Dual wielding or 2H fist weapons

[Nobby]

Hello everyone,
I've been playing with a str/fai build focussed on using the star first weapons and I've been having a blast so far. I've just been wondering on how I could boost my damage a bit more.

What would be the best option:
Dual wielding 1 pair of star fists & using cragblade aow
Wielding 2 pairs of start fists & using cragblade aow on both weapons

I wasn't sure with the recent patches if it's better to wield 2 wpns or just 2H the one?

[Illumina]

Using one in each hand or just using one pair wont change your damage.
I recommend having a second pair with a different skill like...
Endure, Quickstep, Bloodhound Step, Flaming Strike, Raptor of the mists, Barbaric Roar, Royal Knights Resolve, or even Beast Roar.

[Jouni]

2H is better simply because you get dual strong attacks which powerstance is lacking. A combo of two charged dual strong attacks poise breaks most armored knights and such while it takes three hits to do that with one handed strong attacks. With Cragblade buff that might not make a difference that often.

[Nobby]

Originally posted by Willow >w<:

Heavy infusion with one of the faith buffs will be better damage than cragblade

Does Cragblade get overridden / overrides other buffs? I usually buff golden vow / power within and then do cragblade and run in

[desecratedpetals]

Originally posted by Nobby:

Originally posted by Willow >w<:

Heavy infusion with one of the faith buffs will be better damage than cragblade

Does Cragblade get overridden / overrides other buffs? I usually buff golden vow / power within and then do cragblade and run in

Craglbade is a weapon buff so it'll overridden by other weapon buffs (grease, spells that add damage to weapons, other buffing Aow's)

golden vow is an aura buff so they will stack, but it wouldn't stack if you had another aura buff

[Yal]

Buff combinations are a bit complicated but the gist of it is that there's a bunch of different buff types, and you can only have one of each at the same time.

The #1 combination I'm aware of is Golden Wov + Flame, Grant Me Strength (both of those are faith-based and they stack), then you could have your weapon use the Flaming Strike ash-of-war (with either Fire or Flame Art affinity, none of the physical ones) and apply the fire buff. And for even better results, drink the Physique flask with the tears that boost fire damage and uhh... charged attacks / strength / faith?

(elemental innate damage + weapon-buffing skill of the same element seems to be the most powerful weapon buff when it comes to AR but I haven't checked how greases compare)