excluding owpvp which is just a silly zerg, has anyone here hit plat on a non-destro/summoner? personally im waiting for things to get a little more balanced to really get into it, i just 8 win streaked my blade dancer from deciding into gold for the chat badge and havent touched it since lol.

is it physically possible for a blademaster to hit plat on this patch, they just seem like extremely shit versions of dancers at the moment, less defenses and even more focus issues, ffs their dive bomb COSTS 4 focus instead of restoring 4...

This post was edited by DCSS on Feb 4 2016 04:31am

You can hit plat with litterarly any class in the current version, just up to you to play your best.

This.

Any class can go to the top, it's all about who's playing the char.

i personally hate BD way more than summ

Assassins ftw

As everyone said, its really based on the player playing the class.

Im currently playin a blade master and having a lot of difficulty.
From my experience so far in pvp 1v1, you need to find your play style.ive tried 3 different play styles:
1) jaesungTV build. He doesnt show what he has specced but you can sort of deduce what he has by watching the damage, hp, focus and charcter movements. His build is all combo and battles can last seconds. I dont suggest this one as its a higher skill cap and fast pace
2) i forgot his name, but during his video he shows his skill tree for lvl 45 builds. Its basically all cc, you need to bait a few cc and use youre counter cc to get closer. One combo ive been practicing with is one the retreat, use c to hook them back in and then shoulder charge or boot to daze/ knock down. Currently working with this one but the battles tend to take too long. Its pretty slow pace but you can chain and stall pretty well.
3) i was able to climb to 1500 with this build and it was basically all dazes into flight combo, all kd into dive bomb( note that when you boot the target you can dive bomb twice) and any remaining skill points were to regenerate focus and switch from basic to draw stance for the charges and flight combo. (8 win streak)

Each build i have a lot of struggle w. Assassin.
also, take your time when you play. Keep and eye on character movements! Its so important to climbing!

hang in there, BM currently is the weakest class since it requires alot of skill points. Once the 50 patch hits BM will be gut as f i believe

I agree to a certain extent that if you play super good you will obviously be rewarded. However, I also believe that certain classes have an easier learning curve than most, thus making it appear as if certain classes are "broken".

This post was edited by Samich on Feb 4 2016 03:38pm

Hit plat once and lost it to a losing streak vs assassins (plat in 3s though still)

Playing a blade dancer atm cant seem to figure out how to beat some of those plat sins, it seems they play about as scummy as the class can get.

also dislike BD vs BD mirrors which i get just about every couple of games.

So far my best pvp experience has come from doing 3s since they are seemingly less serious and a great stress-free way to spar and learn your class/other classes.