Which 2 weapons would you use at lvl 70

[ridd]

<DIV>I am at a dilemna choosing which of the 2 weapons should i use for raids and groups</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have a Dirk of Negativity, Rapier of Darkness, and Vampiric Axe of Balance.  I have 97aa, and 19% melee crit w/o buffs. Also have 30% worn haste with 97%dps mod from adornments and Fiendish Villany. On raids it is higher normally around 135-150ish dps mod with over 90 haste buff w/o my own CA's</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I was thinkin Rapier main and Axe off hand. However when i do /weapon the Axe shows most dmg followed by the rapier and then DoN</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have a +12 piercing dmg  adornment on the rapier and some DD adornments on the other 2 weapons. Thanks</DIV>

[Pins]

Dirk of Negativity and Rapier of Darkness and adorn them with +5 Piercing.Using 2 different weapons is a bad idea due to skill modifiers. It's easier to max just Piercing, than it is to max Piercing and Slashing.

[Narlix]

<DIV>dirk of neagtivity main handed</DIV> <DIV>axe off handed</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>put +12 periceing dmg on the dirk</DIV> <DIV>put +12 slashing on the axe</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>you put the same dmg type on the weapon cause it gets added in to the  dmg number instead of getting displayed as a secondary number,  this allows for larger crits.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>but really better question is which one has the largest max dmg. and which has the slowest delay, just ignore the damage rateing it means nothing.</DIV>

[DiceDunkelrose]

id go with axe and rapier when having warden in grp, otherwise for 2 pierce weaps. and still gl with gdoh! <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />btw, need 11peeps for lyc clear pst :p

[Bi]

seems that the pertinent questions regarding adornments are:do you have problems hitting mobs - the +5 piercing will help if you are - but +10.. are there really that many mobs that you miss?as I understand it: the +damage adorn only works in one hand, and you're better with a damage proc in the offhand. I can't confirm this of course :/Personally I'd go with the longest delay weapon in the main hand to effect procs..I'd choose the same type of damage weapon if possible, but if you arent fighting high yellow/orange mobs it wont matter too much.<div></div>

[Aanak]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Pinski wrote:<BR>Dirk of Negativity and Rapier of Darkness and adorn them with +5 Piercing.<BR><BR>Using 2 different weapons is a bad idea due to skill modifiers. It's easier to max just Piercing, than it is to max Piercing and Slashing.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>/agree</P> <P>Just putting a slashing weapon in your hand will reduce your ATK and subsequently your ToHit% against mobs. Our offensive stance has +pierce skill and so can a lot of our gear if you look for it.  Skill caps are at 455--getting both pierce and slash to that is near impossible. But getting pierce to it is very doable--especially raid buffed. 455 Pierce skill means you will probably hit > 90% on melee attacks. Drop that by 50 and you can expect a strong reduction to your ability to connect when swinging. Less hitting = less damage!</P> <P>The Axe is a great weapon, but I still think GDoH and Rapier or Rapier and DoN or GDoH and DoN is the combination to go for. It surprises me how few people other than Pinski mention the +5 Pierce skill adornments...</P> <P>Nihyn -- Guk</P> <P> </P>

[ridd]

<DIV>will the +5 piercing apply if it is in an offhand weapon? I would be filliwng to do rapier amin hand and DoN offhand with the +5 in each. And just bank the shadow axe or use it situationaly</DIV>

[Pins]

<blockquote><hr>riddic wrote:<DIV>will the +5 piercing apply if it is in an offhand weapon? I would be filliwng to do rapier amin hand and DoN offhand with the +5 in each. And just bank the shadow axe or use it situationaly</DIV><hr></blockquote>The +5 Piercing applies whether it is in the main or offhand.And to the question do people miss? Yes, yes they do. Against orange-con epics the to-hit rate is someplace around 65% when you have 420, and 75% with 455. That is enough to realize that it is very useful.

[Jayad]

<DIV>Using the high end pierce weapons also has a cumulative effect  just from the weapons' own +pierce skills.  Also, it's just easier to get more +pierce on your gear in my opinion in general.  Using both pierce and slash is a huge mistake.  </DIV>