Im trying out an orc using Two handed weapons and blocking with two handed weapons. I started out with a 20 in block, and i accessed the warrior stone. I just tried clearing out a bandit cave and noticed that its taking insanely long to increase my block. Ive been blocking frequently and noticed it only increases a fraction, despite being well rested and having warrior stone. I know blocking stops more damage if using a shield, but is leveling block with a shield also faster?? Its getting annoying that my two handed skill is the only thing leveling up quickly in combat. It seems ill have to block around 50-100 times to level it up

From my experience blocking with a shield gives much more exp.

That kinda svcks for you 2-hand users :/
The only time I block with weapons is during a role-playing part where I like my ranger character to have only a 1-hand sword and bow.

Does bashing affect exp gained in block? If so, that would help making block training less repetitive. Probably not less time-consuming, though.

All i know is that 2 handers gives up a ton of useful stuff. Yes, damage output is great, but its taking almost double if not triple the amount of time to level up blocking. I may just start a new character now

You could try using a shield for awhile, switch from your two handed weapon to a shield and one handed weapon from time to time.

I would, but i want to focus on only 5 skills: two handed, block, heavy armor, archery and smithing. I dont want to take awAy from my two handed leveling at all