[Grim Lightning Gate]

To bring this full circle:
Anything that you get points for, the more time you have to spend on it to defeat it, the more points you get.

When your notoriety increases your weapon effectiveness and strength increases, meaning fewer attacks for defeat.

I have sampled this:

I took the infamous Grunt and took him to almost toast, let him recover.
Suprisingly, I got less points for him.
You loose, not gain points from letting the enemy heal.

The best way to "milk" the most from the enemy is, as Waldenman and others have said; Use your weakest attacks.
For the sword and dagger, I don't use the combo moves; as an example.



Cpt, a side note, if on your weakest weapon they are still grey, they cannot hurt you (they constantly miss) and it is likely that you will only get 1 point or 0 which really stinks.