Which melee classes perform the best against other melees and stealthers?

Like in a random 1vs1 encounter in RVR or something.

I'm guessing Skald, Champ, maybe Merc? Heavy tanks?

Fri 8 Mar 2019 1:05 PM by Sepplord

Champs are BEASTS in 1vs1, finding that 1vs1 though is going to be hard

Fri 8 Mar 2019 5:28 PM by sprinkle

as a caster it takes a champ 4 styles from behind to kill me, they are a joke

the answer is always savage

Fri 8 Mar 2019 5:49 PM by DinoTriz

sprinkle wrote: ↑
Fri 8 Mar 2019 5:28 PM
as a caster it takes a champ 4 styles from behind to kill me, they are a joke

the answer is always savage

Well that's against a caster.

A Champion performs better against melees than a Savage.

Sat 9 Mar 2019 12:18 AM by dbeattie71

Make a Necro, they don’t even perform because stealthers, unless they’re suiciding, won’t bother them.

Sat 9 Mar 2019 4:30 AM by Mauriac

in the current status of the game basically any melee will perform fine versus stealthers (as long as you run buffs). Some are better than others though.

Friar
Merc
BM
Reaver
Armsman
Hero
Champ
Warrior
Thane
Skald

All of those will generally wreck a sneak atm. Could probably include mincer too but they're a sneak i guess? It depends on what your targets are. Just remember as a solo visi (i assume thats what this post is about?) you're going to get added constantly. Otherwise your best option is a melee ranger which basically get lots of love on every daoc shard ever made, including this one or a mincer.

Sat 9 Mar 2019 7:18 AM by dbeattie71

Mauriac wrote: ↑
Sat 9 Mar 2019 4:30 AM
in the current status of the game basically any melee will perform fine versus stealthers (as long as you run buffs). Some are better than others though.

Friar
Merc
BM
Reaver
Armsman
Hero
Champ
Warrior
Thane
Skald

All of those will generally wreck a sneak atm. Could probably include mincer too but they're a sneak i guess? It depends on what your targets are. Just remember as a solo visi (i assume thats what this post is about?) you're going to get added constantly. Otherwise your best option is a melee ranger which basically get lots of love on every daoc shard ever made, including this one or a mincer.

Add Mincer with IP2+ to that list, or any class with access to IP.

Sat 9 Mar 2019 1:21 PM by Foofmonger

Valewalkers which have yet to be mentioned also do quite well. In pinch situations you can inchor/snare and kite away and lifetap other melee who you can't manfight.

Sat 9 Mar 2019 8:55 PM by Luluko

thane and a well played champ, you got interrupts,debuffs a snare and stunfield + slam, downsite is like it is with most other classes you dont even need to go out of the telekeep without purge/ip and stunfield up since 1vs1 are just too rare and even an alb stealther grp with a minst will use vanish/sos/purge etc just to kill one solo. So realisticly speaking if you arent soloing in off peak hours in none realmtask zones then you either need someone with speed to duo with anyway or just play a sneak if you dont want to be afk for 10-15mins after every run when you had to blow active ra's.

Mon 11 Mar 2019 1:19 AM by Draqolv

I shit on sneaks as a healer. Almost every time especially when they perf me. Archers stand no chance and assassins can beat me if my abilities are on cooldown.

Mon 11 Mar 2019 4:33 AM by qq6

I had some really interesting fights as a ranger vs other melees, the hardest class overall i've fought is a well played friar i think, reaver next. Friars are just silly crazy sometimes. Mid doesnt really stand out, cos u never get to see solo meleer's running about.

Mon 11 Mar 2019 7:10 AM by worldknown

Draqolv wrote: ↑
Mon 11 Mar 2019 1:19 AM
I shit on sneaks as a healer. Almost every time especially when they perf me. Archers stand no chance and assassins can beat me if my abilities are on cooldown.

How so?

Mon 11 Mar 2019 8:39 AM by Luluko

worldknown wrote: ↑
Mon 11 Mar 2019 7:10 AM
Draqolv wrote: ↑
Mon 11 Mar 2019 1:19 AM
I shit on sneaks as a healer. Almost every time especially when they perf me. Archers stand no chance and assassins can beat me if my abilities are on cooldown.

How so?

cele/ 2instants heals/ats debuff/9sec stun/ 2instant stun/mezz wont help you much vs vanish if you dont save the instant stun for when they are low hp despite that a healer can use charges with dots and even an unstyles 2h can do like 100dam even tho it will be hard vs the evade of assassins also 45% body resist should help vs their poison

Tue 12 Mar 2019 2:04 PM by Horus

qq6 wrote: ↑
Mon 11 Mar 2019 4:33 AM
I had some really interesting fights as a ranger vs other melees, the hardest class overall i've fought is a well played friar i think, reaver next. Friars are just silly crazy sometimes. Mid doesnt really stand out, cos u never get to see solo meleer's running about.

I generally don't fair well in melee against any other melee class unless all my toys are up and theirs are down. However I agree, Friars scare me to death. Looking all squishy like casters...evade every shot as they are running toward you, insta interrupt, then smack you down with the stick. Ouch! Not sure why there are not more of them...can't help but think they would be good against assassins as well.

Tue 12 Mar 2019 2:25 PM by DinoTriz

Horus wrote: ↑
Tue 12 Mar 2019 2:04 PM
Not sure why there are not more of them...can't help but think they would be good against assassins as well.

No Dodger on the server :/

Also, they don't really have an RVR role. At least staff friars don't.

It's a shame. They're one of my favorite classes.

Played one back in classic days on the PVP server. Was really fun.

Fri 22 Mar 2019 4:20 PM by mimsy

DinoTriz wrote: ↑
Tue 12 Mar 2019 2:25 PM
Horus wrote: ↑
Tue 12 Mar 2019 2:04 PM
Not sure why there are not more of them...can't help but think they would be good against assassins as well.

No Dodger on the server :/

Dont need it. They evade everything

Fri 22 Mar 2019 5:24 PM by DinoTriz

mimsy wrote: ↑
Fri 22 Mar 2019 4:20 PM
Dont need it. They evade everything

True, Evade 5 is pretty decent

Fri 22 Mar 2019 7:07 PM by Pirhana7

sprinkle wrote: ↑
Fri 8 Mar 2019 5:28 PM
as a caster it takes a champ 4 styles from behind to kill me, they are a joke

the answer is always savage

Champs aren't about doing big damage, they are designed to make other fighters weak. Generally a champ will win 1v1 against any fighter class their same RR or below.

Sun 24 Mar 2019 3:21 AM by genchaos9

Assassins? Friars

Archers? Not sure

Minstrel? No idea