The why of making characters.

The first thing you have to ask yourself is these.

Do I want to be a powerhouse?
Do I want to to be able to tank?
Do I want to be good at PvP?
Do I want to be good at PvM?

There are few builds in Silkroad, without the European patch, manyt hings will change when it is realease, but for now, we have these builds.


INT BUILDS
For a powerhouse build, you want to go with INT.
Int has different types of builds, I will name them.

Spear/Lightning, is one of the better PvM builds, because the lightning nuke will always be the best nuke, mostly because of it's AoE, (Area of Effect).

Sword/Ice, This build might very well be the greatst PvP build ever made, because you can block alot of attacks, and retaliate with freezing, and or slowing your enemys. This is 2 of the greatest advantages to this build. Most people in PvP dont want to fight someone of this build, because they will usualy die.

Bow/Lightning, or Ice, Int bow is one of the great PvP, and PvM builds, a Int archer can usualy kill someone fast, but if they get up to the archer, they generaly are going to die. In PvM this build would work much better, because the monsters will usualy die before they get to you, especialy if you go with ice, because it will slow, and give you more time to destroy your target.

Any other build using INT will probably fail, unless it is a hybrid, but let me get to that in a bit. First we need to disscuss strength builds.


STR BUILDS
Strength builds can also be very good for PvP, because they can take hits and keep coming, most of the time, STR builds will win in the end, except against Ice/Sword. I will name a few good strength builds.

For most strength builds, you want Fire, but for some Ice is good aswell, because Ice can freeze, and either element wont add too much damage.

Fire/Glaive is a very good PvP, and PvM build, it can tank well, it does descent damage, and the fire's burning effect is good for PvP aswell, especialy if it is a no pill match, or a all out kill for your life battle, because in those times, most people dont pay much attention to thier effects.

Blade/Ice is alot like Sword/Ice except it does less damage, but the bonus to the Blade/Ice build is that you can still take alot more hits, and still block, and still freeze. So in a few wats it is better, but the damage is lower, so you may not kill your enemy as fast, which can mean life or death sometimes. I would recommend this build as a PvP build, and as a tank build.

Bow/XXXXElement, with a STR bow, you basicly are a tank that doesnt tank much, you do alot more damage with the bow skills, but the enchantments wont help you much, so you have to choose your element by effects it does. Lightning probably wont be your safest bet on this, Ice might do you better, just because freezing as a bow is probably best. Not a very good PvP build, but a pretty good PvM, and Boss build.


Most of the other STR builds wont stand up too tall against these 3 builds, but there are a few people that can pull it off.


HYBRID BUILDS
Most hybrid builds wont make it, but there are a few that can stand against some of the best PvP builds. I will name a few, just to help you out.

The Hybrid Archer, this generaly DOES NOT consist of fire, fire on a archer is a big NO, and the best hybrid archer would be a 2int/1str per level build. This would allow you to tank slightly more than the INT archer, and do more damage than the STR archer. This means you can last longer dealing more damage, so in PvP this build would do pretty good. It is also a nice PvM build, but it wont be able to take mobs as well as the STR archer.

The Hybrid Healer, this class would usualy suck, unless it was a hybrid, and this class would mainly be for a support character in a guild, defnitly not a very good PvP character. The way you would do this is choose a type of element you want, and then choose the Force element aswell, then choose any weapon, as long as it is int based. Now to make this character still be good in PvM you need to have a 3int/1str build like The Hybrid Archer, this will allow you to use alot of spells, and still take some hits without dieing yourself.

I am not very good at the hybrid builds, so please, submit any build you think should be here and I will immediatlu update the list, also naming you as the one who submitted it. http://www.silkroadtavern.com/strategy/guide/443