I know the one comment complained you didn't have in game tips, but that's 90% of the other tutorials on TH-cam. I'm very glad you instead took the time to break down perks, but especially that you discussed builds and strategy, as that stuff has been harder to find online
I've been really enjoying shield mastery perk. Bopping somebody with the quickness right after you successfully block feels awesome and rewards good blocks.
thoughts on giving fighter new perks for the 2 handed weapons, namely the halberd. i dont see why the class should be limited to sword and shield with plate armour if those weapons exist as native weapons. having more variety in weapon choice than 3 swords would make the class a lot more fun to play, and in any case fighter needs new content badly.
I am too very fond of the logic of dex/will gloves, with barbuta helm, dark leather pant… but I also aim for jazerant chest because even legendary one are super cheap. That makes a less PDR kit but so much less espensive and it grands me high mobility and basically negates magic type players. Then I don’t need then armor move speed penalty reduction and I can focus on another block/weapon perk that will increase my lethality on counterattacks.
This video was really helpful I just started playing and first I chose a warlock but I didn't like the casting so I decided to swap and couldn't find anything that was working for me other than warlock until I found this guide now I'm actually able to do stuff in the game lol
You didnt touch on the weapon mastery perk. Especially in Solos, i feel like running a survival bow is almost essential for dueling at range while maintaining mobility that a crossbow just doesnt offer. I also like it for chasing down and finishing off faster and slippery characters that just run away from you now with the sprint nerfs. Thoughts?
@@ayehodgy5675 I recommend barricade. If you're running weapon mastery for a bow, it reduces the likelihood that you'll be blocking. If the point is to improve performance against ranged, might as well remove the perk that's not helping while engaging at range.
They should add a skill where they throw their shield like Captain America and it would stun for 1 second. The fighter would have to go and grab it back like how a Bard throws their drum
I have to defend Victory Strike as it has gotten me out of so many bad situations where I get surrounded by mobs accidentally and I didn't have any heals on me. If you know how many hits it takes for a certain enemy, you can easily figure out when you need to hit the ability to get the heal. It's an instant heal too, Also the fact there is no debuff and the cooldown isn't that long. No need to farm spiders, just take out an enemy every 18 seconds. Also great for just keeping your health at max throughout your run and you can use your actual heals if you get into a sticky situation. Albeit, this is from a solo standpoint and I realize your builds are mostly for trios.
amazing guide, definetely gonna try some of the gear choices and taunt. wouldve loved to hear more about longsword fighter tho. ive been running it since wipe and im really enjoying it 9/10 times, just curious if I missed something or just things to keep in mind while playing it idk... :)
I dont play longsword fighter tbh so Im not one to speak on it. if youre curious in the official dnd discord in fighter chat theres a ton of longsword players you can ask about for help on it
I haven't played this game in years, just got it off steam last week. Started out with the longsword fighter and I never looked back. I'm a couple more attempts from soloing that stupid cave troll though.😅
I've heard that defense masteries armor rating boost wasn't good at all. Is that something from an onlder build of the game or are they just wrong? I think they said it was just a small number
Great guide defenitley gonna implement some of this stuff. Had a crazy kit at the beginning of the wipe with like 60 percent pdr 100%ms and 40% mdr no weapons out. Lost that tho. Before shifting to pdr mdr fighter I was a slayer main and I’m wondering if you ever think slayer will become viable again with the weapon damage and sprint nerfs. Anyways great video hold the line with fighter man.
Could it be better to satck res. instead of buff duration? i dont know the actual formulas for cooldown reduction on res. but it could actually be viable no?
the main point isnt stacking buff duration specifically its moreso that will gives MR and buff duration while existing on good armor pieces. visored barbuta templar leather gloves all being good and cheap pieces. but like you mentioned it does also help second wind
Me and my buddies just hit level 20 and want to do some high roller geared runs soon. Only have about 2k gold, and will probably go with the first perk/skill build you showed in the vid. Should I try to find some cheap blue plate gear with maybe a few purples like that visored barbuta? What would be the best weapons setup with little gear? Falchion and heater shield + crossbow?
