1 hand or 2 hand for SK

[Kupoking]

I was wondering, which weapon is better for soloing mobs?

I know 2h is better for fear kiting, but outside of that?

Thanks

[Crede]

2h all day everyday lvl 20+.

Less ripostes more dps and reaver/Lance are easy pickups. Slam or epic are great for fear kiting in tight spaces and interrupting spells.

[Danth]

Main place you'll notice a dramatic difference is when jousting, which heavily favors high-damage (hence usually slow 2H) weapons. Kiting modestly favors slower 2H, mostly for convenience due to P99's funky hitboxes. Face-tanking slightly favors 1H for shield AC (and bash if small race) when ratios are similar. In either of those cases the difference is not huge enough to be a serious cause for concern. Mostly you'll favor whatever weapon does the most damage over time, which more often than not will be a 2H. Solo heavily favors offense. Treat the shield like a tie-breaker when damage dealt is about the same. You would use a 1H when you deal about the same damage per minute with it as your 2H. You would not want to drop your damage by a third for the shield, however. Depending on budget, there are "cost tiers" where 1H are sometimes the more sensible options, but overall I agree with Crede that 2H is broadly preferred when all else is equal.

Danth

[Keebz]

2h all day everyday lvl 20+.

Less ripostes more dps and reaver/Lance are easy pickups. Slam or epic are great for fear kiting in tight spaces and interrupting spells.

^ except if your 1h is way better than your 2h. SK's have a bunch of nice droppable 1hers like https://wiki.project1999.com/Shard_of_Night that are a lot easier to come by than similar 2h.

[Kupoking]

should I aim for highest ratio weapon then?

[Danth]

should I aim for highest ratio weapon then?

Mostly, yeah, that's good enough for a short answer on a message board. I could make a long post detailing various exceptions but it's not really needed for starting out and you'll learn along the way if you stick with the character.

I strongly advise also being sure you like the look of whatever you pick. I know a couple of guys who lost interest in shadowknight alts because they bought the Shard of Night and didn't like running around poking things with a silly little dagger.

Danth

[Kupoking]

Hah yeah I should be good. Its just I was on the fence between grinding for pgt or sbh. Ill go with highest ratio option.

[Crede]

Hah yeah I should be good. Its just I was on the fence between grinding for pgt or sbh. Ill go with highest ratio option.

I’d say the one exception would be if you’re fear kiting in tight spaces and are not an ogre/troll with slam and don’t have epic, then I might consider a slightly inferior 1h for bash.

[Ripqozko]

i use my 2h 90% of time, when tanking hot or something ill use 1h, bout it.

[jgold16]

Any recs for 2h'er that are in the 1-3k range. Like something before I can afford a Reaver?

[Jibartik]

The only thing worse than the 1h with shield attack animation is iksar 2h attack aniamtion.

[Snaggles]

Any recs for 2h'er that are in the 1-3k range. Like something before I can afford a Reaver?

Any decent velium 2h. Could even go velium lance and transition to Narandi at 55 without having to reskill piercing.

[jgold16]

The only thing worse than the 1h with shield attack animation is iksar 2h attack aniamtion.

That alone is pushing me toward troll or ogre. I want the regen but not the extra -10% exp penalty and idiot INT. Though, I do like the uniqueness of the troll SK. Feel like everyone is ogre, DE, and then iksar for trying to be unique and get a green mist.

[jgold16]

Any decent velium 2h. Could even go velium lance and transition to Narandi at 55 without having to reskill piercing.

Thanks! I’ll keep my eye out. Probably best to stay 1h until 30?

[Snaggles]

Thanks! I’ll keep my eye out. Probably best to stay 1h until 30?

Prob high 20’s a quick poker like the Carved Dragonbone Spear would outpace a 1h. Definitely after 30. Really tho you will prob keep a 1h up for some tank work so it’s not a lost cause.

[Sweeper41]

I was wondering, which weapon is better for soloing mobs?

I know 2h is better for fear kiting, but outside of that?

Thanks

Use both. There some great 1handers for beginners that can carry ya to your 50's. Remember Sk have a lower skill cap in piecing then pally/warrior. (210) If your a Iskar get Greenmist. Pretty ez to get with just a few long camps. Best to keep all your options open.

[PabloEdvardo]

whatever is highest dps

[Vaarsuvius]

a Reaver is also a very good weapon, much better than any 1 hander you could buy in EC, although it's a bit more expensive (like 7k low ?)

[Gustoo]

I guess I should know this but I haven’t owned a reaver since 2002 but is there a spell you can cast on yourself or have cast on you that makes non magical weapons function as magical?

[PatChapp]

No

[Gloomlord]

I guess I should know this but I haven’t owned a reaver since 2002 but is there a spell you can cast on yourself or have cast on you that makes non magical weapons function as magical?

Funnily enough: Luclin introduces a song which makes weapons count as magical ones.

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=2601