I started and continue my adventures with the pointy end build, Rapier and Spear. Keeping stacks of bleeds on boss while having bonus damage to Number of conditions on target, its slow start but on boss fights it builds and sustains the damage throughout the fight.
As a "duelist" I gotta say I'm addicted to reposte. It's always so satisfying watching things build up their heavy attack, only for me to deflect it and smack them in the face.
I am so conflicted! There are so many awesome weapon combinations. I went axe/hammer and sword&board/axe in the two respective betas but that battlemage build looks dope! You earned yourself a new sub. Great video. Thanks!
Didn’t include one of the strongest bruisers. Hammer/greataxe with light/medium armor and can even run heavy if you weapon swap correctly. Can be used in PVP and PVE and is very effective for both.
This is exactly what I run and I dominate in pvp even when they’re 10 levels above me. Although I might switch to light or medium because rn I use heavy
@@colin479 So i'm currently lvl 50 and i switch between S&S with hatchet/GA/Hammer. My Great axe skills are Charge, Reap, Gravity Well. Hammer is Armor breaker, wrecking ball, shockwave. Hatchet berserk, feral rush and social distancing. (might change the last one around a little but it helps with an evade/slow)
Hunter build should use the Spear IMO, Hatchet is stronger in most situations but the all Dex and Con build with a spear and a greater ability to knock down enemies and gain distance with the makes it a better pair.
That's the point they are all fun and they all work just pick what you think will make you have the most fun you like being a mage then mage powers you will melt enemies with magic you like being a front laner destroyer pick melee armours and shred enemies to peaces in seconds
@@nickdavison9771 yeh true. i started with rapier cuz i dropped a good one but the skills are annoying. bad hit boxes and glitching over the ground make them feel clunky. i think ill play bow and spear/hatchet not sure yet
I'm going for an Ice Gauntlet/Life staff build, but I believe that this video misses the Hatchet/Great Axe build which seems to be a crowd favorite for a lot of people. Solid info nonetheless.
Modification to tank build no shield rush use Reverse stab as it's final unlock gives a 25% cool down reduction for each enemy hit on sword skills. This includes shield bash defiant stance and reverse stab itself.
I tried a similar battlemage build but with the war hammer as secondary and fire staff primary. I used fireball/pillar for my main dmg with flamethrower for the dot when possible. Int primary stat with light or med armor. For hammer I used the shockwave, wrecking ball and path aoes for the cc and aoe dmg.
@@asianchassem Yes, it's good but going full AoE isn't that great. I'm thinking of buildint evade shot + poison shot + these 3 fast shots from hunter tree. Got smacked by a guy with bow with these abilities and hatchet recently.
Great video! I haven't played any of the betas but I can't wait for the game to release. Appriciate the knowledge and the editing :) Feels impossible to chose what to play.. Trying to figure out what I want to go hard on from the start, but think I'll have to play around with the different weapons and builds before I can chose. Inspiring video that gave me alot of ideas tho :D
I liked Bow+Spear in beta it was fun to use both in pvp n pve in range n melee scenarios. I could do serious dmg in big fights could do serious dmg in smaller scales and beat most people in 1vs1 cuz by the time people would catch up i would suprise em with spear cc and dmg and quickly disengage n continue with bow peppering
@@lorenzomartinez9212 well even though I personally think con is best stat early on for this particular build I dumped everything on dex and just made a glass cannon
Dude thank you SO MUCH for making this. I've been raking my brain trying to decide what build I wanna do on launch and this was super helpful. I loved that you also gave each build a name/theme. Templar is a super cool idea but I really like the bow so the hunter is also a top runner. Still got some thinking to do but thank you!
There is also the anti-escape build, Hatchet and Great Axe. with the hatch you have a haste with beserk and the leaping attack causes root, the great axe has slows and pull backs.
Your dualist is actually a Musketeer. Historically Musketeers were armed with both a musket and a rapier. The musket of the Musketeer is not featured in the stories of the Three Musketeers as much as they were used by the actual Musketeers of the French. Deadly at long and short range for sure.
I was hoping to find some inspiration for using the Sword and Shield with the Musket and medium armor. Kind of a difficult setup to sort out, but it's been the most fun, for me.
