it basically boils down to having a shield equipped lets you bash, a twohander (other than epic) does not. it doesn't matter which setup gives you more dps or ac or like 45 more hp, because the differences are going to be marginal. so unless you want to hard swap in a shield to bash every few seconds while rocking your twohander just do sword and board for general grouping.
with that said by all means keep all skills maxed. i played a paladin on red so I always had a high damage twohander bagged for pvp encounters, but they're also useful if you need to solo something via root jousting. assuming you play on a blue/green/teal server I'd put more emphasis on a good onehander/shield combo, unless you fall into something like a
https://wiki.project1999.com/Mithril_Two-Handed_Sword when you otherwise don't have any haste on Green/Teal. On blue I'd just lug around a
https://wiki.project1999.com/Luminary_Two_Handed_Sword for raising skill and the proc to make your lull crit resist rate more manageable.
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11-09-2019, 03:11 PM
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