Dw, I suck with swords as well. Lucky to get more than 3k damage. 12k with guns though and drive people crazy with bombs. Don't just assume that runnin' around swingin' the standard skolver build is for you; play about with weapons, styles and such, find what works with you.

If you have the financial facilities, and I assume you do with UVs like that, I'd do what these other guys here suggest. Maybe running swords just isn't your thing, maybe Striker just isn't your thing. Personally I do far more damage with swords and Striker, but that's just me. I played Guardian and Recon (mostly Guardian) a lot before even trying out Striker, under the false assumption it's impossible to play without trinkets. It's harder than normal, but Striker is just more comfortable for me to play regardless.

If you're determined to be a Striker, I can offer you some help, but don't limit yourself to one class or one weapon-type just because people complain about it being OP or something.

Just a little tip though since you said mostly 1v1s: Don't use full combos, particularly without Auto-Aim, and particularly with a Gran Faust. Gran Faust's 2nd hit, unless you're guaranteed a hit, is risky to use because of how long it takes you to recover. And Final Flourish's full combo is only to be used in desperation, or just to get that little extra movement. The jabs are less accurate than the 1st swing, which is why most people swing once, boost, swing once, boost, and so on.

~Sev

To be good in lockdown, you need skills, not awesome UV's

That is the key line here, really. Plenty of the of the well-practiced pro strikers can do (nearly) just as well in fencing jackets and protos.

@Darkbrady: Ha! "Long-term strikers." I've been playing this game for longer that a lot of your long-term strikers using every last loadout imaginable and I'm still probably the most awful player in all of lockdown.

D'awww Micheal. Poor you! D: Edited just for you :)

I can run out my best equips, which rival yours, or are better in some cases... and I'm still not very good. I mean, DA ASI High, Chaos set shock max on both, shadow high on both, or Vog set fire max, or snarbo fire max other UVs, and guns galore. FF ASI med, doesnt matter. I average about 9k damage as a recon dropping my CTR High GLacius charge all over the place. Im much better at T1 LD guardian than anything else. I average about 2k damage in t1.

Don't feel bad, some people just aren't good at LD. The only thing i can say is practice, try out other classes, and see if there is one where you aren't a detriment to the team. That's how i play. So long as i cap, and don't hurt our chances, i consider it a win.

About weaving and fast wep changes :3

I think its due to connection to server. Some people have good connections so they get decent hit reg and can swing fast even without uvs. Other people have bad connections and can't swing fast even with uvs.

I would suggest playing on a wired connection. Damage isn't everything, you could try to focus on getting caps or acting as a distraction.

Did you bind shield on your left mouse click? I couldn't play striker with default X, too hard to manoeuvre. I never played a lot of LD, so yeah I'm bad too, but this helped me out big time.

1. play as deffender. i'm lame player too with slow reactions, i newer play striker. as a deffender i can do 10-20k dmg if ppls attack my spot;)
2. use penta health trinkets and maybe one quick strike trinket, i dont recommend slow grand faus, i use brandish line instead. if u miss with gf its wery bad and usualy u die.
3. dont attack 3 or more enemies if u are alone, just try escape and lure enemies near your team players
4. dont use all 3 attacks, just one or two swings and shield cancel.
5. use auto target;)
6. if enemies always hit and u newer hit, try swing litle earlier;)

just some random advices, hope its help and sorry for my bad english;)