I used S&S/Warhammer and I was able to solo elites without getting hit. It was bananas. Shield Rush, Shield Bash, Swap, Charged Heavy, Armor Breaker, Wrecking Ball, Charged Heavy, Mighty Gavel x2. It's around 5k damage at level 25 in average gear.
Missed the golfer build. Run hammer/fire staff. Stack Repulsive clear out perk on armor and hammer. When enemies get close use clear out to send them flying, mighty gavel to destroy stamina/block and Shockwave for stun. Fire staff with fireball, burnout and incinerate. Apply burns and keep launching fireball into the enemy. Use burnout and incinerate to reposition when clear out is on cool down.
Rapier + Ice Gauntlet = High cc, survivability and high damage. Best for large open area fights where people are spread out and you can pick people off. Great Axe + Hammer = Strongest melee pvp build. High cc, high movement, high damage, and very large attack radius. Best for grouped enemies and super cheese if stacked with others of the same build. Best for war. Hatchet + Life Staff = Very strong survivability, can pull huge groups of mobs and aoe farm, strong mix of damage and off heals for solo or team. Hammer + Life Staff = Strong survivability, strong cc, when paired with heavy armor and good potion usage it is very difficult to kill them and will require multiple focusing on them. Sword and Shield + Hammer = OP for war point defense and stacking Hammer stuns with shield stuns. Musket = Very important for fort defense/offense and fights in very wide open areas. Having several Musketeers that are well coordinated and shooting the same target is devastating.
Surprised the ice gauntlet/rapier isnt on here. It’s getting super popular. As for me, SnB and great axe all the way. I’m excited for this game is much
Meta tank Build IMO would be SnS, Hammer. Its better for all the content especially war. You CC chain people with hammer (Crowd Control Tree abilities) and then you switch to SnS when on cooldown and tank using the complete Defender tree.
@@sko1beer use all 3. i keep spear, hatchet, axe, rapier, and musket on me at all times. different areas/mobs may call for different abilities/damage types.
For the duelist, I have been using the hatchet with the musket, and has been a very good combo! A couple shots and the use the hatchet with a combo.. Sadly have to spend points on both strenght and dexterity
I’ve tried spear/fire staff… fire staff/rapier… just got my first ice gauntlet last night gonna give those a whirl.. I’m just having fun trying out all the weapons right now I tend to level them to 4 or 5 before I swap to a new one.. probably gimping myself short term but in the long run I can grind up whatever my final build will be so no biggie
This is awesome research, thank you for so much insight! BTW, loved your work at ESO, glad to see you continuing the in depth looks of your work here at New world!
I find it hard to not have either the life staff or at least hatchet in any build, the heals help so much with sustained combat, when you keep getting adds, crazy trains popping out of nowhere, etc etc...
Every thing feels appealing for me expect anything to do with the hammer and great axe. SnB Meta tank looks so fun! But last beta I was loving Spear and Musket. I don't know how I'm going to decide come launch day. lol You earned a sub from me, great video!
I don't care what will be meta and what is best / worst. All i know is i love musket since i find it FUN, if people ever heard that word (fun) so I'm going with that 🤠
Hey Hack, would love for you to make a video about your perceived similarities and differences between NW and ESO. I know you are very loyal to ESO but would love to hear your thoughts about why someone would perhaps want to switch to NW.
Some nice builds to get people started, Idk about things like Templar though. I haven’t seen a hybrid build join in a dungeon run that was actually more helpful than a dedicated build
I set up a relatively interesting build during Open Beta. Light armor load, Greataxe and Ice gauntlet (or Life Staff for soloing). Then, I went full INT, socketed in an elemental INT-based gem into my Greataxe and boom, that's the basis of the build. I guess you could call it a glass cannon battle mage. It was very niche but I liked it a lot. There's still some room to improve such as maybe switching Greataxe with a quicker weapon while keeping the elemental int-based gem for the build.
This is literally what I’m doing. I swap between gauntlet and staff depending on wether I’m solo or in a group. Ice for solo play and fire for grp play. Great Axe is the main staple of the build though. I’m set up to charge in, pull enemies, then WW them down. Running light or medium armor. Won’t go heavy with this build
I kinda liked Fire + Life staff combo, I didn't get far into the game however the combination was fun ( dodge + cast ) type of gameplay and with the right perks you don't get out of mana so easily.
