Quote Originally Posted by Vorpodu View Post
3x shield use is more than doable pre cap. Just don't train dodge. You don't need it. Especially triple shield use, tower shield mastery and block mastery. I will second the 30 ranks ambush and 2x CM, 1x perception before even worrying about MoC too much. Train enough to get a 3 unfocused swing and then forget about it a while. Focused mstrike isnt that great. Use the extra points to also triple armor to get in full plate asap. I also recommend using CMAN points for SBASH instead of SHIELD points. There are far too many good shield maneuvers. Open ambushing is where the money is when you're sword and board.
Yeah, I was always in the 1x dodge camp. Also was well post-cap and long since 3x shields by the time Shield Maneuvers came out. I may well have done things differently if shield maneuvers had been a thing back then.

I've always found CMAN points a lot tighter than shield points, personally. I suppose its up to what maneuvers you like/use.