All weapons in the "Kingdom come: Deliverance" have three damage stats: stab damage, slash damage and the blunt damage. The stabbing attack is performed with a different button than the slashing one, so there is no confusion between those two.
Quite obviously, swords deal lots of slashing damage while maces do a lot of blunt one, while axes do a bit of both:
But if a weapon (such as an axe) does "22 slash" and "21 blunt" – does it mean it deals both of this damage types on a successful swing?
I've seen a few answers suggesting that the blunt damage is dealt only when you attack with a blunt part of the weapon – in case of swords, you can see an occasional animation (during a perfect block) involving an attack with the hilt of the sword. But to my best knowledge, there is no such attack animation for an axe* or animation showing attack with a sharp (?!!) part of the mace.
So, the question is: is blunt and slashing damage calculated at the same time on a regular swing?
- Edit: Actually there is an animation showing attack with the hilt of the axe, but its quite rare and I haven't notice that it was doing any damage. However, I've noticed a huge difference in damage done by sword and axe when fighting a knight in the full plate: while a St George sword (72 slashing) was doing barely any damage, an good old heavy axe (38 slashing, 36 blunt) took the knight down in a few hits.
Best Answer
There are three different types of attack, each making the most use of a different damage type. Additionally, each piece of armour has three different armour ratings, to counter those damage types.
Even though the linked video shows a mace for demonstrating the blunt damage and a sword for both slash and stab attacks, the point is that each damage type has its ideal use:
Nonetheless, although yielding several threads, your question of whether the different attacks exclusively deal their respective damage types remains unanswered.
Here are some interpretations (respectively):
Like Warhorse's video linked above, some comments, like this one, seem to suggest there are in fact three different attack types.
The most thorough comment I found is this:
And further down that thread:
Here is a nice comprehensive video that talks in-depth about the attack/defense mechanism, based on the OP's understanding (noteworthy is the part from 1:22 until 2:52, where he talks about this specific issue). He thinks a single attack can convey a mix of damage types.
Until the underlying calculations are published or found and explained, it seems this is the best answer you will get (as in: an inconclusive one - not my answer in particular).
In the end, I would proffer, it doesn't matter that much, since you need to choose your weapon based on the armour of your adversary - and there are weapons that work well overall (like the spiked War Axe).