Two handed or dual wield, what do you think is better?

[Grantorino]

Making a destruction heavy armor warrior and I can't decide if I'll use two handed weapons or two swords. I might play on Master difficulty as well.

[TheForestSpirit]

Duel wield by far. I tried 2 handed and while it is good it can slow you down unlike the one handed skill.

[SaudiArabiaVisaSponsorship]

heavy armor warrior sounds cool u should use 2h weapons cuz dual wield is kinda hard to use when u move slow its just my opinion tho idk about u or others :)

[PilgrimX]

"I see you like light armor like me." "One handed just like me."

It's often rare out in the wilds to get 2 handed weapons so even if I start with them it doesn't take long to have far better 1 handed weapons if you aren't smithing your own gear due to being a cheapskate. I'm a looter, 80% of my gear is scavenged all the time so I typically end up dual-wielding one handed weapons.

[Grantorino]

Originally posted by PilgrimX:

"I see you like light armor like me." "One handed just like me."

It's often rare out in the wilds to get 2 handed weapons so even if I start with them it doesn't take long to have far better 1 handed weapons if you aren't smithing your own gear due to being a cheapskate.

I'll be smithing and using enchantments

[MageThis]

Originally posted by Lash Fuggin Lethal:

Making a destruction heavy armor warrior and I can't decide if I'll use two handed weapons or two swords. I might play on Master difficulty as well.

For my wife and I it is 6 of 1 and half-a-dozen of the other. I prefer two-handed and she prefers dual wield. With mods, though, dual wield is indeed awesome.

[Bansheebutt]

If the enemy can do a ton of damage with a single attack, I'd prefer a 2h'er for the ability to bash, especially if they're a really tanky Draugr that you won't always be able to kill before they kill you.

[firedog441]

I prefer 2 handed weapons at times they may be a little slower but they make up for it in sherr brute force also one thing I disagree with this game is it tell you you can not block if your dual wielding while actually you should be able to block better dual wielding than with 2 handed weapons because a swords man that is skilled at dual weapons should be able to either block by crossing both weapons together or block with one weapon as he is attacking or counter attacking with the other one. but from what I have seen this game does not go that far but I may be wrong since I really dont spend a lot of points on either blocking or single weapon use .

[Grantorino]

Originally posted by firedog441:

I prefer 2 handed weapons at times they may be a little slower but they make up for it in sherr brute force also one thing I disagree with this game is it tell you you can not block if your dual wielding while actually you should be able to block better dual wielding than with 2 handed weapons because a swords man that is skilled at dual weapons should be able to either block by crossing both weapons together or block with one weapon as he is attacking or counter attacking with the other one. but from what I have seen this game does not go that far but I may be wrong since I really dont spend a lot of points on either blocking or single weapon use .

Yea the only thing I don't like about duel wielding is how open it leaves you.

[Hare+Guu!]

Pretty sure dual wield is stronger. You just don't get to use it's full power unless you attack with both at the same time, which would cost a ton of stamina. There's no advantage to blocking with 2 handed. If you have both hands equipped, assign a key to your favorite shield and weapons. So when you need to block just press it and the shield will pop out of your left hand, then just press the key for the weapon to get it back all without wasting any time.

[EdgeYT]

dual wield for me, less damages but faster ^^

[bukkie661]

2handed, enchanted and tempered to exquisite, plus tunnelvision speccing 2handed in the offensive branch has by far the most destructive ability.

The problem is with the companions. You'll be looking at either a mage or a ranger (Feandal early game), but their limits in ruins are obvious.

[Eat3n]

Honestly it's really a personal preference. Dual wield is technically faster so you can get more hits on target faster and thus do more damage...however, it's at the cost of stamina. If you use duel wield right you don't have to worry about blocking or taking damage because you kill enemies so quick. I recommend making sure you 1-hand, smithing, and enchantment are really high so your weapons can be at peak damage and you can make some 1-hand enchanted gear to do more damage. When i've used duel wield i like to use Valdr's Lucky Dagger or Mehrune's Razor in the left hand because of the enchantments on them.

For 2-hand: Since you're playing with heavy armor you'll be slower which can suck, light armor does have it's benefits because you're not only faster but more nimble in that you can move in, strike, then move out of the way so the need for blocking is less because you're more mobile. However, with heavy armor you can take more damage (*theoretically...i've been full Ebony and still been 1-hit killed by Briarhearts). Again, make sure 2-hand, smithing, and enchanting all all the way up for best weapons and 2-hand enchanted gear. Add to that Fortify Two Hand (Fly Amanita, Dragons Tongue) which can set your damage higher (higher still with 100 alchemy and fortify alchemy enchanted gear). Finally, there are some weapons i'd recommend: The Longhammer, it's an orc warhammer with an enchantment that makes it lighter and thus able to swing way faster than normal. The stats are "eh" later in the game but the speed-like mentioned above-means more hits on target faster and thus more damage, AND the enchantment is natural which means you can add an enchantment to the Longhammer. The Ebony Blade. Stats are poor but it has an absorb health ability that is beautiful. I've gone toe-to-toe with dragons baking me with their fire breath while i'm wearing plain light armor and swinging the Ebony Blade...not only did i not die but at most i lost maybe 10-15% of my health which i instantly gained back. Finally, depending on the DLC you have, i always get Dragon weapons because they are the best in game. I like a Dragon Bone Greatsword with an absorb health enchantment, maybe a fire enchantment also (if you have have 100 enchanting and the top most perk). That greatsword together with the 2-hand enchanted gear and 2-hand potions can be beastly, i have 1-hit and 2-hit killed dragons before.

[firedog441]

,also I have a mod that allow you to craft a legendary dragon bow that does extra damage to dragons after I crafted the first one I was able to disenchant it to learn the enchantment whichI can now put on what ever sword or bow I want to.