Weapon Speed for dual wielders

[Cadelin]

I have a Firby Blademaster on classic but will run as part of a group so should be pretty well buffed mostly.

The question I want answered is should I have a fast or slow weapon offhand?

My reasoning; I can't get capped swing speed with a 4.0 offhand and 4.1 mainhand. Therefore I will do more damage over time if I go 2.9 offhand and 4.1 mainhand. However every template I have seen has a 4.0 offhand weapon. Although most of these templates are ToA so they have 10% melee speed and will have 20% haste from a buffbot. I am likely to only have 4% melee haste and 17% from druid in group.

I used the swing speed calculator found here to work out my swing speed.

 

[Reza]

Its gonna be a trade off between finding the best speed and the best stats/util and proc from your offhand.

For a better idea, post what you think your weapon options are and the quickness you'll be running with.

I have no real clue on classic options, but say you have 230 quickness or so on firb and like you said 17% haste buff and 4% melee speed, then your offhand would hit cap at 2.9 speed or so. But pretty soon we get the celerity pot patch with 15% celerity on 10 min timers, which would mean offhand hitting 1.5 swingspeed cap at around 3.4speed weapon.

 

[Darzil]

Pretty much the only reason everyone has balanced weapons around 4.0 these days is that Malice/Battler/Champion weapons are that speed. On classic I'd go for a fast offhand, as it adds to the damage you'll do over time.

Darzil