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    Default A Noob's Guide to Fighting Styles

    So I am a returning player...and I have always played more of support/hybrid classes or casters.

    Recently, I have been trying new builds and learning about melee mechanics and I have a few observations:

    It appears on high stat melees, especially with a battle trance (KtA, Falconry, Divine Might)...it appears that Two Hand Fighting is way stronger than Single Weapon Fighting and Two Weapon Fighting. At least on groups of monsters. I have a feeling on single targets (like bosses) maybe TWF pulls ahead with more extra effects?

    I also think Precision may end up out-pacing Power Attack unless the build (Class/Race) has lots of bonus Power Attack enhancements? Such as Warforged or Half-Orc and Barbarian?

    I am sure it has been written down, but it "feels" like monsters have way more fortification on higher Reaper. Also random crits on "un-crittable" monsters is nice (slimes, undead, constructs).

    Also there are few nice abilities that benefit Two Hand Fighting. I stacked up "Ancient Power" 3 times which now gives me a +6 to attack BUT also gives +6 to DMG if using Two Handed Fighting (yes, this effects Bastard Swords and Dwarven Axes if you have the Feats)

    So some quick math with the top 3 feats of the Weaponstyle.

    GTHF gives a 3x bonus on Stat to dmg and a 140% strike through (I may have misread this)
    EDIT: its only 1.6 Bonus to stats for DAXE and BSword. I play melee Artificer's a lot and the Dwarven Axe/Bastard Sword builds seems to kill groups of monsters way way way faster than a Warhammer build, even with Knight's Training Worked in. Though maybe if you AoE with Rune Arm and Spells the SWF Warhammer build can pull ahead? I enjoy both playstyles...

    GSWF gives 1.5x Stat bonus to dmg and a 30% speed increase (though it appears to be more like 43% speed increase if wiki is correct?)

    GTWF is like you attack 1.8 times as fast because you get 80% off hand attack (and the build that use TWF probably have enhancements to push this up), but it appears you don't get Stat bonuses?

    I don't have experience with the Shield Combat and stuff. I have seen people do really well with Vangaurd. But I have also seen posts on here (that are old) that claim there is a shield speed cap. Unsure if its the animation or some sort of math cap?

    Do these observations look correct?
    Last edited by Bacab; 02-17-2023 at 02:40 PM.
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