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This is a guide on the best Sword and Shield builds in New World. Read on to see the recommended stats, skills, armor, and playstyle guides of the best and latest Sword and Shield builds for PVE and PVP as of Update 1.2.1!
List of Contents
Build Purpose | |
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General (PvE & PvP) | |
Strengths | Weaknesses |
・Perfect for soloing
・High survivability ・Can swap between tanking and healing |
・Low offensive power
・Not very agile |
Stat Priority | Strength |
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Strength | 5 |
Dexterity | 5 |
Intelligence | 5 |
Focus | 100 |
Constitution | 95 |
Stats obtained through armor are not accounted for in this table.
1st Weapon | 2nd Weapon |
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Sword and Shield | Life Staff |
Active Skills | |
Passive Skills | |
Perks and Equipment Stats | |
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Best Perks | |
Stats: Nomad (Constitution & Focus) |
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Type: Tower Stats: Cleric (Focus & Constitution) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Nomad (Constitution & Focus) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Cleric (Focus & Constitution) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Nomad (Constitution & Focus) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Cleric (Focus & Constitution) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Nomad (Constitution & Focus) |
The Sword and Shield / Life Staff Paladin Build is a Healing & Defense centric build that relies on crowd control, debuffs, and healing to outlast enemies.
The Sword & Shield skills Shield Rush and Shield Bash are used when enemies are starting to pile up and get out of hand. Hunker down with Defiant Stance when you're being ganged up on.
The Life Staff skills present you with more options to deal damage with Orb of Protection and Beacon, which can also function as healing spells. These are the ideal skills for a Paladin build. Sacred Ground offers supplemental healing and is a good skill to have.
This build's passive skills are geared towards decreasing incoming damage, bolstering the effectivity of your shield, boosting healing output, and granting buffs on yourself and your allies.
Build Purpose | |
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General (PvP and PVE) | |
Strengths | Weaknesses |
・Superior defense, great for tanking
・Great crowd control and AoE skills |
・Lesser damage output
・Poor mobility ・Heavily reliant on other classes for support |
Stat Priority | Constitution → Strength |
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Strength | 50 |
Dexterity | 5 |
Intelligence | 5 |
Focus | 5 |
Constitution | 145 |
Stats obtained through armor are not accounted for in this table.
1st Weapon | 2nd Weapon |
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Sword and Shield | War Hammer |
Active Skills | |
Passive Skills | |
Perks and Equipment Stats | |
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Best Perks | |
Stats: Knight (Constitution → Strength) |
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Type: Kite or Tower Stats: Knight (Constitution → Strength) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Knight (Constitution → Strength) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Knight (Constitution → Strength) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Knight (Constitution → Strength) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Knight (Constitution → Strength) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Knight (Constitution → Strength) |
The Sword & Shield / War Hammer Knight Battle Tank Build is a hardy tank build that is both offensive and defensive but focuses a bit more on defense. It takes two weapons that scale well with Strength, using the best skills from both skill trees.
The Sword and Shield prioritizes defense with skills like Shield Bash and Defiant Stance. Whirling Blade can help add a bit of offensive force.
The War Hammer has active skills that can do crowd control like Clear Out and Path of Destiny, while also having good smiting potential with Mighty Gavel.
The Sword and Shield skills tend more toward defense, while War Hammer's passive skills skew towards offense.
The War Hammer / Sword & Shield Battle Tank Build is a formidable force on the front lines, boasting solid defensive grit with a bit of offensive power when in a pinch. This build is very versatile and can adapt to any situation on the fly.
Build Purpose | |
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General (PvP and PVE) | |
Strengths | Weaknesses |
・Excellent Defense, supreme tanking ability
・Great crowd control and AoE |
・Very little offensive power
・Slow, poor mobility ・Can do very little against long range attacks. |
Stat Priority | Constitution |
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Strength | 5 |
Dexterity | 5 |
Intelligence | 5 |
Focus | 5 |
Constitution | 195 |
Stats obtained through armor are not accounted for in this table.
1st Weapon | 2nd Weapon |
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Sword and Shield | War Hammer |
Active Skills | |
Passive Skills | |
Perks and Equipment Stats | |
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Best Perks | |
Stats: Sentry (Constitution) |
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Type: Tower Stats: Sentry (Constitution) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Sentry (Constitution) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Sentry (Constitution) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Sentry (Constitution) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Sentry (Constitution) |
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Weight: Heavy Stats: Sentry (Constitution) |
The Sword & Shield / War Hammer Pure Defender Tank Build is a pure tank build that relies solely on Constitution for survivability. This build does not have much offensive capability, leaving the damage-dealing to the DPS builds. What this build does have is the ability to deflect as much damage as possible while also being able to stun or knock enemies down when things get too hot.
