Originally posted by Draconifors:

Originally posted by blankitosonic:

A sword make that same job but with a lot more damage

Speed. Parry and sneak bonuses. The whole point of knives...

The leap attack its pretty random to land in sneak attacks , happens me that fails even if i land sticked in a lox butt lol , ever worst if i try in a parry attack whete the enemy is still moving slowly

Sword seconday attack have the same launch speed as the leap and its literally a silent stab almost imposible to fail in a close enemy ( i cant say the same with the knife jump :) )

Lets see numbers :
Blackmetal knife jump makes 111 x2 ( slash and pierce ) with a mult. of x6 on parry or sneak = 1332 in a mob with no resistances , can be less if have one of both resistances
Black metal sword stab makes 339 slash damage with a mult of x3 on parry or sneak = 1017 , a little less but a secure one shot hit in so much monsters , the jumo can fail sometimes and eats a lot of stamina as i remember
And for normal hits , combos and stagg damage the sword make a lot more damage , dagger just have more attack speed in the first hit but the same in the second and third attack as the sword , but has a really weak range comparing with the sword