Online:Dual Wield

Progression

								2								Flurry
								4								Twin Slashes
Slaughter I								5
Dual Wield Expert I								10
								14								Whirlwind
Dual Wield Expert II								17
								20								Blade Cloak
Controlled Fury I								25
Ruffian I								28
Slaughter II								30
Controlled Fury II								34
								38								Hidden Blade
Twin Blade and Blunt I								41
Ruffian II								46
Twin Blade and Blunt II								50								Lacerate

Traveling Knife

Dual Wield is one of the six weapon skills available in Elder Scrolls Online. You can advance through this skill line by equipping two One-Handed weapons.

Learning

The Dual Wield skill line is granted the first time you kill an enemy with two weapons equipped. You can increase your skill by engaging in combat with two weapons equipped, or by having Dual Wield skills slotted. The more skills you have slotted, the faster your skill will increase. Dark Elves are naturally gifted at Dual Wielding, and will learn the ability more quickly than other races. In addition, you can earn free levels in the skill line by reading Skill Books, which may be found randomly on bookshelves anywhere. The skill books which increase Dual Wield are:

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Skill Perks

Dual Wield has an associated skill line that is revealed through use of a One-Handed weapon in each hand. Known abilities are listed below.

Notes

• The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50 160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 12000, Max Health 16000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1000. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.

Ultimate Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost of Ultimate.

	Name	Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Lacerate	50	0.5 seconds		Area	–	8 meters	8 seconds	150 Ultimate
		Slash enemies in front of you, causing them to bleed for [18441 / 18641 / 18841 / 19047] Bleed Damage over 8 seconds and healing you for 50% of the damage done. Each tick applies the Hemorrhaging status effect.
				Rend	Increases the duration. Duration: 16 seconds. Slash enemies in front of you, causing them to bleed for [34300 / 34674 / 35059 / 35426] Bleed Damage over 16 seconds and healing you for 50% of the damage done. Each tick applies the Hemorrhaging status effect.
				Thrive in Chaos	Converts into a conal attack. Each enemy hit increases your damage done. Radius: 15 meters, Target: Cone. Slash enemies in front of you, causing them to bleed for 19056 Bleed Damage over 8 seconds and healing you for 50% of the damage done. Each enemy hit increases your damage done by [3 / 4 / 5 / 6]% for 15 seconds. This effect can stack up to 6 times. Each tick applies the Hemorrhaging status effect.

Active Abilities

These abilities must be activated manually, while two one-handed weapons are equipped, for a cost.