at that point my recommendation would be just to go in very low gear and try to find stuff in raid. if you survive 1 run youre likely to end up mostly in blues and just continue on from there
@@toddfatherttv I should have mentioned I play solo atm not teams, so not sure if that changes your opininion? I'm still new to the game, but I've found the extra range and move speed with the longsword let's me get the first hit more often and good for catching up to people
@@acestronaut4893 I mean if youre having fun with it thats all that matters. when youre in really low gear levels anything can work. in terms of a meta idek if there is one down there
I went over every single perk and skill when to use them and when not and showed off gear to use. LMAO Im sorry i didnt load into your game and give you a firsthand account of how to play the class
There's exactly one class that's viable in solos in this game: druid. Because ~50% of the time you're going to just run into a class that's a direct counter to you, and there's fuck all you can do to win the fight. At least on druid, when that happens, you can just rat and nope out of the fight. Any other class you're dead. On druid you have the chance to leave the fight. Wouldn't it be cool if they did ANYTHING to make this game skill based instead of rock-paper-scissors class based? Yeah... it really would.
Hmm. I see skilled people beat their counter all the time. Only an issue if the people are equally skilled and the game is designed for trios. Seems like a standard case of git gud my dude.
Maybe for you lol. This game can be very brutal sometimes but I wouldn't say hard counter. There are multiple ways to engage a fight even if they hard counter you and still win. You just have to play smart and maybe not be bad at the game
considering new player gear progression is basically whatever you can equip. i showed off multiple kits which is showing gear you can/should be wearing. talking about fighter as a class and perks/skills to be running plus the reasoning why behind them is already the most important thing i feel. if youre a new player me going into complex topics on how you should be playing fighter isnt going to be helpful itll just be confusing
@@toddfatherttv no I meant what is a good setup below 25 gearscore for example according to the skills mentioned, there is always min maxing even in whites
@Parobro there is no good set up for less than 25 gear score. You can't equip anything except 1 uncommon gear piece, and it can't be a weapon bc that will make you go over 25. You'll wear mostly Poor quality gear and those types of gear won't provide you with any stats, literally. The only way you can start setting up is by going in w starter gear and keep doing that until you actually find uncommon/rare gear that you can wear. Or just go in and look for treasure to sell to rack up gold and buy your gear.
I love this guide BUT, Breakthrough is good. everything that hits you in this game slows you. EVERYTHING, yes most mobs dont, warlocks and some wizard spells dont. but you cant get ran down, most of the time you get hit by someone running at u while ur runnign away the reason u die and they are catching up is the move speed debuff, and breakthrough makeing u take 0 FUCKIGN DEBUFFS is crazy... a windlass does nothing, a crossbw doesnt stop a push NOTHING.
yes it does this but if someone is going to run from you if they use their brain they wont turn and shoot you when they see you breakthrough. and running a skill that the main use for is to run away on a fighter seems pointless especially considering the actual value youll get from that is very low. if youre slow enough for them to be hitting you theyll kill you most likely regardless of the hitslow.
@@toddfatherttv well it’s not just the running aspect it’s the getting close aspect i think it’s good and break through and sprint should be mixed and only last 6 seconds it would be a good buff to both tbh
Lost me at the beginning. “Fighter is a defensive class and you’ll be able wearing a sword and shield like it or not” BS I see plenty of very good longsword and also slayer players.
Yes because this is more focused for beginners. If i get into how to fight it becomes a lot more complex and truthfully it would just confuse most people who dont even understand the basics of the game.
the best fighter guide for NEW PLAYERS, heres a 5000 dollar kit and an other one and an other one and an other one that the kits that i buy with my 5000$....
Its just showing off all the different gear pieces you can use bro... LMAO dont talk about the first 2/3 of the video where i explain every single perk and skill
The "bla bla random stuff" you're talking about is him literally teaching you the class. maybe if you listened and didn't have the attention span of a squirrel you would've gained some knowledge of the game from this video.
20 minutes in and no mention of the longsword. This means you are not a good fighter, you are a shield boring pleb that has low skill. The true fighters are longsword bros. That is the way of the blade. The only way.
So glad I didn't actually watch this 30min totally useless video... hopefully we see you in the dungeons because this will be an easy clap and loot to sell
Ehh I think sprint skill is a lot better than you think. I can close the distance, get out of trouble and if you max out movement speed of rip, you are untouchable. Sometimes I run no gear because if you aren't getting hit, then gear is irrelevant.
