This skill allows the player to use a second one-handed weapon in his/her offhand in addition to using a one-handed weapon in his/her primary hand in combat.

Note: Bastard Swords fall under the Two Handed Bladed skill, and so can not be used with the Dual Wield skill. An offhand weapon may be used to block physical damage in melee, and may be coupled with the Weapon Damage skill to gain additional damage to the offhand attack.

All skills which enhance the offhand must be purchased separately from and in addition to the primary hand skills and

in the typical order.

Example: If a player has One Handed Bladed weapons skill and Dual Wield Fighting Style, they would purchase their Weapon Damage, Strikes and such separately for both hands.

So, you could see a Warrior with +5 Weapon Damage (Right), two Parries (Right), one Critical Strike (Right), +2 Weapon

Damage (Left), and a Parry (Left) Strength, Affinities, Backstab Damage and Sneak Attacks may be applied to the offhand weapon normally.

Certain races, professions, and prestige groups may couple this skill with the Weapon Damage (Both) skill to apply their

primary hand’s Weapon Damage skills to both hands and their other combat skills to either hand. These races are Elves,

Eldar, and Jal’Khandian. The Rogue and Duelist professions may as well, along with members of the Order of the Azure Rose prestige group.