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One fancy-pants move I sometimes to is deliberately miss an overhead, then doing another attack. When you miss a swing, you don't get the recovery "stun" (or whatever you call it) that comes when someone blocks your attack/you bounce on something, and if you immediately attack again, you can get in a quick hit. Many people think it's their turn to hit after you "missed" your overhead, but since they usually hold the block, you get the swing/stab started earlier and thus hit first. This is ESPECIALLY a good move for 1handers if the follow-up attack is a stab aimed at the face.
