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JTass:
Several times throughout the series (pre-Winter mantle), Harry uses his staff one-handed resulting in significant damage to his target. A staff is a two-handed weapon. Have you ever tried to swing a six-foot length of wood "as thick as two thumbs together" with one hand? It's awkward as hell and you can't really get any real force behind it unless you have the space and momentum to twirl it.

Mira:

--- Quote from: JTass on June 24, 2022, 09:28:24 PM ---Several times throughout the series (pre-Winter mantle), Harry uses his staff one-handed resulting in significant damage to his target. A staff is a two-handed weapon. Have you ever tried to swing a six-foot length of wood "as thick as two thumbs together" with one hand? It's awkward as hell and you can't really get any real force behind it unless you have the space and momentum to twirl it.

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He isn't really trying to physically hit anything with it or need to.. He channels his power through the staff, that's what cracks things and explodes things, not physical force applied with it.

Fcrate:
I recall reading in some book that he has the same runes on it as his kinetic rings. Without magic even a one handed jab with a 6 foot staff is little more than a love tap, and a poorly aimed one. A swing has more chance of hitting a target, but unless you're goading a mule you won't get any significant results.

Mira:

--- Quote from: Fcrate on June 24, 2022, 10:02:15 PM ---I recall reading in some book that he has the same runes on it as his kinetic rings. Without magic even a one handed jab with a 6 foot staff is little more than a love tap, and a poorly aimed one. A swing has more chance of hitting a target, but unless you're goading a mule you won't get any significant results.

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Which is the point, Harry has magic..  He usually doesn't joust another physically with it like Little John battling Robin Hood, he doesn't need to.. A wave in the general direction, a thump on the ground a few made up Latin words and all hell breaks loose. ::)

Ed0517:
I think he has some sort of power boost to it... didn't he claim to have broken a ghoul's back in the caves outside Camp Kaboom? those things are pretty tough...

also, he must use some power to strengthen the wood....  the torque could be tremendous, especially in a longer staff. Wood isn't that strong laterally - Pete Alonso popped out today, and on the way back to the dugout broke his bat on his knee.  I don't THINK he had cracked it on the popup.

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