Brawling weapons

Brawling is the skill related to the use of one's open hands or small weapons used in a similar manner to one's open hands. The skill is useful for characters who wish to maintain the defensive strength offered by parrying while leaving the character's hands empty. This is useful for open-handed casting or bard instruments.

Maximum Ranks and Training Point Costs

Type	Square			Semi			Pure
Profession	Rogue	Warrior	Monk	Bard	Paladin	Ranger	Cleric	Empath	Savant	Sorcerer	Wizard
Max Ranks Per Level	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	1	1
Training Point Cost	3/1	2/1	2/1	3/1	4/1	4/1	6/1	10/2	-	10/2	10/2

Brawling Weapon DFs and AvDs

Weapon	AG	Cloth	Leather				Scale				Chain				Plate				RT	Min RT	Damage Type	STR/DU
	AsG	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Closed fist	DF	.100	.075				.040				.036				.032				1	2	Crush	N/A
	AvD	25	20	19	18	17	10	8	6	4	5	1	-3	-7	-5	-11	-17	-23
Razorpaw	DF	.275	.200				.125				.050				.030				1	2	Slash	40/80
	AvD	35	20	19	18	17	10	8	6	4	0	-4	-8	-12	-25	-31	-37	-43
Paingrip	DF	.225	.200				.125				.075				.030				1	2	Slash/Puncture/Crush	50/80
	AvD	40	20	19	18	17	15	13	11	9	15	11	7	3	-25	-31	-37	-43
Cestus	DF	.250	.175				.150				.075				.035				1	2	Crush	50/80
	AvD	40	30	29	28	27	20	18	16	14	10	6	2	-2	-25	-31	-37	-43
Knuckle-duster	DF	.250	.175				.125				.100				.040				1	2	Crush	18/199
	AvD	35	32	31	30	29	25	23	21	19	18	14	10	6	0	-6	-12	-18
Hook-knife	DF	.250	.175				.125				.070				.035				1	2	Slash/Puncture	30/100
	AvD	40	30	29	28	27	18	16	14	12	10	6	2	-2	-15	-21	-27	-33
Tiger-claw	DF	.275	.200				.150				.100				.035				1	2	Slash, Crush	18/165
	AvD	40	25	24	23	22	15	13	11	9	5	1	-3	-7	-25	-31	-37	-43
Knuckle-blade	DF	.250	.150				.100				.075				.075				1	2	Slash/Crush	18/195
	AvD	45	40	39	38	37	25	23	21	19	25	21	17	13	0	-6	-12	-18
Yierka-spur	DF	.250	.150				.125				.125				.075				1	2	Slash/Puncture/Crush	18/185
	AvD	40	35	34	33	32	25	23	21	19	30	26	22	18	0	-6	-12	-18
Blackjack	DF	.250	.140				.090				.110				.075				1	2	Crush	50/80
	AvD	40	35	34	33	32	25	23	21	19	15	11	7	3	0	-6	-12	-18
Jackblade	DF	.250	.175				.150				.150				.110				2	3	Slash/Crush	60/90
	AvD	45	35	34	33	32	25	23	21	19	20	16	12	8	10	4	-2	-8
Troll-claw	DF	.325	.175				.140				.120				.090				2	3	Slash/Crush	60/185
	AvD	45	35	34	33	32	25	23	21	19	25	21	17	13	15	9	3	-3
Sai	DF	.250	.200				.110				.150				.040				2	3	Puncture	25/175
	AvD	30	31	30	29	28	25	23	21	19	33	29	25	21	6	0	-6	-12
Fist-scythe	DF	.350	.225				.200				.175				.125				3	3	Slash/Puncture/Crush	70/185
	AvD	45	40	39	38	37	30	28	26	24	37	33	29	25	20	14	8	2
Katar	DF	.325	.250				.225				.200				.175				3	3	Slash/Puncture	70/175
	AvD	30	32	31	30	29	40	38	36	34	45	41	37	33	40	34	28	22

Brawling Weapons and Unarmed Combat

The following brawling weapons are suitable for use with the unarmed combat system (UCS) as wearable items. They DO NOT funtion as ordinary melee weapons when used with jab, punch, kick, and grapple attacks. Their damage factors, AvDs and damage types (slash, puncture, crush) do not apply. They primarily serve as an equipment platform for enchant bonus, flares and weighting etc. However, their use does add a bonus to the attack's damage factor and a penalty to the multiplier modifier.

• Cestus
• Knuckle-blade
• Knuckle-duster
• Paingrip
• Razorpaw
• Tiger-claw
• Yierka-spur

Weapon Damage Type Ratios

This table contains the brawling weapon critical damage type percentages for successful attacks (based on player research). As an example, the closed fist will result in 100% crush critical damage for all attacks. The closed fist does not do slash critical damage or puncture critical damage.

Note: Because of smallish sample sizes for determining some of these percentages, they may not be precise in all cases, but should be close enough to give a decent representation of the damage ratios.

Weapon	Slash %	Crush %	Puncture %
Closed fist	0	100	0
Razorpaw	100	0	0
Paingrip	?	?	?
Cestus	0	100	0
Knuckle-duster	0	100	0
Hook-knife	?	0	?
Tiger-claw	?	?	0
Knuckle-blade	?	?	0
Yierka-spur	?	?	?
Blackjack	0	100	0
Jackblade	?	?	0
Troll-claw	?	?	0
Sai	0	0	100
Fist-scythe	60	20	20
Katar	33.3	0	66.7

Resources

• Forging
• Damage Factor
• Brawling weapons added (saved post)
• Unarmed combat
• http://www.play.net/gs4/info/skills.asp#brawling
• http://www.play.net/gs4/info/armory/brawling.asp
• Brawling Combat Officials folder