My dude! I became a shield fighter thanks to your vids. I also started to use sneak tactics in my attacks, works wonderful. You saying it s all about small advantages just made it click in my head. Also working with light has been a game changer One thing i have started to do is yell a war cry in game to add too the confusion. Works well as a jump scare. I see it as an other advantage! I yell out SUPRISE B*** S**. I assume that would confuse anyone in a situation like this
great to hear we've got another sneaky fighter lurking around :) I think it's the most fun way to play! ..also never thought about yelling via VoIP for additional fear factor, but sounds hilarious.. will have to give it a try
Tip: when versing a bardiche i find that handle/close hand blocking is the most consistent and can even be done by a buckler which has a considerably smaller blocking size. Handle blocking also helps as then they can't axel drag past your shield.
Hey man just wanted to say I really enjoy your content and appreciate your calm friendly demeanor. There's not a lot of channels making content like yours where you actually go over your fights and talk about what you and the other player could've done better, even as someone with nearly 2k hours it's still nice to hear someone else's perspective on the game in a relatively unbiased fashion. Keep it up man wish you the best!
hey thanks so much for this note! awesome to hear someone with your amount of experience in the game finds the content interesting :) I'll try my best to stay calm versus super geared players towards the end of wipe, haha.. hope to see you around!!
Not only do I come here to learn stuff, but I really enjoy seeing you respect when players dont want to fight. You show really good sportsmanship. I’ve been in a few situations like that myself, on both sides of it, and the people who stomp for no reason get very annoying.
Rogues are why I refuse to give up second wind. It's really the only thing that lets you counter. You just hit second wind and soak their burst while you beat them down.
I’ve watched a few a your videos before but I’m subscribing now. It’s really refreshing to see your personality playing Dark and Darker. I really appreciate your lack of cursing and politeness. It’s always a bit of a downer watching videos of high skill people winning fights and then demeaning their opponents.
little tip for dealing with wizards. if you stuff your shield into there hand when they cast it will interrupt their cast and stagger them. specifically when you get close and they try to magic missile you, you just stuff their hands, they get staggered and you wail on them. im like 95% sure ive done this on fighter with a heater shield, but its how ive been killing wizards on bard with a buckler forever. the wizard you fought didnt make that necessary, but its a good thing to know about when dealing with higher level and more geared wizards.
i have to watch one of your videos now before playing as it helps me understand that every fight is a game of chess and i may learn something from it whether i win or lose. your humbleness is contagious and i love it. 10/10
Oh! I was gonna say on a previous video, I've started carrying either an oil lantern or explo bottle on your recommendation, and I actually got a Druid kill with it. He tried to rat jump through a door. So, when he got close to the door, I hauled back and lobbed the oil lantern at the door and he took the damage right before going through the window. It was beautiful.
even as a druid i carry explosive bottles or oil lanterns, useful against all classes to even give yourself room to heal. i normally carry 2 or 3 just because you get the upper hand in a fight and never know if someone is going to push you after the fight.
getting better every vid. vs that cleric, if you had A/D strafed away rather than had S key involved you probably wouldn't have been hit. Not like they hit you with ranged to punish you not looking at them.
yeah, something about me not wanting to take my eyes off the blocking target, and also being split focus watching my cooldown timer.. still lots to learn!!
Aside from the gear fear, he probably wasn't certain if that headshot actually hit your or not as it also had a sound impact on your shield. He also may not know that you're in greens.. barbs are used to fighters having 60-70% pdr with their shields out... for all he knows, you are still at 2/3 hp.
Being stoned is probably my biggest debuff when playing this game, i.e. my reaction time is not the best. I am still not good in this game but thanks to clips from Blinn for instance I get better, slowly, but I get better. 😁
@@richardpagel6959 the whole point is to have fun, and if that means a minor debuff form THC (or whatever floats your boat), so be it!! good luck out there friend :)
@@YourBoyBlinn Hehe thank you Blinn! :) I really appreciate your video clips and that you try to help others getting better in this game. :) Thanks a lot!
