Wartales: Swordsman Builds Guide

Class Skills
Encouragement
Valorous Duel
Bulwark
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Defensive Riposte
Basic Skills
Taunt
First Aid
Galvanise Troop
Weapons
Brotherhood Knight’s Sword
Your choice of Shield
Oils
Unstable, Perforating, Protective
Accessories
Medallion, Sewn Crest, Leather Straps
Professions
Cook, Bard, Miner
Favored Stats
Constitution & Willpower

This early to mid round tank is the beating heart of any front-line formation. Encouragement grants significant damage mitigation to allies in a large radius while Bulwark ensures they won’t take more than a scratch of damage from the enemy’s first attack. Hand-to-Hand Combat allows them to neutralize a second target before engaging with someone else – which Valorous Duel, Defensive Riposte and Galvanise Troop all ensure you have the Valour Points and Health to keep this up round after round.

Class Skills
Encouragement
Defensive Stance
Daring
Hardcore Training
Defensive Riposte
Basic Skills
First Aid
Run
Weapons
Any 1h Sword
Incendiary Flask, Poison Flask
Oils
Protective Oil, Sticky Oil
Accessories
Medallion, Sewn Crest, Leather Straps, Poison Vial, Quid
Professions
Cook, Bard, Miner
Favored Stats
Constitution & Willpower

This early round tank would quite literally walk through fire to keep their companions out of harms way. Begin by applying Protection to as many of your units as possible with Encouragement. After this, find a large group of enemies and throw their off-hand into the group. Daring allows you to apply Weakness to as many enemies as you can hit with their off-hand, while Defensive Stance’s Deflection combined with Protection means the first hit they take (each round you use it) will have have 100% damage reduction.

Class Skills
Destabilising Strike
Valorous Duel
Bulwark
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Intervention
Basic Skills
First Aid
Taunt
Tactical Order
Weapons
Legion’s Knightly Longsword
Oils
Protective Oil, Perforating Oil
Accessories
Medallion, Sewn Crest, Pewter Mirror, Tule Horn
Professions
Bard, Scholar, Angler, Cook
Favored Stats
Strength & Willpower

This mid to late round controller creates endless opportunities as you proceed into the next round. Tactical Order and Intervention make an excellent one-two punch to finish off a high priority target or get a vulnerable troop out of a bad situation. Hand-to-Hand Combat serves as a hard crowd control, while the Legion’s Knightly Longsword’s Intercept skill can serve as soft crowd control for several units at once. Destabilising Strike and Bulwark allows them to finish off a high priority light armored target or serve as an off-tank as needed.

Class Skills
Destabilising Strike
Valorous Duel
Counter-Attack
Last-Stand
Defensive Riposte
Basic Skills
Taunt
Wrath
Weapons
Most 2h Swords
Oils
Perforating Oil, Unstable Oil, Alertness Oil
Accessories
Tin Lucky Charm, Stiletto, Pocket Knife
Professions
Tinkerer, Miner, Blacksmith
Favored Stats
Strength & Critical Hit

This ironclad monster has no problem matching enemies blow for blow – and then some. The Tin Lucky Charm helps this unit shine brightest, as their playstyle is entirely about engaging and disengaging from foes successively throughout their turn. Begin by using Destabilising Strike on a light armored enemy to take advantage of its Mastery’s guaranteed Critical Hit. If they survive, disengage and they’ll either be hit again for free due to Defensive Riposte or take a hit and respond with a regular Riposte. Last-Stand takes the saying “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” to the next level. After eliminating the first target, move onto another engaging with Taunt first before disengaging and re-engaging with the remaining skills – provoking Riposte after Riposte and watch enemies fall one after another.

Class Skills
Laceration
Valorous Duel
Counter-Attack
Last Stand
Defensive Riposte
Basic Skills
Taunt
Wrath
Weapons
Most 2h Swords
Oils
Perforating Oil, Unstable Oil, Conversion Oil
Accessories
Tin Lucky Charm
Professions
Miner, Blacksmith, Tinkerer
Favored Stats
Strength & Critical Hit

Able to take down even the largest of foes, this elegant dancer of the blade can make as many as 11 strikes on a foe per turn – all without taking more than a scratch. Reliant on the combination of Taunt’s Weakness and Tin Lucky Charm, this unit weaves in and out of engagement to provoke Ripostes and exploit openings and making quick work of even the mightiest of Champions.

Class Skills
Laceration
Valorous Chains
Bulwark
Hardcore Training
Defensive Riposte
Basic Skills
First Aid
Wrath
Weapons
Knight of the Eye’s Sword
Incendiary Flask
Oils
Sticky Oil, Perforating Oil, Unstable Oil, Misty Oil
Accessories
Tule Horn, Medallion, Stiletto, Pocket Knife, Quid
Professions
Miner, Blacksmith, Tinkerer, Bard
Favored Stats
Strength & Constitution

This early to mid round unit really is a whirlwind of steel and fire. Lob an Incendiary Flask into a group of enemies and then just start cleaving your way through them hit after hit. Sticky Oil and Bulwark ensure this unit can sustain multiple hits each round despite being medium armor, and the longer the fight goes on the more deadly they become thanks to Hardcore Training’s Mastery.

Class Skills
Duelist’s Strike
Valorous Duel
Bulwark
Last Stand
Defensive Riposte
Basic Skills
Taunt
Wrath
Weapons
Most 2h Swords
Oils
Perforating Oil, Alertness Oil
Accessories
Pocket Knife, Stiletto
Professions
Miner, Blacksmith, Tinkerer
Favored Stats
Strength & Critical Hit

This mid round unit is used to trading blows with the enemy. Perfect as a damage oriented off-tank, they can engage an enemy just before its turn and set up for one of your late round damage dealers to clean up.

Class Skills
Duelist’s Strike
Defensive Stance
Duellist’s Instinct
Hardcore Training
Defensive Riposte
Basic Skills
First Aid
Taunt
Weapons
Any 1h Sword
Poison Flask
Oils
Perforating Oil, Alertness Oil, Poisonous Oil
Accessories
Poison Vial, Leather Straps, Tule Horn, Medallion
Professions
Miner, Cook, Bard
Favored Stats
Strength & Constitution

Like a viper in a tree, this unit finds itself most at home within the green of a poison cloud. This unit early to mid round unit excels at drawing enemies into its domain and biding time for the poison to do its work.

Here is the template I used, feel free to make and share your own interesting builds!