2 hand vs Dual Wield

[zenga]

From what I've read, a big 2-Hander will be bigger numbers on Obliterate and more anti-healing on Necrotic Strikes.

As a DW you don't use obliterate, meaning that your rotation is limited to necrotic strike & howling blast, and dumping runic power with frost strikes. It means that you can get up more necrotic strikes while dual wielding since obliterate consumes both a frost and an unholy rune. The height of your necrotic strike (i.e. the healing absorb you put on your opponent equals 70% of your attack power). There is - depending on your weapons obviously - little difference between dw & 1H total attack power you get. It's all about the amount of necrotic strikes you can do, where dw clearly wins it from 1H.

From a single player perspective: I started with the 397 1h this season, and in 2s I had problems with killing priests. Switched to dual wielding, and they are no longer an issue. In 3s I prefer the 2H however, as I feel it's much more pressure overall.

But much depends on the pve weapon & trinkets you can obtain. If you have apparatus you definitely want to dual wield, if you have the deathwing weapon you obviously want to 1h.

[Ualaa]

I'm not talking PvE at all here.

I two rotations.

The first is:
- Howling Blast
- Frost Strike
- Necrotic Strike
- Death Coil

The DC can be toggled on and off.
I know Frost Strike is a lot more damage, for a Frost DK (who has prioritized Mastery)... but Death Coil can hit a target out of melee.



The second sequence is:
- Obliterate
- Frost Strike

When its a single target (usually the other sides Captain/General), and they're in melee range...
Obliterate seems to down them faster.
Against players, its almost always the Howling Blast sequence... unless its Obliterate with Hungering Cold.

I do have several dual-wield and Obliterate related talents/glyphs.

[zenga]

Uhm ... don't think anyone was talking pve since the use of necrotic strike ...
long story short: both dw & 1H are good, go with what you find most fun cq what weapons you have. 1 think for sure, if you go DW don't use obliterate and spec out of those talents.

[Silence]

Frost = DW
Unholy = 2H
Blood = 2H

Frost 2H is not really viable unless your gear predicts it. If you got equal iLVL weapons then DW is a must, in case of an insane 2H (gurthulak comes to mind) then it might be preferable until you can pick up your 2 1-handers of equal level.

[dancook]

Not that I've been playing for months but I like to mix it up

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/magtheridon/Subone/simple
Ruthless Gladiator 2h

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte.../Subtwo/simple
Pit Lords Destroyer 2h

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...ubthree/simple
Souldrinker + Ruthless Slicer DW

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/characte...Subfour/simple
Gurthalak - 2H

[Shodokan]

For 3's you want 2h, for 5's or rbgs you want dual wield.