Return of Reckoning

kpihuss wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 12:14 pm

live4treasure wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 8:26 am

kpihuss wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 3:46 pm

All my analysis and experience in this post is based on WB groups and organized Discord groups with between 12 and 22 players online, filling the rest of the WB with external players until reaching 8-8-8 compositions.

In scenarios, I have tested it both in pugs and in 2-2-2 premades.

So, it is not a problem about composition or organized groups

Have you tried other gearsets? Looking at your setup, your block and parry are extremely low for rvr. I'm not saying the spec is viable for rvr, but I am saying that I think you are heavily underoptimized for it at the moment.

Before this 3+3+3 setup, I was also testing 5 Martyr’s (+6% block; +6% armor penetration reduction) and 4 Victorious (15% chance to apply -130 to the attacker’s main stat and +130 Initiative to myself), which is how I used to play it before the patch. But the loss of Strength and Weapon Skill made my healing absurdly low.

kpihuss wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 4:44 pm I’m going to test this week with a full defensive setup: 5 Martyr + 4 Victorious, full armor talismans. The profile is similar to an Invader-geared KotBS.

3862 armor (+496 armor pots)
38.5% + 10% block
21.5% + 10% parry
-2% chance to be critically hit
896 wounds (+110 from liniment and buff)

The problem is that Strength (623+150) ends up being very low, so from what I’m seeing the heals are really small. I’ll keep you updated over the course of the week.

I really hope it works. I genuinely want this to work.

(And the meme... I have to include it no matter what )
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Rydiak wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 6:55 pm Haha that image is amazing.

Yea, I run very defensive but have over 800 Strength before Sigmar's Fist/buffs. I think you will find it much easier to survive in RvR with a more defensive set.
https://killboard.returnofreckoning.com ... 872/armory

krumhur wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2026 6:56 am

Rydiak wrote: Tue Mar 10, 2026 6:55 pm Haha that image is amazing.

Yea, I run very defensive but have over 800 Strength before Sigmar's Fist/buffs. I think you will find it much easier to survive in RvR with a more defensive set.
https://killboard.returnofreckoning.com ... 872/armory

I know the post is about WPs but, for the sake of balance, I wonder how DoKs compare to WPs regarding the shield spec since you say that the key is survival.

DoK are built a bit more offensively and, while having undefendable attacks (just for single target essence builders, useless in WB where essence lash is used), they miss a couple key tactics (defensive one + more heals on defense) and also have less defenses from skills (they lack 10% parry).

Having worse defenses, and worse heals, the spec seems much harder to pull off on that class. Playing by the class strong point (offense, crits, etc) seems also not possible since the specs demands strong defenses given it's melee centric role.