Omg I had a very similar interaction as 36:00. I had just fought and killed a fighter in a very close battle and just as I finished with my campfire another person came into the module. I whip out my longbow and take a couple shots only to hear the heaviest northern European accent saying "friendly friendly!" I put away my bow and apologized, explaining that I had recently been accosted and was still filled with adrenaline. I dropped him a few potions as an apology for shooting him and we both went on our ways
hey just came across your video randomly. like 3 or 4 days ago we fought like 5 raids in a row and it was a stalemate everytime neither of us killed eachother i was rogue in most of the fights but i was fighter one of the fights i didnt know u had a channel ggs bro.
it should be added for the torch if they have a blue skin for the GCX event torch even the blue flame torches, they give off a much better light and light up a room way more than a regular torch. the GCX torch glinting its colors on things, even the walls in the dark you normally wouldnt be able to see.
I’m running a high dex slayer fighter build, with an arming+short sword and cross bow, so I can comfortably loot goblin and clear quest objectives in a timely fashion. I’ve learned to keep a heater tucked away, to swap to when I hear another player, and if discovered, beginning the encounters as a defensive sword & shield fighter, attacking after blocking, often just enough pressure for them anticipate more of the same. I’m slow. It’s not that hard out space me, so when I stow my weapons to catch up and they turn to punish, high equip speed let’s me swap to slayer and start swinging, fast. My agility is rarely more than 18, unarmed movement speed 299 only thanks to +4MS adventures boots, yet stacked action speed and true phys everywhere else means a four hit combo lashes out before they’re out of reach, really jarring anyone without serious PDR or the experience/class to trust they’ll win blow for blow with a no plate fighter. That said, if they stay to throw down from start, I try to win with shield discipline, but assume I’m an easy kite and I shoot for the blitz. Just about everyone who can, takes the bait, and I’m not escaping otherwise. Keep in mind, this has only been viable in the sub 125 lobbies, so the new matchmaking might complicate things, but if it’s a battle of greens, it’s a lot of fun.
Since watching your first few vids about shield fighter I've been rocking lantern shield and sword with slayer and sword mastery and when I block well it's fantastic, but when I fail to block well... not as effective lol
haha that's awesome! does that lantern shield count as a weapon (and therefore activate the layer perk?) -- or are you just dual wielding but without the added bonus from slayer?
@@YourBoyBlinn it counts as far as I'm aware, but it doesn't work with dual wield. I suppose shields don't count as weapons for that perk. I noticed I get slayer buff icon but no dual wield icon
I think the longsword was trying to parry your attack incorrectly. Im not sure, if anyone can correct me please do. Hes doing the whole duck and turn but I think you just need to stand and aim at his weapon right? Or do I have this wrong? Thanks!
I actually think that blocking with buckler + sword does make you move slightly faster than simply running with buckler + sword out, although not as fast as with bare hands. Blocking with buckler makes you move at 90% speed (see weapons page on dark & darker wikia for movement penalties during actions). Shield mastery gives +10% speed when blocking, (90% x 110% = 99%) so you'll be at 99% blocking with buckler. If you have a shield out, you should be at 99% MS + 10 flat ms, compared to 100% MS simply running with sword and shield out. This is faster unless you have 1000 move speed. Fists should still be faster though. Let's say you have the default 300 ms with fists out. With arming sword + buckler, that's 300 - 12 - 20 = 268 ms. You run with 268 ms with your weapons out. With the 2 perks, you block with (268 x .99) + 10 = 275.32 ms, so this is the faster way to run with weapons out, but slower than fists. Keep in mind this won't work with other shields. Only the buckler allows you to retain 90% of your original speed while blocking, all else turns you into turtle. Side note: I've seen Blinn run while guarding with rondel + buckler, that specific case should be slower because rondel doesn't count as a sword under sword mastery. The speed will be 99% compared to simply running with rondel + buckler equipped, although those weapons are light so he still blitzes them like a nightmare goblin 300 - 12 - 10 = 278 with weapons out, x .99 = 275.22 ms during goblin rush
Hello blinn I was wondering if the flanged mace would be better for a shield fighter? I’m currently using the arming sword but I noticed that after blocking with counterattack the flanged mace swings incredibly fast
to me its all about how many swings you can get in between blocks, if you can get 2 hits with the sword you could more damage. however the consistency of blocking 1 attack then swinging once with the mace is kinda nice. also mace has armor pen on top so its waay better at fighting armored players
I have personnally found very hard to swing 2 times with the arming sword, even after block with shield mastery. Often, you will get hit, maybe you can pull it off vs 2 handers?
