Mh Pistol + Oh sword = Dual wield? or Single handed style?

[floydstash]

Hello,

 

i'm very confused about something and i need help figuring it out.

When i equip main hand pistol and offhand St. Drogga's skull (sabre).. are my attacks dual wield or single attack?

 

Because every time my character shoots in range ( it's a range character i just use the sword as a torch) it only uses the pistol.

So i'm assuming when i want to buff my character i have to take the Single hand style bonusses. also the bonusses that give my crits while using a one handed weapon.

 

 

So.. main hand pistol + offhand sword = dual wield or one-handed-style?

(for me it would make sense that it is one handed style bonusses, since the sabre is not being used in combat)

 

If it's dual wield.. then shouldn't pistol + pistol be far stronger than pistol + sabre (not used) .. doesn't make sense that it would be so unbalanced.

 

[anathanielh]

It’s dual wield and the weapons benefit from dual wield attack speed bonus. At range you fire the gun, in melee you swing the sword. I used this build for my first character.

 

The pistol/pistol build has a high burst at the start of the fight (2 shots right after the other) but after that they just fire and reload one at a time. It also benefits fully from full attack skills like flames of devotion, making them even stronger.

 

Pistol/sword is better if you just don’t want to switch weapons and it also makes it so that you can use a certain powerful weapon while still benefitting from dual wield speed. (For example, instead of using a fine sword and a regular sword together and having them switch every hit, it can use a fine sword and regular pistol and only the fine sword would be used in melee with the bonus attack speed from dual wield). Keep in mind that you won’t benefit fully from full attack skills since you’ll only use one weapon at a time. (Primary attack skills better with this build) Also a certain weapon set is made with this build in mind. (Won’t list it here for sake of spoilers)

Edited June 6, 2018 by anathanielh