Larian Studios Forums Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga / Flames of Vengeance (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Two-handed sword or sword & shield?

I want begin again the game, as a warrior, but I am dubious if it's better upgrade the two-handed weapons discipline or sword and shield discipline.
I would create a powerful and resistant warrior.
Thank you for the answer!

I have to say I was a big fan of the two-handed sword for the first time ever--I usually hate it as an option in videogames. The one thing you may wish to bear in mind is that by doing so, you're effectively halving the number of charm & enchantment slots your weapons can carry, so last time round I chose dual-wielding instead, which you may wish to consider as a possibility.

You give me an interesting suggestion...
I played rpg fantasy videogames for years, and I never used a warrior with a weapon in each hand.
I 'll try it ... I' ll feel like a samurai

First time I played it, I went for two handed and found the game very difficult to beat, but I managed to reach the end (ego draconis, there was no FOV by that time), with FOV, I decided to try another approach (mostly because I wanted to remember every character I may or may not encounter in the add-on) and create a new draconis specialised in dual weapons and I found the game very very very easy. So, for me dual weapon > two handed.

However two quick notes : I think I have better spent most of my skill points on my second attempt and I heard one of the latest patch for ego draconis have changed some game mechanics on two handed, but I have yet completed the game when it was released.

guys have you noticed in eco draconis its fun(best) to use dual sword but in fov better use single handed sword and shield. notice ??

Dual-wielding ofc. More enchant, more summ damage.

I've been wondering the same thing, but hadn't considered that dual-wielding may be significantly more powerful - in spite of my previous post! But whatever the reason (or "all of the above") I found this play through significantly easier (and, for me, more enjoyable) than my first due to not dying constantly. Which is always a bit of a drag.

There is absolutely no drawback to dual-wielding in DKS right, I mean even with your default one point in the skill you get a 5% bonus to attack damage from your main-hand weapon. Adding points simply ramps up the damage in the offhand, from a penalty to a bonus.

I suppose I'm used to the post-BG2 infinity engine games where dual wielding caused significant main-hand penalties when the character was unskilled in the technique.

In DKS the way enchantments stack there's no reason other than personal preference to not use it...

Bow & arrow FTW!

Skills can be changed with nothing more than a quick trip to the trainer and some gold (which you should be rolling in anyway, I finished FoV with just over 400k). I'd say use your best weapons regardless of 2h or 1h and change your weapon specialization accordingly.

Agreed Bow and arrow with a touch of lvl 15 fireball FTW

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