[KOTBS] DPS Glory build viable?

[szczypacz]

maybe i'll ask once more, any of the experienced Knights knows how to deal with mara and his self heal 1v1?

[Wittygamertag]

maybe i'll ask once more, any of the experienced Knights knows how to deal with mara and his self heal 1v1?

Quite easily. I do solo roam a lot and I run 2h. I have done so from t2 on and rarely if ever lose a 1 v 1 to maras
1. Stack armour
2. Run on your guard
3. Run suns blessing
4. Lots of parry for runefang
5. Run emporers champion

My knights name is Louie. Feel free to contact me in game

[Vandoles]

I leveled through t2 as an S&B KOTBS and couldn't beat maras with the self-heal 1v1. I suppose if you try a thorns build (shield of the sun, on your guard) and try to dot them down, you could do something. You could try running sunfury/coordination to negate his damage and give him back more than he gives. I think a trick would be to get 3x BB on him, vicious slash, wait until his self-heal is down and knock him away. The dots will tick down and he won't be able to get a new self-heal down?

maybe i'll ask once more, any of the experienced Knights knows how to deal with mara and his self heal 1v1?

Quite easily. I do solo roam a lot and I run 2h. I have done so from t2 on and rarely if ever lose a 1 v 1 to maras
1. Stack armour
2. Run on your guard
3. Run suns blessing
4. Lots of parry for runefang
5. Run emporers champion

My knights name is Louie. Feel free to contact me in game

Suns Blessing is r31, Emperors Champion is r32.

I think the guy was asking around t2, so before those 2.

[Tankbeardz]

If you're rolling a KOTBS to solo roam you're kinda missing the point a little, the class' main mechanic is auras that are basically commands You'll steamroll most mdps you meet, but you have no ranged abilities, distance closers or burst to drop stuff that quickly. Idk, I guess a KOTBS can solo roam but I really don't know anyone who's rolled KOTBS to solo roam.

That said, if you want to play solo as a KOTBS and join pugs, scenarios and impromptu roaming groups, it's a pretty neat class because everyone will usually welcome a KOTBS. Unless you're 2h.

There is just so much wrong with most of this....

Like what?

I honestly haven't seen that many solo roaming KOTBS, all of them seem to go into groups, 6-mans, etc. Maybe I'm mistaken here, I haven't played THAT much destro, but it seems to me like a KOTBS solo roaming the lakes looking for pick-offs and such wouldn't have as much success as..well any actual DPS class. Or a healer. But hey, enlighten me if I'm wrong.

As for 2h KOTBS, I've seen plenty of people run it. Doesn't mean it'll be THAT easy to find a group. I mean, you can run practically any build on any class, even gimped ones, that's the beauty of War's less streamlined pvp approach, but it doesn't mean you're effectively as welcome on a 2h as you are on SnB. Again, I could be wrong, I have never tried to run 6-mans or private groups, warbands and such on my KOTBS, but I've also almost never had a 2h KOTBS in my groups, which were usually led by other people.

You just don't get it. 2h knight is as viable as snb in any group setup...especially after the nerf.
Except for the fact that most of the population doesn't solo, EVER, knight is fine roaming solo (expect to get zerged most of the time). There are only a few people that roam solo on this server...and they usually play a stealth class or dps healer.

Comparing your experience in pug warbands to getting invited to groups...what?! Just make friends...

[Vandoles]

Spoiler:

There is just so much wrong with most of this....

Like what?

I honestly haven't seen that many solo roaming KOTBS, all of them seem to go into groups, 6-mans, etc. Maybe I'm mistaken here, I haven't played THAT much destro, but it seems to me like a KOTBS solo roaming the lakes looking for pick-offs and such wouldn't have as much success as..well any actual DPS class. Or a healer. But hey, enlighten me if I'm wrong.

As for 2h KOTBS, I've seen plenty of people run it. Doesn't mean it'll be THAT easy to find a group. I mean, you can run practically any build on any class, even gimped ones, that's the beauty of War's less streamlined pvp approach, but it doesn't mean you're effectively as welcome on a 2h as you are on SnB. Again, I could be wrong, I have never tried to run 6-mans or private groups, warbands and such on my KOTBS, but I've also almost never had a 2h KOTBS in my groups, which were usually led by other people.

You just don't get it. 2h knight is as viable as snb in any group setup...especially after the nerf.
Except for the fact that most of the population doesn't solo, EVER, knight is fine roaming solo (expect to get zerged most of the time). There are only a few people that roam solo on this server...and they usually play a stealth class or dps healer.

Comparing your experience in pug warbands to getting invited to groups...what?! Just make friends...

Geez dude, no need to be so aggressive. I was saying pretty much what you're saying, that knights aren't for soloing like stealth classes, dps healer classes or WLs (even some maras solo). And yes, I agree with you 2h knight is as viable, it's just a bit harder to find groups that want one if you're solo roaming, like that guy asked about. Of course everything is subjective, cause all you need is some friends and you can join as whatever the hell you want.

The guy asked about solo roam, so I assumed he meant solo.

So let's just say I agree with all you said and that's that.

[Tankbeardz]

Spoiler:

Like what?

I honestly haven't seen that many solo roaming KOTBS, all of them seem to go into groups, 6-mans, etc. Maybe I'm mistaken here, I haven't played THAT much destro, but it seems to me like a KOTBS solo roaming the lakes looking for pick-offs and such wouldn't have as much success as..well any actual DPS class. Or a healer. But hey, enlighten me if I'm wrong.

As for 2h KOTBS, I've seen plenty of people run it. Doesn't mean it'll be THAT easy to find a group. I mean, you can run practically any build on any class, even gimped ones, that's the beauty of War's less streamlined pvp approach, but it doesn't mean you're effectively as welcome on a 2h as you are on SnB. Again, I could be wrong, I have never tried to run 6-mans or private groups, warbands and such on my KOTBS, but I've also almost never had a 2h KOTBS in my groups, which were usually led by other people.

You just don't get it. 2h knight is as viable as snb in any group setup...especially after the nerf.
Except for the fact that most of the population doesn't solo, EVER, knight is fine roaming solo (expect to get zerged most of the time). There are only a few people that roam solo on this server...and they usually play a stealth class or dps healer.

Comparing your experience in pug warbands to getting invited to groups...what?! Just make friends...

Geez dude, no need to be so aggressive. I was saying pretty much what you're saying, that knights aren't for soloing like stealth classes, dps healer classes or WLs (even some maras solo). And yes, I agree with you 2h knight is as viable, it's just a bit harder to find groups that want one if you're solo roaming, like that guy asked about. Of course everything is subjective, cause all you need is some friends and you can join as whatever the hell you want.

The guy asked about solo roam, so I assumed he meant solo.

So let's just say I agree with all you said and that's that.

Ah yes, my text was so aggressive. I apologize for disagreeing and using a threatening tone using words like "what?!" and phrases like "you just don't get it". Enjoy your day sir.