So this days, who is better for both PvP and PvE? (Viking or Pharaoh)

[Sponholz]

Evening all!!!

Fist of all I have tried to find some info on the forums regarding this two chars. And haven't found anything conclusive yet.

Since I'm a returning player, fresh start, and got a back to back Viking/Pharaoh from rare souls.

I do want to know, if any of then are worth to shard and use for PvP mostly, cause honestly for PvE I think any Eddie with the correct talis and party can do almost everything on the game.

If anyone can plz help a fellow Trooper on this matter I will be really thankfull, any pros and cons, whatever info regarding this two Eddies, I really liked then both to be honest. (Sentinel player here so I got really happy when I pulled both).

Thanks in advance, and apologises if this was already discussed, I have read the tuning from previous months and most of the discussion here about this chars are dated.

Cheers!!! Ed.

[Coletrain]

Both of them have their uses in PvP. If I had to choose, I believe I've seen more successful Viking defenses than pharaoh defenses, the stun/taunt/freeze abilities are killer. Pharaoh is still good and I've used him on offense a bit here and there. They're not PvP must haves though so I would caution against sharding them right away.

[blade685]

i don't have Viking but we don't see him in pvp like before

[Browno]

I prefer pharaoh mostly on attack to be able to revive. Viling is great however if you manage to get debuffs on enemy. You can basically keep a whole team stunned, frozen etc the whole game with vikings skills.
I like both and have both maxed out

[Sponholz]

Thanks all for the feedback so far!!! really appreciate it!

Any tips on talis to use with Viking? (PvP wise).
(Gonna use him to finish the game so he will LVL up first, not sharding yet).

So far I'm using:
2x Resilience (Barrier)
2x Health (Overwhelming)
2x Advantage (Overwhelming)

I do know that he don't scale with DEF, but those are my most high lvl talis so far (I know they are better on Pharaoh).

Again, thanks for the Feedback, I'm leaning towards the Viking a little bit more. (I know the best Eddie so far is the VHE, neither I have him yet, or the desire to use him, I think some changes will come so by the time I managed to get one he ppbly won't be the best yet.)

[The Educated fool]

Viking and Pharaoh are two of the best Eddies in the game, in my opinion, and both can shine in the Arena. Pharaoh shines on attack, but I wouldn't use him on defence until/unless his AI gets a serious adjustment... I can't count how many times I've seen him do the worst thing he possibly could in the moment, and cost his team the match. The AI for Viking on defence is pretty solid. Both need the right team mates, of course, to become the unstoppable agents of death they were meant to be, but that's true of every Eddie.

As far as talisman builds for the Arena, generally, I'd say put Immunity on every character that you possibly can! I've recently discovered the joys of Pharaoh on attack myself, and mine is built with Immunity/Energy and a random red and he does just fine. I originally built him with Guard instead of Energy, but he steals power quite well, so I now prefer this build. I did get fury to build up a lot quicker before though, so it's a trade-off.

I haven't spent much time with Viking in the Arena, but if I were to build him for it, I'd go with: 1 x Immunity Will, 1 x Immunity Bulwark, 3 x Guard Mystical and a random purple Barrier, to get as much MR as possible. The new Onslaughts would give him more MR, but I'd still go with the other two for the extra HP.

Hope that helps.