2h warrior underperforming ?

[Buurt]

I feel like playing with sword and shield does like way more damage + its faster.
I wanted to go into the 2h weapon build with warrior but it feels like its "useless"
does it get better later on or am I missing some important combos with it or something ?

I am close to just change to rogue or just play full sns because of it.... but I find the grey warden build not that fun, could you play a sns reaper ?

[DragonLord]

shield throwing everything that comes on eyesight , never touched positively the 2hander.. and those few times i used it was "underperfoming (even resetting passives and changing gear )

[Buurt]

Originally posted by Skywalker:

There is no 1H+shield OR 2H combat intended. You can switch with one click between both. So maybe stagger enemies with your shield. And if they are defensless/stunned ... switch two your 2H to hit them heavy?

I mean not really, when you skill on the slayer build you 90% have to use 2h or same with champion, you still can use both types but it would be also nicer if both weapon feel good enough on its own

[AS9ARDIAN]

I didn't go too much into that since I went for the Champion build (that focuses more on perfect defense and gives you the possibility to counter/parry attacks that wouldn't be parryable otherwise) but yes I had a bit the same impression tbh.

What I noticed though is that usually 2h weapons stagger enemies faster and that the Slayer build has a couple of perks that give you a more powerful charge attack for those ("Two-Handed Wind-Up") and buff charge attacks in general ("blindside").

Maybe you can change perks on the fly and give it a try?