Fencer Archive

With the new patch I've found that dueling in nothing like it used to be. First off, it seems like with CoB half of the hits are dodged, missed, etc. Now when I duel (especially if the oponnent is buffed) I drain my HAM faster than I can drain my opponents. Also, it's practically impossible to land status effects with the boosted defense mods and constant missing. Even if I land a dizzy/kd, I miss or they dodge while they are on the ground (kind of strange).

Anyways, I think it's time to change strategies. Curved swords seem to work better than gaffi now, because itmisses less with +10 range modifiers. What weapons is everyone else using after the patch? And is anyone else having to change their strategy...I was thinking of berserk and intimidate, any comments/suggestions?

Starting with warcry seemed to work for the TKM I dueled last night. Didn't get a swing in.

Situation: Dizzy/ lunge 1 combo will put opponents on the ground and they will be so dizzy that they can't get up

Question: will Dizzy /Lunge 2 work too? or just KD your opponent without the message "You are so dizzy you fall down." ??