New player paladin 2wf leveling build

[sultailord]

Hi all, I'm kinda new to the game (played 10 years ago to lvl 10, got 32p build but rest is f2p).
Currently I(lvl 8 paladin) have been duoing the game as 2hf greatsword dwarf pally with my friend great xbow mechanic rogue and it has been going great. He is handling the traps and doing great single target dmg while i heal up and do good aoe. We are having tons of fun just going through the dungeons and levels slowly, not caring about endgame at all at the moment. 2hf greatsword paladin seems very strong at the moment.

I would like to swap my build use a more dwarven weapon, and since non greatsword 2h weapons have very little support, can i make it a 2wf build with dwarven waraxes? How does that even work?

Seems like with 2wf i would lose alot of aoe dmg (strikethrough doesnt work at all on dwarven waraxes with 2wf right? Even with the dwarven enhancment tree). Also the 2wf feat dex requirements seems pretty constricting for a paladin (str, dex, con, wis, cha all important stats, im f2p and new so no tomes and stuff). Maybe i could dump str and go into the dwarven CON to dmg enhancement? Anyway i really like the dwarven ehancement tree axe/hammer line.

Anyway, any thoughts are welcome, and thank you.

 

[unbongwah]

https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/bubbledin-swf-support-dps-for-reaper-raiding-and-r10-questing.2709/

It would require a Lesser Reincarnation to switch from THF. Can be downgraded for a F2P first life. SWF has no stat pre-reqs unlike TWF and it's better for AoE attacks like KotC Cleaves and Quick Cutter.

 

[Hobgoblin]

pallys get aoe from smites

if that helps

 

[Grunndi]

Is there any particular reason you want to go 2wf? In general I’d consider that to be the worst option for leveling. And with a low past life toon it’s even worse since using 2 large weapons will give you a big penalty to-hit.

As you mentioned, the main benefit of Daxe is strikethrough which doesn’t work with 2wf. So if you’re absolutely set on 2wf, warhammers or battle axes (with Knight’s Training) are just better choices.

If you really want to use a Daxe, go SWF (more damage) or Axe and shield (more defense). Both are fine for where you’re at.

I’d stick with strength main and charisma secondary for Divine Might. Throw Your Weight Around is awesome and the quintessential dwarf thing, but without extra racial AP and stats from past lives it can be hard to keep your Str, Con, and Cha at useful levels.

 

[sultailord]

https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?threads/bubbledin-swf-support-dps-for-reaper-raiding-and-r10-questing.2709/

It would require a Lesser Reincarnation to switch from THF. Can be downgraded for a F2P first life. SWF has no stat pre-reqs unlike TWF and it's better for AoE attacks like KotC Cleaves and Quick Cutter.

I just realized the heart gotten at the start can be used to reincarnate/respec, thats why I am thinking of changing the build. Yes SWF seems like it would be much easier.

Is there any particular reason you want to go 2wf? In general I’d consider that to be the worst option for leveling. And with a low past life toon it’s even worse since using 2 large weapons will give you a big penalty to-hit.

As you mentioned, the main benefit of Daxe is strikethrough which doesn’t work with 2wf. So if you’re absolutely set on 2wf, warhammers or battle axes (with Knight’s Training) are just better choices.

If you really want to use a Daxe, go SWF (more damage) or Axe and shield (more defense). Both are fine for where you’re at.

I’d stick with strength main and charisma secondary for Divine Might. Throw Your Weight Around is awesome and the quintessential dwarf thing, but without extra racial AP and stats from past lives it can be hard to keep your Str, Con, and Cha at useful levels.

No particular reason, just flavor, I'm a big fan of dwarves and dwarven weapons, so the greatsword makes me sad. Dwarf with 2 waraxes looks very nice to me.
Thank you all for suggestions, I will probably go for the swf/s&b route, I need some cleave/strikethrough and my friend rogue already handles single targed DPS nicely.
I am wondering though, it seems that for s&b route with dwarven waraxe I could go TWF (seems it applies to daxe), SFW or S&B feats.
I am at a loss on which route to go.

 

[unbongwah]

SWF and S&B are mutually exclusive unless you are a Swashbuckler. And bard+paladin is a no-go due to alignment restrictions.

You can't take both SWF and THF while leveling, but you can take one of them in heroics and take the Specialty feat for the other at level 31. For dwarven waraxe or bastard sword, this means you benefit from the attack speed and damage bonuses from SWF plus the extra Strikethrough from THF. When fighting single enemies, you can switch to a battle-axe for better critical threat range.

THF and Shield Mastery feats will stack for S&B dwarven waraxe or bastard sword. You get Strikethrough and higher damage bonus from THF, extra PRR and Doublestrike from Shield Mastery. Vanguard tree has other S&B bonuses like Stunning Shield and higher attack speed (up to +20%).

Basically you need to pick a lane and stay in it. I recommended SWF paladin because it has no stat pre-reqs (only 7 ranks of Balance) and you have several 1H Favored Weapon options between KotC and dwarf racial Enhancements.