I main a 60 Paladin and my opinion is 2H weapons are ridiculously gimped right now and I recommend you ignore them. What you want is a 1:1 ratio 1H weapon and a high-AC shield. Shields are very significant to Knight classes. Look up how Shield AC works: The AC they provide is not penalized and goes above the softcap, unlike any other item slot in the entire game. Equipping a high-ac shield like the Sevalak one or NToV one you will notice an insane boost in worn AC.
As far as 2H weapons, sadly, they are way less effective when fighting high-AC mobs like the ones in velious. I don't even mean named targets, the average 2H damage and maximum damage are ridiculously low when fighting Kael trash. When fighting classic or kunark-era mobs, I parsed my 2H damage to be about 3dps higher than my 1H but the damage was ridiculously inconsistent. About the only time using a 2H gives a huge advantage is farming green mobs. Maybe that will change when the 2H upgrade is patched.
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05-17-2017, 02:38 PM
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