I know the one comment complained you didn't have in game tips, but that's 90% of the other tutorials on TH-cam. I'm very glad you instead took the time to break down perks, but especially that you discussed builds and strategy, as that stuff has been harder to find online
I've been really enjoying shield mastery perk. Bopping somebody with the quickness right after you successfully block feels awesome and rewards good blocks.
thoughts on giving fighter new perks for the 2 handed weapons, namely the halberd. i dont see why the class should be limited to sword and shield with plate armour if those weapons exist as native weapons. having more variety in weapon choice than 3 swords would make the class a lot more fun to play, and in any case fighter needs new content badly.
yeah itd be nice to have them give 2h some viability
These perk explanations were extremely helpful.
I was so focused on long sword parrying I read past the move speed bonus for counterattack
I am too very fond of the logic of dex/will gloves, with barbuta helm, dark leather pant… but I also aim for jazerant chest because even legendary one are super cheap.
That makes a less PDR kit but so much less espensive and it grands me high mobility and basically negates magic type players. Then I don’t need then armor move speed penalty reduction and I can focus on another block/weapon perk that will increase my lethality on counterattacks.
What do you think about the new sprint? @Toddfather
Nice video Todd! I touched myself to this 💯🔥🔥👊🏿👍🏿
This video was really helpful I just started playing and first I chose a warlock but I didn't like the casting so I decided to swap and couldn't find anything that was working for me other than warlock until I found this guide now I'm actually able to do stuff in the game lol
Goated guide even for exp players!
You didnt touch on the weapon mastery perk. Especially in Solos, i feel like running a survival bow is almost essential for dueling at range while maintaining mobility that a crossbow just doesnt offer. I also like it for chasing down and finishing off faster and slippery characters that just run away from you now with the sprint nerfs. Thoughts?
Yeah I agree its good in solos and I did mention it a bit for slayer builds
@@toddfatherttv what perk should we remove for weapon mastery?
@@ayehodgy5675 I recommend barricade. If you're running weapon mastery for a bow, it reduces the likelihood that you'll be blocking. If the point is to improve performance against ranged, might as well remove the perk that's not helping while engaging at range.
No long sword build? 😢
They should add a skill where they throw their shield like Captain America and it would stun for 1 second. The fighter would have to go and grab it back like how a Bard throws their drum
Great guide! Very informative. Thanks a bunch.
can you reply me the most important stats, because im spanish and i dont know much english
Agility = Speed
Strength = Damage
Vigor = Health
5:29 Maybe I played too many games in my life, anyway it was obvious to me what it says.
Perform action -> gain a short buff, very straightforward.
Incredible video Todd! W fighter
I like the title 😏
Noob question: when is the next wipe and will it wipe everything or only gear? By everything im talking levels, skills, quests, etc...
I have to defend Victory Strike as it has gotten me out of so many bad situations where I get surrounded by mobs accidentally and I didn't have any heals on me. If you know how many hits it takes for a certain enemy, you can easily figure out when you need to hit the ability to get the heal. It's an instant heal too, Also the fact there is no debuff and the cooldown isn't that long. No need to farm spiders, just take out an enemy every 18 seconds. Also great for just keeping your health at max throughout your run and you can use your actual heals if you get into a sticky situation. Albeit, this is from a solo standpoint and I realize your builds are mostly for trios.
tbh I never actually tried taunt so I definitley will try it
amazing guide, definetely gonna try some of the gear choices and taunt. wouldve loved to hear more about longsword fighter tho. ive been running it since wipe and im really enjoying it 9/10 times, just curious if I missed something or just things to keep in mind while playing it idk... :)
I dont play longsword fighter tbh so Im not one to speak on it. if youre curious in the official dnd discord in fighter chat theres a ton of longsword players you can ask about for help on it
I haven't played this game in years, just got it off steam last week. Started out with the longsword fighter and I never looked back. I'm a couple more attempts from soloing that stupid cave troll though.😅
Would be really helpful in these if you had a visual that showed all the pieces, or a text box. Very good stuff though, thanks for the hard work!
Thanks! Much appreciated
Hey todd, how do you get that darker skeleton color?
@@spencersampson7368 was a ranked reward previously
I've heard that defense masteries armor rating boost wasn't good at all. Is that something from an onlder build of the game or are they just wrong? I think they said it was just a small number
people get confused. it gives you like 5-10% pdr but thats actually a ton of armor
Great guide defenitley gonna implement some of this stuff. Had a crazy kit at the beginning of the wipe with like 60 percent pdr 100%ms and 40% mdr no weapons out. Lost that tho. Before shifting to pdr mdr fighter I was a slayer main and I’m wondering if you ever think slayer will become viable again with the weapon damage and sprint nerfs. Anyways great video hold the line with fighter man.
