Taugrim's Swordmaster PVP: R40 Patch 1.2 1v1s: Skragg the Choppa (narrated)

[ronan32]

very skilled choppa, thats funny.

[Highstar25]

sword and board on a SM just doesn't look right imho, greatswords are swordmaster's signiture weps.

[taugrimtaugrim]

@Highstar25 I agree...after this video was made, I went back to 2H specs for good :)

[Highstar25]

yay :) so what build are you using now? I just restarted up me WAR account and my main is a 2h swordmaster =D

[taugrimtaugrim]

@Highstar25 I retired from WAR back in September 2009, when Aion was launched. For reasons stated on my blog (taugrim . com), I will likely not come back to WAR

[Highstar25]

ok, aion is great fun :D can't wait until they put out that exp fix they talked about on facebook XD

[Ghost89it]

A suggestion that i can give to you is, when you fight with a shield, to don't move searching for his/her back... just wait the enemy and rotate where he/she moves... moving so much reduces the percentage of blocking rate imho.

[Ghost89it]

In this video you use the spec Khaine/Vaul.... i think that ws orks (BO and Choppa) the best way to kill them is using vaul (for Absorb) and hoeth for spiritual damage.

In my server i'm the nightmare of the orks... XD

Ps:what tattics do you usually use to fght versus them)

... sorry for my bad english

[taugrimtaugrim]

In the video, I was Hoeth / Khaine, with points only in Vaul to get Perfect Defenses.

I just spec'd to 1h Vaul / Hoeth recently, with VB PD PE and EA. It seems to work well against MDPS.

[VladimirLemLem]

Should always taunt his self-heal, or punt him away if its not up.

And a s/b SM shouldn't have any issues with a choppa imo, same thing with an IB.

[dasmonkeyman]

do u find 2h dps spec viable now after the ''ranged damage debuff'' of 1.3, or was it aoe debuff...?

i play a BO and just dont find sword and bourd kicks out that much dmg, so cant burn many things down fast enough and the odd disrupt from hold line doesnt seem worth it...just wondering what u think bout it after ur week back

[taugrimtaugrim]

I don't think those changes to AOE have gone live yet, they are on the PTR.

Part of the issue I have is I only have blue 1h weapons. If I had a 57-60 DPS 1h, I could probably output a good chunk more damage.

In 1.3, I've switched back to 2H, and an offense spec (Khaine). It's been fun so far. I'm actually uploading that video as I type.

[taugrimtaugrim]

FYI: the AOE nerfs went live in 1.3b, and ***wow*** what a huge improvement they've made to RVR.

RVR is so much more fun now that AOE stacked in the same spot won't wipe opposing players in 5 seconds, like it used to.

The 2h Khaine / Hoeth spec is a very good one now, given that 1.3b has made the game much more focused around single-target DPS.

[dasmonkeyman]

hope to see some more footage of your SM soon, really good vedoes, one of very few players who i have seen that are fun/interesting/entertaining to watch.

you mentioned you quit, what game did you go to just out of curiosity?

[taugrimtaugrim]

I just re-subbed to WAR just over a week ago.

And I'll be posting another video probably later today.

[Shitlair]

What is better swordmaster or knight of the blazing sun

[taugrimtaugrim]

I've heard KotBS (and Chosen) are pretty strong right now, but I've never played a KotBS past Tier 1, so I can't say from first-hand experience.

[Ghost89it]

I'm a swordmaster but for now i suggest you a Kotbs for the performance... but a SM for the Fun!

[Empirefist]

In Europe lag isn't that bad what it have been, but there is still some. A lot of improvments done. Land of the Dead real wake up PvP. You need lock zones to get there and stuff like that. You can invade your enemies dungeon. Have Fun!

[Supremax67]

Actually, he should reconsider, considering how the game has improved since launch. Of course, for someone just joining, they wouldn't remember all the lag like veteran players did. So a lot less frustration for players just joining. And to run Warhammer, you do need to have a good machine, unfortunately. With land of the dead, they been a lot of players returning and some new ones as well, surprisingly.

[taugrimtaugrim]

I re-subbed last week, not because of LotD (I'm not really a fan of PVE, it gets boring).

The game is more stable that it was when I quit. The game used to CTD (crash-to-desktop) several times over the course of an evening. Now some nights it doesn't crash.

There is still lag in mass ORVR, but it's gotten better.

[kutte207]

So are you going to make more videos? I absolutely love them, I learned so much about playing, some of the tips I can also use in LoTRo. It would be great if you could make mor of it.

[taugrimtaugrim]

Yep, I am collecting footage of a 2H spec I haven't played much: Khaine / Hoeth. Maybe over the weekend I'll have it up.

[ousooners5193]

Sad to see the mighty taugrim quit, your BW videos got me into this game. I hope you reonsider at some point.

Thanks

[leifman7]

Do you play in High Quality mode? If so what is your system specs? I am running 3GB RAM and a GeForce 8500 GT and I can only play on Medium Quality, and even then sometimes I lag and abilities don't trigger immediately when I press them.

Anyway, your videos have taught me a lot about the Swordmaster and RVR, and I want to say good job and thank you for these videos. Keep up the good work.

[taugrimtaugrim]

I played in Balanced mode. On the higher sets I would graphics-lag too much. I had a 2 GB RAM laptop with Nvidia Quadro FX 360M.

[leifman7]

Alright, maybe It's just my internet service then. Thanks, and what do you mean "played?" Did you quit playing WAR?

[taugrimtaugrim]

Yes, I de-subbed, last day playing WAR was April 19th.

I loved the game but the game client and servers lagged and / or crashed under heavy load (e.g. mass RVR, city sieges, etc), 7 months after the game had launched. I had seen enough. A game needs to be more stable to warrant paying for it, that many months after launch.

