Dark Age of Camelot Grab Bag Q&A

Mythic Entertainment's Joanne Laroche has added yet another entry to the long-running Dark Age of Camelot Grab Bag Q&A series on the Camelot Herald.
Q) I have a level 50 mercenary spec'd in dual wield and slash. I recently obtained a weapon called a Witch Blade from one of the relic encounters on Gaheris. Upon equipping this weapon on my mercenary I realized the +3 to all melee skills did not affect dual wield only the other weapon skills such as slash, crush etc. So my question is the + to melee weapon skills not intended to affect dual wield?

A) Correct, +all melee affects base weapon skills, but does not affect Critical Strikes, Dual Wield, Left Axe or Celtic Dual.

Additionally, the +all melee gem in spellcrafting will also not affect Critical Strikes, Dual Wield, Left Axe or Celtic Dual.