Can someone teach me how to fight giants?

[Sono]

The tutorial doesn't explain what "holding directional keys" actually means, I'm on controller, holding a movement input one way does nothing, nor does moving as soon as the giant performs an attack do anything either. Jumping off did not seem to do anything either unless the timing is pitch perfect and I've been missing it. Help please?

Actually, upon trying again, I saw the prompt and its left click thumbstick to get off, but this is still a pretty inefficient way to fight it.

[Outsider]

Humanoid giants have 3 climbable spots - two shoulders and ass (giant boss has two ass spots).
So you move into direction of a spot you want to go from the spot you're at.
It would be intuitive if camera wasn't completely borked during climbing even after all these patches.

[Sono]

Originally posted by Outsider:

Humanoid giants have 3 climbable spots - two shoulders and ass (giant boss has two ass spots).
So you move into direction of a spot you want to go from the spot you're at.
It would be intuitive if camera wasn't completely borked during climbing even after all these patches.

ah okay, i just thought it was the two shoulders, so if i move to his butt the attack wont damage or knock me off?

[Outsider]

They WILL knock you off if you stick around regardless of the spot, and they will deal heavy damage too.
You're supposed to jump off before they do that.
Mechanical giants give especially short time before they will throw you down.

[Sono]

Originally posted by Outsider:

They WILL knock you off if you stick around regardless of the spot, and they will deal heavy damage too.
You're supposed to jump off before they do that.
Mechanical giants give especially short time before they will throw you down.

Ah okay, that makes sense, the one i was fighting is the big mechanical one, that explains a lot. So those are just particularly annoying to whittle down