Axelord can knockdown, but again, it is still impossible to get balance back before someone unstunned. It was only possible to whore knockdown as a BC because of each arm working on different balance, it will be a lot harder to do the same here, if not impossible.

And both Axelord and Pureblade only have access to Blademaster's head afflictions, so no concussion, blackeye, bloodynose, etc.

Trans resilience, 91 cutting fieldplate:

6697h, 2444m, 4210e, 10p elrxk-
A look of complete concentration and menace glitters in Daevos's eyes.
6697h, 2444m, 4210e, 10p elrxk-
Daevos pronounces that you are under an ill omen, and a sense of imminent
foreboding descends upon you.
6697h, 2464m, 4210e, 10p elrxk-
Daevos swings a dragon-hilted claymore at you. You are cut across the chest,
laying open a flap of skin which bleeds profusely.
2715h, 2440m, 4210e, 10p elrxk-

Once he attaches elemental runes, this will instantly kill me.

Kharvik would instant killed me too with runes I'm pretty sure.

I'm sorry, but I've never seen elemental runes alone add 2K damage

Uhh..elemental runes add up to 40% to the total damage from a blade, if he's doing 4K+ damage, it won't be hard doing 6K+ damage with elemental runes to a softer target.

If you're doing 600 damage, elemental runes indeed won't add 2000 damage.

The 3k is enough for me to worry about, never mind the runes .

Wow. Guess there's not much point in doing anything to a 2h warrior besides turning on bolting and trying to flow the hell back home before he hits me.

Maybe you could try focus spirit (to get rid of omen)

and then maybe web, or your demesne gets paralyse in, or even sling it as a rune, hinder them with love/pacifism rune combos, or paralyse impatience, or any others which stop them from hitting you.

why? puissance wears off if it isn't used in a short time.

Puissance already got balanced now.