Stamina on exhaustion delay is not .1 seconds

No it’s not, as long as you move your character and don’t stay locked in the animation.
If you run out of stamina while swinging your weapon and you just stay there - you are still locked in your combo window, but if you move or jump or do anything… your stamina instantly starts regenerating.

Here’s a lovely demonstration by SirDaveWolf :smiley: