12:32 am, April 11, 2017
An obvious thought occurs to me: I fight two kinds of enemies: solo big tough guys and swarms of minor enemies.
That's why I put together a deck that includes both kinds of attacks:http://www.tsw-buil [..]
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12:32 am, April 2, 2017
Hi, I got TSW when it first came out, bought a Lifetime sub, but then (for reasons I can't recall) drifted away from the game around Blue Mountain. I half remember things about this game, but mostly f [..]
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11:32 pm, January 11, 2017
**** Shoot - Increase the chances to 35% of each effect [purge can be at 25-30%)
Advantage Me - Purge can happen every ~10-15 seconds.
Invasive Measures increase the chance to build resources - if y [..]
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12:32 pm, January 4, 2017
Hi , first post on the forums.
I'm a fairly new player in the secret world, I'm almost past the Transylvanian ark of the game and would like to ask some help with some end game builds. I've looked ov [..]
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12:32 am, October 28, 2016
Hi,
I'd like to pick your collective brain on my first deck.
Basically I'd like to have a decent solo build which is not a burden in the halloween event dungeons/bosses (cat god, jack etc...)
As th [..]
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12:32 am, October 22, 2016
So I've looked around for different builds to follow, but most of them are either 2-3 years old or don't go into enough detail. I know some abilities were recently nerfed as well, so I'm wondering if [..]
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12:32 am, August 19, 2016
Hiya all.
Obligatory note: I am a recent return player. I played most of the BETA and a few months after release, but 2 kids later and not an MMO in between now and then... I have some more time now [..]
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12:32 am, August 9, 2016
I have a deck I put together that seems to work very well, it's affliction/impair based. I'm able to proc multiple hits in one attack (I've literally scrutinized every detail in the combat tab), anywh [..]
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12:32 am, June 20, 2016
The dozen or so matches I’ve played in Stonehenge in the past several days since the 1.15.1 patch was launched have demonstrated the precarious balance inherent in PvP. It was tempting in th [..]
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12:32 am, June 16, 2016
Hi. I started the game with an AR/blade build, and while I do quite like it I'm beginning to wish I had some very focused single-target DPS at my disposal. I'm also quite fond of the idea of an all-fi [..]
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1:32 pm, June 3, 2016
So, I've recently came back but this makes me wonder.
Why is grand slam not considered a strike?
While Blade Torrent and Esscalation are both considered Frenzies?
I haven't done any hard tests b [..]
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12:32 am, May 7, 2016
I've only been playing for a short time (currently in Savage Coast), and I'm trying to refine a Blood build (with one resource consumer from Pistols). It works great against groups of foes, but strug [..]
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12:32 am, April 27, 2016
I've followed some TSWDB beginner builds to get through Valley of the Sun God. And now the sheer complexity of the outer rings of the skill wheel are overwhelming. Any advice?
So far I have been Pi [..]
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12:32 am, April 23, 2016
So, I'm currently working my alt through City of the Sun God and figured I'd drop my current build here for any advice. It's Elemental/Fist, which I know isn't considered ideal, but I've been seeing [..]
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11:32 pm, February 26, 2016
Brutally Efficient Dungeon Leechtank
I've been running a lot of non-aegis nightmare randomizer lately.
This allowed me to perfect my leechtanking and transform it into a kind of semi-bufftank.
In my e [..]
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11:32 pm, February 14, 2016
Hey all,
First, here's my build:
Blade / Chaos
Actives:
Escalation
Karma
Clearing the Path
Martial Discipline
Domino Effect
Smoke and Mirrors
Surging Blades
Passives:
Bloodsport
Leeching [..]
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12:32 pm, January 17, 2016
http://yokaiblog.wikidot.com/guides:build-mechanics
I read this. Great reference BTW. It explained a lot!
At the very end it has information on some useful deck types: http://yokaiblog.wikidot.com/yok [..]
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11:32 pm, January 15, 2016
This is a completely generic guide with universal advice for any new player who wants a solid soloing build. It is applicable to ALL weapon combinations. It is NOT the only viable soloing build but it [..]
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12:32 pm, December 25, 2015
Hi All,
I started playing the TSW when Issue 5 was released but haven't played for a LONG time. I'm currently blue mountains and was using a Clearing the Path + Empowerment survival build (sword/fist [..]
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12:32 am, October 16, 2015
Just went into PVP and there is some major lag issues in Fusang. I was attacked and this noise kept repeating over and over, the noise of an affliction i think, even when i was dead. The lag was so ba [..]
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12:32 am, October 12, 2015
I've been playing with blade and elemental lately and I'm kind of addicted to it. I'm pretty sure the specific implementation I have is useless in a group setting, but it's been a lot more useful than [..]
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1:32 pm, October 3, 2015
///// BACKGROUND INFO / Please skip to the section titled: ''BUILD QUESTIONS'' if not interested :) /////
Greetings!
I am actually a veteran/lifetimer of this game (bought it back when it was released [..]
