With combat in KCD from what I've noticed is timing matters a lot, and depending on what weapon you're using be it a sword, axe, mace or a warhammer if your skill with the mace is 3 and you go up against a Cuman captain you'll probably lose (unless you put poison on your mace
). I managed to beat a Cuman captain with a saber today, there is no way in hell that I would of beaten that same enemy had I tried that a few weeks ago.