Name		Line Rank	Cast Time		Target	Range	Radius	Duration	Cost
	Flurry	2			Enemy	7 meters	–	–	2700 Stamina
		Flood an enemy with steel, battering them with four consecutive attacks that each deal [1767 / 1787 / 1806 / 1826] Physical Damage.
				Rapid Strikes	Reduces the cost and each hit increases the damage of the subsequent hit. Cost: 2430 Stamina. Flood an enemy with steel, battering them with four consecutive attacks that each deal [1825 / 1844 / 1865 / 1884] Physical Damage. Each hit increases the damage of the subsequent hit by 5%.
				Bloodthirst	Converts into Bleed Damage and heals you for a percentage of the damage caused. Flood an enemy with steel, battering them with four consecutive attacks that each deal [1825 / 1844 / 1865 / 1884] Bleed Damage and heal you for 33% of the damage caused.
	Twin Slashes	4	Instant		Enemy	7 meters	–	20 seconds	2700 Stamina
		Slice an enemy with both weapons to cause deep lacerations, dealing [1536 / 1553 / 1570 / 1586] Bleed Damage with each weapon and causing them to bleed for an additional [9227 / 9320 / 9424 / 9525] Bleed Damage over 20 seconds.
				Rending Slashes	Increases the initial damage, applies the Hemorrhaging status effect, and reduces the enemy's Movement Speed. Slice an enemy with both weapons to cause deep lacerations, dealing [1906 / 1926 / 1947 / 1968] Bleed Damage with each weapon and causing them to bleed for an additional 9531 Bleed Damage over 20 seconds. Enemies hit by the initial hit are afflicted with the Hemorrhaging status effect. You also reduce their Movement Speed by 30% for 4 seconds.
				Blood Craze	Whenever an enemy is damaged from the attack you are healed. Slice an enemy with both weapons to cause deep lacerations, dealing 1588 Bleed Damage with each weapon and causing them to bleed for an additional 9531 Bleed Damage over 20 seconds. You heal for [953 / 963 / 974 / 984] Health anytime this ability deals damage.
	Whirlwind	14	Instant		Area	–	6 meters	–	3510 Stamina
		Launch yourself into a lethal spin, dealing [4610 / 4660 / 4711 / 4761] Physical Damage to nearby enemies.
				Whirling Blades	Ability deals more damage the less Health enemies have. Launch yourself into a lethal spin, dealing [4765 / 4816 / 4869 / 4921] Physical Damage to nearby enemies. Deals up to 100% more damage to enemies with less than 50% Health.
				Steel Tornado	Increases the radius. Reduces cost as ability ranks up. Cost: [3510 / 3420 / 3330 / 3240] Stamina, Radius: 9 meters. Launch yourself into a lethal spin, releasing a flurry of blades around you that deals 4765 Physical Damage to nearby enemies.
	Blade Cloak	20	Instant		Area	–	5 meters	20 seconds	3780 Stamina
		Envelop yourself in a protective cloak of razors, gaining Major Evasion for 20 seconds, reducing damage from area attacks by 20%. Every 2 seconds the shrapnel will pulse, dealing [1118 / 1130 / 1143 / 1155] Physical Damage to all enemies within 5 meters.
				Quick Cloak	Increases duration and grants Major Expedition for a short duration after casting. Duration: [24 / 26 / 28 / 30] seconds. Envelop yourself in a protective cloak of razors, gaining Major Evasion for [24 / 26 / 28 / 30] seconds, reducing damage from area attacks by 20%. Every 2 seconds the shrapnel will pulse, dealing 1154 Physical Damage to all enemies within 5 meters. You also gain Major Expedition for 4 seconds, increasing your Movement Speed by 30%.
				Deadly Cloak	Increases the damage done. Envelop yourself in a protective cloak of razors, gaining Major Evasion for 20 seconds, reducing damage from area attacks by 20%. Every 2 seconds the shrapnel will pulse, dealing [1501 / 1516 / 1534 / 1550] Physical Damage to all enemies within 5 meters.
	Hidden Blade	38	Instant		Enemy	22 meters	–	–	3780 Stamina
		Fire a secret dagger from your sleeve at an enemy, dealing [3688 / 3728 / 3768 / 3809] Physical Damage and granting you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds. If the enemy hit is casting an ability they are interrupted, set Off Balance, and stunned for 3 seconds.
				Shrouded Daggers	Increases the damage, and the dagger now bounces up to a total of three times. Area: 8 meters. Fire a secret dagger from your sleeve that bounces up to 3 times to nearby enemies, dealing [4765 / 4816 / 4869 / 4921] Physical Damage per hit. If enemies hit are casting they are interrupted, set Off Balance, and stunned for 3 seconds. You also gain Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 20 seconds.
				Flying Blade	Casting the ability again against the same target causes you to jump to them. Extends the duration of Major Brutality and Sorcery. Fire a secret dagger from your sleeve at an enemy, dealing [3811 / 3853 / 3895 / 3936] Physical Damage and marking them for 5 seconds. If the enemy hit is casting an ability they are interrupted, set Off Balance, and stunned for 3 seconds. Reactivating this ability on them allows you to jump to a marked enemy free of cost, dealing [5716 / 5779 / 5842 / 5905] Physical Damage. Casting grants you Major Brutality and Sorcery, increasing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 20% for 40 seconds.

Weapon Sets

These sets add effects to abilities.

