As a swashbuckler you have great range of movement and can conceal yourself and sneak into the middle of the enemy, poison them while invisible, and use crew that can buff you, then hit all the enemy around you. The down side is, if they do hit you, you do not have as much health as other classes, but you can deal great damage. Dodge and riposte are very useful things for you to train. I've had great success using some of my other crew classes with my swash, for example Bonnie Anne with burst fire levels. She can take advantage of the same agility boosts, heal me from a distance if I need it, and hit the enemies too, finishing off a good number of them. I often use a buccaneer crewman to protect her, sometimes Subodai, sometimes Birgus. Since Swash are more vulnerable to will based enemies, sometimes I use a privateer to go after them, like Catbeard. If you can get a pet that gives you a grant talent like blade storm or vengeance strike that might be useful to you. If you like, you can even use a weapon that is both stabby and shooty, agility based, that might make some musketeer talent granting pets handy also. Fan Flanders is a great crewfrog and well worth training and using. She can stand by Bonnie, buffing you and herself, and then head out to slice and dice.