@@havoxaerthis7904 yeah, vs two-handers you can get a good window for 2 swings with the arming sword, but even still it's dicey! better to go 1-fr-1 in my opinion!
The only time a shield works in solos is maybe sheiks bash. Otherwise action speed, which a lot of top level players utilize, can just make shields unplayable cuz they just get in the way. Edit: of dps
I think other games do a good job at hiding it, making it seem like there's less delay (peaker's advantage in cs and valorant come from this). You can't overcome the speed of light, there's always going to be 100-200 ms delay between when your opponent moves and when you see them move (and vice versa). There are still optimizations to be made elsewhere to minimize delay, but there's always gonna be that baseline.
IMO ~250ms delay between two comps in the same region, on the same server is really not great.. especially for a game that requires the combat precision of DaD (plus the threat of true loss, hah!)
@@itsBenjamon brother, 200 ms is a ping I have when connecting from Russia to someone in the US. I get it that some delay is inevitable, but in the same region it should be barely noticeable, not 200+, that's just crazy.
@Oakenlix you have to add your ping to your opponents ping, and in dark and darker especially, you won't always have the luxury of connecting to a server near you. Some people play this game on 100+ ping
If people were actually good at melee in this game, barbarian would be getting buffed, not nerfed. Big surprise that people suck at melee combat in a ranged meta then beg for the melee only class to get nerfed instead of simply getting better at melee or getting a good shield user frontliner on their team.
Barbs barely got nerfed, just a much needed, slight damage adjustment to the weapons while also reducing their movespeed penalty. Barbarians 1-2 tapping any class at max movespeed is always gonna be an issue. Not everyone uses a shield or is a melee class. Melee combat in this game is almost always a gear check.
I like fighting barbs but i understand that an almost 200 hp guy that can run at almost speed cap and can 2 shot most classes its kinda weird, even as a pdr fighter with shield you end up either dead or chasing what feels like a rogue for the entirety of the map, the problem its not being good or bad at melee the problem is the toxic metas like mosquito rogues or speedy warlocks, in this case speedy barbs. I still like to fight them because they tend to commit and not kite which is i understand that necessesary for some classes or even their intended way but its just boring, obnoxious and frustrating, specially when you are in
@@Drathrin The only gear checking in melee in this game is with daggers. Bardiche is easily dodgable and even more easily blockable. Also very easy to force sour spot hits by face stuffing. 1-2 tapping is an exaggeration too... it's more like 2-4 for squishy classes and 3-7 for pdr. There are fighter build which are far more problematic, but they aren't meta because most fighters prefer to take a ranged option as it's much safer than committing to a melee engagement. Cool... yeah not everyone uses a shield, but if you don't, THAT'S YOUR DECISION. The game is balanced for trios anyways. If you don't take a frontliner on your team in trios that's also your choice. It's a rock paper scissors game you can take full scissors then cry when you get killed by a rock.
@@zaikolebolsh5724 Sprint is faster than rage though... and yeah the combat in this game sucks. Every class is annoying to fight in solos for different reasons. Solos is a bad game mode.
My dude! I became a shield fighter thanks to your vids. I also started to use sneak tactics in my attacks, works wonderful. You saying it s all about small advantages just made it click in my head. Also working with light has been a game changer
One thing i have started to do is yell a war cry in game to add too the confusion. Works well as a jump scare. I see it as an other advantage!
I yell out SUPRISE B*** S**. I assume that would confuse anyone in a situation like this
great to hear we've got another sneaky fighter lurking around :) I think it's the most fun way to play! ..also never thought about yelling via VoIP for additional fear factor, but sounds hilarious.. will have to give it a try
You’re definitely the most wholesome dnd youtuber. Always says gg. Never toxic
or I'm just better at hiding my worst moments :) definitely still get & feel frustrated!!
Terminally chill.
