User blog comment:Murkywater2/Morrowind Combat/@comment-3076045-20130113200633/@comment-3076045-20130113205952

Imperial should not be a problem. What class are you using?

(Also - are you holding down the attack button? If you do that, you do a power attack (if you have enough Stamina ... the green one bar).

Having full stamina before you go into a fight greatly increases the odds of you winning the fight