Kaftan with leather gloves shouldn't cause a short bow to thud on 5 out of 6 shots, oh my lols were had.
Also try using tilder key to look behind you then run backwards into battle and use an over head to hit your evil foe with the start of the swing its pretty funny. The other one is to just face away from them and spam with something that is at least as long as a sword of war. Its totally lorel and hardy.