Stats: All 100.
Buffs: Cheetah Swiftness for balance, no other buffs were used.
Creature: arthelun cabalist's

Appraisals for the weapons involved in this test are at the bottom of the post.
Note Doublestrike was performed with the sterak axe main hand and bastard sword off hand.

Key
LE = Large Edge
NA = Not Applicable
Main = Main Hand
Off = Off Hand

Damage Scale
4 = good hit
5 = solid hit
6 = hard hit
7 = strong hit
8 = heavy hit
9 = very heavy hit
10 = extremely heavy hit
11 = powerful hit

Attack Type	Slice	Draw	Cleave	Doublestrike	Palmstrike	Powershot (Broad-Barb Arrows)	Powershot (Basilisk Arrows)
Rank/Skill	1280 LE	1280 LE	1280 LE	1280 LE	1100 Brawl	1350 Bow	1350 Bow
Cooldown	NA	NA	90 sec	90 sec	60 sec	90 sec	90 sec
# Swings	197	200	161	132	120	132	120
# Hits	171	191	154	129 Main, 114 Off	118	127	116
# Misses	26	9	7	3 Main, 18 Off	2	5	4
% Hit	86.8%	95.5%	95.7%	97.7% Main, 86.4% Off	98.3%	96.2%	96.7%
% Miss	13.2%	4.5%	4.3%	2.3% Main, 13.6% Off	1.7%	3.8%	3.3%
Total Dmg	1084	1104	1157	802 Main, 648 Off	1336	595	1038
Avg Dmg per Hit	6.339	5.78	7.513	6.217 Main, 5.684 Off	11.32	4.685	8.948
Avg Dmg per Swing	5.5	5.52	7.186	6.075 Main, 4.9 Off	11.13	4.508	8.65
Total Mob Deaths	32	32	59	45	76	15	41
Avg Hits per Kill	5.34	5.97	2.6	2.87	1.55	8.47	2.83
Avg Swings per Kill	6.16	6.25	2.73	2.93	1.58	8.8	2.93

Clarifications
Swing - defined as an attempt to hit and deal damage. A missed swing counts as 0 damage.
Hit - defined as a swing that connected and did not miss.
Total Dmg - defined as the sum total of all damage done over the testing period that includes all swings.
Total Mob Deaths - defined as the count of all creatures that died over the course of the testing period that includes all swings.

Bug
Cleave is suppose to ignore shield, however either its not working, or the messaging is messed up. One of the misses in my data set was the following:
Your errant axe results in nothing more than a soft thud against an arthelun cabalist's blazing shield.

Comments
One thing that affected the data somewhat in terms of kill numbers, was that I literally sat around for the full duration of the cooldown for each maneuver, this allowed mobs to bleed and lose vitality over that period.
Cleave seems by far the weakest maneuver that I tested. It however could be because of the bug that allows cleave to still be blocked.
Doublestrike can be particularly nasty if both weapons connect, exceeding the damage of all other maneuvers tested. The exceedingly high miss rate on the off hand is caused by the main hand killing the target and then the off hand having nothing to hit.
Palm strike is really good, and the most accurate. The damage multiplier exceeds anything else, especially considering that high end weapons were used.
Powershot with broad barb arrows was pretty sad. I was getting a lot of light hits with it. Switching to basilisk arrows turned this ability into a winner, turning the light hits into sometimes 1 hit kills with a earth-shaking strike.



Appraisals
A sterak axe is a heavy edged melee-ranged weapon.
A sterak axe trains the large edged skill.

You are certain that it could do:
dismal (1/26) puncture damage
very great (12/26) slice damage
very great (12/26) impact damage

The sterak axe is fairly (5/17) designed for improving the force of your attacks.

You are certain that the axe is inadequately (4/17) balanced and is very well (10/17) suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.


A haralun bastard sword is a heavy edged melee-ranged weapon.
A haralun bastard sword trains the large edged skill.

You are certain that it could do:
low (3/26) puncture damage
severe (13/26) slice damage
somewhat heavy (8/26) impact damage

The bastard sword is inadequately (4/17) designed for improving the force of your attacks.

You are certain that the sword is inadequately (4/17) balanced and is soundly (8/17) suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.


A copperwood longbow is a long bow type weapon.
A copperwood longbow trains the bow skill.

The copperwood longbow is superbly (13/17) designed for improving the force of your attacks.

You are certain that the longbow is well (9/17) balanced and is well (9/17) suited to gaining extra attack power from your strength.

basilisk arrow
You are certain that it could do:
heavy (9/26) puncture damage
fair (5/26) slice damage
moderate (7/26) impact damage


broad-barbed arrows
You are certain that it could do:
fair (5/26) puncture damage
low (3/26) slice damage
moderate (7/26) impact damage