Except that a shielder can block much, much sooner after a knockdown while a 2h has to wait until they're on their feet. I'd say this is a fairly major advantage, especially for 1h shielder cavalry being dehorsed.
Not true, I'v seen 2 handers on the floor and see their bodies bend 90° to block a hit. looks like their sitting on the ground and blocking. and why the hell would you balance a class over knockdown effects?
You forgot the point where you practically have autoblock of projectiles and melee hits from all sides and angles except to your direct sides and back.
do you people play a shielder? shield coverage is so bad that range even goes through the front of the shield ( arrows and throwing).
Correct me if i'm wrong, but a shielder holding his shield can't be hitlslashed.
Also, if shielders use some 1h swords, then they should just do thrust. I like to remind that you can't block down when kicking. Don't see why 2h vs 2h use thrust attacks so much when shielders often only use overhead and left swing. Is it an habit they had after playing with a steel pick?
Also... 2h should pown a shielder, providing they have the same skill. Since the 2h usually looks like a pincushion at some point.
if you hold a shield you dont get hiltslashed? i dont get it, when you hold a block well...you block a hiltslash
the 2h looks like a pincushion, but like Tot pointed it out very well, shielders are hardly a counter to range and 2h do far better vs cavs then shielders
so you have to thrust when you attack? 1h stab has to be spinned in order to work and still, in the last patch you cant spin it anymore. Often, a kicking 2h is backpeddaling so a straigthforward stab has to be done in order to reach him. But a straigth 1h stab is so fuck easy to chamber!
1H thrust is a real art!
In close range combat a shielder should really put in diffuclty a 2h, but this is not the case. With 2h dancing around the safest is the left attack because it doesnt let you be spammed, but if the 2h is smart and knows his footwork he's getting out of range of your let swing. Right hand is the reach option but this attack is so slow and glances quite a bit that you can get spammed quite easily.
And this is way ill join with someone else comment that a normal shielder should avoid agi 2h.
Then people wonder why 1h left spam
2Hand sword have the range, 1h don't. One class cant have all the advantages, close and and long range fighting. 1h should prevail in close range and it should be 2h that glance like bitches in close range
1h is the class that available to all, but to be a master takes serious work
