diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
index 3f7b7d5914..b2aeab4a5c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(roundstart_race_names)
 			else
 				user.do_attack_animation(target, ATTACK_EFFECT_PUNCH)
 
-		user.adjustStaminaLossBuffered(5) //CITADEL CHANGE - makes punching cause staminaloss
+		user.adjustStaminaLossBuffered(3.5) //CITADEL CHANGE - makes punching cause staminaloss
 
 		var/damage = rand(user.dna.species.punchdamagelow, user.dna.species.punchdamagehigh)
 		var/puncherstam = user.getStaminaLoss()
@@ -1483,8 +1483,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(roundstart_race_names)
 		var/punchedbrute = target.getBruteLoss()
 
 		//CITADEL CHANGES - makes resting and disabled combat mode reduce punch damage, makes being out of combat mode result in you taking more damage
-		if(!(target.combat_flags & COMBAT_FLAG_COMBAT_ACTIVE) && damage < user.dna.species.punchstunthreshold)
-			damage = user.dna.species.punchstunthreshold - 1
+		if(!(target.combat_flags & COMBAT_FLAG_COMBAT_ACTIVE))
+			damage *= 1.5
 		if(!CHECK_MOBILITY(user, MOBILITY_STAND))
 			damage *= 0.5
 		if(!(user.combat_flags & COMBAT_FLAG_COMBAT_ACTIVE))
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(roundstart_race_names)
 			if(atk_verb == ATTACK_EFFECT_KICK) //kicks never miss (provided your species deals more than 0 damage)
 				miss_chance = 0
 			else
-				miss_chance = min(clamp(((puncherstam + puncherbrute)*0.5) - ((punchedstam + punchedbrute)*0.5), 0, 100)) //probability of miss based on half your stamina and brute total against half their stamina and brute total. Capped at max 100 and min 0 to prevent weirdness in prob()
+				miss_chance = min(10 + ((puncherstam + puncherbrute)*0.5), 100) //probability of miss has a base of 10, and modified based on half your stamina and brute total. Capped at max 100 and min 0 to prevent weirdness in prob()
 
 		if(!damage || !affecting || prob(miss_chance))//future-proofing for species that have 0 damage/weird cases where no zone is targeted
 			playsound(target.loc, user.dna.species.miss_sound, 25, TRUE, -1)
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(roundstart_race_names)
 			target.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[user] knocks [target] down!</span>", \
 							"<span class='userdanger'>You're knocked down by [user]!</span>", "<span class='hear'>You hear aggressive shuffling followed by a loud thud!</span>", COMBAT_MESSAGE_RANGE, user)
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>You knock [target] down!</span>")
-			var/knockdown_duration = 40 + (target.getStaminaLoss() + (target.getBruteLoss()*0.5))*0.8 - armor_block
+			var/knockdown_duration = 40 + (punchedstam + (punchedbrute*0.5))*0.8 - armor_block
 			target.DefaultCombatKnockdown(knockdown_duration)
 			target.forcesay(GLOB.hit_appends)
 			log_combat(user, target, "got a stun punch with their previous punch")