Talk:Knockdown Damage/@comment-24634511-20150526222812/@comment-24458380-20150527014033

I agree that the damage you inflict on an enemy is completely separate from being able to stagger that enemy.

Damage and Stagger/Knockdown are two separate things. An attack can inflict a lot of damage and not stagger an enemy, and you can conversely stagger an enemy without doing much damage.

Your ability to stagger/knockdown an enemy is predicated on four factors : your equipment, augments (like Emphasis for spells), the skill you are executing, and which enemy is absorbing the attack. The damage you are inflicting is not one of these factors.

But of course we can't ignore the fact that if you're using Corona Slash with a Devil's Nail, you are simultaneously going to do a hell of a lot of damage to the enemy as well as staggering it !