blitzkrieg sucks and brings shame upon the term

+1 to this

Blitz should be a key skill for a merc being their top tier ability. But I also wouldnt want to make a powerful class more powerful also.

What if it was a overhauled. Change being prone so it doesn't reset stance and change blitz to a targeted attack that does weapon damage and resets stance. It would fit the name better and give mercs a reason to not focus on bash bash bash

I don't always agree with the player community when it says that XYZ is useless. I've been doing pretty well with kick, generally more in PvE than PvP, but it has a place in PvP, generally as a 'just %#%# die already' mechanism in the 'some awful wounds' and 'pretty hurt' phase when disarm and stuff wouldn't be a great investment.

My comparisons so far tell me that kick is actually more efficient than blitz against a single target in terms of trading lag for physical damage, though I haven't been scientific in making that observation. I observed that with the glaive, anyway.

The only situation in which I could see using blitz, with the game the way it currently is, is with a greatsword or claymore spec or something like that. I'm sure that that retired greataxe spec Imperial dwarf could have had some fun with it. The fact that that was a ridiculous spec underlines why blitz doesn't work. The whole basis of the ability as a 'splash damage' mechanism is precisely why it's kind of silly. Front row PvP is mostly about pounding through a singular target.

Really though, it comes down to the fact that the only viable situation for blitzkrieg would be in someone with a front row two hander spec, which generally isn't thought to be advisable, since if you want to fight like that, you probably should have just rolled a barb.