Duel Wield: Dagger Main Hand; Anyone else do this?

[ScottieK]

I was just wondering if any other barbs on the forums use a dagger in main hand?
I use dagger in main hand and mace in offhand.

I've finished inferno

Edit:
Actually discovered Sprint tornado damage alternates which hand it is from, thought it was just from main hand attack speed!
So back to main hand mace, offhand dagger

[Unf]

Strange ;p Kripp said that lowest asi and higher dmg weapon should be in main hand and lowest dps but higher asi in off ;p

[ScottieK]

Well I know it depends what skills you are using :P
Just wondering if anyone else's build involves this setup.

[lanceuppercut]

I dagger! Both hands actually, I'm addicted to the speed!

[Spankalot]

Strange ;p Kripp said that lowest asi and higher dmg weapon should be in main hand and lowest dps but higher asi in off ;p

That's a rule that only really holds for the WW build.

I DWed with a dagger and sword through inferno, was pretty fun. However I feel that the weaponmaster boost for axes/maces is so much superior to the inherent IAS and weaponmaster damage boost for daggers that I gave it up.

[edistotiger]

I prefer a socketed mace/axe for crit and crit damage, but it depends on what build you are using.

[viledevil]

which skills only use the main hand damage? just ww tornado?

[VagrantKing]

I main-hand dagger with 10ias boost. That is 1.65 attack speed tornados!

If you compare that to slow 1.2 attack speed Maces, you will definitely see a difference in numbers popping up.

more hits, less crits -> Dagger
less hits, more crits -> Mace/axe

One thing that I see might tip the favor for daggers is that the fact that having a faster attack means better LOH!

@viledevil Sprint Tornados use mainhand damage and attack speed. I believe WW alternates main and offhand damage. There are a few other skills that use mainhand damage but I don't know them offhand.

[viledevil]

ya i'm trying to see what other skills i can use a weaker offhand dmg weapon with good mods with - if someone does know which other skills only use mainhand please let me know (i presume things like earthquake and similar skills...)

[Spankalot]

Quite a lot of skills alternate which weapon they use, so I'm not sure if having a sweet mainhand and a retarded offhand is a great idea in the long run, since eventually people will want to diversify from the nado build (especially after the balancing patch, if blizzard do it decently).