TWF Builds a thing of the past?

[Jasparius]

Have to go back a long time to find TWF builds but are there any good, current ones?

Would every build involve 5 DL for the stupidly OP T5 goodies?

If you go 14 Pal, 5 DL what would the last level be ?

Thinking WElf or Human for the race but could be for other races I guess.

Im just starting racial past lives and have one Dwarf done (Pally tank), working on a Dwarf Ranger now and maybe going Dwarf Wizard for the 3rd, but thinking about fun/interesting builds when I start on the other races.

Cheers.

 

[Archaic]

Like real talk... if you are doing racial past lives you probably want to stick to one class and optimize gear for that class for level progression. It will save you a lot of headache reincarnating.

 

[Shear-buckler]

Its coming back around at the endgame. The strong AoE attacks are diminishing the value of strikethrough and the increased boss HP is increasing the value of single target DPS and debuffs.

 

[Dielzen]

TWF has always been solid, it's just usually more of a raid DPS than a quest DPS. Questing with Dance of Death is ok, but usually questing favors all that strike-thru that 2h weapons give you that is always on.

TWF and/or Tempest has a few solid options -- DEX Scimitars/Daggers and STR Longswords/Warhammers are probably the simplest/most common.

 

[Jasparius]

Like real talk... if you are doing racial past lives you probably want to stick to one class and optimize gear for that class for level progression. It will save you a lot of headache reincarnating.

I know the ideal way is to play the same thing 40 times but Id probably end up quitting.

I love Bow so will do a few of those, and also Im sure Wizard/Sorc and even THF will happen but I havent done a TWF build in probably a decade so figure I should do a few and see if its fun.

Sometimes it will be to 20 but sometimes to 30 for an Epic life.

 

[Weaponalpha]

I really liked my 12 dark hunter 6 sacred fist 2 monk. DH for trapping and tier 5 tempest dance of death. sacred fist for sacred defender bonuses not being tied to shield or armor. monk for feats/stance bonuses. put 11 pts in INQ and you are very, very hard to kill with huge saves from pally. is it the best? obviously not. is it super fun? i found it to be. can get battle trance from harper. 37 pts tempest, 23 pts sacred defender, 11 pts INQ, 8 pts harper and 1 pt ninja spy. dex or str based. bottom line, lots of options. ive played pure fighter, barb, ranger twf. 18/2 wiz/rog twf. can go feydark illusionist for the dual shadowblades... just becuz it isnt META doesnt mean it cant be fun to play.

 

[Jasparius]

I really liked my 12 dark hunter 6 sacred fist 2 monk. DH for trapping and tier 5 tempest dance of death. sacred fist for sacred defender bonuses not being tied to shield or armor. monk for feats/stance bonuses. put 11 pts in INQ and you are very, very hard to kill with huge saves from pally. is it the best? obviously not. is it super fun? i found it to be. can get battle trance from harper. 37 pts tempest, 23 pts sacred defender, 11 pts INQ, 8 pts harper and 1 pt ninja spy. dex or str based. bottom line, lots of options. ive played pure fighter, barb, ranger twf. 18/2 wiz/rog twf. can go feydark illusionist for the dual shadowblades... just becuz it isnt META doesnt mean it cant be fun to play.

So youre TWF with handwraps?

 

[PraetorPlato]

Pure, 15/5, or 14/5/1 with monk longsword/warhammer TWF are all very strong melees at cap. leveling, not as good as THF.

 

[Weaponalpha]

So youre TWF with handwraps?

short swords but there are ways to use other weapons like curses, feats, enhancements and epic destinies

 

[GrizzlyOso]

Pure, 15/5, or 14/5/1 with monk longsword/warhammer TWF are all very strong melees at cap. leveling, not as good as THF.

Agree - Just did a twf long sword dragonlord and as long as you have some aoe it’s fine (as you and others said not optimal) - but wwa/cleave/dod crushes r1, and of course once you get quick cutter in epics.

 

[Grunndi]

Have to go back a long time to find TWF builds but are there any good, current ones?

I’ve been pondering this as well. I’ve got a thing for TYWA dwarf builds, and I’ve been wanting to try a double hammer 18barb/1FvS/1DL (to hit 100% offhand).

But every time I really look at it, the glaring limitations of (non-razorclaw/wrap) TWF make me want to switch to SWF.

The 65% offhand DS, half offhand ability mod, Patience hitting TWF harder than other styles, and Cleave type hits not proc-ing offhand, all make me think that TWF might not even be top single target DPS. (And it’s clearly the worst for mob clearing).