Editing Army of Vaerlon (section)

= Combat maneuvers =

In the beginning of ones career in the militia, everyone is taught some simple combat maneuvers, such as kick and headbutt. While these are effective for their cost, nothing compares to the fabled 'Strike'. Though somewhat slow and difficult, it does tremendous damage, and you have a chance to increase your mastery of Devastating Strike, which enhances your damage output even more.

To get the full potential out of Strike, you need to train quite a few skills, for it can be used in several different ways. The first is to use the Strike simply without any extra arguments - this is fairly easy, but the damage is not very high. The next, and most useful application is to use strike to injure. This increases the damage you do with a successful Strike quite a bit, but it makes it harder to actually score hits. You can also use Strike to stun, which is good against enemies who cast spells, or to wound, if you wish to try to cause bleeding wounds on your enemies. Strike itself, as well as injuring, wounding and stunning are learnable by doing. The skill Strike Mighty Blow enhances your damage with Strike, so train it as high as possible.

The other very good combat maneuver of the Militia of Vaerlon is Shield Rush. It too is learnable by doing, but it requires that you wield a shield. It can cause stuns, and prevent enemies from acting for a few moments. This is a good combat maneuver for the defensive fighters.