Any reason to consider hiring Oathtakers over Hedge Knights?

[Wandering Flare]

I was looking into whom to hire to finish up my frontline and noticed that the two are mostly close in stats, but the former are never mentioned in any guides or discussions. I am also worried about the Hedge Knights Fighting event that might randomly kill my Lone Wolf.

Are there any interesting events for Oathtakers or they're just a second (third?) best background for a melee bro?

[Heron]

With a monk your Hedge Knights will never kill each other.

Oathtakers can come with some of the best non famed armor that's otherwise impossible to find. That's also what makes them so expensive.

Stat wise, they lean more into initiative and less into fatigue. With stars in fatigue they can be traditional heavy armor monsters like Hedge Knights, but naturally they lean into nimble or nimbleforged builds with dodge, overwhelm etc. At worst they'll be premium backliners.

They're a cool premium background. I like to hire them if they come with gear I can use.

[turtle225]

Guides don't mention them probably because they are "new" and a lot of guides haven't kept up with updates.

The simplest way to put it is that Hedge Knights are the premier Forge bro and Oathtakers are the premier Nimble bro (not that you can't go either way with both).

If a Hedge Knight is a better Farmer than an Oathtaker is a better Thief.

[YuMMz]

Just to add, I'm almost positive that a Lone Wolf hedgeknight cannot be included in the Hedge Knights fighting event. I've not looked at the code or anything, but I recall this being mentioned in the past. Someone more knowledgeable is free to correct me on that though.

[A5G_Reaper]

Originally posted by YuMMz:

Just to add, I'm almost positive that a Lone Wolf hedgeknight cannot be included in the Hedge Knights fighting event. I've not looked at the code or anything, but I recall this being mentioned in the past. Someone more knowledgeable is free to correct me on that though.

Yes, they're exempted from that particular event.