Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-27384850-20170325162820

Equipment is irrelevant, the question was about who was the superior fighter, not who would win. Having better equipment does not make someone a superior fighter, it just means they have better gear.

I repeat: if using two swords to perform the actions you've described is so easy, why don't more people dual wield? If it were so simple, we should have seen more players dual wielding, especially in the original ALO where there were no Sword Skills.

And no, Kirito did not use one sword to defend and the other to attack against Eugene, he couldn't due to the Ethereal Shift ability of Eugene's sword. It is also very clearly stated in v3 that using two swords properly is difficult to the point of being impractical and disadvantageous, even in VR.

Kirito also only avoided the use of Sword Skills in his second duel against Heathcliff, and during that time Kirito very clearly notes that Heathcliff knows what he's doing and is simply toying with him. Using two swords was not beneficial in the slightest during that fight.