I think it should mostly be perceived as an abandoned feature. There's ONE use in the story that has been already mentioned and then you have at least other three or four scenarios where it would make sense for the this to be an useful option (i.e. Mayrina brothers, masked hag minions, etc) but the "knocked out" opponents are functionally treated just as corpses.
It's probably a vestigial leftover of a time when they were planning to do more with the option, only to be forced to overlook it when development deadlines started biting them in the ass.
Last edited by Tuco; 22/08/23 11:26 AM.