Is it ever worth using Kick as a Warrior with Bash?

[Midoo]

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I swap both and keep using them every level to keep them at skillcap. So far they both do 1 damage but I'm paranoid to find out one of them becomes like a mini Rogue Backstab one day.

[Naethyn]

At lv 55 kick gains an interrupt.

[Midoo]

Doesn't bash interrupt innately?

[Jimjam]

Doesn't bash interrupt innately?

A chance to stun

[Videri]

Doesn't bash interrupt innately?

Bash has a chance to, yes. And since warriors' Bash skill cap is higher than their Kick skill cap, it's thought that Bashing is a more surefire way to interrupt a spell.

However, if you're not on a large-race warrior, you would have to briefly swap in a shield to Bash (not that hard), whereas you can skip that if feeling lazy and simply Kick (which is probably slightly lower chance to interrupt).

[Midoo]

And just to be clear they both do the same damage right?

[Cen]

Kick does more damage, but has a lower chance to hit, and stuns every time only on warriors at 55+

Bash does less damage, stuns 100 percent of the time when used on an NPCs rear, and 25 percent on the front but NOT on all monster types. About half of the monster types won't be stunned from the front with bash. Gnolls for example. Still interupts spells every time.

Large races can slam which is identical to bash and uses shoulder slot for magic bash check. Slam should always be used over bash, but kick replaces bash for the most part on 55+ warriors.

[wagorf]

no

[myrddraal]

Warriors don’t really use shields, so bash isn’t good.

[Midoo]

Yeah I kinda fucked up, I meant SLAM not BASH

I'm playing a Barbarian Warrior

[Jibartik]

Slam afaik is same as bash? a free bash for big bois?

would have been cool to like give a shields AC a damage bonus to bash or a bash stat even, so you could have a low AC shield with spikes that do big bash damage.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Slam afaik is same as bash? a free bash for big bois?

would have been cool to like give a shields AC a damage bonus to bash or a bash stat even, so you could have a low AC shield with spikes that do big bash damage.

Yeah Slam and Bash are basically the same, other than the shield requirement and the magic weapon check coming from your shoulders. Slam skills up bash, and I haven't seen any damage differences between the two.

[Videri]

Warriors don’t really use shields, so bash isn’t good.

Good non-large-race warriors keep a shield in a top-level inventory slot and momentarily swap it in to Bash.

Also, since the Bash skill cap is higher than Kick skill cap, I think that means you're more likely to land a Bash than a Kick.

[kaev]

Yeah Slam and Bash are basically the same, other than the shield requirement and the magic weapon check coming from your shoulders. Slam skills up bash, and I haven't seen any damage differences between the two.

Shield AC affects Bash damage. Don't think anything other than skill/str/level affects Slam damage. It's just eye candy tho, even with a high AC shield we're not talking significant damage output from Bash unless you're into one-shotting orc pawns.