[aramil001]

Honestly empowering Slice and Dice is a complete waste you have 2 other weapons that can benefit from power hit. You don't want to be attacking enemies with a 1 hander the only time you should be really using a 1 hander is when you are tanking (Even then Mages and Archers will be doing the damage for you) otherwise 2 hander and Axe are easily better.

I solo a lot, so I sometimes use 1 hander, or axe, so when I feel like dealing damage, I switch to the axe, if I feel more def, I switch to the 1 hander. More options that way.