What is better, dual weapons or a weapon and a shield?

[Simniac]

Hi. :)

 

What is better, dual wielding weapons or a weapon and a shield?

[ZoMHead]

Everyone has their own version of "better".

 

For absolute max damage, dual wielding can and will get very very OP. Personally, i never likes dual wielding at all, in any game. I just adore weapon + shield (especially a mace + shield with heavy armour, making a nice crusader build).

 

Eventually, with fortify one handed potions and enchanted gear, you will 1-2 hit kill everything on legendary difficulty. So, it is up to you to "how far" you want you'r dual wielding to go.

 

Game becomes very boring very quickly.....

[FishBiter]

I would say weapon and shield is better. Gives you more versatility with being able to attack, block, and shield bash. Dual wielding lets you attack, attack, or attack.

[riverbanks]

Neither is better, it just depends on who your character is. A thief/assassin would want smaller, lighter weapons that are easy to conceal or throw away in a hurry, and probably wouldn't go sneaking around lugging a heavy clunky shield on their back. A knight or soldier with formal combat instruction might prefer the sword/mace and shield style of fight, blocking, circling and waiting for an opening - or they might be more agressive and parry with two swords/a sword and a dagger. A barbarian with a simplistic "kill all the things" mind might prefer to just hack and slash at everything with two war axes (if a big two-handed battleaxe is too unwieldy). Use what feels right for your character.

[kleinstaff]

like someone else mentioned it all depends on the sort of charater you are playing

 

one thing i learned is that a dual wielding character versus ;ultiple magicusers or archers usual goes down faster than a character using a dhield and wearing heavy armour

 

but if you want maximum carnage yep dual wielding is the better

[Maverick827]

I find dual wielding in Skyrim to be incredibly clumsy. I prefer sword and shield.

 

But I've also turned my game into a party-based RPG and carry 3 - 4 followers around with me, so with damage not being an issue I only really gain by going sword and shield anyway.

[cheshiredragon]

I have tried both. This time around I decided to do dual wielding. As Maverick states, it's rather clumsy and I do find myself taking on more damage. I moved back to shield.

[eLucifer]

You can block while dual wielding by the way: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9247/

[Simniac]

Neither is better, it just depends on who your character is. A thief/assassin would want smaller, lighter weapons that are easy to conceal or throw away in a hurry, and probably wouldn't go sneaking around lugging a heavy clunky shield on their back. A knight or soldier with formal combat instruction might prefer the sword/mace and shield style of fight, blocking, circling and waiting for an opening - or they might be more agressive and parry with two swords/a sword and a dagger. A barbarian with a simplistic "kill all the things" mind might prefer to just hack and slash at everything with two war axes (if a big two-handed battleaxe is too unwieldy). Use what feels right for your character.

Im sorry if this is a n00b question, but how do you do circling? Is that when you circle around left/back/right or right/back/left to avoid getting hit in combat?

[dorrionfinley]

 

Neither is better, it just depends on who your character is. A thief/assassin would want smaller, lighter weapons that are easy to conceal or throw away in a hurry, and probably wouldn't go sneaking around lugging a heavy clunky shield on their back. A knight or soldier with formal combat instruction might prefer the sword/mace and shield style of fight, blocking, circling and waiting for an opening - or they might be more agressive and parry with two swords/a sword and a dagger. A barbarian with a simplistic "kill all the things" mind might prefer to just hack and slash at everything with two war axes (if a big two-handed battleaxe is too unwieldy). Use what feels right for your character.

Im sorry if this is a n00b question, but how do you do circling? Is that when you circle around left/back/right or right/back/left to avoid getting hit in combat?

 

 

No it's where you block and go in circles around the enemy, like circle his body, like act like your creating a circle around that person.