Paladins in PvP

[Vile]

Originally Posted by Nirgon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

1v1 a 50 paladin in equivalent gear should beat a 50 SK in equivalent gear, if they're both men about it or fight on the arena platform.

Quite possibly I'd say this could be a coin flip. Maybe a slight advantage to the pally because of the lame 1v1 in the arena situation, but in a "real" PvP situation, the SK should never die to a Paladin.

Comparing a 300hp heal vs the SK's lifetap is an illogical way to compare the 2 classes.

[Nirgon]

Originally Posted by Vile [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Quite possibly I'd say this could be a coin flip. Maybe a slight advantage to the pally because of the lame 1v1 in the arena situation, but in a "real" PvP situation, the SK should never die to a Paladin.

Comparing a 300hp heal vs the SK's lifetap is an illogical way to compare the 2 classes.

Yeah its kind of an "on paper" assessment. The real bonus to the SK is being a large race, duh obvi right. Don't forget also the paladin gets both counteract poison and disease along with some lower end magic buff when it isn't available otherwise. Inb4 people will always have cure potions on them.

[Vile]

Originally Posted by Nirgon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah its kind of an "on paper" assessment. The real bonus to the SK is being a large race, duh obvi right. Don't forget also the paladin gets both counteract poison and disease along with some lower end magic buff when it isn't available otherwise. Inb4 people will always have cure potions on them.

I'd like to think more of real word PvP to look at it properly.

The Paladin should never kill the SK. The SK can go FD into mobs, shadowstep, invis, etc....

[Softcore PK]

I prefer the paladin class [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Heals and lay hands <333

[mitic]

the point is that shadowknights are way more versatile than paladins but yes, its a matter of playstyle what class someone is going to play

[Nirgon]

Then again, str is pretty easy to max as an SK (maybe not if you get golem wanded). Dex good for recasting/procs.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Nirgon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Then again, str is pretty easy to max as an SK (maybe not if you get golem wanded). Dex good for recasting/procs.

that's true but i'm not sure how that is relevant to the discussion at hand. the vast majority of people don't put a single point into dex on creation, shadowknights included.

[mitic]

Originally Posted by pickled_heretic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

that's true but i'm not sure how that is relevant to the discussion at hand. the vast majority of people don't put a single point into dex on creation, shadowknights included.

yep thats true but DEX should be taken into consideration as a SK since vampiric embrace is already available at lvl 22.. one or two added procs in one fight do more dmg (dont forget the added heal) than +20 str

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by mitic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

yep thats true but DEX should be taken into consideration as a SK since vampiric embrace is already available at lvl 22.. one or two added procs in one fight do more dmg (dont forget the added heal) than +20 str

that's great, i'm not arguing with that. i'm saying that nobody ever puts points into dex as a shadowknight so saying that an average large race shadowknight's dex on average will be anything more than total shit is being facetious.

[tbox]

Another consideration would be how easy it is to get a 30 damage jouster for a sk at like lvl 20 with the gatorsmash maul.