Dexterity Kenshi
Dexterity develops faster from using light weight weapons.
Dexterity kenshi. Dexterity definitely affects heavy weapons as well i ve tested it personally and found that on average the animations take about half the time with 100 dex compared to 1 and both with 100 strength. Subreddit for kenshi from lo fi games the revolutionary mix of rts and rpg with a huge dystopian sword punk world to explore. A heavy weapon will typically inflict more damage but be much slower to wield. A low grade nodachi is generally agreed to be the best weapon for training.
More than 1 year ago. Choose to be a thief a bandit a rebel a warlord or a mercenary. The way i suspect it works is dex determines the base speed while the increased weight gives a modifier to the speed. You can be a trader a doctor.
You also get exp per hit with the weapon not swing. You can be a trader a doctor a peacekeeper a business man an explorer or a mere slave. A common misconception is that. The way dexterity is trained is by using weapons that utilize cutting damage.
When using a heavy weapon you gain extra strength experience from defending and attacking. Katanas make excellent weapons for training it as they have 100 cut damage. This is easier to make rules class than weapon. Martial arts are a good way to train aswell.
Due to its reach heavy weapons are very useful for hitting multiple enemies at once. Dexterity is trained by lightweight weapons with high cutting to blunt damage ration. The skill is defined in game as affects damage. Where as strength develops faster from using heavy weapons.
Using swords in the katana class is pretty much the best way to train dexterity. I ran some tests and characters with katana nodachi wakizashi had a dexterity of 50 to 60 and those with heavy weapons clubs haker class weapons a dexterity in a range of 10 to 15. Heavy weapons require brute force and deal heavy blunt damage. Higher the cutting damage higher the dexterity gain.
An unconventional weapon polearms have incredible reach and give an advantage when fighting against animals. The dexterity stat gains experience increase when using weapons that have cutting damage even if blunt damage ratio is higher though experience gain will be reduced. Heavy weapons weigh more and swing slower but do more damage. Subreddit for kenshi from lo fi games the revolutionary mix of rts and rpg with a huge dystopian sword punk world to explore.
The polearms skill determines damage with weapons classified as polearms. Choose to be a thief a bandit a rebel a warlord or a mercenary. For instance a katana will be much better at raising dexterity than a jitte which lacks cutting damage altogether or naginata which has a lower ratio of cutting damage to blunt damage. And the ktatana class being the best to train your dexterity.
They refer to them as light weapons because usually these weapons don t hold all that extra meat like sabers hackers and heavy weapons do and are lighter and rely more on skill rather than strength.