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

The height value of the main fighting skill determines helps determine your chances to hit and chance to successfully focus[[combat rating]], henceforth CR. Skill is generally only gained on the death of an opponent.

The best way to train fight skill is by fighting opponents that are near your skill range; that CR. That way , the skill you gain will be far superior than training against a creature that is either too strong for you or simply a very easy match. [[animal conditions|<font color=green>Greenish</font>, <font color=red>raging</font>, <font color=red>angry</font>, and CHAMPIONchampion]] creatures are a very effective way to train fighting.

Fight Fighting skill gain against non-player creatures is slowed down at 70 skill.

::* [[Weaponless fighting]] - Fighting without [[:Category:Weapons|weapons]] equipped (depends on weight of items being carried and type of armorarmour); skill is gained when a kick or hit message is received.::* [[Aggressive fighting]] - Less parry and damage dealt seems close to normal Reduced defense, but may be slightly higher; generally a very poor choice to useincreased offense. Damage is enhanced. Two-handed weapons swing faster.::* [[Defensive fighting]] - Damage dealt is lower, attack speed suffersReduced offense, but increased defense. Moving CR penalties are reduced. Parry and miss dodge rate seems is increased.::* [[Normal Fightingfighting]] - The best fighting mode that has an identical parry rate as defensive fighting. More damage is dealt than defensive fighting Defenses and offenses are weapons' defaults, scaled with skills and same hit-speed as aggressive fighting. Most people deem normal fighting as the "[[Wikipedia:Holy Grail|holy grail]]" for fighting stylesbody stats.::* [[Skills:Taunting|Taunting]] - Attempting to taunt your opponent to attack you instead of your allies. ::* [[Shield-Bashingbashing]] - Knocking over your opponent with 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 chance. Shield-bashing does some damage to the opponent. This results in a [[Stuns|stun]]. Beware that this might take the attention of the enemy to the person doing the shield bashing.

Don't use a weapon you are not skilled in unless you already have high in your main weapon and want to train more subskills up. It is best to use dual-wield if you want to use both hands. If you use more than one type of weapon your Weapon skill gain is spread over two categories affects the following::* Damage dealt:* Swing timer:* Stance availability and will take longer /or chance:* Chance to raise.parry:* [[Special move|Special moves]] available

Weapon Swing timer is decreased by 1% for every 10 skill over 50 does not do anythinglevels. At 60 you get a new special move but that's about it. Higher weapon skill will not help you Weapon [[QL]] also affects everything listed except swing timer and chance to parry more, contrary to what some believe.

While in autofight (button in combat, the player has the option to shift the event window), focus of their blows to different parts of the game will choose opponent's body using 'stances for you'. At low skills, no stance options will be available Blows to youdifferent parts of the body may have different effects. More stances will appear with For example, aiming for the head of the opponent yields significantly more damage as well as a higher primary weapon skilltemporary decrease in [[mind logic]]. Aiming for the feet or legs may also slow your opponent, etc.

If you target Aiming at different body parts also affects your opponents left side and he targets your right side you clinch stanceschances of aiming at others.This means both of For example, if you have worse chance aim for the right parts, then the chances of hitting eachotheraiming for the lower right or upper right parts will normally increase. Most special moves may also only be performed when aiming at certain body parts.

At primary weapon skill level 50 you receive In addition to changing offensive aim, there are also defensive stances.If you The player cannot have an offensive and defensive stance selected at the same time; he must choose one or the other. Defensive stances are the last of those, you will clinch with a bonus in several stances at once, but you will not attackthe bunch to become available to the player - usually around 48-50 weapon skill.

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]].

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.

The height of your weapon skill determines which stances you may take.:* Primary weapon should be wielded 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 the highest a high parry rate and do a high base medium damage with a moderate speed.:* [[:Category:Axes | Axes]] deal cutting damage. Axes do not rarely parry so should be considered strongly for use with left hand combo's. Axes have a slow attack speed and high miss rate, but deal the highest amount of base damage.:* [[:Category:Mauls | Mauls]] deal the highest amount of base maul damage. They Mauls have a similar medium parry rate of swords and a moderate attack speeddo medium-high damage.

'''Each armor armour type has a distinct a advantage and disadvantage.'''

