What would you recommend to a brand new Warrior?

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Originally Posted by fortior [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not to hijack your topic, but I don't think this deserves its own thread. I started a new warrior as well (18 iksar now) and someone gave me a Velium Swiftblade, so I'm currently using that in my offhand with the best ratio weapon I have in my main hand. I know good ratio high delay weapons profit the most from low-med haste, so I'm wondering whether I'd be better off selling the Swiftblade and going SCHW + staff of battle instead. The math says no (at least r/n), but I don't know how things are in the long term.

I used wurmslayer + velium swiftblade for a long time in my early levels. I worked the math on it and until around level 40, wurmslayer (or any high ratio 1hander) + swiftblade wins. Around level 40 downgrading the 36% haste to 21% FBSS and using a better offhand finally broke even and then passed it. I did not run the math for Staff of Battle and lesser haste, however, so take the above with a grain of salt. 25/40 Wurmslayer is a killer low level warrior weapon.

Velium swiftblade is an excellent choice for any DW melee's offhand until around level 40 unless you're twinking with a 30%+ haste item.