Why do all skalds use twohanders ?

[Warlock]

With all the difficulty of making ToA SC
isnt it better to use 1h weapon + shield ?
You get additional SCable item , you can look like healer or shammy ,
you loose some dmg output tho .
50 BS / 39 wpn / 17 parry spec is quite nice i think.

Any opinions

 

[Kathal]

2h + DDs vs casters is really sweet if Celerity is up
The 1h + Shield would be fun to try, but I dont think you can fool ppl for long tbh.

 

[Ssera]

I've got a friend on one of the french servers who's roleplaying his kobold skald sword and shield. He's even gone as far as getting MoB 5!! Says he blocks quite a lot with it too

 

[Warlock]

2h + DDs vs casters is really sweet if Celerity is up
The 1h + Shield would be fun to try, but I dont think you can fool ppl for long tbh.

Random albs are quite dumb.
Big fatass troll with small shield and 1h hammer -> shaman -> keel it ! -> oupsie...

 

[tookha]

Random albs are quite dumb.
Big fatass troll with small shield and 1h hammer -> shaman -> keel it ! -> oupsie...

that acually works better than you can imagine

did it some with my d0rf skald and got insta ganked by FC quite a few times

saved my healers from alot of trouble but it gets very boring in the long run :\

Edit: Was also same RR and exactly the same looking as our driver too, hehe

 

[harebear]

well having 1h is always nice for pbt chars, but 1h does quite alot less dmg, and unless you get smth like mob5 you dont really gain much bonus from shield (other than the SC bit), shame skalds dont get smth that makes them block a little bit more than seers for example, seeing as skalds are a 'tank' class =)

 

[Phixion]

Im sure minstrels would go 2H if they could, the dmg on 1 handed is bad, and being as skalds can't spec shield, i wouldnt see much point in using one, skalds are an offensive char not defensive, why do low dmg with 1h and hardly block when you can do 2x more with 2h and kill quicker

 

[Rulke]

2H is 15% more damage than a 1H of equivelant speed/dps. W/o high MoB using S/S there's not a lot of blockage, especially with your main targets when you solo being duel wielding stealthers.

 

[Teza]

Why 2 hand weap?

Maybe cuze i like doing that kind of dmg:

 

[Warlock]

Teza, what ToA mod do you use ?

 

[Herjulf]

Also you parry more with a 2-h then a 1-h, you dont parry much in RvR but i must say i am quite pleased with my PvE parryrate.

ANd ofcourse the damage output, i havent had to worry that much about pbt.. ever.
And still have DD´s as a backup damage dealer, and i let my grps warriors/savages do the pbt bursting.

And should i run into a pbt user when i am solo... well then i can just switch to 1.h if i want.

But most of all it is the massive damage output of a 2-h weapon most ppl are after.
That together with MoPain to get NICE massive crits and you can with some luck come over 1K damage hits.
And perform a steady 300-500 dmg/hit.

 

[Denisée]

Why use two handed. This is best answered by giving an example.

One day you got soup for dinner. Would you rather eat the soup with a fork than a spoon ?


NB! Donna we got some unfinished business...

 

[Puppet]

lol @ style-bonus

Easy-mode 2.0 someone ?

But hey its a pure tank, oh wait its a hybrid

But yeah minstrel dmg-output in fg RvR is better

But hey lets bring more screenshots hitting sitting targets

 

[Puppet]

Also you parry more with a 2-h then a 1-h.

Nope. But there's less chance to parry a 2H attack. You dont parry more with a 2H.

 

[Teza]

lol @ style-bonus

Easy-mode 2.0 someone ?

But hey its a pure tank, oh wait its a hybrid

But yeah minstrel dmg-output in fg RvR is better

But hey lets bring more screenshots hitting sitting targets

Blazie wasnt sitting.... :kissit: , this ss was made yesterday as an example of skald dmg using 2 hand weap and its aint uncommon if u are a troll, well at least for me.

 

[stubbe]

Teza, what ToA mod do you use ?

He's using StubbeGUI beta1.0 to which he's made a few modifications of his own. Beta1.1 is out btw Teza

 

[harebear]

Teza you doing 0 qucik?

 

[Fana]

Trollskald with 100+10+30+62+93+75+(toa cap increase) = 370+ str = good weaponskill even if on hybrid chart (pure str weapons etc). So yes hits such as Teza's wont be uncommon.

 

[Teza]

Teza you doing 0 qucik?

No, quick (84 quick) capped on my sc .

ps: stubbe, i gonna try the 1.1 one (what's new in this one?)

 

[harebear]

nerf my spelling of quick