weapon damage stats

[adiyaman]

This will most likely a silly question, but I always thought that if a sword has stats like 40 blunt and 45 pierce (arbitrary numbers) it is good (85 damage), and I don't need a battleaxe with 65 pierce (again arbitrary stats). but I was watching a video and the experienced guy was using a 65 something (pierce, cut, not sure) weapon.
So my question is; when a weapon has 2 different ratings, don't we add them up? or are these ratings are individual, and applies depending on your attack? like side attacks cutting, lower attack is pierce?

[tamu1997]

They are not added together

[adiyaman]

thanks. did you test this, or was this explained before (maybe in game explanation)?

[tamu1997]

It's not directly explained in game. It's easily verifiable and pretty common in gaming with varied damage types. Ie slashing = cutting, thrusting = piercing.

[Induced Apathy]

I made a short sword way back that has pierce and cut. I believe the pierce portion is for when you stab. Wolves, for example, if you run up on them while they howl, your character will do this stab animation, which I assume does pierce, judging by the numbers.