*This does nothing other than alert QUAKE where you are. The Knowledge ring, quite sensibly, states that just throwing a weak stick at anyone will do next-to-nothing, even if its pointy or going at where the most likely weak point is. QUAKE starts bum-rushing you again. Those are still easily dodged...The Knowledge Ring also attempts to guess that QUAKE has to shift some energy from the barrier into his speed for the bum-rush, leaving those weak points.*

*The Knowledge ring chides you for being lazy and unimaginative. You CAN use energy attacks that are not Magic-based...Of which you have plenty. Bard of Doom powers to make QUAKE (and you) much more vulnerable? That isn't magic at all! The Cigar? Remember that? The Hand-Cannon? Yeah, also nonmagical. Guns (in general) are nonmagical, in fact, including energy-shooting ones. UNIQUETECHS are also typically non-magical. You have options, dude! Why aren't you using them?!*