I'd go with just a 1 handed weapon and a lot of EP, Pots give you more of an advantage than both Bushido AND using a shield.

bush is great with archery i would never use it to melee unless i wanted to be a pinyata

Maybe I should be asking this in the warrior forum?

is your chance to parry/hit better with parry/shield or parry/bushido? Anybody have the numbers for one vs. the other? Bushido obviously has other bonuses, like perfection & LS.

currently, I'm using a katana (I don't think it's a great katana) so I'm one handed for easy pot access. I'm using chiv too, so it's normally enemy of one, consecrate weapon, honor the enemy, lighting strike. Is that a pretty normal strategy? I don't feel like a pinata, but I'm only fighting earth ele's(Shame was the only rune I had on this character when I logged in, and I haven't come across any dungeon/spot runebooks), and they're dropping with two or 3 hits.

That's pretty much the MO.

As long as your leeching enough mana/killing fast enough to get perfection boost and keep up with mana consumption you're good to go.

I know ornate axes used to be real popular with folks running vamp/sammys, of course you need high SSI and ML on the axe. I believe I read on one of the forums that with bushido & parry it is best to use a two-handed weapon, I think you actually lose some of your advantage with the shield (but I'm not posative, it's been awhile so that could be out-dated...).

Ive gotten a little confused with what ive read in this post, can someone help me out a bit?

What would my possibilities be to block in the following situations then?
1- 120bush+120parry (one handed sword+shield)
2- 120bush+120 parry (two weapons (those double wielding things one in each hand))
3- 120bush+120parry (two handed weapon (only one weapon))
4- 0bush+120parry (one handed sword+shield)
5- 120bush+0parry (two weapons (those double wielding things one in each hand))
6- 120bush+0parry (two handed weapon (only one weapon))

Also I have doubts about something that was mentioned about parrying skill needed to cast bushido spells, is that true? How does tactics effect bushido spells?

This is from stratics so I'll make the disclaimer that it may be out-dated: parrying calculator

No you don't need parry to cast bushido spells, but most of the bushido spells do compliment parrying...cept lighting strike

Regards,

Havok

I used the calculator and set 120parry, 120bushido, and 125 dex... and got these results:

Chance of blocking with a shield: 5%
Chance of blocking with a 1-handed weapon: 35%
Chance of blocking with a 2-handed weapon: 40%

Does that mean I will have the same chances to block with a two handed weapon than with a sword+shield?
5%shield + 35%one_handed_weapon = 40%... just like i would with 2hander?
Am I interpreting the results of the calculator correctly?

NO! You will block 5% of the time with a weapon and a shield.

You will block 35% of the time with a one handed weap and no shield.

You will block 40% of the time with a two handed weapon.

When using bush and parry together, YOU DO NOT WANT TO USE A SHIELD. Let me make that clear...YOU DO NOT WANT TO USE A SHIELD! Using a shield KILLS your ability to parry.

Do double weilding weapons (those that you hold 2, one in each hand) count the same as a two handed handed weapon?

What two handed arty (or double wield arty) do you recomend?

(im a swordsman)