45 mins?! we eating good tonight
THE FIRST 10 SEC
my guy Dinen don't sleep on the vid content
Still can’t get first comment geez
@@YourBoyBlinn living in NA but im on that OCE sleep schedule lol
Tip: when versing a bardiche i find that handle/close hand blocking is the most consistent and can even be done by a buckler which has a considerably smaller blocking size. Handle blocking also helps as then they can't axel drag past your shield.
yeah, I just need to work on my bravery to get close enough! it's a challenge!!
Hey man just wanted to say I really enjoy your content and appreciate your calm friendly demeanor. There's not a lot of channels making content like yours where you actually go over your fights and talk about what you and the other player could've done better, even as someone with nearly 2k hours it's still nice to hear someone else's perspective on the game in a relatively unbiased fashion. Keep it up man wish you the best!
hey thanks so much for this note! awesome to hear someone with your amount of experience in the game finds the content interesting :) I'll try my best to stay calm versus super geared players towards the end of wipe, haha.. hope to see you around!!
@@YourBoyBlinn you’re very welcome, looking forward to more content in the future!
40:07 Dr. Blinn astutely points out "This could be a symptom of gear fear in action" as he performs his inspections on the barb corpse.
feels good to be on the receiving end of it, for once!! hah!
Not only do I come here to learn stuff, but I really enjoy seeing you respect when players dont want to fight. You show really good sportsmanship. I’ve been in a few situations like that myself, on both sides of it, and the people who stomp for no reason get very annoying.
thanks, it's nice to hear people appreciate my approach to gameplay.. appreciate your comment!!
26:12 uno reverse card for rogues
flip it & reverse it :)
Blinn! Your aggressive shield combat and immaculate light control is awesome. Thanks for the video.
huzzah!!
I'm ConstantD, thanks for including our fight! GGs
YAY, thanks for saying hi!! truly awesome duel my friend, good luck out there & hope to see you around!!
i always love the calm composure you have while playing
thanks for letting me know!!
That intro reminded me too much of Beavis and Butthead 🤣 love your vids!
huhh huhhh huh... heh heh hehhh heh cool. :)
Wholesome moments with timmies, you love to see it
it's fun to be chill sometimes!!
Rogues are why I refuse to give up second wind. It's really the only thing that lets you counter. You just hit second wind and soak their burst while you beat them down.
makes sense really :)
XD that rogue you destroyed was me. I knew i saw something weird
I played hunt earlier ans pressed shift on accident
whoops! hello friend! :)
ahhhh makes sense haha
@@YourBoyBlinn gg tho. Those blocks got me good, i sat there after and wasnt even mad that i got that outplayed.
@@Yino-Yango appreciate you saying so!! good luck as we get to the end of wipe
I’ve watched a few a your videos before but I’m subscribing now. It’s really refreshing to see your personality playing Dark and Darker.
I really appreciate your lack of cursing and politeness. It’s always a bit of a downer watching videos of high skill people winning fights and then demeaning their opponents.
awh, really appreciate your comment & sub!! hope to see you around
little tip for dealing with wizards. if you stuff your shield into there hand when they cast it will interrupt their cast and stagger them. specifically when you get close and they try to magic missile you, you just stuff their hands, they get staggered and you wail on them. im like 95% sure ive done this on fighter with a heater shield, but its how ive been killing wizards on bard with a buckler forever. the wizard you fought didnt make that necessary, but its a good thing to know about when dealing with higher level and more geared wizards.
yeah I've managed to pull this off a couple of times, great tip!!
As usual a very educational and well explained video in your nice, calm manner. I appreciate it!
thanks for the motivating comment, appreciate you very much!!
i have to watch one of your videos now before playing as it helps me understand that every fight is a game of chess and i may learn something from it whether i win or lose. your humbleness is contagious and i love it. 10/10
awh, tysm!!
Your boy. In the crypts! we all know how much he loves the dark.
haha you know it!!
Damn, I'd love to smoke a joint with blinn in morningside Park XD
Scarborough!! haha
Great vid
thank you!! ~~\(@_ @ );
22:28 i saw you in the commentary section! jajaj i enjoy the board and sword and longsword so you two are genius to me
haha nice!