This build exclusively uses abilities from the Defender and Crowd Crusher skill trees, which are good at negating damage and crowd control. You can use Shield Bash, Shock Wave, and Path of Destiny to stun, while Shield Rush and Clear Out can knock enemies down.
The passive skills are focused on increasing the effectivity of defense and regeneration, as well as increasing stun debuffs on your enemies.
You generally want to be on the front lines and in the center of all the action, where it would be easier to stun enemies and deflect the majority of damage.
Build Purpose | |
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General (PvP and PVE) | |
Strengths | Weaknesses |
・Powerful short range, decent AoE
・Diverse skills for charging, pulling, and knocking down ・Powerhouse tank |
・Not as hardy as other tank builds
・Not very mobile ・Will have a hard time against long range and agile opponents |
Stat Priority | Strength → Constitution |
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Strength | 145 |
Dexterity | 5 |
Intelligence | 5 |
Focus | 5 |
Constitution | 50 |
Stats obtained through armor are not accounted for in this table.
1st Weapon | 2nd Weapon |
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Sword and Shield | Great Axe |
Active Skills | |
Passive Skills | |
Perks and Equipment Stats | |
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Best Perks | |
Stats: Barbarian (Strength → Constitution) |
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Type: Kite or Tower Stats: Barbarian (Strength → Constitution) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Barbarian (Strength → Constitution) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Barbarian (Strength → Constitution) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Barbarian (Strength → Constitution) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Barbarian (Strength → Constitution) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Barbarian (Strength → Constitution) |
The Sword & Shield / Great Axe Barbarian Build is an offense-focused tank build.. It takes two weapons that scale well with Strength, using the best skills from both skill trees.
The Sword and Shield has good offensive capabilities with Leaping Strike. Shield Bash can do crowd control when you're overwhelmed, and can be coupled with Defiant Stance, which bolsters your defenses.
The Great Axe's active skills for this build can do very different things: Gravity Well can pull enemies together, Whirlwind can do AoE damage, and Execute can go for the kill.
The Great Axe's passive skills improve your offense while the Sword and Shield skills improve your defense.
Build Purpose | |
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PvE | |
Strengths | Weaknesses |
・Hits hard and fast
・High crit, damage, and speed ・Good at chasing retreating enemies |
・Lacking HP and defense
・Limited AoE |
Stat Priority | Strength |
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Strength | 195 |
Dexterity | 5 |
Intelligence | 5 |
Focus | 5 |
Constitution | 5 |
Stats obtained through armor are not accounted for in this table.
1st Weapon | 2nd Weapon |
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Sword and Shield | Hatchet |
Active Skills | |
Passive Skills | |
Perks and Equipment Stats | |
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Best Perks | |
Stats: Soldier (Strength) |
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Type: Round or Kite Stats: Soldier (Strength) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Soldier (Strength) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Soldier (Strength) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Soldier (Strength) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Soldier (Strength) |
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Weight: Medium Stats: Soldier (Strength) |
The Sword and Shield / Hatchet Max DPS Build is a DPS PvE build all about fast damage. You stick close to the tank, who will keep the enemies in check, while you dish out mad damage from the side.
The passive skills from the Swordmaster and Berserker are geared to maximize crit chance, damage, and speed, making for deadly swings.
This build is unforgiving as it deals a lot of damage and its skills can either cover a lot of distance (Leaping Strike and Feral Rush), deal AoE damage (Whirling Blade) or increase attack and movement speed (Berserk and On the Hunt), or just deal a ton of damage in one go (Reverse Stab and Raging Torrent)
List of Role Builds | ||
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Best Tank Builds | Best Healer Builds | Best DPS Builds |
Best PVE and PVP Weapon Builds | |||
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Sword & Shield | Rapier | Hatchet | Spear |
Great Axe | War Hammer | Bow | Musket |
Fire Staff | Life Staff | Ice Gauntlet | Void Gauntlet |
Best Sword and Shield Builds for PVE and PVP (Update 1.2.1)
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Sword and Shield / Great Axe Barbarian Build Active Skills: Leaping Strike Whirling Blade Defiant Stance But on PASSIVE skills you have Intimidating Bash and Concussive Bash for UNLOCK these you need UNLOCK first Shield Bash, but you have already 3 Active Skills .. so how ? where is Bug ? Thanks