Shadowknight Weapon/skill question.

[Ezalor]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon

I'd parse the mit loss from dropping the shield as well as the melee damage output.

you don't need to parse anything. it's pretty simple. unless you have your epic, always use a shield in groups, period. the ac on a shield is handled differently than the ac on any other item in eq. when you equip a shield in the secondary slot you get ALL the ac from it (look up how shield ac works). you also get +50 HP on atra shield iirc plus to make cheals more efficient plus some good mana and resists to help tank casters + bash for small races.

tldr; use a shield