Okay, to the people who say the game is about LUCK, you are PARTIALLY Right as damage is random. Other than that you are wrong. You see the Parry/Dodge/Block %? Your opponent is taking that into consideration when using attacks on you to ensure they do optimal damage, or know what attacks they shouldn't use. (Example: a weapon with 15-20 damage on attack on someone with 50% block would not be as good as a weapon with 15-20 damage on counter on someone with little or no parry) Weapon damage is also looked at, if your opponent has a 5-40 attack, he is most likely going to use that on turn ONE, now a seasoned pro would know that the person would think that so the person would use GRAB to do damage against the predicted COUNTER, a Pro vs Pro match would have the person use COUNTER because usually the other person would use ATTACK to counter your GRAB.
Thumbs up so people aren't so ignorant.