Better Lower THACO in Main Hand or Off-Hand?
HaHaCharade
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Here's a question I've been wanting to get opinions on.
When you are dual wielding, is it more practical to keep the main hand THACO as low as possible and any off-hand hits are a bonus? Or do you try to put a higher plus weapon in the off-hand, since the main hand already has a low THACO?
Example in my game - Shar-Teel. She can have a 7/12, or an 8/11, depending on how I set it up. Just wondering how the math works out and what would generally be best? The way I figure.... 8 is aleady low enough to hit MOST stuff in the game, and eventually it'll drop more. The lower the off-hand, the better chance to make that attack effective?
When you are dual wielding, is it more practical to keep the main hand THACO as low as possible and any off-hand hits are a bonus? Or do you try to put a higher plus weapon in the off-hand, since the main hand already has a low THACO?
Example in my game - Shar-Teel. She can have a 7/12, or an 8/11, depending on how I set it up. Just wondering how the math works out and what would generally be best? The way I figure.... 8 is aleady low enough to hit MOST stuff in the game, and eventually it'll drop more. The lower the off-hand, the better chance to make that attack effective?
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Usually you have the harder hitting weapon as the main-hand. That's one factor. Also enemies in the harder fights tend to have lower AC than in the easy fights, and you want to optimize for the difficult weapons. Most of the time when you get additional attacks (figher class, haste) you get them on the main hand.
Good stuff sir. Also, in Shar-Teel (if Dual Classed) or another thief's case , I realized if you backstab often with her you'll want to keep the harder hitting weapon in her main hand (unless you want to juggle them constantly) since you backstab with the main hand.
By the same token, the third proficiency dot in two-handed style is a pretty low priority. I won't take it until I've maxed out proficiency in both main-hand and off-hand weapons, unless that character switches a lot
Good points. I've moved my more potent weapon to main hand. Appreciate the feedback always jmerry.