[leifman7]

Ah, I had heard that the endgame was pretty laggy. I'ts a shame. I guess I'll just make a character and get to endgame just to experience everything the game has to offer, then de-sub as well. Anyway, good luck with whatever you choose to do next!

[JMShan88]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you'll come back to see how land of the dead spreads out the fronts. I'd like to duel you whenever you decide to come back. I'll be watching the battlefield for your tag! After which I'll dance on your corpse with my chosen!

[Emilaset]

nice. you seems to know quite alot about the game :D

[dasmonkeyman]

Taugrim did you try fighting choppas with 2her? i found that the sword n bord doesnt mitigate enough dmg to warrent the the lower dps the 1h weapon causes.

but thats against slayers, i dont know if there is a big or any difference in class playstyle/mechanics/moves etc

[taugrimtaugrim]

Great question.

I switched to 2h the last 2 weeks before patch 1.2.1 went live, a Hoeth/Khaine build with Rugged slotted. I found that that was at least as good as (and probably better) than running with 1h + shield against opponents like Choppas, where it really is a DPS race (because of their R1 morale and Furious Choppin).

It's a shame, I didn't get enough footage recorded with 2h before 1.2.1 went live to make a video.

[SalociNn19]

In 1v1 fights do you consider well-played and geared Choppaz being an harder opponent to kill than a well played and geared Witch elf and why?

[taugrimtaugrim]

Choppa, because of 2 very powerful abilities

1. Furious Choppin self-heal

2. R1 3600 morale bubble

[ImSorryWIld]

Woah i just saw a video that the choppa made, he beat taugrim in it with like 90 percent health left XD

[taugrimtaugrim]

That was one of the 8 or so fights we had.

I wasn't ready that fight, which is why I was backing up before he engaged me. Oh well. LOL.

[ImSorryWIld]

o my bad sorry lol, i hate people that dont wave or point before a duel, like in the video an IB was running away from him(at full health) i could tell he probaly didnt wanna fight,

[taugrimtaugrim]

Nah, Skragg is cool. I can't remember what I was looking at in the game UI, but I wasn't quite ready to fight.

[Shammadin]

Nice video, what are your computer specs?

[The111DooD]

Awesome video. I must admit I was expecting you to beat him, you being a Tank him being a MDPS.

I played a Choppa on trial for a bit and found it quite easy to rip apart some tanks though. But I was going Path of Da Wrecka, and most of my attacks were AoE so I never really just attacked one at a time.

[taugrimtaugrim]

Choppa is a very strong class right now. Furious Choppin is a very strong ability.

I made the video to help teach folks who have come to realize this, when the Choppas they are facing are no longer low RR or crappily geared.

[The111DooD]

Almost can't wait to see what happens. Although I do hope they "fix" it, unless it's supposed to be like that for some reason.

Also since you seem to be quite experienced in WAR, I thought I might ask you what good things might be to stack for a MDPS class. Usually it'd something like Wounds, Strength, Weapon Skill and Toughness. But I was wondering if it would be viable to stack say Elemental resists so that Bright Wizards barely scratch me.

[Urielliam]

you can stack the resistance, but youll need talismans, lots of them. But BW damage has be nerfed since the last patch, you may wanna check in what are you lacking and balance your resistance as much as possible.

[chazdoit]

Another Great video. Savage path is excellent for 1v1

[Rhauvin]

Nice video Taug.

[Lordseydious]

Hi from Switzerland!

Could you please post me the list with all the addons for SM that u use? Thanks again for your vids. U are the reason why i started a SM 3 month ago. Kgrds

[taugrimtaugrim]

You're the 2nd person to ask in as many days. I'll have to include an addons list at the end of the videos moving forward :) ActionBarColor-1.2 AnywhereTrainer-1.0-release Aura-v2.2.1 AutoDismount BuffThrottle-1.3.4 EZCraft-1.4.0 Join_Selected_Scenarios_1.06 KillingBlow-1.6 LibSlash-v2.6-release rvrstatsupdated1.2a tdc tdps thinkoutloud-1.1.5 wsct-v1.33

[Lordseydious]

Thanks for the quick answer

[JMShan88]

whao dude, i never even realized taunt interrupted. THX will definetly help against the slayer counterpart.

[ConcernedHuman]

tank vs mdps favors tank anyway, ihavnt trouble with chops 1on1 with my sm.

[taugrimtaugrim]

I have watched a lot of Order tanks get wrecked by Choppas, esp the one in this video.

It is one of the reasons I made the video. A well-played Choppa is very dangerous.

[Tanelorn1991BGD]

Great videos as always, keep up the good work!

[Halroni]

Another nice commentary!

May I ask you, where do you find your oponents for 1on1s? Forums? mIRC?

[taugrimtaugrim]

I ride around looking for them. You do that enough, people on the other side starting looking for you for 1v1s. I do get run over by groups and such, but such is life in WAR. Waaagh!

Also, on our server, schedule 1v1 nights on WarhammerAlliance. Sometimes 10-30 people come. It's a lot of fun, and great practice.

[Halroni]

.. but a rule violation, isn't it?

Cool, thanks for the hints though. 1v1 is, as you say, alot of fun and great pracice!

[taugrimtaugrim]

AFAIK, as long as the fight outcomes are not pre-determined, it's fine. I.e. we're not doing this to farm one another. We're trying to kill each other :D

[Halroni]

Oh, yeah, that is not what Iam refering to though. I remember reading a response from Mythic on WAforum where they clearly stated that pre-scheduled RvR encounters in smaller groups/1v1 scenarios are prohibited due to the fact that it goes against the realm vs realm concept (or somthing like that). The game was not built to encourage small group player fights but rather large scaled ones.

Don't know if that has changed though, it was awhile ago.