Im having fun with the sword/shield with musket. I call it the privateer build. Its sort of just like a tank ranged dps hybrid build with lots of cc. Spec into strength and dexterity for that.
I noticed that the armour from your faction gives a % to critical damage resistance and if you socket it with the right gems you can be EXTREMELY resistant as a tank. I am wondering about shields tho ...
Ice gaunlet/hatchet debuff heavy armor. Hatchet as the main and ice gaunlet for slows and survivability. I feel like it’s a scary build.. strength, Constitution, and some intel. Berserker,Infected throw (for the 30% recover debuff and weaken) and feral rush for the gap close with Stun. And you have ice gaunlet healing with frostbite, slows and increase movement, ice shower for the lock in place and emtombed that allows you to recover mana, plus eating and berserker recovery.. strength 200 con 200 and intel for more ice gauntlet damage (which my play-style doesn’t care for) or dexterity for some crit… I feel like fighting this build is extremely annoying. Always slowing you always healing with a lot of armor heavy armor but has a lot of speed from berserker and being in the ice gives you speed.
man i really wanted a SnB dps build and you put me to ease if it would work. im sticking to my heavy armor snb build for sure i dont wanna tank but i love that weapon combo. thanks for the video
Hi Is there a full video off the Brawler Build? on the website there is none, or it is not working :) Ty for work, love your builds it has helped me so much. One question - Do you know of a way to auto target mobs using the bow, or does that not exist, I cant get it to work with the standard targeting, to much moving around by mobs :) Jimmy
@@josemarialeivavera5920 Everything is viable... and if you are good you can make any combo work... But Hammer + Ice you would have to share points between STR and INT...
Is there a way to eliminate the "Down Thumbs"? Very solid video with a lot of explanation and game play showcasing for each potential spec. From someone who has been on the fence about trying this game, really appreciate this video. Thank you!
I'm trying this 'Paladin' build called by some with Sword n shield and Life Staff healings, quite tough :P Thanks for the prospects, didn't tried all weapons yet. but the Hammer looks FATAF, I'm considering revisiting the great Axe, was lots of fun with Rend to stop their attack momentum and slam dunk them Darius style :)
Man, just preordered the game today after being on the fence about it, then I realized, Oh shit, what do I do now. After watching your video, this has at least brought my stress level about class picking, so thank you,
Looks like you haven't quite played enough new world. What makes a tank is what gem you put in the weapon, not what weapon you use. Tank in New World is Heavy Armor, Con and a Carnelian gem in the weapon. The system does not prevent someone from being a Firestaff tank or even a lifestaff tank.
i combined rapier with the same abilities u use with the bow, for bow as main damage i would go the same build as u did, but for rapier main dmg i would use the toxic arrow, for 1 more dot effect instead of the 3 fast shot ability (sorry, don't know all ability names)
Is it crazy dumb to completely switch roles later? I mean, the great thing in NW for me is that you DONT need to decide in the beginning, if you going to be a specific race the whole game. It costs a little, but I must be able to rework my complete Character if I want to become a healer any time, right? What are the downsides for that?
I've tried a lot personally in the full release. Other than the gold cost for respec in points and gear, you also need to level the individual weapons. Needing to flesh out each individual weapon is what most slows you when trying random stuff out. It would actually be better to commit to something for awhile and try everything else out later bc you can use a leveled weapon with all your high level gear against high level enemies in order to farm weapon xp for the stuff you wanna try out. There are no actual downsides that I know of other than weapon mastery.
I tanked an assload in A2, A3, and the betas and preview...dont use shield rush for your tank build, use something from the left tree instead, like whirling blade or leaping strike. Warhammer also has self heal perks too, and is better at crowd control. Throw a carnelian on it and you're back to first aggro. WH also has def buff passives. Dont do hatchet for tank builds!
This is one of the best New World videos I've seen. Content wise but also video quality, many New World videos have such bad compression artefacts that it's hard to see what's going on but yours is sharp. You deserve more subs.
