Warrior/Smiting Monk: Wep Choices?

[Aver]

Well, I have finally gotten my RP character up to the point where he can finally PVP. As a smiting warrior/monk I'm trying to decide what weapon would be most combat effective. As of right now I have 11 points in swords, 10 in strength, and 10 in smiting prayers. I'm wondering if another weapon choice would work better in PVP since I have no tactics to take advantage of shield defense. Any comments would help :D

[Anubit]

What strenght skills do you use...i asume berserker stance for fast dmg...any other?

i would use the skills judges insight and/or strength of honor since you are a smiting warrior. i like the sword the best for my warriors, because it has a fast attack which helps you to gain adrenaline quickly. id make sure to wear a shield too and only switch up to a wand if needing the energy. without points into tactics you wont have many defensive skills, but you will have sprint and in many cases you can use sprint as a defense to escape out of range

[Spux]

I'd reccomend sword or axe. Sword is better for damage, while axe is better for doing good damage and putting conditions on targets. Since both have the same attack speed you'll get the same effcts of the spells on both weps.

There are shields that have a Strength requirement instead of Tactics.

You could also use a Protective Icon with as much as +12 Energy and +30 Health, it just won't have the 16 AL (armor level) that a shield can have.

The defense from a shield is a nice bonus, it's added to each part of your body when damage taken is calculated based upon where you were hit.

[Spux]

shield is not included if you are hit from behind though.

[Litebringer]

i would use srength of honour and judges insight for an axe or sword warriro but im trying out using only judes insight on my hammer warrior for holy damage + armor penetration so throw in some extra dmg, thouhg im not sure how it'll turn out