What is better for killing enemies faster in PVP? 2H or Dual Wield?

Iink · December 2015

I'm a sword and shield heavy armored tank in PVP. Sword and Shield makes it slow for me to kill enemies.

For my second slot, should I do 2 Handed weapons or Dual Wield?

Makkir · December 2015

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MrDerrikk · December 2015

It depends; do you want to use Wrecking Blow spam cheese or Steel Tornado spam cheese?

Iink · December 2015

MrDerrikk wrote: »

It depends; do you want to use Wrecking Blow spam cheese or Steel Tornado spam cheese?

what does spam cheese mean?

RAGUNAnoOne · December 2015

I say 2 handed because rally is great for the tank role synergy and of course WB is very good.

Iink · December 2015

RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »

I say 2 handed because rally is great for the tank role synergy and of course WB is very good.

2 handed it is! Btw what does "spam cheese" mean?

leepalmer95 · December 2015

Iink wrote: »

MrDerrikk wrote: »

It depends; do you want to use Wrecking Blow spam cheese or Steel Tornado spam cheese?

what does spam cheese mean?

It's mean they spam that skill, just ignore it some people are salty. Unlike cheese.

Anyway it depends 2h will give you a access to rally which gives 20% wpn dmg buff for 30 seconds and is a heal over time, gap closer, execute and a high dmg single target ability.

Dual wield will give you slightly more dmg when using them, the best aoe in the game (steel tornado) and a ranged skill that goes decent dmg and also give 20% wpn dmg buff for 10 seconds.

lolo_01b16_ESO · December 2015

Depends on how you want to play and which class you have. I personally prefer 1h/shield + dual wield as I like to have aoe damage for situations where I'm outnumbered. From my experience you often also deal more damage against skilled players with 1h/shield than with a 2 hander because you will miss some of your wrecking blows.

UltimaJoe777 · December 2015

1h and Shield is definitely for Tanks over DPS. I'd suggest running a 2h or Dual Wield on the other bar if you want some DPS in your build as far as close combat goes. For ranged... well, you know what to look for lol

dday3six · December 2015

You can pull very competitive PVP DPS with 1h+s. Weaving and bash cancels go a long way. Honestly if anything is holding back your DPS it's wearing heavy armor.

Anyway for your second bar it's going to depend on what you want. If you want Rally for Heals + Major Brutality (20% increased damage) and an execute (Executioner), 2h is the way to go. If you want AOE (Steel Tornado) and Ranged/Snare (Flying Blade) then DW.

Alucardo · December 2015

dday3six wrote: »

You can pull very competitive PVP DPS with 1h+s. Weaving and bash cancels go a long way. Honestly if anything is holding back your DPS it's wearing heavy armor.

Pretty much this. If DPS is your goal, heavy armour sucks. You're missing crits, 12% weapon damage, stamina cost reductions/regen, dodge roll reduction... quite a lot really, for what? A little bit of mitigation and some health you can make up for?
Also, with the light attacks, ransack/low slash, bash animation cancelling you will be pulling off some really nice DPS that's a lot easier to land than a WB. As an Imperial, it also helps proc Red Diamond and invigorating bash quicker, so I'm getting more health back while dealing damage as normal.
WB is still kinda handy to have for the empower. For example, if you're a DK, WB+Take Flight will pretty much finish off anything.
This is why I run 2h and S+B

Wollust · December 2015

It all depends on your class and your playstyle.
Personally, I like s&b because of reflect and major defile, plus the light attack bash cancel keeps some real pressure on enemies (if done right). I play it both on my NB and my DK.
Then there is people who prefer dual wield (mostly NB) because it gives the highest amount of weapon damage. And there is some who like to wrecking blow with the 2h or just weave with it, because why not.
Whatever feels right to you.

TheShadowScout · December 2015

I have found that both can work well enogh, though right now 2H has the edge in single-target damage with WB, and DW the edge in AoE with ST. Also, DW doesn't have a gap closer, so it would be better for characters whose class can offset that lack. On the other hand, DW will give you one more slot for set piece count, so... it balances out in the end, I'd say, and you really should take whatever you feel you might have most fun playing...

Personally I have many combinations, but for my tanky character I use S&B as defensive setup, and 2H as offensive secondary option. Both work pretty well.
DW I prefer to keep for my rouge characters, it just somehow seems more fitting with medium armor "agile" characters then heavy armor tanky ones... though I do use it as secondary for my stemplar, but she's orc, a bit of "lemme atchem" berzerking with hands full of weapons fits with the character idea...

imredneckson · December 2015

Iink wrote: »

I'm a sword and shield heavy armored tank in PVP. Sword and Shield makes it slow for me to kill enemies.

For my second slot, should I do 2 Handed weapons or Dual Wield?

2h for solo or small group dual wield for large groups (steel tornado ftw)

Tankqull · December 2015

it depends does your class provide worthy stamina attacks => DW if not =>2H