I hope they keep everything balanced and we can avoid a meta as much as possible. I stopped playing ESO specifically because of the “all mana/stam” with specific weapons required for optimal performance. Hopefully this being a pure sandbox title metas won’t be as as commanding.
should try flamethrower in ur battlemage build along with reheat can stack burns real quick with the burn on crit, you pretty much get a 3rd basic attack that now gives you crazy mana regen and on demand aoe dmg when u get the no cooldown perk for flamethrower
I’ve been using heavy armor, a great axe, and a sword and shield, I’m trying to run a DPS build. Would it be a good idea to switch the sword to a hatchet for maximum dps?
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I started and continue my adventures with the pointy end build, Rapier and Spear. Keeping stacks of bleeds on boss while having bonus damage to Number of conditions on target, its slow start but on boss fights it builds and sustains the damage throughout the fight.
As a "duelist" I gotta say I'm addicted to reposte. It's always so satisfying watching things build up their heavy attack, only for me to deflect it and smack them in the face.
Reposte>flurry>evade>light attack>evade>light attack
I am so conflicted! There are so many awesome weapon combinations. I went axe/hammer and sword&board/axe in the two respective betas but that battlemage build looks dope! You earned yourself a new sub. Great video. Thanks!
this is actually really helpful because i was a dummy and kind of just played with my friends and didnt try to figure out any helpful builds.
Same bro. Level 20 and just kind of been playing. Haven’t focused anything really. Regretting that now lol
I enjoyed rapier + ice gauntlet a lot in the open beta. Good control, burst dmg and outplay potential with the rapier
problem intelligence and dexterity dont match with this weapons , u dont maximize the potential
@@ecosti Rapier has 0.65 (i think?) int scaling, plus you can put in a int scale gem on the rapier.
Didn’t include one of the strongest bruisers. Hammer/greataxe with light/medium armor and can even run heavy if you weapon swap correctly. Can be used in PVP and PVE and is very effective for both.
This is exactly what I run and I dominate in pvp even when they’re 10 levels above me. Although I might switch to light or medium because rn I use heavy
Yeah im running the same. Medium armor is effective for dodging g better than heavy. I feel
What skills do you run on both?
@@colin479 So i'm currently lvl 50 and i switch between S&S with hatchet/GA/Hammer.
My Great axe skills are Charge, Reap, Gravity Well. Hammer is Armor breaker, wrecking ball, shockwave. Hatchet berserk, feral rush and social distancing. (might change the last one around a little but it helps with an evade/slow)
@@duewolf1 and the SS skills are full defensive? Also thank you so much
Went spear and bow in the beta.
LOVED it.
Hunter build should use the Spear IMO, Hatchet is stronger in most situations but the all Dex and Con build with a spear and a greater ability to knock down enemies and gain distance with the makes it a better pair.
Yes, he didn't really think about attribute points much.
This. Spear or even Rapier is much better combo because of the dexterity attribute. I was kind of upset when he said hatchet :D
@@olminho9 Right, and I think the hatchet is probably the better weapon, just not with a bow
@@samuelclassen553 hatchet scales secondarily with dex so it's not that much of a problem.
The way the combat feels and the way the animations look and even the leveling system is what I wish ESO had.
I wish the animations were more polished n smooth, combat is lowkey clunky, I have faith they will make it better over time tho
SAME
IMO the combat feels much less responsive than ESO.
Fantastic guide!
Also a big fan of the "Paladin" build. Sword and board + Life Staff into heavy armor.
Yeah that’s very similar to the Templar build I posted just much tankier
I like true paladin, life staff and war hammer
How can I even pick one.. They're all so badass!
@Flip Saquoya no u dont need to just for skins etc
That's the point they are all fun and they all work just pick what you think will make you have the most fun you like being a mage then mage powers you will melt enemies with magic you like being a front laner destroyer pick melee armours and shred enemies to peaces in seconds
How you going to call Musket/Rapier the "Duelist?" Bro that's straight up a Musketeer.
D'Artagnan?
duelist would be smth like rapier/hatchet lol or hatchet/hammer
Yea, that is literally the set that Muketeers trained in IRL
Rapier is fun, but the amount of turbo clicking needed gets old quick.
@@nickdavison9771 yeh true. i started with rapier cuz i dropped a good one but the skills are annoying. bad hit boxes and glitching over the ground make them feel clunky. i think ill play bow and spear/hatchet not sure yet
I might argue that the Ice Gauntlet is a better offhand for tank if you have a dedicated healer ;)
Whys that? What does ice do better at?
