Attack and Weapon Skill Effect on Max Hit

[Barlu]

I just dinged 46 on my Pally. When leveling up I have used a sword of blessings and Massice Dragon Claw Shard and never leveled up 2hs and it was at 1 skill. Got a Natures Defender tonight and have some questions about max damage.

With a 19 damage sword of blessings I can hit in the 70s and with the Shard I can top 100 dmg per attack with 142 strength.

With the Natures Defender I had a max hit of 91 but started at 1 skill. After hacking yetis for 20 minutes I’m up to 15 skill and still a max hit of 91. I tried using Yaulp to increase strength to see if the max hit would increase but it still looked like 91(only tested on 1 mob so needs more testing).

My question is do skill cap which effects attack have an impact on max hit? What could be causing it to be so low? I expected it to be higher since I thought 2 handers have a higher damage bonus and I feel like my monk hits much harder with a 28 damage 2 hander and similar strength. The wiki doesn’t show attack or weapon skills in the damage formulas. 91 is pretty underwhelming given the high delay and that a 28 damage 1hs has a higher max hit. Thanks in advance for the help.