well, i was thinking about this in the way you do , till my grips started to land like 3-4 of every 5.....so i think its much better to grip twice then to chase the guy for ages....anyway , blacksmith's basic is good anyway even without making it any stronger so at times you cant grip you can still do nice damage with basic.....which ,as it seems, doesnt work for reverse - if you have your points in basic and you have a chance to grip its much better to use basic , cuz a) there are often guys who wold strike with special while you grip and b) the difference in dmg wouldnt be that big , so cuz of the difficulty of grip its a bit pointles to make yourself work so hard for it instead of striking with basic......
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