That's the beauty of new world and mmos in general. There are multiple viable options. It all depends on what the player likes/is comfortable with.
I unknowingly went the battle mage route. Now I know what else to focus on.
I'm going for an Ice Gauntlet/Life staff build, but I believe that this video misses the Hatchet/Great Axe build which seems to be a crowd favorite for a lot of people. Solid info nonetheless.
Can't help but notice that your voice sounds exactly like Hack the Minotaur, who does ESO content. Thanks for the builds!
I think it's the same guy. The written guides credit Hack as the author, so it'd be safe to assume that it's him voicing the video too.
Modification to tank build no shield rush use Reverse stab as it's final unlock gives a 25% cool down reduction for each enemy hit on sword skills. This includes shield bash defiant stance and reverse stab itself.
I tried a similar battlemage build but with the war hammer as secondary and fire staff primary. I used fireball/pillar for my main dmg with flamethrower for the dot when possible. Int primary stat with light or med armor. For hammer I used the shockwave, wrecking ball and path aoes for the cc and aoe dmg.
Hunter build was super fun in the closed beta. I went with all aoe for the bow and hatchet and smacked tons of mobs with ease
But is it good for PVP? I'm thinking of trying that setup out .
@@asianchassem Yes, it's good but going full AoE isn't that great. I'm thinking of buildint evade shot + poison shot + these 3 fast shots from hunter tree. Got smacked by a guy with bow with these abilities and hatchet recently.
Great video! I haven't played any of the betas but I can't wait for the game to release. Appriciate the knowledge and the editing :)
Feels impossible to chose what to play.. Trying to figure out what I want to go hard on from the start, but think I'll have to play around with the different weapons and builds before I can chose.
Inspiring video that gave me alot of ideas tho :D
Ty for the battlemage build been testing so many and battlemage really suits my style
I liked Bow+Spear in beta it was fun to use both in pvp n pve in range n melee scenarios. I could do serious dmg in big fights could do serious dmg in smaller scales and beat most people in 1vs1 cuz by the time people would catch up i would suprise em with spear cc and dmg and quickly disengage n continue with bow peppering
What’s your skill points lookin like
@@lorenzomartinez9212 well even though I personally think con is best stat early on for this particular build I dumped everything on dex and just made a glass cannon
Dude thank you SO MUCH for making this. I've been raking my brain trying to decide what build I wanna do on launch and this was super helpful. I loved that you also gave each build a name/theme. Templar is a super cool idea but I really like the bow so the hunter is also a top runner. Still got some thinking to do but thank you!
First ESO now NEW WORLD.....awesome job man...love the vids
There is also the anti-escape build, Hatchet and Great Axe. with the hatch you have a haste with beserk and the leaping attack causes root, the great axe has slows and pull backs.
I'm liking Warhammer with fire staff. I'm also only level 12. But I played around a bit. I'm having fun with this build
I did really well with the Hammer/Life Staff. I called it the Paladin Build using Heavy Armor.
How
@@Eunos_FD3S probably focused stats on focus (healing one) and got the gem that makes your weapon scale with that stat
I'm trying this. While I'm pretty tough the damage is simply abysmal, great support in group though
I did that too, good against pve cuz u was shuttering monsters and did huge damage, 1 shot enemies
I’m using that now lol glad I’m not the only one going pali
Your dualist is actually a Musketeer. Historically Musketeers were armed with both a musket and a rapier. The musket of the Musketeer is not featured in the stories of the Three Musketeers as much as they were used by the actual Musketeers of the French. Deadly at long and short range for sure.
I was hoping to find some inspiration for using the Sword and Shield with the Musket and medium armor.
Kind of a difficult setup to sort out, but it's been the most fun, for me.
Saame, I ain’t gonna change it I just need to figure out how to make it great
I used Sword n Shield with Hatchet in the most recent beta and it was so OP. I was able to kill mobs and people in pvp 5 levels above me.
I used S&S/Warhammer and I was able to solo elites without getting hit. It was bananas. Shield Rush, Shield Bash, Swap, Charged Heavy, Armor Breaker, Wrecking Ball, Charged Heavy, Mighty Gavel x2. It's around 5k damage at level 25 in average gear.
