gank. Killing dexy sword spec isn't one of them unless its a group on group fight and your allies are intelligent enough to focus their melee at a third party while directing targeted strikes toward the dexy sword spec.

Third option is to outfight them as another warrior. Either another dexy sword spec or, surprisingly, I find a decked polespec/spear spec to be a reaaaally hard fight for a sword spec 1v1. The good polearms prog, you hardly ever riposte them, and they have pretty solid targeted damage in chop/pugil.
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Bad time to be an imperial when Lilyth and Liantae are awake. (n/t)

Returner March 10, 2015 11:56AM

Seems to me that would be the best time.

vladamir March 11, 2015 04:21PM

Attacking Liantae (or any of the 500 dex/sword builds) with 5 of your friends is going to end badly. (n/t)

Rhyaldrin March 11, 2015 07:01PM

How hard is it for a group to find way to maledict someone's dex down? (n/t)

vladamir March 11, 2015 09:17PM

Hard

daurwyn(VIP) March 11, 2015 11:42PM

I'm suprised they let sword specs stay so out of control

Zheeser March 12, 2015 12:10AM

Harder than you'd think when they're rocking +15-20 dex. As a dexy sword spec, your 'ideal' suit is +15-20 to dex and strength. As long as you can keep your stats up, you can win against almost any gang. stxt

FrostyTheGiant March 11, 2015 10:07PM

Best gank idea I ever saw for dexy sword spec

Elystan March 12, 2015 01:08AM

Best way to thrash a sword spec. Shift armadillo, taunt to you, wait till he flurries, shift to porcupine immediately and watch him kill himself on you in flurry lag. (n/t)

Gaplemo March 12, 2015 05:24PM

Parry anything + evade + Flow makes that a no-go most likely. NT

Sam March 12, 2015 11:32AM

And he'd of ruined that with a single command.

Rhyaldrin March 12, 2015 01:31AM

Norescue is a thing. (n/t)

Murphy March 12, 2015 02:11AM

So you would bank on that guy just randomly having that feature set? That makes no sense at all. (n/t)

Rhyaldrin March 12, 2015 02:48AM

If I got it right, the armadillo was on the gankers' side. (n/t)

Murphy March 12, 2015 02:55AM

Yep you're right. I read it as the dillo being with Ekaerok. (n/t)

Rhyaldrin March 12, 2015 03:13AM

Depends on the classes involved I suppose.

Rhyaldrin March 11, 2015 09:27PM

you just need to know how to gang him properly (n/t)

Murphy March 11, 2015 07:26PM

Cept that they are killing you AND your five buddies (n/t)

Returner March 11, 2015 06:53PM



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