[SW] General Guide

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[SW] General Guide

Post#1 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:31 am

**Work in Progress; will clean up and organize better and fill in any gaps I have. If i'm missing something please let me know**

General Guide and Resource for new SW's to gather some info in a concise and visually focused guide.
Starter Gear Sets

Annihilator

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Mercenary

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Redeye

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Beastlord

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Influence Gear

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End Game Gear Sets

Conqueror

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Dominator

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Vanquisher

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Oppressor

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Sentinel

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Invader

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Bloodlord

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Genesis

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Weapons

Subjugator Weapons

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45 SC Weapons

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61 SC Weapons

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Bloodlord Weapons

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Re: [SW] Gear Guide

Post#2 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:31 am

General Builds

These are general Cookie Cutter builds for each of the three Mastery Trees. All of these are built for SW's of level 40/40.
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Note: For a Scout build before RR 50 you need to wear either Full Annihilator or Full Mercenary for the +1 Path of Scout/Skirmisher Mastery Trees (Annihilator is suggested due to the offensive components of the set).

Masteries

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Key Skill Pick-Ups: Fell the Weak, Festering Arrow, Glass Arrow, and Shadow Sting.

Key Tactic Pick-Ups: No Quarter

Tactics

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Masterful Aim: +160 Ballistic Skill

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Instinctive Aim: +120 Ballistic Skill / +120 Weapon Skill / +120 Strength / -120 Toughness

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No Quarter: Eagle Eye and Festering Arrow now build up 1 second faster.

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Bullseye: Critical Hits now increase your Critical hit rate by 20% but also increases your chance to be critically hit by 10% for 5 seconds.

Morale

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Lileath's Forgiveness - Remove all Hexes, Cripples, Curses, and Ailments and gain 250 AP.

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Focused Mind - Remove/Ignore all silences, roots, disarm, and snares for 10 seconds and reduce build-up time on casts by 50%.
Note: using this in conjunction with Sword Master's Whispering Winds to use 1.5s Cast Festering Arrow without a cooldown.

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Instill Fear - Cause 1200 damage and stagger all enemies within 30ft.

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Hail of Doom - Hit 500 dmg every .5s for 5 s in 20ft AoE.

General Playstyle/Strategy

Scout Stance general playstyle/strategy is very straight forward: keep your distance and try to get off your burst rotation. Your general rotation should be: (if in range) Flame Arrow > Shadow Sting > Festering Arrow > Glass Arrow > Fell the Weak (use FtW before GA if target is already below 30%) > Rapid Fire (this is your filler move and if you need a few extra % to finish off a target). Use Eagle Eye as your spam and pressure attack. As always use Vengeance of the Nagarythe to increase your damage output whenever you start a rotation on a target while its off cooldown.

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Note: Assault build realistically require RR 70 and full Vanquisher to be effective; you can use this 40/40 build to give it a shot if you want, though.

Masteries

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Key Skill Pick-Ups:Exploit Weakness and Shadow Sting.

Key Tactic Pick-Ups: Merciless Soldier and No Respite

Tactics

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Instinctive Aim: +120 Ballistic Skill / +120 Weapon Skill / +120 Strength / -120 Toughness

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Wrist Slash: Wrist Slash now steals 120 Weapon Skill and 80 Initiative from the target and gives it to you.

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Merciless Soldier: Exploit Weakness, Grim Slash, Brutal Assault, Sweeping Slash, Opportunistic Strike, and Counterstrike deal +50% Critical Damage // Draw Blood and Swift Strikes have a +25% Critical hit chance.

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No Respite: +15% damage when within 45 ft of target.

Morale

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Lileath's Forgiveness - Remove all Hexes, Cripples, Curses, and Ailments and gain 250 AP.

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Focused Mind - Remove/Ignore all silences, roots, disarm, and snares for 10 seconds and reduce build-up time on casts by 50%.

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Instill Fear - Cause 1200 damage and stagger all enemies within 30ft.

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Whirling Rage - Deals 2,400 damage to all enemies within 30 ft.

General Playstyle/Strategy

Assault's playstyle is centered around using your ranged attacks to weaken your target before closing in for a kill. Without Shadow Step to assist in your movement you will need to play a tight in and out playstyle. Your general rotation is Broadheaded Arrow > Shadow Sting > SFA as you move in > Grim Slash > Exploit Weakness/Draw Blood depending if you need CC or a little more damage > Brutal Assault as your finisher. Sweeping Slash is a great filler move or a finisher for a target getting some space between you. Note: you will have to swap in and our of Skirmish Stance to keep pressure from a far and to apply Takedown for your snare.As always use Vengeance of the Nagarythe to increase your damage output whenever you start a rotation on a target while its off cooldown.

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Masteries

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Key Skill Pick-Ups: Eye Shot, Shadow Sting, and Glass Arrow

Key Tactic Pick-Ups: Powerful Draw

Tactics

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Masterful Aim: +160 Ballistic Skill

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Instinctive Aim: +120 Ballistic Skill / +120 Weapon Skill / +120 Strength / -120 Toughness

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Powerful Draw: +50% Range to Path of the Skirmisher Abilities

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Leading Shots: When you critically hit an enemy you increase your group's (not your own) critical hit rate by 8%.

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Bullseye: Critical Hits now increase your Critical hit rate by 20% but also increases your chance to be critically hit by 10% for 5 seconds.

Morale

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Lileath's Forgiveness - Remove all Hexes, Cripples, Curses, and Ailments and gain 250 AP.

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Focused Mind - Remove/Ignore all silences, roots, disarm, and snares for 10 seconds and reduce build-up time on casts by 50%.

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Instill Fear - Cause 1200 damage and stagger all enemies within 30ft.

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Hail of Doom - Hit 500 dmg every .5s for 5 s in 20ft AoE.

General Playstyle/Strategy

Skirmish playstyle is all about continuously moving while applying your damage. DoT abilities make up a large amount of your damage output compared to Scout or Assault. General rotation is: Eye Shot (if needed and applicable) > Broadhead Arrow > Shadow Sting > Spiral Fletched Arrow (spam until you can move on) > Flanking Shot / Glass Arrow for burst at the end. Make sure to use Takedown to kite and Barrage / Glass Arrow as often as you can/need to add a little burst to your arsenal. As always use Vengeance of the Nagarythe to increase your damage output whenever you start a rotation on a target while its off cooldown.
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Re: [SW] Gear Guide

Post#3 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:32 am

reserved just in case
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Re: [SW] Gear Guide

Post#4 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 1:04 pm

I like where your head is at but all of the armor sets and Genesis is on the wiki.
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Re: [SW] Gear Guide

Post#5 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:39 pm

dansari wrote:I like where your head is at but all of the armor sets and Genesis is on the wiki.
yea but i wanted a more visual resource for people. plus it didn't have influence/sc/subjugator. And i also am plannign on adding more actual info to it.
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Re: [SW] Gear Guide

Post#6 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:51 pm

Lovely put together.
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Re: [SW] Gear Guide

Post#7 » Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:11 pm

Good job :)
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Re: [SW] Gear Guide

Post#8 » Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:28 pm

Nicely put together! Thank you!!

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Re: [SW] Gear Guide

Post#9 » Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:38 pm

Sweet write up, thx mate!
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Re: [SW] General Guide

Post#10 » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:50 am

Added some cookie cutter builds for specs. Turning this into more of a general guide instead of just a gear guide. Will slowly update it.
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