Missed the golfer build. Run hammer/fire staff. Stack Repulsive clear out perk on armor and hammer. When enemies get close use clear out to send them flying, mighty gavel to destroy stamina/block and Shockwave for stun. Fire staff with fireball, burnout and incinerate. Apply burns and keep launching fireball into the enemy. Use burnout and incinerate to reposition when clear out is on cool down.
That sounds fun!
I've taken a more int based duelist build with Firestaff and Rapier and i have to say i'm really happy with it.
Rapier + Ice Gauntlet = High cc, survivability and high damage. Best for large open area fights where people are spread out and you can pick people off.
Great Axe + Hammer = Strongest melee pvp build. High cc, high movement, high damage, and very large attack radius. Best for grouped enemies and super cheese if stacked with others of the same build. Best for war.
Hatchet + Life Staff = Very strong survivability, can pull huge groups of mobs and aoe farm, strong mix of damage and off heals for solo or team.
Hammer + Life Staff = Strong survivability, strong cc, when paired with heavy armor and good potion usage it is very difficult to kill them and will require multiple focusing on them.
Sword and Shield + Hammer = OP for war point defense and stacking Hammer stuns with shield stuns.
Musket = Very important for fort defense/offense and fights in very wide open areas. Having several Musketeers that are well coordinated and shooting the same target is devastating.
Most impressed with the battlemage build. Very well done.
Surprised the ice gauntlet/rapier isnt on here. It’s getting super popular.
As for me, SnB and great axe all the way. I’m excited for this game is much
Yeah gauntlet is so nice. But extremely torn on what to pick.
Great video. Going to Respec my character before I hit 20 and try a few of these until I find the one that works for me.
I appreciate the relevant footage rather than random B-roll. Thanks!
Meta tank Build IMO would be SnS, Hammer. Its better for all the content especially war. You CC chain people with hammer (Crowd Control Tree abilities) and then you switch to SnS when on cooldown and tank using the complete Defender tree.
what do Sns mean ?
@@adelezat9015 sword n shield mate
I’ve been loving the musket. Not convinced by the melee weapons I’ve tried so far besides maybe spear. Might have to give Rapier a shot!
1 problem I have with RPGs and mmos is I never seem to want to play the standard builds, I just want to have fun lol. rapier ice Gauntlet
I've been playing musket since release, and it pairs far more nicely with hatchet or spear. hatchet for berserk, and spear for aoe cc.
Hi I been playing for 2 days and wanted to use axe and hatchet would spear be better than hatchet?
Cheers
@@sko1beer use all 3. i keep spear, hatchet, axe, rapier, and musket on me at all times. different areas/mobs may call for different abilities/damage types.
@@this.is.a.username cheers i tried spear last night and its pretty cool
For the duelist, I have been using the hatchet with the musket, and has been a very good combo! A couple shots and the use the hatchet with a combo.. Sadly have to spend points on both strenght and dexterity
Best new world video I've seen! You need more subs my guy. I appreciate the work that went into this!
I’ve tried spear/fire staff… fire staff/rapier… just got my first ice gauntlet last night gonna give those a whirl.. I’m just having fun trying out all the weapons right now I tend to level them to 4 or 5 before I swap to a new one.. probably gimping myself short term but in the long run I can grind up whatever my final build will be so no biggie
This is awesome research, thank you for so much insight! BTW, loved your work at ESO, glad to see you continuing the in depth looks of your work here at New world!
I find it hard to not have either the life staff or at least hatchet in any build, the heals help so much with sustained combat, when you keep getting adds, crazy trains popping out of nowhere, etc etc...
Battle Mage and Duelist look awesome to me!
I've been playing a Hunter/Warden mix. I use the Musket and switch between the spear or hatchet depending on the situation.
Every thing feels appealing for me expect anything to do with the hammer and great axe. SnB Meta tank looks so fun! But last beta I was loving Spear and Musket. I don't know how I'm going to decide come launch day. lol You earned a sub from me, great video!
Thank you!
I don't care what will be meta and what is best / worst. All i know is i love musket since i find it FUN, if people ever heard that word (fun) so I'm going with that 🤠
Musket/Rapier was my favorite during the beta!
