It seems to me that when attacking with a sword the hit does not always count, but maybe this is not so
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Due to a miscomunication in the team, every weapon but the glaive has these issiues. We didnt have time to fix this and we will improve it post gamejam. Please check us out later! We hope the overall experience was enjoyable.
(The glaive has several issiues that are a byproduct of unity jank, Ive personally tried resolving them but it just got worse)