Hackers or just really good?

[water is not ice]

Just wondering if auto parry players are common? Im only gold but theres atleast 1 team who can parry all of my blue strikes, even less obvious ones. Im sure there are some really good players who smurf or grind from not playing after a while, but are auto parry hackers common?

[blackyCL]

Smurfs are a thing, there are plenty of good players out there as well.

I've noticed some fishy players that i believe are hacking and the Asians lagging around do not help this feeling that they might be hacking (bad netcode)

[Bloodyboo12]

Very, the game doesnt have the greatest way to detect hackers, and auto parry is not a big priority. But you will run into people who can perfectly parry any possible attack.

[Glorious Comrade]

there are only a handful of animation that can parry from

idle,
jump,
crouch,
after dodging,
holding blue before stage 1

all parry is about canceling the current animation into the above states so they can parry.

Such as holding blue past stage 1 then jump then parry,
or light attack then dodge then parry
or light attack then crouch then parry

you get the idea. so if someone parries mid attack, or parries when they are laying on the floor, or parries while they got hit, or doing other things then it might be auto parry hack.

jump attack and jump parry animation have melee correction, meaning it will move your character toward the closest enemy mid air. very noticeable if someone is using dual sword blue attack, then the enemy can jump then parry outside of your dual sword attack range, and he/she will get sucked into your attack range, causing the parry to happen.

it is also common to see holding blue then immediately into parry before stage 1. that is not hack either.

there are some exception to this, Wuchen's F skill and ult can allow him to parry while doing his F or V animation if you time it right. but you are not gonna see that in Gold Rank.

[Bloodyboo12]

plenty of people using auto parry hacks or just broken mechanics like infinite knife juggle. Game is a waste of time.

[water is not ice]

Thanks for the replies, I know there are many good players from For Honor days but I was curious if auto parries existed so I looked on yt and sure enough they exist. Good to know

[Craze]

Don't listen to Bloodyboo, this guy is just high on copium cause he can't play the game and for him everyone that parries his obvious attacks is a hacker. Almost 1000hours in this game and met maybe 3 hackers, which one of them was shooting people through walls with crossbow and the second one having auto parry. Yes, this type of cheats are possible in this game, but they aren't common. Personally didn't meet a cheater for a solid 3-4 months and I play almost daily.

[Bloodyboo12]

auto parry is everywhere because the devs cant do anything about it.

[Craze]

Originally posted by Bloodyboo12:

auto parry is everywhere because the devs cant do anything about it.

No one from high ELO lobbies complain about auto-parry. Just like being better at the game could prevent you from being parried. Insane coincidence, right?

[⚡Xellaz⚡]

There are definitely people that seems to have ultra instinct and can parry almost anything. I grouped with one of them in a random trio queue. I'm so impressed that he was so good at parrying. But guess what, he still got pwned by a better player that baited his parries and poked him to death. I luv this game! 😂

[Bloodyboo12]

Originally posted by Craze:

Originally posted by Bloodyboo12:

auto parry is everywhere because the devs cant do anything about it.

No one from high ELO lobbies complain about auto-parry. Just like being better at the game could prevent you from being parried. Insane coincidence, right?

no, since parry isnt needed anyways due to broken mechanics like infinite juggles and head hovering, ya know the things the devs didnt intend

[SallaRiou]

anything possible