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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!!
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!
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.
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
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
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!
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.
