Just a quick question about duel casting. will you level up faster if you duel cast a destruction spell as oppose to only using one hand. Thanks

I think so. It counts as two spells. (verification needed, I can't be too sure)

In the case of destruction yes, so long as your hitting the target, the xp is based on how much damage you do.

You can't duel cast at all. At least not without mods.

Huh?

What kind of Skyrim are you playing...

Its a joke duel/dual. I usually take misspellings/homonyms (on the internet) in stride nowadays so i didnt even notice it at first either

But there are mages who challenge you to magic duels.

Unless you're at maybe the tail-end of the game with some leftover Perk points, putting a Perk into Destruction Dual Casting is kind of a waste unless you're similar to me and want to run around spouting flames at people and shouting I'M THE QUEEN OF EVERYTHING.

Nah but seriously, the Destruction Dual Casting perk devours your magicka. It's about ten percent more damage with 40% more magicka consumption. Unless you're going to figure Impact heavily into your fighting, I'd just pass on it.

This

First off he might actually mean Dual casting like say the same as dual wielding, ie casting a spell in each hand. Secondly its a 20% boost in damage over simply casting a spell in each hand.(and if you have a lot of cost reducers the extra magicka cost is slim to nothing.) You at least remembered the main point of dual casting is to take advantage of the impact perk.

If you plan on using destruction as an offensive weapon you take dual casting and impact period. If your just trying to level destruction then you can just cast a spell in each hand which is probably what he's asking.

This actually.

Impact is SO powerful of a tool to have for such a small investment. I have it for my nightblade. Whenever I need a stun-lock, I put away the sword and I throw some dual-impacts. They take so long to recover I can pull the blade and finish.
What I am saying is just the occasional use is worth the perk, just having a stun-lock ability at a moments notice is very powerful.

That wouldn't require a mod though, which would mean he wasn't joking, and I doubt he was being serious.

Firstly, if he was just trying to level it, the point still stands in that taking DC is not a terribly good idea since it eats magic. Could just do as you said and just spam Flames or something on someone essential and it's cost less magicka. As for the actual usefulness of Dual Casting, while magicka regen and Fortify Destruction stuff does factor in, unless you're covered in six pieces of Fortify Destruction/Improve Magicka Regen stuff that's maxed out, it's usually not so beneficial to dual cast Destruction past the lower levels unless you're REALLY into Destruction. Which is totes fine if you are, just strikes me as a bit bland once you get past the initial jolt of setting everything on fire.
You could also just use Ice Form shout, then they're frozen solid and even if you attack and break them free, they take a while to get back up.

Dual. The word is Dual.

From Merriam Webster's Dictionary:

As opposed to duel:

Dual casting. Dual. Not duel.
Just because it passes spell check, doesn't mean it's the write word.

Is that what you think he meant? Really?