what's the point of duelist

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therussianmudkip wrote:

I think duelists are actually really bad for melee they dont have the crit passives that the shadow does and that to me is alot better than just damage passives

One may assume they will get some closer nodes that add crit chance and multiplier while dual-wielding with the improved duelist-tree.

As well as some closer nodes adding more dual-wield block, evasion/armor etc

From what I can see, he's not supposed to be a huge damage dealer but a tanky "zeal" type character. I play mine with high attack speed, high dex (for evasion) high strength (for health and some armor). Then I made sure both my weapons have +% leach and +life on hit, and I got the health on hit linked gem as well.

Of course, this is regarding pve where I can round up a mob for the team and cleave the shit out of them until our burst damage can take them down. In pvp, I don't know how it would work as I haven't done much serious pvp.

This is just food for thought, if you look past some of the lack of damage passives and see how tanky he can get, I think people who like playing zealers will like playing the duelist, and people who like playing damage dealer melee classes will like marauder.

I wonder if duelists will get a tree reset with the changes..

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Ponn wrote:

I wonder if duelists will get a tree reset with the changes..

Very probable.

Pretty sure everyone in the game will get a free respec when major changes are made to the tree.

It would be completely retarded if not.

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faytless wrote:

Pretty sure everyone in the game will get a free respec when major changes are made to the tree.

It would be completely retarded if not.

I agree but would really love an announcement or official word from devs on this. Not looking for "just roll another character, there is no reset!" responses. Its logical and likely that everyone would get a reset so it would be cool to have a date/confirmation/estimated time etc.

Hopefully, the Point will be apparent after the improvements :D

Don't forget that Duelists get a lot of STR nodes that add to both life and melee damage. Something the Shadow has a hard time getting and that's why they get more access to crit.

My main complaint is that it doesn't appear that blocking works at all while dual wielding.

I tested by letting one mob slowly hit me over and over again with 23% block. Each of his swings made my health drop (and then it regens to full b4 the next hit). Not once did I block a hit from this skeleton for one minute.

being hipster, and i love it

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Tracker_X wrote:

Don't forget that Duelists get a lot of STR nodes that add to both life and melee damage. Something the Shadow has a hard time getting and that's why they get more access to crit.

My main complaint is that it doesn't appear that blocking works at all while dual wielding.

I tested by letting one mob slowly hit me over and over again with 23% block. Each of his swings made my health drop (and then it regens to full b4 the next hit). Not once did I block a hit from this skeleton for one minute.

this is serious, I'll try it at home.