Willbender or Dragonhunter for pistol/pistol?

[Terimac.5871]

Hello,

Im about to unlock either WB or DH, but with pistol/pistol in mind, which spec would be best suited for those weapons, no matter how they would play out?

Thanks! 😼

[Psycoprophet.8107]

Ull probably have both unlocked by time the weapons release.

[DeanBB.4268]

Magic 8 Ball says... Reply hazy, try again 🙂

One would think a ranged specialization, but who knows?

[draxynnic.3719]

Intuitively, DH is probably better suited for ranged, but that might fall down if pistols turn out to be condi-based as some people are hoping for (DH isn't very good for conditions). Furthermore, the main thing that would push a WB into melee is Rushing Justice (the F1), and with a willbender you might be able to use Flash Combo or Roiling Light to use that into a "get in, deliver the flames, get out" combo. So I'd probably consider WB the safer bet overall, if you already have FB.

[Saiyan.1704]

[PvP]

(Pistol Power vs Pistol Condi)
If mainhand Pistol has a shadowstep then it will either replace mainhand sword, or complement it as an excellent utility weaponset that's better than Scepter/X. Perhaps not better than Scepter#2 power damage and definitely not better than GS damage.

The most likely scenario though is Pistol/Pistol being a ranged condi version of Sword/Sword with a Power coefficient being 3/4 that of Sword/Sword, with condi making up a 1/4 of damage. Maybe a high condi coefficient (hopefully for them condi guards taking side-nodes).

[in Rank queue]
I'm not 100% convinced that Condi Guard will be a thing compared to power Pistol/Pistol but fingers crossed that we'll get a new side-node condi/power variant that can actually 1v1 things. Similar to side-node condi P/P Thief except not as efficient because DH no longer has stealth/superspeed lol.... There's so many reason why Condi Guard Pistol/Pistol can be Dead on Arrival in PvP.

[Eekasqueak.7850]

I'm gonna try it with FB first most likely if it's a condi weapon.