Teras Kasi Archive

I usually do well in PvP. The Master Brawler Lunge2 is invaluable in PvP.

I always were Composite 79 Percent Energy 60 Percent other (stun vul). I also use PSG with 49 Energy 10 other.

So I am outside AH and I see a red dot...I go to investigate.

There is a guy with a Powerhammer in hand waiting near the shuttle.

I do a quick search for other overts / Tefs. None around.

So I go in.

Run up to 5m and slam down on knockdown2. Fail to knockdown target. Hit knockdown2 4 more times...failed every time.

At this time he has started in on his mind bleed one and two..and is pounding my head.

Pop my hotkeyed Muon.

I am Powerboasted to 1500 mind ... 2000 Mind with Muon on.

He has me down to about 1100mind after the Muon.

He is doing about 400 to 600 dmg a hit to me with his power hammer even against my composite and PSG.

I go for spitting rawl...hit him like 5 times and I am doing about 150 to 300 dmg.

Finally I get mind incapped and dbed.

I have never been owned so badly by another melee charater.

I was wondering what other TKA experience with other melee types?

What did i do wrong? What should I change?

Use blind... and he will miss allmost every hit on you, especially when useing that powerhammer.

Use COB. Had a similar experience with a master swordsman. Only 1 in 5 of my hits connected since he was using COB and he connected with all his hits since I was not using COB. Dueled again using COB this time and he missed 4 out of 5 hits and I quickly targetted his low mind with mind hit. Knockdown 2 is for bountyhunters and commandos who do not have any resists to knockdown and dizzy and do not have COB.

Ive done sooooooo many duels and ive never seen any diffrence when i use COB as tkm or not. Its not working.

One on One duel - Use warcry. If you have bioengineered clothing it'll work 2 out of 3 times. There is no amount of dabbling that will allow him to resist it. It sounds like you ran into a fencer dabbler as swordsmen KD def is neligible.

Having said that, who else is pissed that smuggler's panic shot works when the shot hits you but our warcry almost never works unless we enhance it. Warcry's base success rate should be 2 out of 3 times. I mean we have to get into 20m or less to use it so it should work more often then not. Either that or Panic shot should have two rolls- one for the shot hit and one for the warcry effect.

CoB doesn't work too well for TKs, if it works at all.

What you did wrong: The power hammer is Medium Armor Piercing.
You probably weren't wearing VKs, so if he was wearing armor your damage was being reduced by half.
Could have tried Intimidate2 to start the fight, then follow with knockdown/lunge2. (I don't know, it just seems easier to hit them when they're intimed)
Could've use Warcry2 when the knockdowns didn't work to try and get a few more in..
Should've hit him with unarmedstun, which would reduce his damage somewhat.


Teras Kasi artists are debuffers when they're not KD/dizzy spammers. Debuff first, THEN own

Why didn't you warcry2?

The 20 second delay would have saved some of that mind damage you endured.

Use Fishak too, stacks with Muon, gives you 1000 mind and 500 Foc/Willtotal.

Stun and Blind also make your opponent miss you more.

Or maybe you just got really unlucky in your offense / defense rolls. After all, underneath all the pretty eye candy, it's still comes down to the roll of the dice.