For your level, not much. I used a dagger on my palus knight from about 20-30 and then did sword & board from 31-40 (fought in alligator island, etc)
sword and shield class in this is ******ed and yeah my main is lv 78 Hell Knight. its obviously human tank can shield stun but what about like elf? shield is there for what? sure shield have chance to reduce damage? lol it just like taking out the shield and boost their defense. so see you dont need a shield. I expected alot more with the use of shield in game.
they do add new skill like magic mirror, deflect but they are at lvl 81+ and it has been 5 years since l2 released and thats pretty long and over that period of time tank get ***** alot by alot of classes. and they suck in mass pvp LOL. the reason nobody attack them because DD have to take care of other DD.
dont get me wrong tank die fast vs DD classes and here we suppose to say tank defense should be good and keep them long lasting. but they give tank 3 immobile UD but that suck too. we should have 100% mobility.
if you're under lv 40, what you use dont matter. after lv 40 it matter.
I'm at level 22 and currently using a Claymore, but whats the main differences and benefits from using a sword and shield vs a two handed sword?
depending on your class, it can be life or death.
as of level 22 as a Palus Knight (assuming youre talking about your darkelf) you'll notice no major difference between the two. the 2h sword swings slower, crits harder; the 1hsword swings faster misses a lot, etc.
around 24 you fulfil your role of Tank; you get aggression building skills and passive shield masteries, etc. after this point youll start noticing how often you do shield defence. as a darkelf it is important to note you DONT block much. even as a Shillien Knight after level 40, and still not so much in 3rd class as your shield defence has an area in which it is effective, and a blind spot. compared to your Elf couterpart, theyve got 0 damage output capability (heavily relies on aggression building skills) but the elf also has 360degree shield block capability.
youre a darkelf; youre there to deal a bit of damage, debuff, and take a fair beating. youre the worst tank class, but the best Damage dealer - for a tank.
if you are talking about another class, please fill us in and be specific.
sword and shield class in this is ******ed and yeah my main is lv 78 Hell Knight. its obviously human tank can shield stun but what about like elf? shield is there for what? sure shield have chance to reduce damage? lol it just like taking out the shield and boost their defense. so see you dont need a shield. I expected alot more with the use of shield in game.
they do add new skill like magic mirror, deflect but they are at lvl 81+ and it has been 5 years since l2 released and thats pretty long and over that period of time tank get ***** alot by alot of classes. and they suck in mass pvp LOL. the reason nobody attack them because DD have to take care of other DD.
dont get me wrong tank die fast vs DD classes and here we suppose to say tank defense should be good and keep them long lasting. but they give tank 3 immobile UD but that suck too. we should have 100% mobility.
if you're under lv 40, what you use dont matter. after lv 40 it matter.
You're right, cuz its ******ed to use a shield against Dailions or however they are spelled, the big lizards on Alligator Island that throw daggers.
Dailion Lad, they hurt a TON, so no, using a sword/board to smash them up is not ******ed.
Shields have a the best effeciency agains't bow attacks, and least vs blunts
Shields give a boost in p.def (noted in the p.def count on the shield) when it gives a successful block which means you can block say 500 damage and recieve like 300 damage.
There is also a chance to get excellent shield block which will negate any damage recieved to 1.
having a shield lowers evasion and basically replaces the chance to dodge with the chance to block. (you still have a slight chance to dodge.)
The higher dex you have, the better chance of blocking you have. So in accordance to shield blocking rate
TK>SK>Paly/DA>SWS>BD>etc.
With this you can reasonably deduce that Elves have the highest block rate. To counter this, Humans have a higher defense with majesty.
There are some skills, most given to warrior type classes, that have the ability to ignore shield defense. Which means you can't block it and you take full damage. These type of skills are also unavoidable.
Well actually spudnik SK and TK (at lvl 60 i think) both get passive 360 degree shield defence (aegis) so there is no blind spot for them regarding shield defence and hit direction.
also at 77 they get a shield-like skill that is very very usefull, Shield Bash, so its a must to have a shield and for vengeance also (2nd UD) in order to use it u require a shield.
last but not least u can always enchant the UD's so u can move a bit,not with ur normal speed but at least thats something i guess ;)
So yeah in high lvls shield and sword is a must i think :)
Shields have a the best effeciency agains't bow attacks, and least vs blunts
Shields give a boost in p.def (noted in the p.def count on the shield) when it gives a successful block which means you can block say 500 damage and recieve like 300 damage.
There is also a chance to get excellent shield block which will negate any damage recieved to 1.
having a shield lowers evasion and basically replaces the chance to dodge with the chance to block. (you still have a slight chance to dodge.)
The higher dex you have, the better chance of blocking you have. So in accordance to shield blocking rate
TK>SK>Paly/DA>SWS>BD>etc.
With this you can reasonably deduce that Elves have the highest block rate. To counter this, Humans have a higher defense with majesty.
There are some skills, most given to warrior type classes, that have the ability to ignore shield defense. Which means you can't block it and you take full damage. These type of skills are also unavoidable.