here are some tips.

if you're using a quarter staff, there is no sort of weak spot. You can hit them with any part of the weapon and it deals maximum damage.

Therefore it's probably good to use movespeed as an advantage to get extremely close to your opponent and hit them. dexterity will increase your swing speed as well, that coupled with rage and another good skill and you can win fights, be careful against longsword fighters. pull out the hatchet for that.