Dark and Darker Rank 1 Fighter Guide For Fresh Wipe & Late Game (Updated)

Frequently during my streams I get a lot of questions about how I play fighter and the stats I prioritize and skills I run or perks I use so I decided to make a video discussing all of that and more to hopefully help people learn the class.

[@CoN-ArtisT]

What are your thoughts on the Flanged Mace as a weapon for fighter, it seems to do much more damage then the arming sword and has the good top down attack?

[@TacoBeIIKing]

This video is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you!

[@hithereimhere4864]

You were in my high roller earlier today when I died to pve

[@kaysen1208]

Thank you for the guide was really helpful i wasn't aware that u can equip the crossbow without weapon mastery perk

[@NightSilvPL]

Nice guide! But why not falchion or viking sword? Too slow currently?

[@honeypotusername]

Personally I hate the falchion moveset. I think it's just a skill issue on my part though

[@toddfatherttv]

viking sword is slow with low base dmg and falchion moveset is very bad

[@NightSilvPL]

Ok, thanks!

[@narhwallord6985]

The Viking sword is bad in all 3 metrics right now. It has slow swings. It has low damage. It has a terrible moveset (all over head)

[@sueycuomo8673]

Is what u said regarding sword and shield being the only viable option still true? Or now is duel wield/spear/long sword good?

[@toddfatherttv]

its true now more than ever. if your gear is absolutely insane where youre hitting damage reduction numbers of like 70-75%+ without a shield halberd can be used but its almost 100% required to have a bard to do this

[@shax8485]

Im still getting destroyed by wizards in high roller when running bard and cleric any tips on how to avoid this?

[@toddfatherttv]

Use dark plate armor and be careful where you position. fighting wizards is all about positioning. another thing is their spells are a limited resource try to bait them into using fireballs and zaps and engage on them when theyre out

[@Zellaaaaaaaaaaa]

25 movement speed and sprint would surely reach the new speed cap unfortunately

[@Tabnito]

Damn, dark plate is crazy, got it.

[@toddfatherttv]

dark plate is in theory the best chestpiece cause it gives mr its just hard to get a ton of pdr while running it now

[@gusashcraft8148]

Opinion on longsword

[@toddfatherttv]

two handed as a whole isn't very good but tbh longsword is probably one of the better two handed weapons right now since you can use barricade/shield mastery with it but you really need to be able to parry consistently with the weapon to make it good.

[@IL4NCER]

10% flat attack speed from counter attack or 50% from shield expert ( 50% of your rating or its also flat ) ? also what buffs outside crush can stagger shields, and what perks or stats adds shield stagger resist?

[@toddfatherttv]

you wont always get benefit from counter attack since youre not always going to block an attack however shield expert always gives some benefit whether you block an attack or not (the ms while blocking) shields have a defense value while weapons have an impact value so for example a war maul will overpower a buckler. the smash perk simply increases your impact value of a weapon. so big weapons break small shields as a tldr

[@IL4NCER]

@@toddfatherttv On high pdr the longsword is still good? until 50% even a grey longsword with parry setup is a menace

[@toddfatherttv]

The main problem is after all the nerfs hitting very high pdr numbers with two handed weapons is hard to do. If you can still hit those super high numbers its usable but thats not realistic for most people.@@IL4NCER

[@NxGDE50MErK]

FINALLY! A KZbinr with a sorted inventory! I would still put the cloak in between the head and body or even head, hands, body, cloak but shit it's at least nice to see one that's sorted.

[@roshshow]

Your videos are very good and underrated. These and the past few playtests I spent playing every class equally. You think with the new wipe I should begin to main more classes like fighter and barb?

[@toddfatherttv]

I think you should play whatever you enjoy. Don't really worry about anything else but having fun tbh

[@dontcare9005]

why the plate boots though?

[@toddfatherttv]

+1 strength on them is very nife

[@dontcare9005]

@@toddfatherttv I'd say Lightfoodboots with +8 Movementspeed compared to Plateboots +1 Strength is superior isn't it?

[@arsmadrifut8931]

which class is OP right now?

[@toddfatherttv]

ranger

[@narhwallord6985]

I don't think any class is S tier right now. Fighter and Ranger are close tho. Balance isn't too bad rn.

[@justwitt2079]

How do you get such good gear

[@rimanah.]

PvPing with his pocket buffers.

[@toddfatherttv]

PvP/Bossing in HR gets you a lot of money to buy a lot of gear. Most of the stuff I have rn in my stash I got from looting people or buying.

[@and61751]

I got a question, blue gauntlets with +10 armor +2 weapon dmg or purple gauntlets with +1 all, +1 true physical. Thanks love ur content also is weapon dmg the best scaling for dmg compared to str, additional physical, true physical, %physical bonus

[@slumlife804]

+all is arguably the best stat so I would say the purple gauntlets. I’d say you get more overall value

[@toddfatherttv]

+all is nice however it is also less damage and less damage reduction. in terms of best scaling stat yes it is weapon damage.

[@reydes2937]

what's the ms at 38 agi?

[@toddfatherttv]

around 91% without my shield out.

[@oreo_owner1801]

Comin for #1

[@ooanticsoo4475]

More like you are very unstoppable! And it probably is still the strongest class in the game even after nerfs. And even being hard capped on Dr. Its still incredibly tanky.

[@toddfatherttv]

I did say I think fighters in the best spot its ever been but its only unstoppable really once youre in insane gear and are playing well like I am

[@ooanticsoo4475]

@@toddfatherttv oh make no mistake. I was just giving you a hard time on the wordage. Us normies looking at gear like that and drool at the throwaway set.

[@parawizard]

Is there more information somewhere about why 2h sucks?

[@toddfatherttv]

a tldr is that damage reduction got nerfed so 2h fighters cant get to people to fight them without dying/taking a ton of dmg

[@parawizard]

Ok! Makes sense. Hopefully we see them become a bit more useful again with additional changes

[@CaitlinEdwards-ix3rh]

found it lol

[@theexsalted9352]

buff 2h weapons

[@cruzafix5013]

If u wanna be faster just take some move speed mods dont bother with agility. Attacking faster is not worth sacraficing strenght for. This feels more like a gear show-off video to me.

[@toddfatherttv]

Yes... I am showing off the gear I believe you should use as a fighter. and the movespeed and attack speed is 100% worth sacrificing strength for. It doesnt matter if youre tanky if youre too slow to catch up to anyone. and even with this gear I still have 30 strength which is why I say this build is not usable until you have insanely good gear because it requires a lot of agi and str

[@cruzafix5013]

@@toddfatherttv You will always be able to catch their frontliner with move speed buff. That it your job as a fighter to be a frontliner and kill their frontliner. Once you killed their frontliner you basicly won. You dont need agi for that. You need to be beefy and do more dmg. Therefore Str>Agi

[@toddfatherttv]

your job as a fighter is not to kill their frontliner its not be a space maker to allow your team to play the game. also strength only gives 1% physical power per point so overall its not giving you very much dmg. my significantly higher attack speed from agi is doing much more dmg than strength but hey feel free to have your own opinions.

[@Reezy030]

Game is at a weak state when the easiest class is the strongest.

[@bigginzack]

Why are you red flagged? Your voice sounds beta btw, you need a voice changer...

[@Kysonwaggoner11]

A thank you for helping me not suck woulda been sufficient bub.

[@Bassboy0415]

Your comment seems beta, you need to mature a little bit

[@toddfatherttv]

If you have people downvote you or upvote you your name goes red or blue. I like the red name so I had my teammates down vote me for it. thanks for watching :)