An Immortal King set (which is a fantastic one) comes with an Ogre Maul as well. Eventually I switched down from Players 7 to Players 3 well into Hell, but only because I was getting bored with the progression, not because it wasn't safe.Īlso if you play a shapeshifter druid (either wolf or bear) or a WW barbarian you'd normally go for a two hander by default. Not having high Dexterity for block meant more on Vitality, and not spending points on Holy Shield meant more elsewhere. More damage meant more life and mana steal, and a Holy Freeze mercenary with Reapers took care of crowd control. Having literally twice the damage than with a one hander made killing really fast, and survivability wasn't a problem, either. Although eventually I replaced it with an Eth Highland Blade I found along the way turned into Oath overall it was surprisingly easy. Theres no class or skill branch specifically for 2H axes/mauls/etc either.Īfter a post from someone about an Avenger using a two handed weapon (Obedience thresher) I tried it. 2H swords can be used one handed by barbs and you can throw a polearm on your act 2 merc but thats mostly it.Īmazons get 2H class specific pikes but they are pretty pointless when javazons can use a shield and get AOE javelin skills while 2H amazons are limited to fend (which gets interrupted all the time) and 2H amazons have survivability issues without the shield.

I see all these low level 2H weapons drop and i cant really find a reason to use most of them.

You pretty much one shot most mobs in normal anyway so a shield benefits you way more, while in higher difficulties you generally want the survivability of the shield. For most melee classes and weapons, it seems that going two hand is a worse choice? You take so much more damage without a shield and block chance.Īside from a few end game weapons/rune words, i cant think of many good reasons to go two hand, especially at lower levels.

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