It ' s not that any single hit is going to magically ruin the sword , more that you are putting more wear and tear on it with a steel buckler than a wooden or synthetic one . It ' s like the difference between driving on a nice road , or a shitty one . It ' s not going to immediately wreck your car ' s suspension , but it ' s not doing you any favors , either . I have mixed feelings about the simulator issue for sword and buckler I understand the desire to have something that is familiar to people , which is why I think we see things made similar to our modern feders . I ' d love to see something that behaved more appropriately for an early single handed sword that was safe in the thrust , though . <| sep |> O but nice <| sep |> Going from 27 to 40 strength nets you an additional 10 AR thanks to the twohanding modifier , that ' s not worth the 13 points , imho . As for luck being worth it 274030 gets you higher AR than 4040 with a refined infusion 451 vs 447 when twohanding on the GCS .