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Skill used in melee fighting [[:Category:BeastiaryBestiary|animals]] and [[Tactics|other players]].

== Sub-skills Targeting==:* [[Weaponless fighting]] - Fighting without [[:Category:Weapons | weapons]] equiped.:* [[Aggressive fighting]] - Increases attack speed while sacrficing parry percentage and dodge rate.:* [[Defensive fighting]] - Increases dodge and parry rates while sacrificing attack speed:* [[Normal Fighting]] - A middle of the rode fighting style with no boosts or penalties to dodge, parry or attack speed.:* [[Skills:Taunting|Taunting]] - Attempting to taunt your opponent to attack you instead of your allies. :* [[Shield-Bashing]] - Knocking over your opponent with your shield. Higher skill in shield bash results in longer time opponent is disabled on ground. A combination of shield skill and shieldbash skill calculate chance to hit.[[:Category:Shields | Shield]]

== Weapons =={{:* [[:Category:Swords | Swords]] deal cutting and stabbing damage. Swords have the highest parry rate and do a moderate base damage before armor modifiers with a moderate speed.:* [[:Category:Axes | Axes]] Deal cutting damage. Axes do not parry so should be considered strongly for use with Aggressive fighting. Axes are the fastest weapon in its class and do the least damage before armor modifiers. :* [[:Category:Mauls | Mauls]] Deal bashing damage. Mauls recently have done the highest base damage of any weapon in its class before armor modifiers. In exchange for the high damage they parry less frequently then swords and have the slowest attack speed in class. <br>Target}}

== Armor Types Skills =='''Each armor type has a distinct a advantage and disadvantageThe value of the main fighting skill helps determine your [[combat rating]], henceforth CR. Skill is generally only gained on the death of an opponent.'''

:* [[:Category:Plate Armour|Plate Armour]] - Generally provides the highest base defense with large penalties The best way to speed. Wearing plate you will see a lower attack speed and a lower walking speed. It train fight skill is also important to realize by fighting opponents that the wieght of the plate suit further will limit are near your usefullness in combat A plate suit adds nearly 50kg of weightCR. Plate also has a defense bonus vs cutting. The equipment also has a penalty vs mauls causing higher damage to That way, the equipment when attacked with a maul.<br>:* [[:Category:Chain Armour|Chain Armour]] - Generally provides a middle of the ground base defense with moderate penalities to speed. The wearer skill you gain will walk moderately slower and have be far superior than training against a moderately slower attack speed. Chain armor offers creature that is either too strong for you or simply a defense bonus vs stabbing damage, whle the equipment itself recievesg extra damage from stabbingvery easy match. <br>:* [[:Category:Leather Armouranimal conditions|Leather Armour]] - Generally provides the least amount of base defense. However it also has the smallest penalties to attack speed Greenish, raging, angry, and walking speed. Leather Armor has defensive bonuses to bashing, while the equipment itself also gets extra damage from cutting. :* [[:Category:Studded Leather Armour|Studded Leather Armourchampion]] - Generally provides a moderate amount of base defense with similar penalities as leather Armor. Studded Leather Armor represents creatures are a good common ground between speed and reasonable defense though still less base defense then plate provides.<br>:* [[Cloth Armour]] - Offers little very effective way to no protection from any weapon class. This should not be used as armor vs any opponenttrain fighting.

== Shields ==: Shields have a percentage chance to block any melee attack, based on Fighting skill-level and class of shield, up to a maximum of 75%. :* [[Large shield]]s - Have the greatest base percentage to block with the highest penalty gain against weapon speed. while small the lowest however speed penalties are inverse. :* [[Small shield]]s non- Have the lowest penalty to weapon speed with the lowest base percentage to block.:* [[Medium shield]]s - A balance between speed and block percentage.:<br>'''''Shields should be wielded on your arm, not your handplayer creatures is slowed down at 70 skill.'''''

=== Fighting Key attributes sub-skills ===::* [[Body ControlWeaponless fighting]] - Helps with chance to Fighting without [[:Category:Weapons|weapons]] equipped (depends on weight of items being carried and type of armour); skill is gained when a kick or hitmessage is received.::* [[Aggressive fighting]] - Reduced defense, accuracy or attack speedbut increased offense. Best method to gain body control Damage is by enhanced. Two-handed weapons swing faster.::* [[Defensive fighting however smithing]] - Reduced offense, woodcutting but increased defense. Moving CR penalties are reduced. Parry and carpentry all offer good skill gaindodge rate is increased.::* [[Mind SpeedNormal fighting]] - Helps Defenses and offenses are weapons' defaults, scaled with chance skills and body stats.::* [[Taunting]] - Attempting to taunt your opponent to hit, accuracy or attack speed. Best method to gain Mind Speed is by fighting however yo-yoing also provides good skill gainyou instead of your allies.::* [[Body StrengthShield bashing]]- Helps Knocking over your opponent with damage per your [[:Category:Shields|shield]]. Higher skill in shield bash results in a longer time the opponent is disabled on ground. A combination of shield skill and shield bash skill calculate hit as well as chance. Shield bashing does some damage to walls per hitthe opponent. This results in a [[Stuns|stun]]. Best method Beware that this might take the attention of the enemy to gain strength is Minining however coal making, farming, digging all provide good skill gainthe person doing the shield bashing.

