Competitive Mortem Metallum

Playing Mortem Metallum competitively consists of:

Competitively viable weapons are:
-Kanabo.

-Brute mace.

-Zweihander.

-Helberd.

-Naginata.

-Chainsaw.

-Hooked swords.

Strategies that are essential to use:
-Parry baiting.

-Attack baiting.

-Q-Eing to surprise attack or gain distance.

-Countering with a appropriate weapon (depends on the player's playstyle).

Fundamentals:
-Knowing when to strike (comes from experience).

-Keeping your distance.

-Reading your opponent.

-Knowing when to play aggressively and defensively.

Playstyles:
-Rushing: Getting in your opponent's face and continuously attacking..

-Defensive: getting your opponent to attack, then countering or keeping your distance and waiting for the right moment to strike.

-Aggressive: Being close to your opponent, but still keeping your distance.

-Ranged: Done by bow users (being far from your opponent and not letting him catch up).

Tournaments:
Tournaments are most time done for fun with friends in privates servers rather than for price awards (unlike most other official tournaments).

So far there hasn't been a competitive Mortem Metallum tournament with price money for awards.