Dg Dual Wield

[Rinc3Wind]

I'm pretty behind on the new dual wielding that came into Dg.

 

I currently use (at 93 dg) a Primal maul, Saggy short, SSH and Primal chainbody. I'll update to primal plate when I hit 95 dg. Anyways, should I use throwing knives instead of sag short and do throwing knives and their offhand counterparts count as one or two binds?

 

Other than that, is there any other dual wielding facts that I should be aware of?

[chenw]

Not sure about knives, but the general consensus with DW in DG is: it's not worth it, there is nothing you can do with DW that warrants an extra bind over using a 2h weapon. So i'd just keep everything you have bound.

[rilo kiley]

i hear that knives are ok, but still ssb is better than hex and knives, and primal maul i find to be better than dual rapiers (tested for a bit)

[Tui]

A blood neck is your best 4th bind, if you find one of those. 2 armour pieces is also decent. If you want to try out offensive, replace your hood or plate and your bow with the 2 knives or celestial wand/orb, although ranged should be ever so slightly better. Melee should never dual wield unless using momentum. If you opt with knives, dw magic, or just a cele staff you can go with laws over arrows ammo bind which is ideal if you <------------------------------------> good at dungeon.

 

So try out a cele staff over your bow, see if you can stand it, then if you can use knives and break your arrows for laws. Once you find a bn before 120 you'll be stuck with 2h ccs pl8 bn until you find arrows again, if you don't like magic. Or just stick with what you have til you find a bn.

 

2h <---> better than Dw

Dw magic <-> better than staff

Shortbow <--> better than dw knives (but laws more than make up for it)

[Quyneax]

Shortbow is better than knives despite the better 5s basic? I understand it gives you +10% crit for a full rapid fire.

[Tui]

As a secondary weapon, I think so, due to first hit loss of knives. If you are primarily going with magic/range, go with DW.

 

Edit: Although I think you should generally go with knives anyway for laws bind.

 

But incendiary shot is an excellent ability against bosses which I think is comparable to needle strike + rapid fire, and of course is super op for gulega. That combo only really applies to monsters where incen will hit 5000 anyway. (12500+ hp monsters), and rapid fire is op regardless. Of course, I'd prefer if someone actually calculated it properly, which I haven't for this exact scenario.

[Quyneax]

Bosses aren't capped at 5k anymore, and incendiary shot doesn't hit 40% health anymore :(.