== Fighting rules/tips = Weapon skills ===Weapon skill affects the following::* If you get hit, you can start "hurting". That means you move slower.Damage dealt:* Armor slows down the wearer. Heavier armor also slows down the attack speed so light armor like leather has a lower attack speed penalty then steel which slows down your attack speed considerably.Swing timer:* Bigger numbers matter. Gang up on people.Stance availability and/or chance:* Moving while fighting gives a penalty to the hit odds to moving people, and a big penalty Chance to the parry odds. :* [[:Category:Tools Special move| ToolsSpecial moves]] and wooden items aren't good weapons.available

:* Use 'Spam Mode' to show missed blows or blows Swing timer is decreased by 1% for zero damage.:* Try not to fight while climbing.:* Higher every 10 skill levels of strength are a factor in how much damage you can deal out.:* Primary weapon should be wielded in the right hand, as the left hand attacks Weapon [[QL]] also affects everything listed except swing timer and parrys less often. :* Wielding a shield and weapon on the same arm causes the weapon not chance to be used. :* Certain Weapons are two-handedparry.

== Attacking An easy way to gain weapon skill with Bows ==:* See [[Archeryaxes]]and [[swords]] ([[longsword]] and [[huge sword]], respectively) is to cut trees down with [[woodcutting]] until 20 skill. This renders even the lowest skill fighter a fairly potent adversary to most common creatures in the Wurm universe, and offers some good [[body]] and woodcutting skill gain to boot.

== Attacking with Catapults/Siege Weapons Focus =={{:Focus}}

:* Fires 1 tile per wench.== Stances ==:* Can not be any closer than 10 tiles from While in combat, the player has the option to shift the target ojbect focus of their blows to different parts of the opponent's body using 'stances'. Blows to hitdifferent parts of the body may have different effects.:* Does not always hitFor example, aiming for the head of the opponent yields significantly more damage as well as a temporary decrease in [[mind logic]].:* Need 21 strength to useAiming for the feet or legs may also slow your opponent, etc.

