Best 1v1 Dueler class in 1v1 ("Melee only")

The thread is for "melee", but we had a sorceror win our last dueling championship on prophecy of the five.

Was there a pillar to hump in the combat area?

Which means there was not a good operative healer in that tourney.

Yes. But I wouldn't say any of the fighters really used it. The fights were all over in less than 90 seconds.

A scoundrel/operative should win any 1vs1 duel assuming they are very good. A scrapper for instance should easily take out a watchman sentinel thanks to the free cleanse on roll. A healer is even more OP though a slower fight.

Despite what people say, I've found deception assassins tough but certainly not unbeatable 1vs1 as a scrapper. The key is just to use your roll to create gap and kite them during resilience.

madness?

This is madneeeeeeeessssss!!!!






NO! This. Is. Sparta!!!

Smiled because it's true. I largely prefer my trusty old blue collar muscle car aka Vigilance Guardian, even if it's not the most powerful spec. First main since release, playing pretty much all other classes and specs, (know thine enemy and all that), but this class/spec just doesn't let me go.

Vigilance Guardians are eating Assassins for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Their dots arent powerful, but they are enough to keep the Sin from stealthing away, while they unload their massive burst on them.

Vigilance is good - but not because of the DoTs. Focused Defense is great soft stunlock counter, and Vigilance, overall, is one of the most durable non-tank, non-healing specs. Mitigates a lot of damage if you have 2/2 Defiance/Unyielding. Reflect is good when breaking a stun, seeing that he has 3 charges and is about to unload his discharge combo.

Sin can counter Vigil's "massive burst" in several ways - Deflection (blocks master strike, OHS), Low Slash (interrupt MS), Resilience (eats Plasma Brand/Blade Storm, but granted, hard to time because Vigilance priorities are very flexible. Can still be used to clear DoTs to slip away), Cloak - deselect target, cancel channel (blocks Master Strike, even if DoTs will bring the Sin out of stealth - he still gets 20% damage reduction after stealth and increased force regen).

TL: DR - Vigilance is not a hard counter to Deception. It kills bad Sins, but good Sins have very good chances to come out victorious.