Why Hel's parry timing is so weird?

[orangebish]

Seriously, to parry I need to attack only when she almost completely finishes her attack. This is so counterintuitive and looks super dumb. Also, counterattack registers only when you directly face Hel. If she's positioned slightly to the side, you're dead, because reasons. The fight itself is not so hard, just cheap because of this.

[CakeIsServed]

Agreed, compared to the normal ninjas, her parry timing is significantly later, the right time to parry is when it appears as if she has already hit you.

[✪Ren]

yep

[Proper Skux]

Hel is functionally just a less involved version of most of the Furi Boss Fights Melee phases.

The bosses in general aren't super great.

[TeaWithCthulhu]

Parrying after the attack is over is super unintuitive, and there's also exactly one attack (I think in the second set of parries) that you have to parry earlier. Very strange.

[tanman500]

It's pretty weird, I agree. I wait until her sword lights up to strike her. If you fail, you'll get a weird error message.

[Toxic Coffee]

Originally posted by Sucrose:

Hel is functionally just a less involved version of most of the Furi Boss Fights Melee phases.

The bosses in general aren't super great.

Comparing Hel to any of the Furi Bosses its giving her too much credit

[100% lob juice]

Originally posted by Sucrose:

Hel is functionally just a less involved version of most of the Furi Boss Fights Melee phases.

The bosses in general aren't super great.

To be fair most FPS (or first person action game since you could easily argue this game isn't strictly an FPS) have mediocre-terrible boss fights. They are usually either a spongy promoted normal enemy that you can just circlestrafe around until they die or some kind of giant monstrosity of gimmicky BS.

[5onic]

I think all parry timings are all weird.

[Deviant]

It's literally the same as blocking everything else

[Licht Umbra]

if you notice hel blade shine when you have to parry, it's not to hard

[orangebish]

Originally posted by Licht Umbra:

if you notice hel blade shine when you have to parry, it's not to hard

I didn't say it's hard. I said it's weird, counterintuitive, and stupid. Parry registers only when the tip of her blade is already down or far to the side, which looks like she already hit you.

[Licht Umbra]

use the easiest parry module

[TeaWithCthulhu]

Originally posted by Licht Umbra:

use the easiest parry module

Shouldn't the solution be for the devs to adjust the timings to match the animation better? Just because the game is good doesn't mean it can't be better.

[Zaphos]

Originally posted by Licht Umbra:

use the easiest parry module

it doesn't affect melee does it...?

[Andrew]

boring annoying fight