While in autofight (button in the event window), the game will choose stances for you. However, at low skills, no stance options will be available to you. More stances will appear with a higher primary weapon skill.   You can bind stances to keys -see [[Client Key Bindings]]. == Special moves ==As your skill increases with your primary weapon, you will get the option to perform [[special moves]] in certain stances. One weapon type usually can perform about 6 special moves, most of which involve stunning the opponent or draining his stamina.  Special moves are kingdom dependent, so other kingdoms have other moves. Autofighting will try special moves when you have a high enough chance to use them. They use your normal to hit chance, so if you hit little it may not be worth trying a special move. You lose 1/10th of the stamina cost of the move if you fail.  You can bind special moves to keys, see [[Client Key Bindings]]. == Equipment ===== Weapons ===:* Primary weapon should be equipped in the right hand, as the left hand will attack less often. Left hand also does not parry at all. :* [[:Category:Swords | Swords]] deal cutting and piercing damage. Swords have a high parry rate and do medium damage.:* [[:Category:Axes | Axes]] deal cutting damage. Axes rarely parry, but deal the highest amount of base damage.:* [[:Category:Mauls | Mauls]] deal maul damage. Mauls have a medium parry rate and do medium-high damage. === Armour types ==='''Each armour type has a distinct advantage and disadvantage.'''  :* [[:Category:Cloth armour|Cloth armour]] -Offers minimal protection with high mobility. Cloth armour has the highest evasion rate of any armour type and can be used as an emergency bandage.:* [[:Category:Leather armour|Leather armour]] - Leather armour provides light defenses with medium-high mobility. Walking speed and evasion penalties are minimal.:* [[:Category:Studded leather armour|Studded leather armour]] - Studded leather armour provides a moderate amount of base defense with similar penalties as leather armour. Studded leather armour represents a good common ground between speed and defense. Studded leather armour has a mild evasion penalty. :* [[:Category:Chain armour|Chain armour]] - Chain armour provides good defense with a medium penalty to mobility. Evasion is moderately affected by chain armour.:* [[:Category:Plate armour|Plate armour]] - Plate armour provides the largest defense bonus of any armour crafted from metals, at the largest expense of mobility. Steel plate armour has base damage reduction equal to that of [[:Category:Drake hide armour|drake hide armour]]. Adamantine plate has damage reduction equal to [[:Category:dragon scale armour|Dragon scale armour]]. Glimmersteel and seryll plate has the highest base damage reduction in game. While plate can be made from other metals they all have less damage reduction than steel plate. === Special armour types ===:* [[:Category:Drake hide armour|Drake hide armour]] - The best [[leatherworking]] based armour existing in Wurm. Made from the hide of [[dragon]] hatchlings, its protection rating is similar to plate. Drake hide armour has a small penalty to walking speed and is very lightweight.:* [[:Category:dragon scale armour|Dragon scale armour]] - Dragon scale is the best armour available. Made out of the scales of a dragon (any color), this [[plate armour smithing]] based armour suffers only a very small movement penalty. However, this armour damages faster than any other in combat. === Shields ===: Shields have a percentage chance to block any melee attack, based on skill-level and class of shield. Additionally shields are effective against arrows when you are facing the archer. Wielding a shield and weapon on the left arm causes the weapon not to be used. Certain weapons are two-handed and will require that any shield be unequipped. There is no difference between wielding a wooden or metal shield. Shields used to affect swing timers, but this is no longer the case. :* [[Large shield]] - Greatest base percentage to block.:* [[Small shield]] - Lower base percentage to block, but much lighter.:* [[Medium shield]] - Middle ground between large and small.:<br>'''''Shields should be equipped on your arm, not your hand.'''''  == Fighting characteristics ==:* [[Body control]] - Helps with accuracy, dodging, and [[stealthing]]. [[Archery]], [[shields]], [[leatherworking]], [[smithing]], [[tailoring]], [[carpentry]] and subskills of these such as [[fletching]] offer good skill gains. Some weapon skills also offer Body Control gains.:* [[Body strength]] - Helps with damage per hit, and for taking less damage when hit. Good methods to gain Body Strength include [[mining]], [[smithing]], [[digging]], [[woodcutting]], [[farming]], [[butchering]], [[masonry]], and their subskills. [[Papyrusmaking]], [[coal-making]], and some weapon skills also increase Body Strength.:* [[Body stamina]] - Determines how long you can fight before running out of stamina. When you run out of stamina, you can not move or defend yourself against incoming attacks very well. Raised by [[woodcutting]], [[milling]], [[digging]], and [[mining]]. == Miscellaneous fighting rules/tips ==:* Using sleep bonus while fighting will not benefit fighting skill itself, the main skill, but will benefit subskills under the main fighting skill (such as defensive fighting) in addition to all other skills utilized during fighting.:* When you get hit, you will start "hurting". That means you move slower (30s duration).:* Bigger numbers matter. Gang up on people. Also, if multiple people start to attack you, its best to try to get some of them off you even if you severely outclass them.:* There is a flanking bonus to hit from the side or back. If you're outnumbered, face your strongest opponent. If you outnumber them, surround them.:* Moving while fighting gives a penalty to the hit odds of the moving person, and a big penalty to the parry odds. This is ignored if moving while using [[defensive fighting]]. :* Use 'Spam Mode' to show missed blows, parries, and blows for zero damage.:* Standing above an opponent improves your chance to hit and reduces the capacity of them to target your upper components. Riding a [[Mounts|mount]] provides a similar effect. Standing beneath one reverses this effect.:* Running out of stamina during a fight reduces your capacity to defend incoming damage and will often make escape impossible.:* Take a look at the [[combat rating]] page for some tips on fighting. == Ranged attacks ==For details on ranged attacks, see [[archery]] and [[catapult]]s. * [[Throw]]ing == Damage Messages and Strength of Attacks==When you encounter an opponent, be it a venerable greenish scorpion or just a young starving dog, a successful strike will give you the following message: You '''<Type of Damage>''' adolescent starving wolf '''<Strength of your Blow>''' and '''<Result>''' it.  The '''''Type of Damage''''' is the kind of damage dealt by the currently equipped weapon, For example: '''''piercing''''' or '''''mauling'''''.   The '''''Strength of your Blow''''' is how hard the hit itself is. The scale is: 1. Very Lightly 2. Lightly 3. Pretty Hard 4. Hard 5. Very Hard 6. Extremely Hard 7. Deadly Hard   The '''''Result''''' is the severity of the resulting wound. The scale is: slaps, irritates, hurts, harms, damages. Basically the '''''Result''''' is there to tell you what the attack you just made really did to the enemy. == Guides == *[[PvP (Combat)]] ==Skills & Characteristics==* Fighting* [[Body]] > [[Body control]]* [[Mind]] > [[Mind speed]]===Subskills===* [[Aggressive fighting]]* [[Defensive fighting]]* [[Normal fighting]]* [[Shield bashing]]* [[Taunting]]* [[Weaponless fighting]] == [[Titles]] ==* Soldier at 50 skill* Mercenary at 70 skill* Knight/Amazon at 90 skill* Swift Death at 100 skill{{stub}}[[Category:Skills]][[Category:Fighting]][[Category:Babel/F]]