Chapter 52 – Wind Blade
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[Combo]s are continuous attacks that force the opponent to be unable to retaliate or block it and it is performed like a single attack. For example Yan Zhao’s [Peerless Strike], is composed of a Stab+Slash+Slash+Kick+Hack. In these 5 continuous strikes, the first four strikes only do 30% of one’s attack damage, but the last “Hack” does at least twice the damage of regular attacks. Therefore, the last strike of the combo will do over 50% of the combo’s damage.
This is also why I chose to try to make my combo with “Stab+Slash+Hack+Ram+Slash”. The fourth strike is “Ram”, so as long as that strike is successful, the opponent will be stunned for a short while. It doesn’t matter if the stun is as short as 0.1 seconds, it would be more than enough to finish the combo which is where the real strength of combos lie.
In ’s system, in order for a “Ram” to be successful, one must have more strength and attack damage than the opponent, which is calculated through Strength x 1.5 + Attack damage. So the fights of heavy armor classes, aren’t solely decided by strength but also decided by a good weapon.