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I planned to DW as my secondary personally, because I have never really been into 2H weapons.

With a bow on my stam sorc, my heavy attack hits for 20k~. Something to think about.

Johngo0036 wrote: »

2H has a nice buff to damage and an OK heal on it.. Also one of the cheapest, hardest hitting skills in the game being wrecking blow..

And a auto-crit gap closer for heals with Crit Surge.

Vigor?

Ah I see the ability now thank you!

So Bosmer Sorcerer using a bow/DW check! Will make the character when I get home. Now the question is which faction should I choose if my focus for the game is Roleplay, PvE and PvP? Mostly Roleplay and PvP

I roll with the pact and spend most of my time in cyrodil or IC. There's usually a good amount of us rolling around depending on the campaign (I go into scourge) can't speak to PVE as to me it just a necessary evil. I roll a bosmer Stam word as my main. All that being said I'm on Xbox NA. dunno what platform or server your on

I use crit surge and vigor. I run sword and board and dual wield. A bit unconventional. My survivability, sustain, and damage are a force to be reckoned with. A build I stumbled upon throwing a bunch of ideas that should maybe work together that actually work lol. Of course just like any other build it has its weaknesss.

I don't use overload as I think it's lame as hell. Just my opinion.

If you decide to use 2h, rally is a better heal than vigor.

For pve, yes dw and bow is better dps (with a higher ramp time)

But in pvp, 2h is immensely better. (1h/s isn't bad either, but lower dmg)

After reviewing the skill sets I was thinking utilizing a Bow and S/B for a bit more tankiness. Of course I won't know for certain until I am actually able tot get in game and play the character to get a feel for it. As of right now I am merely just theorycrafting.

Opinions opinions!

In my experience for pve you can pretty much do what you want if your not an idiot you can pull it off.

If I'm running 2h I use rally as its easy convenient and provides you major brutality buff. In pvp rally provides a GGREAT hurts heal assuming you can let it tick for long enough but it's also a 1 shot deal as most fights are not going to last long enough to let it tick off for long enough for a second heal worth anything. This is all of course due to zos's wonderful blanket nerf specifically 50% reduced healing in this case. Vigor is stronger as it heals for more ALWAYS and it's instant.its technically a HoT yes but the time span is extremely short and the heal number is massive. COMBINE that with rally or crit surge and it makes both of them viable for pvp.

Generally speaking and for most people 2h is better in pvp. It is also boring stupid and requires no skill. I used to run it. Having to rely on wb creates its own issues. It's great against most people and in groups. Get against a decent player not even a good one and I challenge you to land more than one. Of course assuming it's brokeness doesn't win the fight for you. 2h has high burst damage which is what most people go for. It is not the only way nor is it "immensely better" it's the standard.

I personally run dual wield on my main dps bar in pvp. It does not provide the burst damage that 2h does about that there is no doubt. That in and of itself is counter intuitive to most people. What it does provide is more damage applied consistently with no break that grows exponentially as time goes on. I find that giving people a 1s break or more if they cancel wb out on you allows them time to think react and heal. What I have found with dual wield is that a steady increasing pressure applied from the start makes people panic and does not give them a second to to anything other than defend. There is no 1s or any seconds that they are not taking damage even if somehow they get away from your rapid strikes. If they don't they are taking stupid amounts of damage. Also I find it more mobile. I'm spinning circles around you while I'm making you bleed and stabbing the *** out if you.

I use sword and board for invasion that's it, so yes one useful skill. It can be very good as main dps bar if used properly and with bash canceling.

It it's not as simple as to just say 2h is better than dual wield or rally is better than vigor nor is it correct. Especially without any explanation.

Sorry guys for the semi rant. I dislike absolute statements as they are usually not true, or correct, or as simple as they sound. Everyone is different and everyone has different play styles and different things work better for different people and just work different.

No need I'm not here to argue just stating that "facts" are always up for revision and that there is not just one way. I am much more effective with dual wield and I explained my concept and why. I disagree with you "facts" as for me I find them to be false. Different strokes for different folks.

I try to avoid blanket statements as they do not hold true in all cases for everyone. That was my point. I always find it good do give people asking for advice as much info as possible rather than saying x or y is the best and thus the only way. Let them decide for themselves. What works for you or me may not work for someone else. More info is better. Maybe he'll decide to go with how and resto staff and wreck our faces should we ever meet him. Who the hell knows