

Being able to defend against multiple opponents being obvious what it lends itself to. A faster attack speed for example would lend itself to finishing your opponent quickly by overwhelming them with a fast and powerful attack, it's essentially them deciding to go on the complete offense, and therefore yes in some ways, step it up a gear. I think when a duellist pulls out two blades, its to play to either one of these strengths or both. Two advantages of dual wielding are that it allows you to attack twice as fast, theoretically, and it's more effective against multiple opponents, because you can attack one opponent and block another at the same time. But I'll admit dual wielding is cool and very effective. That tells me that single blade is still probably the way to go. Dual wielding was more a product of their skill than the cause of their victory imo and note that a lot of these people know dual wielding but willing choose to use a single blade on a regular basis despite having more than enough ability to utilize two blades all the time. In the fights you list, do note that the winner was typically decided by the skill level of the participants. However, the problems still exist and someone with a single sword has their own advantages. Now there are of course great advantages to dual wielding, especially since the force can help mitigate a lot of these problems.


