While dodging you will be temporarily immune to any damage for a brief period. Dodging is an excellent way of getting out of trouble.

Press Dodge to dodge attacks.

Weapons have alternate attacks or moves. The nature of these attacks varies from weapon to weapon - for most of the weapons, it is a kick.

Press Offhand / Block to execute an alternate attack.

Clubs are heavy one-handed weapons.

Craft a Stone Club from your inventory crafting panel Inventory.

By target locking enemies, you make it easier to hit them during combat, as you will always be facing them.

You can Target Lock an enemy by pressing TargetLock.

Heavy attacks do more damage than light attacks and always applies a weapon effect to targets..

Heavy attacks are performed by pressing the Special Attack.

Sunder is a condition applied by weapons such as Hammers and Clubs, where the armor of a target is partially bypassed.

You can sunder an enemy with repeated attacks using Special Attack.

Shields are used to mitigate damage of incoming blows. The durability of a shield will diminish as blows are absorbed.

Unlock Defender from the Knowledge menu.

Shields are used to mitigate damage of incoming blows. The durability of a shield will diminish as blows are absorbed.

Craft a Shield from your inventory crafting panel Inventory.

By blocking attacks, you sacrifice some stamina to reduce incoming damage.

Hold Offhand / Block to block incoming attacks while having a shield equipped.

Bruisers focus on heavy weapons such as great swords and mauls. While these weapons are typically slow, their damage is unmatched.

Unlock Bruiser from the Knowledge menu.

Pikes have long reach and use quick, stabbing attacks. If you want to keep an enemy away from you while still engaging in melee combat, Pikes are ideal.

Craft a Stone Pike from your inventory crafting panel Inventory.

Weapons such as the pike and two-handed sword may inflict the Crippled condition on your enemies. While crippled, enemies move at reduced speed.

Use Special Attack to perform heavy attacks that can crippled your enemy while using a Sword or Pike.