Avenging Crusader and 2H?

Classes Paladin
1

Still a lowbie here, so I’m not sure if there will be any 2H with Int, but the question remained: Will 2H be a better choice than 1h+shield if I’m going for the Avenging Crusader build, since 2H logically hits harder?

Then I looked at my Crusader Strike: With a 2H at ilvl 232 it deals 1698 damage, but with my 1H+Shield (ilvl 222+229) my CS deals 1986 damage, somehow 1H is dishing out more damage than 2H. Is it intended?

2

All ability damage is based on attack power/spell power now, weapon damage only matters for auto attacks.

3

So 2H is in fact worse than 1H for Avenging Crusader build then? Since healing coming from AC is based on CS.