How do you properly stab?

[Roasty Tacos]

I've been playing the game for a few hours now, but I can't figure out how to properly stab with weapons (I know you hold alt, that's not the issue). Is there a secret to the mouse movement in order to accurately stab? Or is it just unreliable?

[rododendron]

learn how to use the alt

[Caigoomballou]

ALT+MOUSEFORWARD like your tryna jab him with your mouse

[sh3riff]

the movement is kinda wonky ..
With spear or pitchfork .. its much easier to stab people when you activate stance with RMB, turn yourself away from the enemy, he will be on your left .. and you stab to the left
Similar with swords, you hold the tip and you can see you stab to the side, doesnt work well to the front

i dont use alt, you can achieve same result with just RMB ..
if you take e.g. spear, you can do this with both left and right, it looks very similar, but handling is kinda different ..
you can do this with every weapon, its all the same, bit sad because it doesnt make sense for certain weapons ..

it will point the weapon forward and you can run and stab someone .. aiming is very wonky but in the early game where they dont have plate body armor, it works kinda good
leather armor is kinda slippery

there really isnt a proper stabbing like what would you expect and if you get the hang of it, its not that effective
you can take daggers, short swords and use it to stab people, but it doesnt really work well, its too weak plus the aiming is very weird
When I want to stab someone who is lying on the ground, i miss like 80% of the time

stabbing to the left is opposite, accuracy over 80%

remember, its a goofy fighting style .. its not a fighting simulator or whatever ;)

[ashbearh11]

either hold alt and drag your mouse,or double click