Brute mace/Kanabo

The most overused weapons in the game by new players, due to their high damage output (deals damage equal to half your health).To counter the high damage output the recharge is about 5 or more seconds long. The difference between Kanabo and Brute Mace is that Kanabo has more range, which is why its now more popular than Brute Mace (It's rare to see someone using the Brute Mace now).

The sound for the Kanabo/Brute mace is from swordslash.wav played at 0.3 play speed.

 Counters (Success can vary on the skill or intelligence level of your opponent): 

-Bow: If you can aim try to headshot or body shot and keep your distance.

-Kanabo/Brute Mace: People use it for a reason.

-Bait and switch: Bait the opponent into attacking (or parrying) then counter (Beware that the opponent might be taking the bait intentionally so he can counter with a parry). Some of the ways could be: -Getting close to the opponent then getting away when you know they will attack. -Faking an attack with [q] (kick). -Getting close to the opponent to make them panic and try to parry.

-Grenade: If you can aim try to angle the grenade to his specific location (like playing golf). You can also flank him with the grenade if you know what you're doing.

You can also bait him with a grenade by: 1) Get him to chase you. 2) Get some distance. 3) Equip grenade and activate it. 4) Get in 1st person mode and look at the sky while walking backwards. (away from your opponent while he's chasing you) 5) Look at the sky until you have thrown the bomb (you can change height angles by moving your camera) This strategy only works on people that don't know this strategy. You can also ricochet the bomb from a wall (like playing billiard).

-Fast weapons: You can bait him and then charge him (maybe even parry him).

-Weapons that cause tripping: Same as Fast weapons

-Parry baiting: If your opponent is far from you, you can activate parry to lure him closer to you. (parry has a 4 second cooldown so be careful!).

 Things NOT to do as a counter to Kanabo/Brute Mace: 

-Parrying: Unless you're 100% sure the hit will connect DO NOT parry and if you do, use it sparingly or your opponent will be warry of you parrying and will try to bait your to parry.