Giants resist phys, which is easy enough to overcome. At this point I'd probably rather have resist magic for pk purposes. For ranking resist phys is still way better.
Maybe try something that has a bit more survivability?
Duergar warrior has a huge power ceiling, but when you put him in Empire you're directly forced to fight Fort a ton, and Fort has zero qualms about absolutely annihilating any evil (which is good RP but can be really fucking annoying to the actual people playing the game).
I'm not saying you can't play evil at all. But wa
Polar bear is a great pk form. You can fight without a ton of preps and be effective.
Offense, as a whole, does not have a ton of useful tier 2 forms. If I don't get copperhead, I'd hope for boar. Grey wolf/snow wolf seem reallllly similar minus some terrain specific stuff. Lynx is meh.
Compare this to defense/utility/air/water, and I think the other shapefocii have better tier 2
If, like me, you want a def form to have great survivability, and to whittle down your foe, Pachy's fantastic:
-It's also mid in terms of cabal utility. It doesn't have rescue/distract/crawl, but it does have toss which you can use in similar function.
-Its overall damage (from melee + gore) is good. It has the best lag of any def form (trample) which also does good damage
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