Part of arena fighting is the fact that warriors will die. Last time I told you how to optimize your chances to keep your own warriors alive. This time I give you the 'best practices' if you want to KILL your opponent. It should be obvious that winning fights is a requirement to kill. Some of the suggestions do not help your warrior win. But when you do win, here are the things that will help you get more kills. In the order that I believe makes a difference:
1) Aim for HE, AB, or CH. There is nothing that will increase your kills more than aiming for the areas that are the most important areas of the body. Arms and Legs are for not killing. Head, Abdomen and Chest are for killing.
2) Use High KD! High KD tells the arenamaster you want the fight to keep going longer. He is less likely to end the fight early if one or both warriors are using a high kill desire. I recommend 8+.
3) Good or Great damage. Over the years, it has become very evident that killing with good or great damage is far easier than killing with little, normal, or tremendous damage. Tremendous damage warriors make opponents give up faster. Little and Normal damage warriors can't do the kind of damage that causes wounds that kill. I do not have enough experience to say anything about higher damage ratings than Tremendous. I suspect they are more like tremendous damage, but I'm not sure.
4) Some warriors appear to have a higher blood lust than others. Nobody can prove this for sure, but you see some warriors go after the kill much more often than others.
5) Use higher damage weapons. The easiest way to judge weapon damage is to look at the weapon weights. Weapons that do slash or piercing damage are better than bashing weapons. Be careful, though, of selecting a high damage weapon that is really slow (HL comes immediately to mind).
6) Look for warriors that don't wear any armor.
7) Young fighters die much more often than experienced fighters. The number of deaths in the first 5 fights is much greater than warriors in the Champion and Challenger Champion classes.
8) Challenge warriors with fewer fights than you.
Realize that killing requires a bit of luck, but these things can help you have a high kill percentage. Anything over 10% (Kills/Wins) is a fairly high kill percentage.
Finally, realize that most managers want to keep their warriors alive. By trying to kill someone's warriors, you may be taking away from their enjoyment of the game. I'm not saying you should not try to kill, but realize what you are doing. We all know death is part of Duel2. But some managers like it less than others.
-- Assur