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[Klorox]

Which do you find is a more effective build for a Guardian? Boosting his STR (therefore damage) or DEX (defense and a few skills)?

Or do you mix and match, leveling both up along the way?

[Jarno Mikkola]

Well, I always go with a STR build, as it gives damage and basic attack bonus at the same time, especially as the Guardian is good at the fast fights with double-bladed lightsaber, force speed and forcejump or flurry attack. With that speed, you rarely need to defend yourself, and the force healing is for that, except against the big bad end boss, and the DEX won't help you there.

[Anaximander]

I agree with Jarno. If you're playing a Guardian in KOTOR1, go with a strength build. Force Speed + flurry attack should dispatch all but the toughest of opponents in one shot early on. Later, the damage bonus from Force Jump will allow you to jump from one to the next, killing them all as you go. You can also use Force Jump to great effect against Malak. Use Speed to run ahead of him, then turn and force jump him. Maybe hit him with a flurry attack for good measure, then run away again, healing as you go.


Now, in KOTOR2, I would switch my stance and go with a dex build. I've played a strength guardian and a dex guardian in KOTOR2, and the dex build faired far better against the end boss than the strength build did. She couldn't even touch my dex monkey, whereas the strength build had to constantly stop for healing.

[Jarno Mikkola]

it depends on what the first class is

ironically, soldiers dont need the strength. with power attack and lightsabres, you will do a ton of damage. boost your dextreity, it increases your to hit and defense.

with scouts, you need strenth. its the only stat that makes flurry worthwhile (otherwise, by the numbers, you wont be as effecitve as power attack or critical strike)

with scoundrels, you need strength too. strength increases your chance for crits, which makes your sneak atacks so much better, which makes you a more powerful combatant.

id stop at level 7 scoundrel, so that u have +4 defense also, and that's like +8 to your dexterity, in defensive terms. that is unspeakably awesome!!! (almost as awesome as zaalbar!!!)

Where do you get this info? As it's mostly false. Str raises your Basic Attack Bonus and your damage out put, thus giving you greater chance to kill the opposition in first round, which is what every close combat fighter wants.
And, for dexterity to increase your BABs, you need the Fitness: Lightsaber. I don't remember that KotOR I, even having it for the Player Character.
Power Attack is bad for your BAB, so the Flurry(if even needed) is much better for all the chars(fighters) as you gain quite much out of the few armor losses, namely the extra attack on the round, thus giving you a huge bonus in BABs, if you look at the numbers, or the numbers of round needed to near fighting the opponents.

And why in the frell would you stop at level 7, you gain nothing out of the 13th level of Jedi, but a force power, as you gain a Feat on the 8th level instead. The game is optimized to 4th or 8th level as the class changing level.

[Jarno Mikkola]

5)why is the game optimized to stopping at level 4? level 5 and level 15 each grant a feat for every class.

It's every third after the first level, so it's 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18.
4) It's because of the saving throws.
Link. For the info. You'll see that the 13th level isn't much good at all, compared to the others.

[Jarno Mikkola]

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Well it doesn't really matter as I always go with level 2. And yes, I have killed the Bendak Starkiller with him.

[Eleima]

Just a friendly warning, DarthMaul I, this is necroposting and a low content post. Try to avoid this in the future, thanks!

[The Imp]

Ahh fun times. Yes, I won the thing anyways, cause I came up with a better still... after.

And then now there's this. Not that any of this needs to be rehashed.

 

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