How can I cut off body parts like in the trailer?

[I loooooooooove]

I only managed to cut off a hand one time, but I wonder if it is really hard, or I'm just too bad in the game. What determines these stuff?

[HiJacked]

You need to get a clean slash hit on the hand, you can also use grabs to dismember heads, but grabs are very ineffective right now and almost always broken.

[HoJu Eructus]

It's not something you can trigger reliably (at least I can't), becuase it depends on both your cut being strong and clean and the opponent's hand being in the right place at the right time for the physics simulation to do its magic. I like it that way, it's always a thrill when it happens precisely because it happens so rarely.

[Bullwark]

Originally posted by HoJu:

It's not something you can trigger reliably (at least I can't), becuase it depends on both your cut being strong and clean and the opponent's hand being in the right place at the right time for the physics simulation to do its magic. I like it that way, it's always a thrill when it happens precisely because it happens so rarely.

I agree! I like it because it happens rarely!
Would love to see some variations of that --> low strikes to the leg for example. Or different areas of arms, hands, legs and feet. To cut through where the blade hits. Thighs, fingers, etc...

As strange as it sounds: a win with a dismemberment feels a bit better, and weighs heavier on the opponent..

[DudeTrippy]

If you set the damage to max in the settings then it will happen more frequently, also the stamina might influence if the strike should make a dismemberment as well but I am not sure, and obviously where you strike on the body matters too

Also keep in mind that only the hands and the head can be dismembered at the moment, unless there has been changes made to this in the last updates (the head could only be dismembered by doing the grab finisher at the time I was playing, when trying to dismember the head with a strike to the neck the head would then spin around but not come off)