I use 1h and shield. But I'm building my character for survivability. With the passives from 1h and shield, the buffs and hots from resto and templar, and Immovable (heavy armor skill) I can take a lot of damage. Sometimes I wear heavy armor for even more defence. Don't get me wrong, when I'm in a group and I'm the healer, light armor for sure. But when running solo and levelling i don't need to have a full bar of heals/buffs. Really it boils down to what you want to do. I think k using a 1h and shield won't be as much of a drain on your stamina based on my experience. I usually only have 2 1h and shield abilities on my bar. The charge attack morphed to give a damage shield, and heroic strike. Sure you will probably do more damage with 2h but I personally think the extra survivability outweighs the extra DPs. And templar have some decent skills for damage. I also am a werewolf simply for the stamina Regen so I can pump up my magicka. As far as standing your own, I don't ever have a problem. It might take a bit longer to kill mobs but unless I mess up big time, I never go down. Even against 3 mobs that are 5 levels higher than me.