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<blockquote data-quote="ezo" data-source="post: 9452883" data-attributes="member: 7037866">EDIT: Updated after Frogreaver's post.After running my simulation the overall results are presented below. These were direct head-to-head contests.To give the base info: Level 20, 224 hp, STR +5, attack +11, plate armorA. Dueling: shield (AC 20), damage 1d8+7B. Defense A: shield (AC 21), damage 1d8+5C. Defense B: (AC 19), damage 2d6+5D: GWF: (AC 18), damage 2d6+5, minimum d6 rolls 3E: TWF: (AC 18, no feats!), damage d8+5, d6+5 for bonus action attackWinner is Dueling. It is the BEST and beats all the others when a shield is used. The +2 damage bump is nice and brings it closer to GWF, and so it barely beats out GWF and Defense B. Defense A is notably weaker, and TWF ended up last. TWF is really only viable if you have something extra that really counts on landing a hit.Really, the over all difference in win % is negiligble, with the exception of the Defense A and TWF.Final ranks:1. Dueling2. GWF3. Defense B4. Defense A5. TWF</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ezo, post: 9452883, member: 7037866"] EDIT: Updated after Frogreaver's post. After running my simulation the overall results are presented below. These were direct head-to-head contests. To give the base info: Level 20, 224 hp, STR +5, attack +11, plate armor A. Dueling: shield (AC 20), damage 1d8+7 B. Defense A: shield (AC 21), damage 1d8+5 C. Defense B: (AC 19), damage 2d6+5 D: GWF: (AC 18), damage 2d6+5, minimum d6 rolls 3 E: TWF: (AC 18, no feats!), damage d8+5, d6+5 for bonus action attack Winner is Dueling. It is the BEST and beats all the others when a shield is used. The +2 damage bump is nice and brings it closer to GWF, and so it barely beats out GWF and Defense B. Defense A is notably weaker, and TWF ended up last. TWF is really only viable if you have something extra that really counts on landing a hit. Really, the over all difference in win % is negiligble, with the exception of the Defense A and TWF. Final ranks: 1. Dueling 2. GWF 3. Defense B 4. Defense A 5. TWF [/QUOTE]

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