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Jaheria - Weapon Proficiencies. (Dual Weild Vs Two Handed)

DebaserDebaser Member Posts: 669
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Back in the day...I would always give her Staff, Two Handed Weapon Style...and later on Spear.

But...I have to say that with the inclusion of clubs that actually can do some damage in BGEE, I've managed to keep her using clubs. And possibly the staff mace soon.

My question is...should I think about her dual wielding in BG2 instead? If that's the case I should put my last prof in dual wield probably to get things started.

I usually give her the Tomb of Constitution...and have done so already...so she's got 18 con...and can tank better than anyone else in the party already.

She's always been a favorite of mine...but I want to know how you guys generally run with her.

I'm fine with sword and board for BG1...but BG2 is always more melee oriented either way.

Comments

  • lunarlunar Member Posts: 3,460
    I never tried dual wielding with Jaheira. In BG2 she always got the biggest shield and armor and with her iron skins, best AC, summons, good HP, she was the best defensive tank in my game. Especially with Harper pin (+5 save vs spell, lightning immunity is huge!)

    You can not go wrong with her, I needed a solid meatshieldand shewas superb. You can dual wield her and have her wreck enemies with Insect plague instead of Ironskins. She will do fine either way, she is veryversatile.
  • DebaserDebaser Member Posts: 669
    @Lunar what weapon did you normally settle on using her sword and board? =)
  • lunarlunar Member Posts: 3,460
    edited December 2012
    @Debaser

    Club+3 blackblood was my favourite for the most SoA. Then again I had item upgrade mod and depending on my mood and other difficulty mods, my gaming experience has changed and differed vastly. Whether you use gnasher or bone club to weld with it, you had a different fantastic club. Belm is also nice if you don't need +3 to hit a target.

    Umm I did upgrade Spear+3 Impaler, it became a throwing weapon with massive damage. Then when I beat the poison avatars battle in Tactics mod, the Bloodbane spear was her weapon afterwards even to the end of theToB, it was a horribly powerful weapon: +5, ranged with poison and paralyse. Whoa!
  • ThorssonThorsson Member Posts: 190
    Give her one of Drizzt's Scimitars. Or two.
  • DarkcloudDarkcloud Member Posts: 302
    In most cases I give hear sword and shield style and either clubs or scimitars. She is one of the best tanks especially with her BG 2 stats.
  • DebaserDebaser Member Posts: 669
    @Tresset @lunar @Darkcloud @Thorsson

    I've got a couple ideas. Right now...she's got

    ++Clubs (Using Might Oak, Shield and Sling +1)
    ++Staff
    ++Sling

    I could keep it this way, and wait for the Staff-Mace +2 which would be pretty devastating with a shield.

    And then when BG2EE comes out...I'll be ready for the Staff +4 which can hurt Kangaxx right off the bat.

    Or...I could Shadowkeeper and swap a the Staff, club, and Sling points into Dual Wielding and for Dagger and Scimitar. Which makes her another ginzu-knife-chainsaw but I dunno.

    ++Dagger (Dagger of Venom)
    ++Scimitar (Rasad's Talon)
    ++Dual Wielding

    I guess my problem with it...is I kind of identify with her weapon picks...unlike Minsc whom I've never thought should be as allover the place with:

    ++Two-Handed Swords
    +Mace
    +Longbow
    ++Dual Wielding

    (His level 1 prof points are just totally scattered in a terrible way to me)

    I swapped Minsc up a bit so he's now:

    +Bastard Sword
    ++Longsword
    ++Longbow
    +++Dual Wielding

    (Bear in mind he's level 6 now, I went with ++Longbow and ++Longsword at level 1)

    Mainly because I always feel like his dual wielding points are a waste. And that he'd be so much better off with Varscona...and later on Daystar and Foebane in BG2. To me he's a swordsman and a woodsman...so the long bow makes sense...but the two-handed sword thing is kind a cheesy barbarian deal...not a ranger bit. It's never resonated with me.


  • ThorssonThorsson Member Posts: 190
    I have her using Scimitar & Shield - the extra AC is useful. If you dual give he the Dex18 bracers (I gave them to Minsc).
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,760
    I'm going to give her two pips in Staff, Two Handed Weapon Style and Spear. This way, she always has alternatives - there're very good weapons among staffs and spears in BG2. And clubs - we just don't know if there're any serious new clubs in BG2:EE.
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