1H vs 2H
When it comes to maximizing your potential, with full enchants and consumable dual wielding wins, and you would have 2 procs of enchants instead of 1.
What happens at later stages of the game is that the 2handed weapons have more raw stats and with that they pull ahead. For specific situations or item level gaps, sim your character’s options with Raidbot’s Top Gear Tool.
Early sims and quick math show that the difference between 2 handed weapons and dual wielding should play out roughly the same way it did in Shadowlands.
In short, dual wielding started ahead by roughly 3% (with full enchants and consumables) early in the expansion and was eventually overtaken by 2 handed weapons as item levels hit a certain point. For Shadowlands, this was early season 3 (patch 9.2) around item level 265.
For Dragonflight, the prediction is that the point where 2 handed weapons will start to pull ahead will be roughly around item level 450. This mostly happens because of very powerful enchants coming in Dragonflight.
For some deeper looks on this topic check the Peak of Serenity discord.
As always, the best way to tell what is best for your character is to use Raidbot’s Top Gear Tool for the most specific and accurate results.
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