Mans a absolute leghend thank you for existing
it's literally my pleasure to exist! haha
Oh! I was gonna say on a previous video, I've started carrying either an oil lantern or explo bottle on your recommendation, and I actually got a Druid kill with it. He tried to rat jump through a door. So, when he got close to the door, I hauled back and lobbed the oil lantern at the door and he took the damage right before going through the window. It was beautiful.
Blinn is the reason I have to wait six minutes after I die, I will never go into a raid without 3-4 oil lanterns or explosive bottles 😂😂🤷🏻♂️
even as a druid i carry explosive bottles or oil lanterns, useful against all classes to even give yourself room to heal. i normally carry 2 or 3 just because you get the upper hand in a fight and never know if someone is going to push you after the fight.
yay, nice!!!
@@Gonzo_536 feels like we are the reason the darn things are like 50g sometimes!! hahaha
@@nickcallahan3781 even druids carry them!! >:)
Really enjoying all this content and seeing u improve your craft
thanks so much BTK!!
Stoner Blinn is a vibe.
heh, I can drink a jar of water like it's nobody's business!
getting better every vid. vs that cleric, if you had A/D strafed away rather than had S key involved you probably wouldn't have been hit. Not like they hit you with ranged to punish you not looking at them.
yeah, something about me not wanting to take my eyes off the blocking target, and also being split focus watching my cooldown timer.. still lots to learn!!
fake bong ahahahah great
tehehehehehe
Aside from the gear fear, he probably wasn't certain if that headshot actually hit your or not as it also had a sound impact on your shield. He also may not know that you're in greens.. barbs are used to fighters having 60-70% pdr with their shields out... for all he knows, you are still at 2/3 hp.
ahhh VERY good point.. haha
I love how many stoners play this game, such an unchill game to be stoned in too 😂. It's for the adventure and comradery for sure.
can imagine being blazed in the dungeon.. 110% paranoia & overreaction for me, but to each their own!!
Being stoned is probably my biggest debuff when playing this game, i.e. my reaction time is not the best. I am still not good in this game but thanks to clips from Blinn for instance I get better, slowly, but I get better. 😁
@@richardpagel6959 the whole point is to have fun, and if that means a minor debuff form THC (or whatever floats your boat), so be it!! good luck out there friend :)
@@YourBoyBlinn Hehe thank you Blinn! :)
I really appreciate your video clips and that you try to help others getting better in this game. :)
Thanks a lot!
@@richardpagel6959 my pleasure, happy weekend!!
Back to back pressure cookers. Dimo dropped, then Blinn popped on my feed.
cookin up a storm!!
Thanks again for all your insight Blinn, your videos are always so helpfull
it's my pleasure, friend!!
Omg I had a very similar interaction as 36:00.
I had just fought and killed a fighter in a very close battle and just as I finished with my campfire another person came into the module.
I whip out my longbow and take a couple shots only to hear the heaviest northern European accent saying "friendly friendly!"
I put away my bow and apologized, explaining that I had recently been accosted and was still filled with adrenaline. I dropped him a few potions as an apology for shooting him and we both went on our ways
Goated intro hahahahaha
thanks thanks!!
hey just came across your video randomly. like 3 or 4 days ago we fought like 5 raids in a row and it was a stalemate everytime neither of us killed eachother i was rogue in most of the fights but i was fighter one of the fights i didnt know u had a channel ggs bro.
hey brother, great fights!! some really exciting combat and it's great you found the channel here -- hope to see you around!!
it should be added for the torch if they have a blue skin for the GCX event torch even the blue flame torches, they give off a much better light and light up a room way more than a regular torch. the GCX torch glinting its colors on things, even the walls in the dark you normally wouldnt be able to see.
oh, really!!?
at the begining he said hit hte penjamin it is a weed pen lol
haha thanks, NO IDEA what that guy was saying.. so PenGulum is is!
I’m running a high dex slayer fighter build, with an arming+short sword and cross bow, so I can comfortably loot goblin and clear quest objectives in a timely fashion.
I’ve learned to keep a heater tucked away, to swap to when I hear another player, and if discovered, beginning the encounters as a defensive sword & shield fighter, attacking after blocking, often just enough pressure for them anticipate more of the same.
