Claymore rewards for Paladin...which would you take?

[Kaalenarc]

<p> Which would you take? The Claymore ? Or the Qeynos GUard Shield. I've only Tarinax left to kill and trying to decide....</p>

[Druid03]

<p>it kinda depends on how you are specd....</p><p>...but id take the Qeynos Guard and put a +1% chance to block adornment on it <img src="/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Pins]

The Shield.  The Sword is horrible, not to mention you can get Two Handed weapons that are just as good out of Labs.

[Mantell]

<p>Take the sword. </p><p>It was a tossup but they improved the sword when EoF came out and now it's much better than Rak'leklo. </p><p>The shield is not a bad choice, but most of the people I knew who took it don't use it anymore. </p><p>I also find myself using a 2h weapon a lot more often than sword and shield.</p>

[kenm]

Gaudralek's basically just as good as the Qeynos Claymore, and that... drops out of lab. Shield for sure.

[Arthik]

I prefer the Sword myself. Encounter procs are not that common, especially among 2 handers. Of course, I DPS more often than not, and it's nice with spell crits.

[Judist]

<p>The EoF prismatic should be rewarding yet another weapon, as lore would say the Qeynos Claymore is one of 2 swords. Personally I'd take the shield and hope the EoF line has a badass 1-hander to choose from. 2-hander weapons are a dime a dosen, decent tower shields arent.</p><p>If your clearing DT you may as well shoot for Prides Edge (2-hander), which drops from Fitz.</p>

[khufure]

Take the shield.  It's spell reflect proc is unique.  True, a lot of people don't use the shield all the time.  However, against caster mobs its the best option.  Also I suspect since you are asking this question the shield is going to be a considerable upgrade for you. The only reason to take the sword is because it looks nice.  (Note : the shield looks really nice, too).  With avoidance being what it is and frankly 1H weapons that do just about as much dps as the claymore 2H it's just a waste.  Who wants a 2H sword that procs when you get hit!?

[Mantell]

Timmeh@Nektulos wrote: <blockquote>Take the shield.  It's spell reflect proc is unique.  True, a lot of people don't use the shield all the time.  However, against caster mobs its the best option.  Also I suspect since you are asking this question the shield is going to be a considerable upgrade for you. The only reason to take the sword is because it looks nice.  (Note : the shield looks really nice, too).  With avoidance being what it is and frankly 1H weapons that do just about as much dps as the claymore 2H it's just a waste.  Who wants a 2H sword that procs when you get hit!? </blockquote>You're right about the shield, if you use a shield most of the time it is nice. However I tend to use the Claymore a lot more often than I would use the shield. <p>I gotta ask though what 1h weapon does nearly as much damage as the Claymore?  By my math it averages 48 dps + 17 dps from the proc and that's assuming you never riposte. I admit there's probably a 2h weapon that is better but I don't know of one right off.</p><p>If my healers are up to par I will even tank with the Claymore, the AE procs help me keep aggro. When I do a breakdown of my DPS Claymore Divinity is right under Slashing and Brimstone as my biggest DPS producer. And that gives me an opportunity to riposte and do more damage. </p><p>And you can adorn it!</p><p>(Blatantly plagiarized from EQ2i with apologies)</p><p><b>Qeynos Claymore</b> </p><p>+60 str +60 sta  +200 health +200 power  +5 <a href="http://eq2i.com/articles/Defense_(Skill)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">defense</a>  Claymore Divinity</p><p>Damage 60-180 </p><p>Delay 2.5 seconds</p><p>Effects </p><ul><li>When Equipped: <ul><li>On a successful attack this spell has a chance to cast Claymore Divinity on Target of attack. This effect will trigger an average of 1.8 times per minute. <ul><li>Inflicts 429 - 716 divine damage on target encounter </li></ul></li><li>On a successful riposte this spell has a 35% chance to cast Claymore Counterattack on target's victim. <ul><li>Inflicts 468 - 781 crushing damage on target </li><li>Target will parry 0.0% of incoming attacks </li><li>Applies Knockdown on termination. Lasts for 2.5 seconds. <ul><li>Throws target back </li><li>Stuns target </li><li>Blurs vision of target </li><li>Does not affect Epic targets</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>

[Lairdragna]

I took the shield, although it will soon be shelved for that legendary kite shield that is spelled B'rixxxx something.  Doesn't have the mit or as high of a shield rating, but it has a daze and hate proc... the daze WILL land on epics, although a reduced duration and a 6 second immunity.  Here is the beauty, it will proc 50% of the time when you block an attack.  As a pally if you went down the block AA line you should easily be blocking 20% of all attacks.  That means on 10% of attacks your shield will proc a taunt and a daze on the mob.