Yeah, I was just thinking that it only takes 90 stamina to reach max swing speed for the kama as opposed to 150 stamina needed for a double ax or radiant scimitar. So, I was thinking maybe if you dumped all those extra stats into strength, you might get your damage up to a respectable level. I hadn't run any numbers, I was just thinking out loud.
I've tested kama. have some nice ones. I really enjoy fencing sampire but the only problem is the number of weapons u will need to carry.
TBH I think a fencing sampire could potentially be the best weapon skill if built/played right but u need so many different kind of weapons to make it successful as they don't usually have more than 1 useful special move...
so u would need like:
kama: hml, hit area
kama: slayer, hml
longspear/doublebladedstaff/kryss: slayer, hml
and of course ur general purpose weapon whatever that may be...
the idea of a fencing sampire was brought to me by a friend and when tested seems really good for solo target hunting because with the low stamina base needed with a stam+mana increase suit its easy to have 140+ str and 90+ stam and 80+ mana. the amount of mana u can have is awesome and I never ran out of mana while spamming armor ignore
as for spawn I was able to solo a couple rikktor and coon but that's all I had weapons for. I think if i had better weapons i could do more as fencing sampire.
the main problem is the # of weapons available to the market and if your willing to burn 100's of hammers making a fencing sampire, might be more practical to go swords as there is just more available to use