Best way to go? Brandish vs AC?

Well, leaving Brandish at level 1 isn't gonna help......so.

Anyways, just go 2 Brandish, 1 AC every time you level. 21 Brandish seems like a good threshhold to me before dumping your SP you earned in later levels into AC.

this is bad advice coming from someone who isnt a hero...

as stereo and felix said, max brandish first because it gives a higher per point increase.

if you are ever in the situation where you gain 2 levels at once and so have 6 spare points, get to the next orb in AC. you deal more % by several points when you have the option of dumping 6 points, if you get the jump to another orb. it really is insignificant though, since you wont be skipping any levels at 125+ unless youre a stupid leecher.