I’m slow. It’s not that hard out space me, so when I stow my weapons to catch up and they turn to punish, high equip speed let’s me swap to slayer and start swinging, fast.
My agility is rarely more than 18, unarmed movement speed 299 only thanks to +4MS adventures boots, yet stacked action speed and true phys everywhere else means a four hit combo lashes out before they’re out of reach, really jarring anyone without serious PDR or the experience/class to trust they’ll win blow for blow with a no plate fighter.
That said, if they stay to throw down from start, I try to win with shield discipline, but assume I’m an easy kite and I shoot for the blitz. Just about everyone who can, takes the bait, and I’m not escaping otherwise.
Keep in mind, this has only been viable in the sub 125 lobbies, so the new matchmaking might complicate things, but if it’s a battle of greens, it’s a lot of fun.
Love the reaction time on the rogues!
I do my best! haha
Love it Blinny boy! I'm so shit, but this gives me the joy of vicarious glory. x
appreciate you buddy!
This looks like a lot of fun and it’s one of the only things I haven’t tried. You’ve inspired me :)
that's great, thanks for letting me know & keep me posted on your progress!! blocking really is fun!!
At 23:00 that dude cleared the whole lobby. You see the killfeed? Lol sheesh
yeah, tough cookie!
15:28 secret Monk class preview
HAND BONK >:)
That was a FAT rip off that mason jar
love a good bubbler >:)
Since watching your first few vids about shield fighter I've been rocking lantern shield and sword with slayer and sword mastery and when I block well it's fantastic, but when I fail to block well... not as effective lol
haha that's awesome! does that lantern shield count as a weapon (and therefore activate the layer perk?) -- or are you just dual wielding but without the added bonus from slayer?
@@YourBoyBlinn it counts as far as I'm aware, but it doesn't work with dual wield.
I suppose shields don't count as weapons for that perk.
I noticed I get slayer buff icon but no dual wield icon
@@Scege interesting, thanks!
penjamin, slang term
I see that now, haha!
I think the longsword was trying to parry your attack incorrectly. Im not sure, if anyone can correct me please do. Hes doing the whole duck and turn but I think you just need to stand and aim at his weapon right? Or do I have this wrong? Thanks!
I wish I knew more about the depths of longsword tech!
Perfect block is meta now ?
no way :) but it's super fun to bust up that melee!!
If you use shield mastery perk and sword mastery perk, equip a sword and a buckler, do your movement speed increase in guard mode?
it sure does!! really helps if you want to move quickly and still be in blocking position!
@@YourBoyBlinn just to be sure, you are faster in guard mode than normal run with this combination?
@@vitinhoaps no not faster. it's about the same movespeed, but the benefit is your shield is up and you can block!
I actually think that blocking with buckler + sword does make you move slightly faster than simply running with buckler + sword out, although not as fast as with bare hands.
Blocking with buckler makes you move at 90% speed (see weapons page on dark & darker wikia for movement penalties during actions).
Shield mastery gives +10% speed when blocking, (90% x 110% = 99%) so you'll be at 99% blocking with buckler.
If you have a shield out, you should be at 99% MS + 10 flat ms, compared to 100% MS simply running with sword and shield out. This is faster unless you have 1000 move speed.
Fists should still be faster though. Let's say you have the default 300 ms with fists out. With arming sword + buckler, that's 300 - 12 - 20 = 268 ms.
You run with 268 ms with your weapons out. With the 2 perks, you block with (268 x .99) + 10 = 275.32 ms, so this is the faster way to run with weapons out, but slower than fists.
Keep in mind this won't work with other shields. Only the buckler allows you to retain 90% of your original speed while blocking, all else turns you into turtle.
Side note: I've seen Blinn run while guarding with rondel + buckler, that specific case should be slower because rondel doesn't count as a sword under sword mastery. The speed will be 99% compared to simply running with rondel + buckler equipped, although those weapons are light so he still blitzes them like a nightmare goblin
300 - 12 - 10 = 278 with weapons out, x .99 = 275.22 ms during goblin rush
Im thinking of returning to dAd after months of not playing, does anybody know when the next wipe?
