My SW is level 50 and gold mode just readily destroys me. Anywhere outside of Tyr Lysa is a death sentence most mobs chew me up in seconds and any place in the jungle/decent and afterward have mobs that can one shot me. I've played with other SW's online and they don't seem to have any problems and were surprised at my characters shortcomings and constant reliability on health potions. This is my fourth SW, and I really, really want to get it right this time. I cant make another character because catching up to my friends wont work out.
I die pretty fast, mobs damage me pretty good, and I get one shotted more than I'd like to. I do decent damage with my swords, but in later zones it shows sings of waning in comparison to "lol I one shot everything" players. I think I'm consistent with hitting.
My build is currently:
Strength: 213
Vitality: 177
Tactics Lore: 21
Armor Lore : 41
Sword Weapons: 15
Dual Wield: 10
Death Warrior Focus: 39
Toughness: 8
Malevolent Champion Focus: 13
Combat Reflexes: 9
Concentration: 6
I plan on doing Constitution as my last skill.
The Combat Arts I use are Demonic Blow(Vehemence/Frailty/Trauma) with 7 runes trained at Level 16 and Scything Sweep(Force/Intent/Rage) with 8 runes trained at Level 14. I use Reflective Emanation and Grim Resilience. Was told not to eat runes, just let the Focus take care of the rest.
Oh, I play on the 360.