:* [[:Category:Plate Cloth armour|Plate Cloth armour]] - Plate armor provides the largest defense bonus of any armor crafted from non-unique components, at the largest expense of Offers minimal protection with high mobility. Plate armor Cloth armour has a large glance the highest evasion rate. Very rarely sees use due to its high offensive penalties.:* [[:Category:Chain of any armour|Chain armour]] - Chain armor provides superior defense at the expense of mobility. Attack speed type and evasion are moderately affected by chain armor. Chain armor is commonly can be usedas an emergency bandage.:* [[:Category:Leather armour|Leather armour]] - Generally Leather armour provides the least amount of base defenselight defenses with medium-high mobility. However it also has the smallest penalties to attack Walking speed and walking speed. Leather armor has a slight evasion penalty. Basic leather armor is rarely used by people who have an alternative, but is certainly better than nothing and is great starting armor for a new playerpenalties are minimal.:* [[:Category:Studded leather armour|Studded leather armour]] - Generally Studded leather armour provides a moderate amount of base defense with similar penalties as leather Armorarmour. Studded leather armour represents a good common ground between speed and moderate defense. Studded leather armor armour has a mild evasion penalty. Studded leather is very popular, as it's mix of moderate mitigation and high mobility make it perfect for archers and light fighters in :* [[PvP:Category:Chain armour|Chain armour]]- Chain armour provides good defense with a medium penalty to mobility. Evasion is moderately affected by chain armour.:* [[:Category:Cloth Plate armour|Cloth Plate armour]] - Offers tiny protection Plate armour provides the largest defense bonus of any armour crafted from most attacksmetals, at the largest expense of mobility. To mitigate for this, cloth 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 evasion rate of any armor type and base damage reduction in game. While plate can be used as an emergency bandage to great effect in dire situations. Cloth armor effectively never saw use previously, but is becoming more common as it's new properties become more well knownmade from other metals they all have less damage reduction than steel plate.

:* [[:Category:Drake hide armour|Dragon Drake hide armour]] - The best [[leatherworking]] based armour existing in Wurm. Its Made from the hide of [[dragon]] hatchlings, its protection rating is between chain and similar to plate, yet more vulnerable to cutting and piercing than chain armor. Drake hide armor armour has the lowest a small penalty to attack speed and walking speed (16.97km/h on cobble) and is very lightweight.:* [[:Category:dragon scale armour|Dragon scale armour]] - Dragon scales are scale is the best [[Plate armour smithing]] armour available. Made out of the scales of a red dragon (any color), this [[dragonplate armour smithing]], this kind of based armour is superior to plate armour, while having suffers only a very small movement penalty that is similar to that of studded leather . However, this armourdamages faster than any other in combat.

: 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.'''''

:* [[Body control]] - Helps mostly with accuracy, dodging, and [[stealthing]]. Best method to gain body control is by [[Archery]], [[shields]], [[leatherworking]], [[smithing]], [[woodcuttingtailoring]], [[leatherworkingcarpentry]] and subskills of these such as [[carpentryfletching]] all offer good skill gaingains.:* [[Mind speed]] - Helps with chance to land a special moveSome weapon skills also offer Body Control gains.:* [[Body strength]] - Helps with damage per hit as well as , and for taking less damage to walls per when hit. Best method Good methods to gain strength is Body Strength include [[mining]] however coal making, [[smithing]], [[digging]], [[woodcutting]], [[farming]], [[diggingbutchering]], [[masonry]] , and their subskills. [[Papyrusmaking]], [[woodcuttingcoal-making]] all provide good skill gain, 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 attacksvery well. Raised by [[miningwoodcutting]], [[milling]], [[digging]], and [[woodcuttingmining]].

:* If 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 can 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 unless even if you severely outclass them.:* There is a flanking bonus to hit from the side or back. If your out numberedyou're outnumbered, face your strongest opponent. If you outnumber them, surround them. Especially animals, as they turn constantly when surrounded.:* Moving while fighting gives a penalty to the hit odds of the moving person, and a big penalty to the parry odds. You will not block or parry This is ignored if your shield skill and weapon skill is below 40moving while using [[defensive fighting]]. :* Use 'Spam Mode' to show missed blows or , parries, and blows for zero damage.:* Never fight in water.:* Standing above a critter an opponent improves your chance to hit chance and reduces the capacity of that critter 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 damageand will often make escape impossible.

== Damage messages Messages and Strength of attacksAttacks==An attack When you encounter an opponent, be it a venerable greenish scorpion or just a young starving dog, a successful strike will show thisgive you the following message:

You '''<weapon typeType of Damage>''' young adolescent starving wolf '''<strengthStrength of your Blow>''' and '''<resultResult>''' it.

The '''''Type of Damage'''Strength'' is how hard the hit itself is. The scale iskind of damage dealt by the currently equipped weapon, For example: very lightly, lightly, pretty hard, hard, very hard, extremely hard, deadly hard'''''piercing''''' or '''''mauling'''''.

*[[PvP (Combat)]] ==Skills & Characteristics==* Fighting Guide* [[Body]] > [[Body control]]* [[Mind]] > [[Mind speed]]===Subskills===* [[Aggressive fighting]]* [[Defensive fighting]]* [[Normal fighting]]* [[Shield bashing]]* [[Taunting]]* [[Weaponless fighting]]