Does it matter what type of weapon I use with my shield?

NoRagret · July 2016

I saw in my skill window that two-handed gives a passive named Heavy Weapons Expert but One hand and Shield doesn't, does it just come down to which weapon looks better?

Brightxdawn · July 2016

No comes down to what skills you want to use. 2h has different abilities than a sword board does. It's up to you.

NoRagret · July 2016

Brightxdawn wrote: »

No comes down to what skills you want to use. 2h has different abilities than a sword board does. It's up to you.

Yeah I know that but what I meant was what difference does it make if I use Sword+Shield, Axe+Shield or Mace+Shield?

DannyLV702 · July 2016

Nope, no difference at all.

NoRagret · July 2016

DannyLV702 wrote: »

Nope, no difference at all.

Thanks

Sharee · July 2016

No difference, but i would still choose the weapon depending on the bonus it gives when dual wielding - just in case you decide to give DW a try later.

For example, if you are a magicka character, use a sword with the shield, not an axe, since if you later switch to DW, you'll be stuck with a gold axe that causes physical bleed, instead of a bonus to all damage(including magical) that a sword gives.