Rapier / Ice Gauntlet PvP Build

This build has everything. It’s mobile, durable, deals tons of damage and even has a surprising amount of healing power. I find this build to be an excellent light armor brawler that can do a surprisingly good job fighting outnumbered, even in a more open field fight!

The Ice Gauntlet / Rapier weapon combo is packed with tons of defensive utility, in fact every single skill on this build has great defensive capabilities! This build does well in all sorts of solo and group PvP combat, so I hope you guys enjoy!

This is a main-hand Rapier build at heart, and the Attribute spread reflects the huge investment into Rapier damage. The 150 DEX jump point is very important for this builds Stamina sustain, especially as an up close Light Armor fighter! As always 150 CON helps immensely in PvP thanks to that Critical Damage reduction, so again as a Light Armor melee fighter you will defiantly want to get 150 CON to help you survive incoming burst damage.

The 200 INT jump point is not super important as Ice Gauntlet has good mana sustain on its own, and this build doesn’t use many mana intensive skills. If you want to run 200 DEX and 150 INT for more backstab damage that works well too! The resists of this spec reflect the fact that Muskets, Bows, and Fire Staves are very common in PvP. This build also does a great job against melee fighters so a big investment against Slash and Strike are not needed.

Dexterity

• 50: +10% chance to critical hit. +10% skinning speed.

• 100: +5% thrust damage. +20% haste for 3s after skinning.

• 150: Dodges cost 10 less stamina. -10% decrease in weight of skinned items.

Intelligence

• 50: +10% critical hit damage. +10% harvest speed.

• 100: +5% damage to light and heavy magic attacks. 5% chance for 1 Azoth when harvesting.

• 150: +15% to elemental damage. -10% decrease in weight of harvested items.

• 200: +10 mana after a dodge. +10% harvest speed.

Constitution

• 50: All health consumables 20% stronger. +10% logging speed.

• 100: Increase max health by 10% of your physical armor. -10% reduction on durability loss for tools.

• 150: -10% to critical damage taken. -10% decrease in weight of logging items.

Sundering Riposte is a 24% Rend (increases targets damage taken) when on a Rapier, making it an excellent debuff to help deliver massive burst combos. Rapier damage is further amplified by the Ultimate Chill passive from the Ice Gauntlet thanks to that Frozen Gem! Rouge is BIS for this type of playstyle as this build does an excellent job getting behind an opponent. For the 3rd perk I would prefer Keenly Empowered or Jagged!

The Ice Gauntlet has Keen and Keen Speed to give this build a good movement bonus that is easy to proc at a distance or with the multi hit attack from Ice Spikes. Deadly Frost in a nice 3rd perk that will further reduce the cool down of Ice Shower when on the gauntlet. I would actually prefer to have Healing Tomb here for the additional healing it provides.

Ideally for general armor perks you want to have Resilient, I am also using the PvP reward track armor for that super great Shirking Heals perk. This perk goes perfectly with the roll intensive playstyle of this build and is also further amplified by the Light Armor healing bonus! If you don’t have access to this gear, perks like Shirking Fortification and the Aversion perks are a great option as well!

Healing Tomb is amazing as it adds even more healing power to this build, and Omnidirectional Evade just adds more power to the Rapier bar. Both of these perks are highly recommended!

Health + Divine necklace is a huge must for PvP with Shirking DOT cleanse being super useful against all those ranged DOTs in todays meta. Stamina Recovery would also be a great choice as the 3rd perk! Hearty + Keen Awareness are the preferred Ring perks. Again I have the PvP track reward ring that has Invigorated Punishment as the 3rd perk and is arguably the BIS ring for this setup. Finally the earing is perfect for healing and any Refreshing is great as the 3rd perk.

You will need food to reach the jump points that this build requires, and as always use both Health and Regeneration Potions in PvP! Both the Oakflesh Balm and Gemstone Dust are great consumables to have slotted incase you need a bunch of extra resists.

Rapier

Ice Gauntlet