Blunt is Weak Part: 2

So, taking my toon up from 1 o 42 has been quite the experience with blunt.

Im finally starting to hit stuff for the first time.

I spent lvl 1-40 basically in auto attack missing mobs 90% of the time with the skills Im using.

(Im away from my computer so I dont have exacts)

Example:

Blunt: 75
Crushing Blow: 60
Knock Down: 50
Stunner: 40
(the two under stunner): 25

I can literally sit in front of a yellow con mob with auto attack on and miss 90% of the time and if I do hit them, it was for ~3HP a swing. Imagine sitting in front of a mob with 30 hp and Im out of focus relying on auto attack and I cant even take HP down at all.

On the flip side, I also used the earth spell stone fist (lvl 60 now) and smack the crud out of mobs, even from lvl 1.

What ends up happening is that I can only kill the mobs with stone fist, all blunt skills are worthless. From lvl 1-40 my stone fist spell hits almost every single cast for great hp yet blunt doesn't hit at all, almost worthless.

Now, starting at lvl 40 I crossed some threshold where blunt attacks are now finally hitting (critting great with the bonus of a copper wep).

End of story; blunt from lvl 0-40 is worthless.

 

tried increasing dex? that efffects hit rate

 

I love bludgeon. Chained stunning on mobs is fun. If you miss alot, I would say try increase the dex. Since bludgeon weapons tend to be slow, if you miss alot, you will deal less damage compare to blade and others.

 

Lock everything and train distract to 20, then lock that and train dex.

 

just noticed this in air magic stun post - dex also effects stun - not sure if this increases blunt stuns.

 

I'm actually running bludgeons now, and I'll try and take note if it works for those stuns, or if it's str instead.

 

I agree that the basic bludgeon attack is basically useless to 40. The glyphs are what I use to kill as there is really no point in swinging it seems. Not tried any other weapon to compare yet.

I use free attack btw. Either miss 70% or hit for 3 to 9. Glyphs usually do 20 to 25. All bludgeon at 40.

 

My train dex was being worked on up to adv lvl 40. As soon as I could learn it, It was on raise. Dex wasn't the issue. At adv level 48 now, my dex just hit 40.

What you guys say about dex is absolutly true, but by adv level 40, your dex is not going to get high... which is again a subset of blunt being weak under 40.

 

My only other idea is the dex buff skill in the air tree - that and dex equip.

have to say the hit problem in melee isn't restricted to blunt , I'm having the same trouble with polearms.