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Old 05/29/07, 3:44 PM   #20
tedv
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Originally Posted by Trezan View Post
My main problem is trying to theory craft what is the best possible weapon selection. I've noticed a lot of the warriors use a Slow hard hitting mainhand with a quick offhand. I can contribute this to the relatively ease with which one can acquire the arena offhand.

However, I've heard multiple comments saying that a slow offhand is really quite good for both rage generation and dps. Up till this point i've merely needed to take the higher dps weapon as an upgrade.

So my question is this: In a raid setting for DPSing, what is the ideal style of dual wielding? A Slow mainhand with a fast offhand, a slow mainhand with and offhand,a fast mainhand with a slow offhand, or A fast mainhand and offhand? (Assuming equivalent dps for each so that it can be pure theory)
I don't primarily play a warrior, but I can relay this explanation from one of the best warriors I've ever raided with:

Dual wielding you want a fast mainhand and a slow offhand to minimize the number of flurry charges consumed by the lower damage offhand (only 62.5%).

Of course, that's assuming you can't get 100% flurry uptime. I didn't ask how the math changes when your crit is sufficiently high.
 
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