Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-208.88.255.214-20140325153841/@comment-4674008-20160303140258

Olly of Duke wrote: It may be since your weapon's durability wears down as long as it is inside of an entity such as an enemy or breakable item (barrels, crates, etc.) and if you're staggering your enemies, they won't be able to get away as quick, and your weapon is inside of their hitbox for longer, resulting in durability wearing down quicker. This is just a theory though. Hmm. That would also mean that backstabs consume more durability then regular attacks. It would be weird if it was programmed like that.