Shield or dual wield

[Nameless233]

Which one is better and why? Shield and sword ( or whatever) or dual wield?

 

[XbSuper]

Neither, they both have their ups and downs. However I find at later levels blocking becomes unnecessary, so I go with dual wield.

 

[Seth]

Are you a poet? . When I first started playing I used a shield all the time, But now that I actually know what I'm doing I love dual wielding dagger's & war axe's. Definitely alot more fun than blocking the whole time.

 

[nordicowboy]

I prefer shield, especially since I got spellbreaker.

 

[Golgo_SPB]

shield bash is pretty strong... but dual wielding is pretty fun, it's what I'd imagine unarmed would be if bethesda cared about it.

 

[Nameless233]

Ya and also then u have to put perks into black swell as one handed

Dual weildings pretty badass

 

[Mystalvision]

If you're a battle-mage, shield is best because you can carry a shield in one hand and shoot destruction with the other hand. And the shield offers offense as well.

 

[cmp007]

Blocking is for vaginas. Dual wield that plops

 

[Su8tle]

Dual wield all the way. Much more fun. I can stagger any shield block with a dual wield power attack anyway.

Shields are for pussies.

 

[Fafnir Rjoror of Vikfjell]

Blocking is for vaginas. Dual wield that pl***

Dual wield all the way. Much more fun. I can stagger any shield block with a dual wield power attack anyway.

Shields are for pussies.

sheild if you want to stay alive longer like endurance dual weild more hits per minute speed

 

[nordicowboy]

I'm level 38 with a 1H skill at 97. I pretty much have to use block to help level up.

 

[cmp007]

just max your armor and you wont need to worry about staying alive

 

[Fighter Hayabusa]

What the other posts say about not needing to block- i found to be true as well, but look up Shield Charge videos- that perk looks ridiculously awesome!

 

[Ordo]

I say if you start from the beginning with heavy armor, you should have no problem with protection and should absolutely dual-wield. For my first save, I went two-handed and heavy armor, I've never blocked, and I'm lv. 50.

 

[Mystalvision]

Blocking is for vaginas.

That's called a chastity belt.

 

[Mystalvision]

Shields are for pussies.

I suppose that's why Alexander The Great was a pussy.

 

[Teritus]

I prefer shields too. But how about this for a question; shields, dual-wield or two-handed?

 

[Su8tle]

I suppose that's why Alexander The Great was a pussy.

Fair enough, he did use a shield and he wasn't a pussy. He was however, a boy loving raging homosexual. That's a fact too.

 

[Monolith]

I prefer shields too. But how about this for a question; shields, dual-wield or two-handed?

I'm gonna go with 2-handed. Never had to block once in the game, and I'm at 42 now, kicking ass and taking names. With heavy armor @ 100 and a full suit of enchanted daedric armor (enchanted WITHOUT the exploit loop), survival doesn't depend on hiding behind a shield or even parrying with a weapon. The only foes that give me any amount of grief nowadays are high-tier dragons and magic users, and blocking would be useless against the latter, anyway. Besides, 2-handed is vastly better in Skyrim than it was in Oblivion where it felt almost gimped and frustratingly slow.

Still, the shield bashing sounds cool, I might have to make a sword n' board character someday just to try it out.

 

[benathius]

duel weild , run at em screaming "LES AVE IT!!" and hit em 50 times before they even know what day it is