With Drezen, being a low-level sword spec (albeit, with sick amounts of perfected and/or high-percentile skills) enabled me to be a group-killer. A flail spec, while possibly still able to do that, would have less staying power in a fight. <br> <br> <br>> Not only that, you can practice all the dagger specs you need once you entwine and assrape that guy with the etched dragonscales.