I'm 50 slash 50 dw 28 parry and 6 shield. You may change your weapon choice of course to suit your needs... now any kind of weapon is particularly effective against an enemy (my slash works wonders against hibbie tanks). 50 slash for max dmg output, 50 dual wield for anti-stealther/caster style as well as max dual swing chance (tha'ts why i hate dw compared to la ). 28 parry... to hell with it, that's why you can get +parry from rr bonus, sc items and Mastery of Parrying (in effect +6 parry/lvl).
I hope i helped you out with this Good luck with your merc (or gimp for that matter )
DS is nice, but with medium bonus to-hit AND a defence penalty i can understand if ppl decide to skip it in favour of higher parry or weapon spec. Very likely essential for a thrust merc for same reasons u give, lack of a decent (semi)anytime style.
If they improve the DW styles to be better than the slash styles (which they aren't at the moment) 50 dual 49 parry 29 slash might actually be a damned good template
myself I'm 44 slash 47 dual 37 parry - I'll be 44/50/37 in about 6 bubbles time.
the shield-template has one flaw - switching from shield->dual wield is a right pain in the arse... have to drop things in inventory - it's not pleasant.
If they improve the DW styles to be better than the slash styles (which they aren't at the moment) 50 dual 49 parry 29 slash might actually be a damned good template
myself I'm 44 slash 47 dual 37 parry - I'll be 44/50/37 in about 6 bubbles time.
the shield-template has one flaw - switching from shield->dual wield is a right pain in the arse... have to drop things in inventory - it's not pleasant.
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