Dual wield wands or shield?

So i'm having a bit of a mindgap here, and can't decide what would be the way forward..
I'm trying to figure out what's the best "endgame" way to go in regards to dualwield or go with a shield?
Any ideas around this topic?

I think it really depends on you build, playstyle and gear. If you use totems or minions and tend to be in the back not taking many hits you might be able to get away with dual wands. If you run up and spam freezing pulse in everyones face you are probably gonna take some hits and might not fare so well without a shield. Or if your gear is good enough you might not need the ES from a shield. You also have to actually have a wand that is good enough to be worth losing your shield.

I would think though that a lot of people would like to end up dual wielding but I don't think it's something you should force. I mean killing faster doesn't help much if all that extra XP from mowing things down in half a second gets erased by dying.

So basically, if you can get away with dualwielding go for it. But it's not worth dying for.

Sounds fair enough i guess..i'm really after the faster attackspeed but on the other hand..ES is pretty nice..and i think that 3 aps is probably easily reachable in around lvl 70ish..

How much EXP does one lose in the later difficulties?

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CeloxNex wrote:

How much EXP does one lose in the later difficulties?

20% of your current level on the highest difficulty. Each little "bubble" of your XP bar is 5% so you lose 4 of those "bubbles". If you don't put some thought into your defenses expect to have a bad time.

Excellent, reminds me of the Old School EQ penalties without a rezz....