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12:32 am, September 15, 2015
The fuse-tank
Mysteries about high efficiency – unveiled!
Hey guys,
ever wondered why there are tanks with an elemental focus in their off-hand?
Ever wondered why there are groups able to ** [..]
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1:32 pm, September 11, 2015
So Kemo brought me to the idea to release my favorite scenario deck.
Been a while since I shared stuff - but today I want to share the deck which escorted me to my 100% augment wheel.
This deck is for [..]
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12:32 am, September 11, 2015
Hey, I'm working on a build I can use for early game soloing ('m starting to die a lot and would like to stop that) so I've adapted a build I found online to be more low skillpoint friendly. I've come [..]
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1:32 pm, August 14, 2015
New player here.
I'm playing an AR/Blood build following this guide (https://www.tswdb.com/builds/solo/le...anged-survival), and I'm a little confused by how Gross Anatomy works exactly (I'm still f [..]
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1:32 pm, July 15, 2015
Trading for the other passives I can use between the 2? Im seriously getting my butt kicked her in savage coast, my builds where fine up until this point, I mostly use thors hammer, light manifestatio [..]
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1:32 pm, June 23, 2015
I've been using a Blade/Elemental build with a lot of affliction synergy for a while now and it's working pretty well in most situations. I'm at the Besieged Farmlands in Transylvania now and I've he [..]
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12:32 am, June 4, 2015
I am not seeing gross anatomy procs in my combat log when I reapply chain reaction with one of my chain abilities. I only see procs at the end of an affliction? I have looked around and I thought they [..]
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12:32 am, May 21, 2015
I've been reading various articles and guides trying to learn if there is a decent AOE & DOT build. I've read that Affliction doesn't cause much damage on its own, and that Affliction has been [..]
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1:32 pm, May 13, 2015
I started out with Blood/Ele years ago back before it was popular. Back then, procs really sucked. Since coming back, I've found out they've been buffed to be able to crit and penetrate, leading to th [..]
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12:32 am, May 5, 2015
Hi all,
Curious if there is any data on which builder in Chaos/Blade generates more hate; Blade Torrent + Perfect Storm, or Escalation + Intensity.
Escalation and Blade Torrent both state they gener [..]
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12:32 am, April 23, 2015
Hi folks, I've been reading a lot of threads and I think I have a good plan for how to approach my gear upgrades, but I wanted to run it by you all. Here is the scenario:
- I've recently started doin [..]
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12:32 pm, March 22, 2015
I really like the idea of blood/blade thematically. So I am not super worried with being the ultimate top end parsing super build, but there are a lot of abilities in this game, and I am an on and off [..]
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11:32 pm, March 12, 2015
Hello, I'm here to look for suggestions on how to change my main solo build. I started the game as Blade/AR build focusing on DPS and using leech abilities to cure myself on soloing PVE. With the curr [..]
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12:32 pm, February 11, 2015
Hello,
Thus far I haven't found a build I like, and many of the suggested builds are like 2 years old. So now I'm trying my hand at it.
My goal is to afflict, penetrate, and debilitate enemies whil [..]
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12:32 pm, February 8, 2015
Hello! I used to PvP quite a bit. I have been gone awhile for 2 reasons: one, most of my small cabal left. Two, I had surgery last year. A bone in my arm died, no idea why, I had to have a bone graft. [..]
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11:32 pm, December 4, 2014
Hello there.
After a long time struggling through the game using a quite inefficient dps build I have finally decided to restructure it, so I came here looking for dos and don'ts for making things f [..]
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11:32 pm, November 6, 2014
i was reading critty tanking build, since i was thinking about making a tank, and i thought what would be the best or more versatile tanking weapons ( blade & chaos) ( hammer& chaos) k [..]
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11:32 pm, November 5, 2014
Hello there all, I was using the following build through Egypt and not having a lot of issues:https://chronicle.thesecretworld.com/character/HanSuna
However I'm finding that in Transylvania I'm havin [..]
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11:32 pm, October 26, 2014
I'm a new player, happily soloing and questing and enjoying this awesome game. I only recently got to Savage Coast. The build I've been using so far has been working fine, but I'm not sure which skill [..]
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12:32 am, September 24, 2014
I'll keep this short because I know a lot of people are the "TL;DR" type.
I'm looking through the Drakkashi TSW Ability Wheel website (google searched) and making some builds that look fun [..]
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12:32 am, September 13, 2014
ScrapperJack is the first character I created for TSW. Completely by accident I chose Blades/Chaos as my build, and that happy accident (they synergize well) made it possible for me to go a fair dista [..]
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1:32 pm, August 31, 2014
Hey guys,
after playing around with some new decks, I decided to share my deck which I use at the moment for soloing group elite scenarios and for tanking group nightmare scenarios 2-manning.
The de [..]
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1:32 pm, August 27, 2014
Do you solo PVE? Do you like dakka? Do you hate adds? Is your ideal character one who walks stoically forward while blazing away at full auto while everything around him/her dies, hands desperately gr [..]
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