swtdrgn

• IGN: Swtdrgn
• Joined Spiral Knight in mid-July 2011
• Roarmulus Twin Solo
• Jelly King Solo

I am currently working on switching from a swordsman to a gunslinger and run Jelly King solo with guns only (because there is no video of it and people are looking for one). If you want to contribute by donating or loaning me CE/crowns.

I am working on:

• Polaris
• Sentenza
• Nameless Poncho (Shadow or Elemental Defense: Med)
• Nameless Hat (Shadow or Elemental Defense: Med)
• Crest of Almire

Swordsman Guide

As a swordsman, I use Vile Striker, Divine Avenger, and Rigadoon.

Dread Venom Striker

The Dread Venom Striker is a very fast weapon. Many people claim that this weapon does not fare well in Tier 3 runs, but I disagree. Even in tier 3, this weapon has it uses. From my experience, it is not good to use this weapon on Mecha Knights, Retrodes, and Zombies. It is not easy to do good damage against them without getting hurt. I find that this weapon does extremely well in small numbers. However, in large numbers, it may be difficult to get in multiple attacks.

Divine Avenger

The Divine Avenger has the best charge attack in the game. Its charge attack fires three swords as projectiles, and they knock back enemies in their path. This sword has a good knock-back on its regular swings. However, this weapon is slow...

Gunslinger Guide

As a gunslinger, I plan to use Polaris, Sentenza, and Argent Peacemaker. These three can hard-counter everything but slimes. Slimes are usually no threat to me, and I can clean them with the Polaris.

My alternative is Polaris, Biohazard, and Callahan. However, I am evaluating the Callahan. If the Callahan does well against Beasts and Fiends, I will stick with this route.

Argent Peacemaker

The Argent Peacemaker has good mobility, short delay, short reload time, fast bullets, and a good clip size. This weapon does both piercing and elemental damage. As a result, this gun does extra damage to fiends and undeads. Some people may attribute this to its drawback because enemies [that take extra damage from this gun] only take extra damage one damage type and normal to other. Therefore, this gun does not fit well with gunslingers that carry a gun of each damage type [so that every enemy that they encounter will take much more extra damage]. It is also controversial that this gun does worse damage to its "neutral" enemies (extra damage from one damage type, reduced damage from the other).

Sentenza

This gun shares the same qualities and drawbacks as the Argent Peacemaker. However, this gun does extra damage to gremlins and beasts instead of fiends and undeads. Unlike fiends and undeads, firing a projectile at gremlins and beasts will trigger their block/dodge actions. As a result, this gun has one more drawback than the Argent Peacemaker.

Polaris

Why do you choose Argent Peacemaker and Sentenza?

There are two piercing-damage based guns: Blitz Needle and Callahan. Blitz Needle does not offer good survivability against Wolvers and Devilites. The attack timeframe for the Blitz Needle is too long, and it cannot be terminated early. Therefore, attacking will create openings for the enemies. Immediately after a wolver dodges an attack, s/he is open to attacks. Since the Blitz Needle takes so long to complete an attack, the Blitz Needle cannot take advantage of this opening.

I have never used the Callahan. I will have to look into it later.

The Argent Peacemaker and Sentenza may be a good option because of its survivability.

Arsenal

Name	Stats	Abilities	Possible Effect	Rating	Series
Argent Peacemaker		Bonus Damage Vs. Construct: Low	N/A	★★★★★	Antigua
Divine Avenger		Bonus Damage Vs. Slime: Low	N/A	★★★★★	Sealed
Shivermist Buster		Good chance of causing Minor Freeze Charge Time Reduction: Low	Freeze	★★★★★	Freezing Vaporizer
Daring Rigadoon		Slight chance of causing minor Stun Charge Time Reduction: High	Stun	★★★★☆	Flourish
Strike Needle		Damage Bonus Vs. Gremlin: Medium Attack Speed Increase: Medium	N/A	★★★★☆	Autogun
Vile Striker		Slight chance of causing Strong Poison	Poison	★★★★☆	Cutter
Antigua		N/A	N/A	★★★☆☆	Antigua
Sealed Sword		N/A	N/A	★★★☆☆	Sealed
Brandish		Bonus Damage Vs. Gremlin: Medium	N/A	★★☆☆☆	Brandish
Cutter		N/A	N/A	★★☆☆☆	N/A
Freezing Vaporizer		Good chance of causing Minor Freeze Damage Bonus Vs. Undead: Low	Freeze	★★☆☆☆	Freezing Vaporizer
Pulsar		N/A	N/A	★★☆☆☆	Pulsar
Snarble Barb		N/A	N/A	★★☆☆☆	Snarble
Spine Cone		N/A	N/A	★☆☆☆☆	Spine Cone
Firecracker		Good chance of causing Moderate Fire	Fire	★☆☆☆☆	N/A
Zapper		Good chance of causing Moderate Shock Damage Bonus Vs. Undead: Low	Shock	★☆☆☆☆	N/A
Proto Bomb		N/A	N/A	☆☆☆☆☆	Proto
Proto Gun		N/A	N/A	☆☆☆☆☆	N/A
Proto Sword		N/A	N/A	☆☆☆☆☆	N/A
Stun Gun		Good chance of causing Moderate Stun	Stun	☆☆☆☆☆	N/A

Name	Stats	Abilities	Rating	Series
Barbarous Thorn Shield		Sword Damage Bonus: Medium	★★★★★	Shield: Bristling
Dread Skelly Charm		N/A	★★★★★	Amulet: N/A
Radiant Crystal Pin		N/A	★★★★★	Amulet: N/A
Royal Jelly Band		N/A	★★★★★	Amulet: N/A
Vog Cub Cap		Sword Attack Speed Increase: Medium	★★★★★	Head: Wolver
Vog Cub Coat		Sword Attack Speed Increase: Medium	★★★★★	Chest: Wolver
Blackened Crest		N/A	★★★★☆	Shield: Blackened Crest
Quicksilver Helm		N/A	★★★☆☆	Head: Quicksilver
Quicksilver Mail		N/A	★★★☆☆	Chest: Quicksilver
Jelly Helm		N/A	★★☆☆☆	Head: Jelly
Skelly Shield		N/A	★★☆☆☆	Shield: Skelly
Wolver Coat		N/A	★★☆☆☆	Chest: Wolver
Circuit Breaker Helm		N/A	★☆☆☆☆	Head: Circuit Breaker
Proto Shield		N/A	☆☆☆☆☆	Shield: N/A
Spiral Culet		N/A	☆☆☆☆☆	Chest: N/A
Spiral Tailed Helm		N/A	☆☆☆☆☆	Head: N/A