Could it be better to satck res. instead of buff duration? i dont know the actual formulas for cooldown reduction on res. but it could actually be viable no?
actually buff duration also affect second wind so nevermind ^^
the main point isnt stacking buff duration specifically its moreso that will gives MR and buff duration while existing on good armor pieces. visored barbuta templar leather gloves all being good and cheap pieces. but like you mentioned it does also help second wind
What stats would you aim for as slayer ? More catered towards strength - movespeed ?
Hp/ms/dmg focused HEAVILY on movespeed
Me and my buddies just hit level 20 and want to do some high roller geared runs soon. Only have about 2k gold, and will probably go with the first perk/skill build you showed in the vid. Should I try to find some cheap blue plate gear with maybe a few purples like that visored barbuta? What would be the best weapons setup with little gear? Falchion and heater shield + crossbow?
at that point my recommendation would be just to go in very low gear and try to find stuff in raid. if you survive 1 run youre likely to end up mostly in blues and just continue on from there
Great video! Any chance for a longsword build? I didn't see one at the end. Sorry if I missed it.
are the armor sets fine for longsword?
not really this is more specialized towards my build
So as a fighter you will use all time shield, not dodging almost?
if possible then yes
I have been watching so many fighter guides, but none of them explain how to block all the different attacks.
I dont get any bows from the squire even with weapon mastery on
In order to unlock new items for the squire, you have to do quests and level up rep with traders.
@@subjectcode0981 i did like 70% of the quests and have a bunch of other class stuff including a bow but i cant equip it cause its not my base
@@yaboiluke8608 well if you want anything besides the normal crossbow you have to run the weapon mastery perk
@@subjectcode0981 i run it all the time and use the bows i collect but the squire wont give me one
Long sword fighter seems to be the meta in under 25 gear lobbies. Is that true?
No people just have a lot of fun with it
@@toddfatherttv I should have mentioned I play solo atm not teams, so not sure if that changes your opininion? I'm still new to the game, but I've found the extra range and move speed with the longsword let's me get the first hit more often and good for catching up to people
@@acestronaut4893 I mean if youre having fun with it thats all that matters. when youre in really low gear levels anything can work. in terms of a meta idek if there is one down there
Is skeleton the best race for plated fighter?
Is nice but mumie is also good
wish you would have included a build for Squire builds
THE GOATED GUIDE
Thanks for showing us your kits. Where is the fighter guide?
I went over every single perk and skill when to use them and when not and showed off gear to use. LMAO Im sorry i didnt load into your game and give you a firsthand account of how to play the class
Bro did not watch the video
@@toddfatherttv maybe next time
Thanks!
good guide but the mouse movement is really bad
W guide
bro i love u ngl
There's exactly one class that's viable in solos in this game: druid.
Because ~50% of the time you're going to just run into a class that's a direct counter to you, and there's fuck all you can do to win the fight.
At least on druid, when that happens, you can just rat and nope out of the fight. Any other class you're dead. On druid you have the chance to leave the fight.
Wouldn't it be cool if they did ANYTHING to make this game skill based instead of rock-paper-scissors class based? Yeah... it really would.
Hey imagine a barbarian that can outrun you because of MIN/MAX and can 2 shot you. Well I guess you don't really have to imagine...
Hmm. I see skilled people beat their counter all the time. Only an issue if the people are equally skilled and the game is designed for trios. Seems like a standard case of git gud my dude.
@@dapperd6080 Man I never seen someone glorify a garbage game to this extent. Are they paying you?
@@DrSnipzz literally nothing I said was glorifying the game lmao. Braindead.
