Build routes / community guide
Swordsman build notes
Tank, AGI sword or spear: choose the role before buying traits.
Last checked: 2026-10-28. Game build: not established in the cited public sources; dated snapshots are identified below.
Skills and route selection
VIT tank uses Charge Attack to engage, Provoke to recover aggro and Burning Blood around predictable damage. AGI sword emphasizes sustained attacks; spear is a separate burst route.
Stats: what to prioritize
STR and VIT for a tank; AGI followed by STR/LUK for sword damage; STR/VIT with DEX for spear hit reliability.
Gear, traits and cards
Tank traits include Thorned Body or Boiling Blood and PvE-oriented Elite Guard. Preserve Precise Strike and Destructive Charge for a spear set rather than treating tank and spear equipment as interchangeable.
Runes and investment order
The guide pairs AGI sword with Wind resonance and attack-speed support. A tank instead needs reduction choices matched to the enemy; no universal rune page is established.
Complete one coherent route before funding an alternative. The source supports a starting plan; it does not establish current prices or a guaranteed outcome for a particular account.
Questions people actually search
What stats should Swordsman use?
STR and VIT for a tank; AGI followed by STR/LUK for sword damage; STR/VIT with DEX for spear hit reliability.
Which build is best?
Choose the route for your role, weapon or form. The priorities above come from one community guide; no current-patch comparison is established here.
Where are exact skill percentages and rune ranks?
Exact coefficients, point-by-point allocations and a universal rune ranking have not been independently verified for this page. The linked build guide supplies the underlying route advice.
Sources
- RTNW swordsman build guide — Checked 2026-10-28. Single community build opinion, August 2026. Numeric allocations, damage coefficients and rates are not independently verified.
- Steam store, app 4212480 — Checked 2026-10-28. Release field 26 Jul 2026, 8 classes, Windows only, Dynamic review samples are attributed to Steam alone.
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