If abilities take both weapons into account I can assume that it doesn’t make any difference if you have 2 weapons or 1 big one. How is Dual Wielding calculated? Is it only the main hand, or does it take both into account? For example, will that same ability on a 100 damage 1H weapon only deal 200 damage? Or does it take the second 1H into account and the ability will still deal 400 damage? (100 damage weapon X2, X200%) If an ability has a 200% multiplier, and my 2H has 200 damage on it, that ability will essentially deal 400 damage, right? So a 200 damage weapon (just using a low round number because it’s easier) will contribute more than a 100 damage weapon.

Obviously 2H weapons hit for more damage per swing, but swing less often.įrom my understanding, this would affect abilities greatly, as everything is based off of weapon damage. I’m leveling my Barbarian, and I’m having a blast, but I was wondering what the main differences between Dual Wielding, and 2H weapons are. I haven’t put much time into this game (about 70 hours between 2 characters.) I have a L70 Wizard, and Witch Doctor, and only 21 paragon levels. Hey guys, I had a question about Barbarian weapon choices. Any good? Or should I just stick with life on hit, and deal massive damage for survivability? Do I heal for more if I have a 2H weapon, and heal for less while DW, but I would heal more often?) How do I know which abilities are good with each weapon type?įaster weapons means more basic/auto attacks, which means more life on hit, correct? What about 2H weapons, does life on hit scale up with slower weapons? (Ie. You’re still getting out the same number of hits, aren’t you? Holding it down simply continues the animation. But isn’t the ability a static swing? You swing a certain amount when you hit the button once. Why is this? I heard it’s something to do with getting more tornadoes out. What about weapon speed and abilities? I heard Whirlwind deals more damage with faster weapons. Or does it only use the main hand weapon for damage, and the DW set up will only deal 200 damage with the same ability?

TLDR: DW Vs 2H How do your abilities calculate damage? Do abilities take the second weapon into account or only the first?Ģ00 damage 2H with a 200% multiplier will deal 400 damage.ġ00 damage 1H X 2 weapons with a 200% multiplier will still deal 400 damage.

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