Maybe for you lol. This game can be very brutal sometimes but I wouldn't say hard counter. There are multiple ways to engage a fight even if they hard counter you and still win. You just have to play smart and maybe not be bad at the game
didnt really touch new player gear progression tbh.
such a long video for "also newplayers" and then nothing worth was said besides skills and perks.
considering new player gear progression is basically whatever you can equip. i showed off multiple kits which is showing gear you can/should be wearing. talking about fighter as a class and perks/skills to be running plus the reasoning why behind them is already the most important thing i feel. if youre a new player me going into complex topics on how you should be playing fighter isnt going to be helpful itll just be confusing
@@toddfatherttv no I meant what is a good setup below 25 gearscore for example according to the skills mentioned, there is always min maxing even in whites
@Parobro there is no good set up for less than 25 gear score. You can't equip anything except 1 uncommon gear piece, and it can't be a weapon bc that will make you go over 25. You'll wear mostly Poor quality gear and those types of gear won't provide you with any stats, literally. The only way you can start setting up is by going in w starter gear and keep doing that until you actually find uncommon/rare gear that you can wear. Or just go in and look for treasure to sell to rack up gold and buy your gear.
@@guccimane8310 there is always a downgraded version of setup that better then the other, ALWAYS!
especially since u face other below 25s.
I love this guide BUT, Breakthrough is good. everything that hits you in this game slows you. EVERYTHING, yes most mobs dont, warlocks and some wizard spells dont. but you cant get ran down, most of the time you get hit by someone running at u while ur runnign away the reason u die and they are catching up is the move speed debuff, and breakthrough makeing u take 0 FUCKIGN DEBUFFS is crazy... a windlass does nothing, a crossbw doesnt stop a push NOTHING.
yes it does this but if someone is going to run from you if they use their brain they wont turn and shoot you when they see you breakthrough. and running a skill that the main use for is to run away on a fighter seems pointless especially considering the actual value youll get from that is very low. if youre slow enough for them to be hitting you theyll kill you most likely regardless of the hitslow.
@@toddfatherttv well it’s not just the running aspect it’s the getting close aspect i think it’s good and break through and sprint should be mixed and only last 6 seconds it would be a good buff to both tbh
TRIPLE SLAYER IN TRIOS?! WTF..
I feel like he is showing off, more than teaching. No, wait he saids f u new players. farts, here you go.
Meta this, meta that,
How meta having fun in a videogame?
the best guide would have time stamps just sayin
Where is your guide video? Let me watch and review it!
@@DrSnipzz If I did make a guide.. I wouldnt claim it was the best unless I had time stamps
Lmao you actually got banned from a report I made months ago 🤣
misban dw im already free o7
You make a beginners guide and talk about gear and you move your cursor so fast you cannot read whag stats are on the gear. Dude slow down
there is a pause button for a reason
Watch that part in .5 speed.
Lost me at the beginning. “Fighter is a defensive class and you’ll be able wearing a sword and shield like it or not”
BS I see plenty of very good longsword and also slayer players.
No longsword build, I'm out
u basically said that everything sux .. :DDDD
Bro you made a 33 Minute!!! TUTORIAL and had ZERO (0) actual ingame tipps on how to fight? Are you kidding?
Yes because this is more focused for beginners. If i get into how to fight it becomes a lot more complex and truthfully it would just confuse most people who dont even understand the basics of the game.
Little man getting mad he needs to watch tutorials online am complaining because he can't get better
Yeah, I know. It was GREAT!
I’m sorry, did you want him to cover every enemy’s attack patterns and how to dodge them? WTF are you crying about?
What did you expect from one of the most insufferable streamers?
the best fighter guide for NEW PLAYERS, heres a 5000 dollar kit and an other one and an other one and an other one that the kits that i buy with my 5000$....
Its just showing off all the different gear pieces you can use bro... LMAO dont talk about the first 2/3 of the video where i explain every single perk and skill
You know there's cheap versions of armor right?
The whole end of the video is just for new players...
No timestamps.... and just bla bla random stuff xD super guide for new fighters xD
its not random stuff, he litterally explains to you every skill and perk, how it exactly works and when to use it an when nkt to
The "bla bla random stuff" you're talking about is him literally teaching you the class. maybe if you listened and didn't have the attention span of a squirrel you would've gained some knowledge of the game from this video.
20 minutes in and no mention of the longsword. This means you are not a good fighter, you are a shield boring pleb that has low skill. The true fighters are longsword bros. That is the way of the blade. The only way.
So glad I didn't actually watch this 30min totally useless video... hopefully we see you in the dungeons because this will be an easy clap and loot to sell
@@DOCmookTV mad cuz bad mad cuz bad mad cuz bad
Ehh I think sprint skill is a lot better than you think. I can close the distance, get out of trouble and if you max out movement speed of rip, you are untouchable. Sometimes I run no gear because if you aren't getting hit, then gear is irrelevant.