I'm learning things about scythes here.
>Knock her arm away with an upwards sweep.
>Assuming this is effective, charge the tip back down into her shoulder.
[Yeah, Force is linked to Velocity and Mass. The mass of Malus is set, so to increase the power of a blow, you swing faster.
A slash exerts the force over a larger area than a downward swing aimed to use the tip, like what you are doing this post. This basically means while a slash using the whole blade can cut more because... you're cutting more area, the smaller area tip would exert all the force in one place, which means more damage to a small area can be caused than a slash.
If Meiling was wearing metal plate armor for some reason, a Slash would do nothing, but what you are doing this post would puncture the armor, since all the force is concentrated into a small area.
Tl;Dr: Slashes cause less damage to a larger area, impaling in the manner you are now causes more damage to a far smaller area.]
> You sweep the scythe in a defensive motion to deflect Meiing's arm, before you bring the scythe back down to it's point stabs her shoulder. Meiling reacts quickly to this, and pushes it out before it goes too deep, and jumps back. You did hurt her, however, with her left arm hanging a little limp, and the green dress going a little red around the shoulder.
> You're not surprised to see the blood flow stop quickly. Meiling did claim she heals quickly. Her arm's still limp, so you just guess her blood clotted very quickly.
