I'm currently (level 30 builds) a 24/15 shielder (8 PS, 5 ath, 5 shield, 5 wm) and my next gen is either:
24/18 shielder with 8 ps, 6 ath, 6 shield
21/21 2h with 7 ps, 7 ath, 3 wm
18/24 2h with 6 ps, 8 ath, 3wm
Is any of these builds somehow flawed? I don't take IF since I like running in fairly low to mid tier armor anyway usually. Biggest issue with the 24/15 is that the speed is too slow to my liking paired with the length of one handers.
Shield is a nice thing to have in today's archer infested enviroinment though, but I could go 2 wm, 1 shield or 1 wm, 2 shield in the 2h builds without a problem if I felt like it. In melee manual blocking is way more fun anyway.