It depends. It's generally a bit easier to get high poise damage with 2h due to 2hR2s. 2-handed blocking and guard counters with large strength weapons are also seriously underused. The weight and stamina costs when dual wielding is also a non-trivial concern for much of the game. You generally need very high end to make it worth it. sword, axe or spear + shield/Buckler gain "accurate" +1 to hit. Spears gain, Swift strike always strike first vs changing opponent (s) the first round of combat. Two handed weapons (sword, axe, mace) gain +1 to injury rolls. Flails, gain cannot be parried. Morning star, gains concussive (stuns on a 2-4 injury roll. gcZm. There's two main advantages to two handing (not the same as dual wielding) your effective strength goes up by 50% which means more damage and you can use weapons you don't meet the strength requirement for earlier. Eg. You have 10 strength but you can still two hand 15 strength weapon for full damage. The second advantage is you can use Dual wielding is whenever you hold a weapon in each hand, and aside from having the moveset of your left weapon easily available, there isn’t any reason to do it. Power Stance is when you hold two weapons of the same type in each hand (eg. two katanas or two great swords). The most important reason for dual wielding however is it looks badass. Dual Dismounters with hammer and claw talismans is just disgusting with the jumping dual slash. I agree, I’m a hero that uses 1 great sword or two regular swords. Two hand great sword does big damage, but my two (indentical) sword setup up has unlocked new fighting With Elden Ring, nothing is more important than your build, and no build is greater than a two-handed weapon-wielding build, because not only will you be dealing more damage, but you will also look great doing it. This top 5 list will help all players find their two handing build of choice with Best Elden Ring Strength weapon: Lance. (Image credit: Fextralife) Stat requirements: STR 20, DEX 14. Scaling: STR D, DEX D. The best Strength weapon in Elden Ring used to be the Berserk-style

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