Hey Hack, would love for you to make a video about your perceived similarities and differences between NW and ESO. I know you are very loyal to ESO but would love to hear your thoughts about why someone would perhaps want to switch to NW.
Great suggestion!
New world and many of it's concepts are so GW2 for me, starting with weapon based skills, exp for crafting, gathering, exploring etc.
I use war hammer / great axe as a tank / DPS with attributes mainly being strength and constitution. Hammer for cc and great axe for dmg
Great..., just when I thought I was zeroing in on my final weapon set... you give me THIS??? ;) Thanks for the ideas!
Some nice builds to get people started, Idk about things like Templar though. I haven’t seen a hybrid build join in a dungeon run that was actually more helpful than a dedicated build
I enjoy using light staff & hatchet.
i was using the brawler in closed and open beta. enjoyed it. i like the battle mage quit lot too and u forgot about bow and rapier which is crazy
I set up a relatively interesting build during Open Beta. Light armor load, Greataxe and Ice gauntlet (or Life Staff for soloing). Then, I went full INT, socketed in an elemental INT-based gem into my Greataxe and boom, that's the basis of the build. I guess you could call it a glass cannon battle mage. It was very niche but I liked it a lot. There's still some room to improve such as maybe switching Greataxe with a quicker weapon while keeping the elemental int-based gem for the build.
This is literally what I’m doing. I swap between gauntlet and staff depending on wether I’m solo or in a group. Ice for solo play and fire for grp play. Great Axe is the main staple of the build though. I’m set up to charge in, pull enemies, then WW them down. Running light or medium armor. Won’t go heavy with this build
Great breakdown and awesome titles for the various combinations. Solid video; want to see more.
I kinda liked Fire + Life staff combo, I didn't get far into the game however the combination was fun ( dodge + cast ) type of gameplay and with the right perks you don't get out of mana so easily.
Im having fun with the sword/shield with musket. I call it the privateer build. Its sort of just like a tank ranged dps hybrid build with lots of cc. Spec into strength and dexterity for that.
I call my build the Centurion. I use a spear and bow/sometimes a musket, medium armor and points into dex and strength
subbed great video good luck for the channel mate
Hack- is that you narrating, I know that voice from ESO. Good to see ur adding New World.
Excellent video my friend
I noticed that the armour from your faction gives a % to critical damage resistance and if you socket it with the right gems you can be EXTREMELY resistant as a tank. I am wondering about shields tho ...
Ice gaunlet/hatchet debuff heavy armor. Hatchet as the main and ice gaunlet for slows and survivability. I feel like it’s a scary build.. strength, Constitution, and some intel. Berserker,Infected throw (for the 30% recover debuff and weaken) and feral rush for the gap close with Stun. And you have ice gaunlet healing with frostbite, slows and increase movement, ice shower for the lock in place and emtombed that allows you to recover mana, plus eating and berserker recovery.. strength 200 con 200 and intel for more ice gauntlet damage (which my play-style doesn’t care for) or dexterity for some crit… I feel like fighting this build is extremely annoying. Always slowing you always healing with a lot of armor heavy armor but has a lot of speed from berserker and being in the ice gives you speed.
man i really wanted a SnB dps build and you put me to ease if it would work. im sticking to my heavy armor snb build for sure i dont wanna tank but i love that weapon combo. thanks for the video
6:06 i lost it when he said Social Distancing :))
All my buddies have chosen one play style/weapon setup and ran with it. I've used so many and still can't make up my mind 🤣
Hi
Is there a full video off the Brawler Build? on the website there is none, or it is not working :)
Ty for work, love your builds it has helped me so much.
One question - Do you know of a way to auto target mobs using the bow, or does that not exist, I cant get it to work with the standard targeting, to much moving around by mobs :)
Jimmy
Bow+Spear
Musket+Rapier
Axe+Great Axe
Sword + Hammer
Life+Ice
Fire+Ice
Those are the best combos, no doubt.
What about hammer+ice gauntlet?
@@josemarialeivavera5920 Everything is viable... and if you are good you can make any combo work... But Hammer + Ice you would have to share points between STR and INT...
