Avowed: Best Warrior Build

Despite an emphasis on magic in Avowed, players can use a pure fighter build and still see great success even on the hardest of difficulty settings. If you'd rather solve your problems with brute force at close quarters, don't worry — there are quite a few ways to build a warrior-type character, and even the ones that don't rely on magic can be very powerful.

The following build is a physical fighter build that relies on Avowed's stun mechanic for crowd control and massive burst damage. This guide covers the core items and skills you need for this build, as well as some insight into what makes it work the way it does.

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Avowed: Fighter Skill Build

Barbaric Shout skill in Avowed — Avowed Fighter Barbaric Shout

This build strictly focuses on melee combat. In return for forsaking ranged weapons and magic, we become nearly unkillable with Temporary Health and health regeneration on top of our usual block and dodge abilities. Damage output is still quite solid, and if you can constantly upgrade your gear in Avowed, this build can carry you even in the hardest difficulty setting.

Category	Skills
Fighter	Charge (1/3) Armored Grace (1/3) Constant Recovery (3/3) Barbaric Shout (3/3) Devastating Criticals (1/3)
Ranger	Parry (1/3) Critical Strike (3/3)
Optional Skills	Fighter - Unbreakable, Brawn, Stunning Blows, Shield Bash Ranger - Finesse, Piercing Thrusts, Quick Switch, Flurry of Blows

Get Barbaric Shout to Rank 3 as soon as you can. This is our main source of survivability, and it's arguably the best fighter skill in Avowed — when active, your attacks will never bounce off stronger enemies and deal higher Stun damage, and you'll get Temporary Health equal to 100% of your maximum HP for 25 seconds. When paired with Constant Recover Rank 3, you can regenerate your entire health bar while still being protected by your Temporary Health shield.

The rest of the skills listed above are for improving your DPS and overall quality of life. You can use whichever melee weapon you fancy with this build, but we strongly recommend using one that causes high Stun damage. This way, you can take advantage of Barbaric Shout more efficiently.

Best Fighter Weapons and Armor

Upgrading Horsecutter in Avowed — Avowed Horsecutter Upgrade

Gear Slot	Item
Armor	Stelgaer's Pride/ Steel Garrote Plate/ Engwithan Cuirass
Gloves	Steel Garrote Gauntlets/ Vambraces
Boots	Arcanist's Boots
Amulet	Painter's Brush
Rings	Ring of Minor Deflection Bitter Bonding
Weapons	Horsecutter Drawn in Winter / Unflinching Duty

If you're playing on the highest difficulty (or if you're fighting hard-hitting enemies), use Stelgaer's Pride. This automatically casts Barbaric Shout when you take 30% of your HP in damage. This does not put Barbaric Shout on cooldown, which means you can use it again after the effect from the armor set expires. The reason why we only recommend using this on higher difficulties is because enemies rarely deal 30% of your health in damage when playing on lower difficulties (unless they're much stronger than you).

Use Steel Garrote Plate for more damage reduction or Engwithan Cuirass for extra health regeneration.

For Gloves, Vambraces is great as an offensive option, but if you're having trouble maintaining health and stamina, stick with Steel Garotte Gauntlets or similar armor pieces. As for Boots, we recommend getting Arcanist's Boots in Avowed for the bonus healing and movement speed.

Accessories

Painter's Brush in Avowed — Avowed Painter's Brush description

Anything that increases your Might, Constitution, and Resolve are useful for this build, but once you're able, replace them with the accessories listed above. Bitter Bonding is especially useful because of Barbaric Shout's barrier, and it synergizes with Painter's Brush too. Ring of Minor Deflection is great for absorbing more damage, but you can replace it with a different ring if desired.

Weapons

As mentioned, you can use whichever weapons you prefer. Axes and maces are recommended due to the stun-heavy nature of this build, but getting good items early can be tricky. You can get the Drawn in Winter axe in Dawnshore by going to the Watcher's MIrror POI east of Paradis, while Unflinching Duty can be obtained early in the game during the fight with the Dreamthrall Bear as part of the main quest.

Horsecutter is a two-handed sword that can be found in the second region, Emerald Stair. You can find it in a cove along the southern coast near Fior mes Iverno. Speak with the skeleton sitting on the throne on the beach, then defeat his minions to win the sword.

Best Companions

This build is completely self-reliant, which means you can bring any of Avowed's companions with you. We do recommend bringing Kai along, as he can tank enemies extremely well while simultaneously providing excellent crowd control. He'll give you plenty of opportunities to deal damage without taking any damage yourself.

Giatta is also a great companion to have along with this build. She can provide healing and damage reduction, two things you'll need a lot of during a fight. Also, she can activate Essence Generators, saving you the hassle of throwing grenades or switching to a spellbook.

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