Unarmed Attacks

Unarmed AttacksAttacksAttacks are skills that directly damage enemies, usually using your equipped Martial Weapon. Spells are not Attacks. The base damage, attack speed and critical hit chance of an attack are determined using your Martial Weapon's stats unless the skill says otherwise. Attacks do not necessarily deal Physical damage — they can deal any damage type. are AttacksAttacksAttacks are skills that directly damage enemies, usually using your equipped Martial Weapon. Spells are not Attacks. The base damage, attack speed and critical hit chance of an attack are determined using your Martial Weapon's stats unless the skill says otherwise. Attacks do not necessarily deal Physical damage — they can deal any damage type. which are performed while UnarmedUnarmedYou are considered Unarmed while you have no equipped Martial or Caster Weapon. and use your character's base Unarmed DamageUnarmed DamageUnarmed Damage refers to the Hit Damage of Unarmed Attacks. As such, Unarmed Damage is always Attack Hit Damage. Players' base Unarmed Damage is Physical, and has a minimum roll of 2, and a maximum roll between 5 - 8, depending on how aligned their class is with Strength. Other Damage is not considered Unarmed Damage, even if you are Unarmed while dealing it. where other AttacksAttacksAttacks are skills that directly damage enemies, usually using your equipped Martial Weapon. Spells are not Attacks. The base damage, attack speed and critical hit chance of an attack are determined using your Martial Weapon's stats unless the skill says otherwise. Attacks do not necessarily deal Physical damage — they can deal any damage type. would use the base DamageHit DamageAny damage that isn't damage over time is Hit damage. Damaging Ailments which result from a Hit will calculate their damage from that Hit, and will not subsequently have Damage modifiers applied directly to them. As a result of this, raising Hit Damage will result in more powerful Damaging Ailments innately. from a Martial WeaponMartial WeaponsMartial Weapons can be used to Attack. Axes, Bows, Claws, Crossbows, Daggers, Flails, Maces, Quarterstaves, Spears, Swords, and Talismans are Martial Weapons.. AttacksAttacksAttacks are skills that directly damage enemies, usually using your equipped Martial Weapon. Spells are not Attacks. The base damage, attack speed and critical hit chance of an attack are determined using your Martial Weapon's stats unless the skill says otherwise. Attacks do not necessarily deal Physical damage — they can deal any damage type. which can be performed while UnarmedUnarmedYou are considered Unarmed while you have no equipped Martial or Caster Weapon. but draw their base damage from other sources, such as skills which use a ShieldShieldsShields are defensive items that are equipped in your off hand, usually granting Armour. While holding a Shield you have a chance to passively Block. Shields also grant a Skill that lets you Block incoming Hits more actively, either raising your Shield to absorb the Hit or Parrying the Hit depending on the type of Shield. Bucklers are a special type of Shield that do not grant any Armour and can Parry enemy skills instead of being raised to Block. to attack, are not considered Unarmed Attacks.