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Originally Posted by Nagash
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The way I do it with my little monk when dual wielding:
- get the fastest possible weapon in main hand
- the highest possible damage (delay is useless) in offhand.
For the first point, bare in mind that, as far as I know, your delay can't get any lower than 10 which can be important depending on your haste gear and buffs.
My monk is only level 38 so there may be more to it that I'm not aware off but these simple rules of thumb have served me well so far.
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10 minimum delay is a myth, there's a thread on this forum proving it. If the minimum delay on p99 is 10, it was done so incorrectly and it's a bug or they have some technical reason for it (but it's still not correct).
Delay also very much matters. Remember, your mainhand "proc'ing" your offhand was a myth and was debunked long ago as well.
Many tests with Wurmslayer mainhand + Very fast offhand have proven offhands utilize their own attack speed. (Similarly you can just stare at someone's character model, they attack with only their offhand regularly since it's out of sync with their main-hand)
Your off-hand makes a check against your dual-wield skill every time it's delay comes up. This is why everyone puts
the best possible ratio they have in their off-hand, and opt for a
faster, less dps in the main-hand since a faster weapon
takes better advantage of the static damage bonus you gain as you level.
Your off-hand doesn't have to be "slow", you just want the best possible ratio to be there.
In general at least. Later on in levels, when you have weapons that are amazing and they're similar in ratio, I think the conversation gets much more mathematical. As I don't believe the above statement is -always- true, I just think it's generally true.