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I'm planning on starting up a Monk playthrough for some silly reason, and I'm curious how Hand-to-hand compares to regular weapons. Does it break though any of the "needs X or better weapon type" resistances? How well does it scale for damage? Will I end up using a weapon far more than actually punching something?

noobishlord wrote:I'm planning on starting up a Monk playthrough for some silly reason, and I'm curious how Hand-to-hand compares to regular weapons. Does it break though any of the "needs X or better weapon type" resistances? How well does it scale for damage? Will I end up using a weapon far more than actually punching something?

I can only answer half the question, but here I go:

when I did the h2h playthrough, it bypasses any 'needs x or better' requirements.

I believe it improves with skill and strength, but don't quote me on that

LugkAgumbuk wrote:I believe it improves with skill and strength, but don't quote me on that

Quoted. But also follow up. From the wiki:

[uesp=Daggerfall]Attributes[/uesp] wrote:Strength governs encumbrance, weapon damage and the ease of increasing strength-related skills.

• Modifies the amount of damage your character can inflict with either his bare hands or a melee weapon. Greater numbers translate to greater damage modifiers.

The bypassing the weapon resistance was the most important thing I needed to know, so definitely thanks to that.

noobishlord wrote:The bypassing the weapon resistance was the most important thing I needed to know, so definitely thanks to that.

You're welcome! Happy lich-punching!

noobishlord wrote:I'm planning on starting up a Monk playthrough for some silly reason, and I'm curious how Hand-to-hand compares to regular weapons. Does it break though any of the "needs X or better weapon type" resistances? How well does it scale for damage? Will I end up using a weapon far more than actually punching something?

I would suggest you to become werewolf, since that's will increase you'r hand-to-hand damage, also you can attack any enemy with bare fists, that can be really useful, i remember once when i killed nymph with my hands, only because all my weapons were steel and that's not effective against nymphs.

NAVI wrote:

noobishlord wrote:I'm planning on starting up a Monk playthrough for some silly reason, and I'm curious how Hand-to-hand compares to regular weapons. Does it break though any of the "needs X or better weapon type" resistances? How well does it scale for damage? Will I end up using a weapon far more than actually punching something?

I would suggest you to become werewolf, since that's will increase you'r hand-to-hand damage, also you can attack any enemy with bare fists, that can be really useful, i remember once when i killed nymph with my hands, only because all my weapons were steel and that's not effective against nymphs.

Hand-to-Hand is king as King Lysandus!!!

noobishlord wrote:I'm planning on starting up a Monk playthrough for some silly reason, and I'm curious how Hand-to-hand compares to regular weapons. Does it break though any of the "needs X or better weapon type" resistances? How well does it scale for damage? Will I end up using a weapon far more than actually punching something?

Hand-to-Hand is much better, than any type of weapon just because:

• It bypasses any "needs X or better weapon type" resistances.
• You may attack foe with a bow, and when it's too close, just switch weapon and keep fighting with other hand.
• Unlike weapons, the damage it implicts increases with Hand-to-Hand skill improvement. So, when your Hand-to-Hand skill is about 300% or more, your fists and feet are much more deadly weapon than anything else.