Wartales: Best Swordsman Build

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Best Swordsman Build in Wartales

The Swordsman is the best tank unit in Wartales and this build focuses on creating the strongest frontline unit possible for your party.

The best Swordsman build in Wartales involves using this class as a tank. While it can be played as a DPS, other classes can fill this role in a much better way.

In this guide, I will showcase the best Swordsman build in Wartales focusing on the best skills to pick and how to use this class efficiently.

Make sure to also check out our guide on the best unit to appoint as Captain in Wartales to fully optimize your team.

Best Swordsman Skills in Wartales

Best Swordsman build in Wartales.

The most important part of a build is selecting the right skills. Here are the best skills to choose for the Swordsman class in Wartales:

  1. Encouragement – Grants Protection to all nearby allies for two rounds which reduces damage taken by 30%.
  2. Valorous Duel – Gain 1 Valor Point each this unit engages in combat
  3. Bulwark – Gain Deflection when engaging in combat
  4. Hardcore Training – Immunity to Bleeding, Poison, and Burning.
  5. Intervention – Can swap places with an ally during combat. This unit then becomes engaged and deals an attack of opportunity.

These skills focus on making the Swordsman more durable and allow players to create an unstoppable tank for their party that will be able to absorb a lot of damage.

Lastly, don’t forget to check out our guide on the best negative traits in Wartales to ensure your Swordsman won’t have any significant debuffs.

Swordsman Class Playstyle

Best Swordsman build in Wartales.

For this build, your goal is to position yourself near your frontline units and use Protection to increase their survivability. Then, you want to engage the enemy as soon as possible to activate both Bulwark and Valorous Duel.

Take the aggro of enemies and use Intervention if an allied unit is ever in trouble to switch places with them.

This way, you’ll be able to keep all your allies alive and have all enemies target you. With these skills, even with all enemies targeting you, you won’t take much damage.

Wrapping up

To summarize, this is the best Swordsman build in Wartales. This class is best built as a tanky frontline unit that takes the aggro from enemies and can withstand all their damage.

Pair it with strong DPS units that can sit behind the Swordsman and deal damage undisturbed and you’ll be able to take down almost any foe.

What’s your favorite Swordman build in Wartales? Do you prefer to use another unit as a tank? Let us know in the comments below.

For more details on creating the perfect party, don’t forget to check out our tier list of the best units in Wartales.

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