Questions about magika duel wield.

Evil_Rurouni · February 2017

OK, here's what I already know about magika duel wield in update 13:

DW now gives the same base spell damage as a 2 handed weapon, which is still more than a staff or bow.
DW still has the advantage of an extra set piece at the expense of being able to weave attacks.
DW was DPS tested by a magplar on PTS and still slightly outperformed both lightning and inferno staves.

Here's what I don't know:

1/ Does the "duel wield expert" passive provide any benefit to magika users?
2/ Does the "twin blade and blunt" passive provide any benefit to magika users?
3/ Are swords still better than daggers, axes and maces for magika users?

krathos · February 2017

1. no
2. yes, really only for swords
3. yes, they are really the only useful weapon type for dw magicka users.

darthsithis · February 2017

Yes use swords, only take twin blade and blunt. Increases all damage by 5%.

Swords are what u want

SirAndy · February 2017

I'm pretty sure you meant "dual wield", duel wield would be kind of awkward ...

xboxNA corin6 · February 2017

Evil_Rurouni wrote: »

OK, here's what I already know about magika duel wield in update 13:

DW now gives the same base spell damage as a 2 handed weapon, which is still more than a staff or bow.
DW still has the advantage of an extra set piece at the expense of being able to weave attacks.
DW was DPS tested by a magplar on PTS and still slightly outperformed both lightning and inferno staves.

Here's what I don't know:

1/ Does the "duel wield expert" passive provide any benefit to magika users?
2/ Does the "twin blade and blunt" passive provide any benefit to magika users?
3/ Are swords still better than daggers, axes and maces for magika users?

My personal opinion has always been dual wield = burst builds or better for classes with class spammables, staff = sustained builds.

psychotic13 · February 2017

Staffs are better DPS for magicka, but DW is better for bursting people in PvP

Evil_Rurouni · February 2017

krathos wrote: »

1. no
2. yes, really only for swords
3. yes, they are really the only useful weapon type for dw magicka users.

Gotcha.
Thanks for the info.

JinMori · February 2017

dw setups are good for mag templar, for the other classes destro is always better.

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