don775 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:31 pm
Anyways Chosen is the only one to be compared for Kotbs and they are doing much better with GW, while BO does better with Shields than Kotbs cant beat them, so there is a conparison to be made to Chosen to the very least since we can match BO to SM for their parries but its fair to compare BO to IB and SM to BG.
No. Look over the career builder abilities. The classes are not mirrored to their faction nemesis-race counterpart.
Kotbs has auras yes, same as Chosen, of course.
It also has aoe defense debuff, same as BG.
Aoe Crit debuff, same as BG.
Aoe wounds debuff, same as BG.
main attack ability that ignores 25% of armor, same as BG.
don775 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:31 pm
SnB
Chosen > Kotbs.
That is straight out delusional. What are you basing this on? Raw numbers? Man no one cares if a shield boi can beat another shield boi. No one has the time to look at that fight.
- Chosen has 3 auras, same as Knight.
- Knight also has Dirty Tricks, 5% crit reduction on block. Chosen has similar ability but it happens on crit; it is not a meta build for a serious warband, no SnB chosen specs crit. You sacrifice too much survivability.
- Knight also has passive 15% heal buff party wide. Chosen needs to use an aura to counter this. A knight is never in a situation where they need to use "Now's Our Chance!" to counter anything.
- Lastly Knight has Vigilance. 50% dmg reduction. It's basically a detaunt on a tank. Chosen counterpart has 15% dmg reduction and increases armor
(not stackable with pots of course, we're all gentlemen here).
That's not to say chosen is a weak tank. The high parry, auras and morale tactic keeps them competitive in warbands, but to call them better SnB tanks than Knight means you're not paying attention to group play. No one in a party cares that chosen shield tank is doing spirit damage.