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What should I use for my second skill bar?

mistformsquirrel
mistformsquirrel
Soul Shriven
Hi everyone! Just got the game about a week ago, and I've finally gotten to level 18.

Originally I was looking forward to getting my second skill bar and weapon switch at level 15... but once I got there I realized I couldn't really decide what I wanted in that secondary slot, since at least so far, my primary set has worked fine.

I'm a Breton Heavy Armor/Two Handed Templar, and I solo pretty much exclusively; and currently I have 8 Magicka, 8 Health, 1 Stamina.

Here is my current primary bar:

Reflective Light
Solar Barrage
Wrecking Blow
Focused Charge*
Honor the Dead
Solar Disturbance

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What weapon do I want as an alternate? Or do I just want to get a second two-hander? (I don't suppose there's a way to keep your weapon between bars but just change skills? I'm really quite fine with 2-hand and not having to skill up an entirely differently line is preferable, though I doubt that that's avoidable.)

1-hand and Shield makes a lot of sense with my character concept (classic paladin basically), and it's a good set of abilities... but what would I use with it? And is it really necessary since I'm not planning to tank for groups or anything?

Dual Wield could work as well, but I'm not sure how it'd be any more useful than two-handed in practice, so why would I ever switch to it other than "because I wanted a change of pace"?

Bow doesn't make a tremendous amount of sense for the character (would prefer a crossbow, but outside of Silver Bolts we don't have one yet), but unlike the preceding weapons does at least offer something different and useful. That said, I'm totally at a loss for what I'd use with a bow on a Templar. Particularly since I'm heavily focused on my class skills, and thus don't have enough Stamina to spam a lot of Bow skills. (If there's a good reason to change that down the line, I would do so, but at present I can't think of why I would.)

The staves don't work for this character so I'm leaving those off. (I just can't see a paladin running around shooting fireballs at people. A heal stick I might use if I ever change my stance on grouping, but that itself is highly unlikely.)

Or I could get myself a second two-hander and just change up what skills I have equipped - in which case what would I change to exactly? What I've got has worked quite well, so I can't currently think of anything I'm dying to put on the bar but won't fit.

For now, I don't need a second bar at all - but higher levels could make that near mandatory, in which case I'd rather be prepared than not. So yeah, I'm open to thoughts and suggestions if you've got any.

*This is only on the bar because I'm trying to level Aedric Spear for Balanced Warrior eventually it'll get replaced with something else entirely, though I'm not sure with what.
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