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So I have been using both of them for a while and have concluded a few things. In pve, I prefer surprise attack. It allows for a solid light attack weave and for most bosses the cc from uppercut does not work. Plus I constantly need to avoid red circles and it is easier to do that with surprise attack. I have also been told by computer players that the dps is higher. I go back and forth with surprise attack and uppercut in PvP and as mush as I want to use surprise attack, uppercut just performs so much better. I feel as though it does this because I have so much damage on my character from best in slot gear and it usually kills everything in 2 shots, and the first uppercut set up the next one. I usually need to use fear and dip into my magicka pool with surprise attack. Without the use of fear I can use increase health and stam recovery food. People ask what I do against blocking targets. If You block you will run out of stamina quickly. I use a shade so your getting hit pretty frequently. Other ppl will talk about shadow barrier. My answer to that is that I use cloak a lot more and use it offensively, also uppercut tends to put ppl on the defensive, which means they are not hitting me. Also I can do a small 7m range kite with uppercut which is huge. If they ever shortened the range this whole argument would be void. Maybe it is just a matter of preference, just wanted to start a topic and gear others though.