Fairly soon
c'mon back when you're ready, next wipe is around Sept 6th, or shortly after methinks!
best intro i saw funny as shit :D
thanks friend!!
Hello blinn I was wondering if the flanged mace would be better for a shield fighter? I’m currently using the arming sword but I noticed that after blocking with counterattack the flanged mace swings incredibly fast
to me its all about how many swings you can get in between blocks, if you can get 2 hits with the sword you could more damage. however the consistency of blocking 1 attack then swinging once with the mace is kinda nice. also mace has armor pen on top so its waay better at fighting armored players
that's why I swear by it in most situations!! flanged mace is lightning fast in the counter-attack!!
I have personnally found very hard to swing 2 times with the arming sword, even after block with shield mastery. Often, you will get hit, maybe you can pull it off vs 2 handers?
@@havoxaerthis7904 yeah, vs two-handers you can get a good window for 2 swings with the arming sword, but even still it's dicey! better to go 1-fr-1 in my opinion!
flanged mace also has 15% armor pen, nothing tos coff at!
The only time a shield works in solos is maybe sheiks bash. Otherwise action speed, which a lot of top level players utilize, can just make shields unplayable cuz they just get in the way. Edit: of dps
yeah, I know what you mean
It's crazy that the desync is that bad, like, it's not the case for many other fps games, right?
I think other games do a good job at hiding it, making it seem like there's less delay (peaker's advantage in cs and valorant come from this). You can't overcome the speed of light, there's always going to be 100-200 ms delay between when your opponent moves and when you see them move (and vice versa).
There are still optimizations to be made elsewhere to minimize delay, but there's always gonna be that baseline.
IMO ~250ms delay between two comps in the same region, on the same server is really not great.. especially for a game that requires the combat precision of DaD (plus the threat of true loss, hah!)
@@itsBenjamon brother, 200 ms is a ping I have when connecting from Russia to someone in the US. I get it that some delay is inevitable, but in the same region it should be barely noticeable, not 200+, that's just crazy.
@Oakenlix you have to add your ping to your opponents ping, and in dark and darker especially, you won't always have the luxury of connecting to a server near you. Some people play this game on 100+ ping
@@itsBenjamon ahhhh makes sense
If people were actually good at melee in this game, barbarian would be getting buffed, not nerfed. Big surprise that people suck at melee combat in a ranged meta then beg for the melee only class to get nerfed instead of simply getting better at melee or getting a good shield user frontliner on their team.
Barbs barely got nerfed, just a much needed, slight damage adjustment to the weapons while also reducing their movespeed penalty. Barbarians 1-2 tapping any class at max movespeed is always gonna be an issue. Not everyone uses a shield or is a melee class. Melee combat in this game is almost always a gear check.
I like fighting barbs but i understand that an almost 200 hp guy that can run at almost speed cap and can 2 shot most classes its kinda weird, even as a pdr fighter with shield you end up either dead or chasing what feels like a rogue for the entirety of the map, the problem its not being good or bad at melee the problem is the toxic metas like mosquito rogues or speedy warlocks, in this case speedy barbs. I still like to fight them because they tend to commit and not kite which is i understand that necessesary for some classes or even their intended way but its just boring, obnoxious and frustrating, specially when you are in
@@Drathrin The only gear checking in melee in this game is with daggers. Bardiche is easily dodgable and even more easily blockable. Also very easy to force sour spot hits by face stuffing. 1-2 tapping is an exaggeration too... it's more like 2-4 for squishy classes and 3-7 for pdr. There are fighter build which are far more problematic, but they aren't meta because most fighters prefer to take a ranged option as it's much safer than committing to a melee engagement.
Cool... yeah not everyone uses a shield, but if you don't, THAT'S YOUR DECISION. The game is balanced for trios anyways. If you don't take a frontliner on your team in trios that's also your choice. It's a rock paper scissors game you can take full scissors then cry when you get killed by a rock.
@@zaikolebolsh5724 Sprint is faster than rage though... and yeah the combat in this game sucks. Every class is annoying to fight in solos for different reasons. Solos is a bad game mode.
@@Zistac7 we get it, you're a barb main with under 1k hours