So, I've been trying to get Ahhnold more competitive this season, and after loading up on achievements, his current stats are:
218-96-126-114-97-119-171
Speed 1 weapon
Results have not been very positive (yes, i know 30 fights per race isnt a big sample range, but trends are still visible) and this is a bit of a grumble i suppose.
I started off as a Dunder (he's been that for a while) and while he smashed apart a bunch of builds, he'd lose to just about every speed setup, often losing without a swing. Power rage builds often did the same thing. I notice that Sly Stallone often demolishes 2H glads in the arena before they get to swing. It seems silly to do so with a speed 1.45 weapon and equal agility to opponents (such as supersonic hate)
I tried out Elaar to try and lose some of the initiative penalty, but still had the same problem. I would sometimes get a swing in, but not often. I cant say I noticed any reduction in crit effects either.
Ok, cool. lets try Human and maybe the extra health will help him live a little longer. nope. In fact I had the worst results on this.
Fine, Sniveler it is. Bit of initiative on war glads, bit of a moot point, but how about ragers? nope. still losing to power rage dunders with lower agility w/o swinging. still no hope vs speed builds.
Basically, My gripe is thus: 2H seems to just flounder currently because it often cant get a swing in. even when switching to sniveler to try and negate the initiative penalty to 2H weapons, they rarely swing, and I feel as if the initiative boost just is too low, or the penalty of 2H weapons is too great.
I know there are initiative rolls and such, but it seems silly that a sniveler with higher stats across the board still doesnt get a swing in vs a dunder with a speed 1.65 and speed 1.45 mace. Similar stuff happens against mace weilding dunder theatrics, which is annoying as hell, but they atleast have Counter Attack for me to attribute theatrics voodoo too. At least when my opponent is using a pair of epees or daggers i can agree with not getting a swing in.
Anyway, I may just have to swap my last remaining 2H glad to be DW like all the others. It feels dirty to think that though