Im not bad at swordplay, but i wouldnt say om extremely good either but i get by. But killing runt is absolutely imposible. Ive tried so many times i think i might uninstall uninstall and see if they lower his health or how much he damages you. Ive never gotten him benith half health
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Shoot him with a bow 
Never give up mate. Keep at it and you’ll get there. The more you suffer now the easier it will get in the future. Theo the option is to load an earlier save level up a bit and come back.
Why does the game have no clear way of letting you know how to get better?
the game approach is simple and straightforward: you get better by doing it. strength and agility are connected to fighting. so, fight and they will improve
i am level 6 and its also too hard you can win but when there are 2 good opponents you die or more level 6 is good enought to fight / try find capitives and kill them or mount a horse and kill enemies on horseback that i have done
Oh yeah I fought him to. Lost by a scratch. So of course I choked him out from behind, took his belongings and stabbed him for good measure. Leave no witnesses and so on… Got a nice armour too!
Yes, I know.
I intentionally didn’t do that just to do some fighting.
And, it looks I’m making some progress.
Went back to an earlier savegame to redo the archery and swordfighting challenge against Hans.
I drew with him in archery and I beat him in sword combat.
Thanks for the advice everyone.
Few questions.
When I block, do I have to directionally block?
Or is holding down the block button enough?
Does it matter where I hold my sword?
If my Strength or Agility do not meet the minimum requirements of a weapon, do the stats in the lower right in the inventory screen represent the actual reduced values?
I hope this will help you.
You can find the post in the gameplay forum it has four videos covering combat.
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An arrow to the face often helps
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As it turns out…
There seems to be some difference in difficulty between “Quest Bandits” and random bandits.
After I have managed to increase my Strength and Agility values a bit and acquired some more armor, I don’t have much trouble defeating enemies anymore.
Those arent the only techniques. Somewhere earlish game you can train with captain bernard to your hearts content with wooden weapons or real weapons amd he will also teach you how to riposte an enemys attack which makes things alot easier. Yes at the start its very hard but once you get proper training it gets better. Maybe use a sword and shield for the time being.
Some weapons have a certain stats requirements, make sure it is fullfill or u will have a negative effect from those weapons