@@GamblerX77 didnt though bout that u are right
Is there a way to eliminate the "Down Thumbs"? Very solid video with a lot of explanation and game play showcasing for each potential spec. From someone who has been on the fence about trying this game, really appreciate this video. Thank you!
sword and board along with spear, med armour tank
stunlock everything to death, trust
I'm trying this 'Paladin' build called by some with Sword n shield and Life Staff healings, quite tough :P
Thanks for the prospects, didn't tried all weapons yet. but the Hammer looks FATAF, I'm considering revisiting the great Axe, was lots of fun with Rend to stop their attack momentum and slam dunk them Darius style :)
I intend to run hatchet+axe medium armor viking style with secondary either being bow or greataxe, screw dmg types I want to be thematic
How
That was actually the most broken combo in the game, at least until the closed beta ending
Thanks, this will help me a lot
Honestly, best build video i've seen till now. I just reached lvl 15 so this helps alot :d
Was using life staff and spear in beta but I think I’ll try Bow and spear on launch
Thx for sharing!
Man, just preordered the game today after being on the fence about it, then I realized, Oh shit, what do I do now. After watching your video, this has at least brought my stress level about class picking, so thank you,
U cant use hatchet Baserk if you switch away from the Hatchet the ability is gone aswell.
Battelmage is my favorite so far 👌🏼
Cool builds. Trying to find what weapons I wanna do. You sound like Hacktheminotaur. :D
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe it's a second account? lol
It is Hack!! Look at the groups names!
Dude it IS hack :D
great video man was surprised u didn’t have that many subscribers but I gotchu
Looks like you haven't quite played enough new world.
What makes a tank is what gem you put in the weapon, not what weapon you use.
Tank in New World is Heavy Armor, Con and a Carnelian gem in the weapon. The system does not prevent someone from being a Firestaff tank or even a lifestaff tank.
Always loved your eso builds. Thanks for this!
The best tank build is the paladin build. Sword and shield/ life staff hands down the best
i combined rapier with the same abilities u use with the bow, for bow as main damage i would go the same build as u did, but for rapier main dmg i would use the toxic arrow, for 1 more dot effect instead of the 3 fast shot ability (sorry, don't know all ability names)
Is it crazy dumb to completely switch roles later?
I mean, the great thing in NW for me is that you DONT need to decide in the beginning, if you going to be a specific race the whole game.
It costs a little, but I must be able to rework my complete Character if I want to become a healer any time, right? What are the downsides for that?
I've tried a lot personally in the full release. Other than the gold cost for respec in points and gear, you also need to level the individual weapons. Needing to flesh out each individual weapon is what most slows you when trying random stuff out. It would actually be better to commit to something for awhile and try everything else out later bc you can use a leveled weapon with all your high level gear against high level enemies in order to farm weapon xp for the stuff you wanna try out. There are no actual downsides that I know of other than weapon mastery.
My musket + spear build is fun as hell
I tanked an assload in A2, A3, and the betas and preview...dont use shield rush for your tank build, use something from the left tree instead, like whirling blade or leaping strike. Warhammer also has self heal perks too, and is better at crowd control. Throw a carnelian on it and you're back to first aggro. WH also has def buff passives. Dont do hatchet for tank builds!
Trying to figure out a fun sword / hybrid build. Saw you mention sword fire, im thinking of sword ice, or ice hatchet!
This is one of the best New World videos I've seen. Content wise but also video quality, many New World videos have such bad compression artefacts that it's hard to see what's going on but yours is sharp. You deserve more subs.
I hope they keep everything balanced and we can avoid a meta as much as possible. I stopped playing ESO specifically because of the “all mana/stam” with specific weapons required for optimal performance. Hopefully this being a pure sandbox title metas won’t be as as commanding.
should try flamethrower in ur battlemage build along with reheat can stack burns real quick with the burn on crit, you pretty much get a 3rd basic attack that now gives you crazy mana regen and on demand aoe dmg when u get the no cooldown perk for flamethrower
I’ll check it out!
I’ve been using heavy armor, a great axe, and a sword and shield, I’m trying to run a DPS build. Would it be a good idea to switch the sword to a hatchet for maximum dps?
Step down to medium armor for 10% damage bonus if you’re trying to DPS.
I'm going Greataxe and bow with STR primary to 50% CON ratio, and STR DEX stats on heavy armor.
i wonder how would firestaff+rapier work
im a new guy in NW but really like s/s+great axe
Appreciate the timely info