Ability Name		Weapon set name	Description
	Flurry	Cruel Flurry	2 items: When you deal damage with Flurry, your single target damage over time abilities used within 4 seconds gain 39-1690 Weapon and Spell Damage.
		Perfected Cruel Flurry	2 perfected items: Adds 2-103 Weapon and Spell Damage 2 items: When you deal damage with Flurry, your single target damage over time abilities used within 4 seconds gain 39-1690 Weapon and Spell Damage.
	Twin Slashes	Stinging Slashes	2 items: Twin Slashes deals 209 more damage for each hit of the initial attack and bleed. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.
		Perfected Stinging Slashes	2 perfected items: Adds 12-526 Critical Chance 2 items: Twin Slashes deals 209 more damage for each hit of the initial attack and bleed. This effect scales off the higher of your Weapon and Spell Damage.
	Whirlwind	Chaotic Whirlwind	2 items: When you cast Whirlwind while in combat, you gain a stack of Chaotic Whirlwind for 5 seconds, granting you 5% Movement Speed per stack, up to a maximum of 5 times. While Chaotic Whirlwind is active, you gain 6 Weapon and Spell Damage for every 1% bonus Movement Speed you have, up to a maximum of 450. At 5 stacks, the duration doubles but cannot be refreshed.
		Perfected Chaotic Whirlwind	2 perfected items: Adds 12-526 Critical Chance 2 items: When you cast Whirlwind while in combat, you gain a stack of Chaotic Whirlwind for 5 seconds, granting you 5% Movement Speed per stack, up to a maximum of 5 times. While Chaotic Whirlwind is active, you gain 6 Weapon and Spell Damage for every 1% bonus Movement Speed you have, up to a maximum of 450. At 5 stacks, the duration doubles but cannot be refreshed.
	Blade Cloak	Spectral Cloak	2 items: Activating Blade Cloak while in combat allows you to gain Spectral Cloak whenever Blade Cloak deals damage for 2 seconds, reducing your damage taken and increasing your damage done by 6%.
		Perfected Spectral Cloak	2 perfected items: Adds 2-103 Stamina Recovery 2 items: Activating Blade Cloak while in combat allows you to gain Spectral Cloak whenever Blade Cloak deals damage for 2 seconds, reducing your damage taken and increasing your damage done by 6%.
	Hidden Blade	Executioner's Blade	2 items: Hidden Blade deals up to 250% more damage to targets under 100% Health when you are standing behind them. Restores 1890 Stamina if the target was below 50% Health.
		Perfected Executioner's Blade	2 perfected items: Adds 12-526 Critical Chance 2 items: Hidden Blade deals up to 250% more damage to targets under 100% Health when you are standing behind them. Restores 1890 Stamina if the target was below 50% Health.

Passive Abilities

Passive abilities are active all the time, so long as two one-handed weapons are equipped.

Name		Line Rank	Skill Rank	Description
	Slaughter	5		(WHILE DUAL WIELDING) Increases damage with Dual Wield abilities by 10% against enemies with under 25% Health.
		30		(WHILE DUAL WIELDING) Increases damage with Dual Wield abilities by 20% against enemies with under 25% Health.
	Dual Wield Expert	10		(WHILE DUAL WIELDING) Increases Weapon and Spell Damage by 3% of off-hand weapon's damage.
		17		(WHILE DUAL WIELDING) Increases Weapon and Spell Damage by 6% of off-hand weapon's damage.
	Controlled Fury	25		(WHILE DUAL WIELDING) Reduces the Stamina cost of Dual Wield abilities by 7%.
		34		(WHILE DUAL WIELDING) Reduces the Stamina cost of Dual Wield abilities by 15%.
	Ruffian	28		(WHILE USING DUAL WIELDING ATTACKS) Gives you an 8% damage bonus when attacking stunned, immobilized, or silenced enemies.
		46		(WHILE USING DUAL WIELDING ATTACKS) Gives you a 15% damage bonus when attacking stunned, immobilized, or silenced enemies.
	Twin Blade and Blunt	41		(WHILE DUAL WIELDING) Grants a bonus based on the type of weapon equipped: Each axe increases your Critical Damage done by 3%. Each mace increases your Offensive Penetration by 743. Each sword increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 64. Each dagger increases your Critical Chance rating by 328.
		50		(WHILE DUAL WIELDING) Grants a bonus based on the type of weapon equipped: Each axe increases your Critical Damage done by 6%. Each mace increases your Offensive Penetration by 1487. Each sword increases your Weapon and Spell Damage by 129. Each dagger increases your Critical Chance rating by 657.