Parrying Everything* With My Wakizashi (Video)

[Fried Noodles]

* Not actually everything.

https://youtu.be/Bd8YLYAWiTs

I shared this a few days ago on Reddit and figured it wouldn't hurt to post here too.



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[Alby]

lmao i liked how you let the mimic tear parry you. cool vid

[causality]

TIL you can parry the stone doggo. Wrongly assumed it was for humanoid type enemies only.
edit: Gundyr still getting bullied. 10/10

[Superboniato]

no giant crab parry: dissapointed

BTW: i dont know if its possible in ER xD

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by Alby:

lmao i liked how you let the mimic tear parry you. cool vid

That was actually unintentional. And I didn't expect that it would deal such huge damage to me with a single riposte!
I posted a short clip to Reddit a few months back dedicated entirely to that encounter.

Originally posted by causality:

TIL you can parry the stone doggo. Wrongly assumed it was for humanoid type enemies only.
edit: Gundyr still getting bullied. 10/10

Those statues have always been a pain to deal with until I learned I could parry them.
I only just played through DS3 for the first time this month and Gundyr was one of my favorite bosses.
Loved getting knocked into the air and drop kicked back to the ground. :p

Originally posted by Superboniato:

no giant crab parry: dissapointed

BTW: i dont know if its possible in ER xD

A few people mentioned that to me on Reddit!
I didn't even know that was possible in DS3. I cowarded out of crab encounters with my bow during my playthrough. :p.
If only I'd known I could parry them!
Definitely is not possible in Elden Ring though, sadly.

[Lenox]

Pretty cool! Been wanting a Wakizashi build myself. How was it when not parrying?

Lol @ parrying Fire Giant.

Saw the Gwyn clip. You been doing this since the DS1 days?

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by Lenox:

Pretty cool! Been wanting a Wakizashi build myself. How was it when not parrying?

Lol @ parrying Fire Giant.

Saw the Gwyn clip. You been doing this since the DS1 days?

It's not bad! I chose the Wakizashi because it's functionally a katana.
If you're comfortable with dual wielding uchigatanas, it's basically the same thing. You get the same powerstance moves.

Also I played the Fromsoftware games backwards.
I started with Elden Ring and then bought the Dark Souls trilogy when it was on sale on the EU/UK BandaiNamco site around December/January.
Parrying in Dark Souls 1 feels a lot easier than Elden Ring.
It's different feeling in DS2 and DS3 as well. Had to get used to it for both games.

I parried the crap out of DS2 though. It was my favorite of the three.

[Lenox]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

Originally posted by Lenox:

Pretty cool! Been wanting a Wakizashi build myself. How was it when not parrying?

Lol @ parrying Fire Giant.

Saw the Gwyn clip. You been doing this since the DS1 days?

It's not bad! I chose the Wakizashi because it's functionally a katana.
If you're comfortable with dual wielding uchigatanas, it's basically the same thing. You get the same powerstance moves.

Also I played the Fromsoftware games backwards.
I started with Elden Ring and then bought the Dark Souls trilogy when it was on sale on the EU/UK BandaiNamco site around December/January.
Parrying in Dark Souls 1 feels a lot easier than Elden Ring.
It's different feeling in DS2 and DS3 as well. Had to get used to it for both games.

I parried the crap out of DS2 though. It was my favorite of the three.

Right on. I liked this part:

Advantages over using a second katana:
The powerstance L1 combo consumes roughly 20% less stamina.

NOTE: As of Patch 1.08, the speed and distance of some attacks has been increased and the recovery time has been reduced.

@ sale: You should visit these "when is dark souls going on sale" threads and drop some knowledge. Maybe people could use some tips. That's cool @ playing them all.

And agreed, Dark Souls 1 parrying is easier. My main DS1 character was a Target Shield parrier. But when I started Elden Ring, I couldn't parry. But backstabs were harder in DS1, so there's that.

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by Lenox:

And agreed, Dark Souls 1 parrying is easier. My main DS1 character was a Target Shield parrier. But when I started Elden Ring, I couldn't parry. But backstabs were harder in DS1, so there's that.

I started off with a Buckler that you can buy in Undead Burg because of my experience in Elden Ring. Someone suggested to me that I try the Heater as it had 100% physical block and was classed as 'light' in terms of parrying.
So I used that for quite a while... but it was ugly!
Eventually I found the Silver Knight Shield, like the biggest, chonkiest medium shield with a super high stability. So I went with that as my 'blocking' shield.
Randomly decided to parry some Silver Knights in Anor Londo with it and found that it didn't feel any different to me from my Heater. Parrying was just so generous in DS1.

My first few hours in DS2 brought me crashing back down to Earth though. :)

[Lenox]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

Originally posted by Lenox:

And agreed, Dark Souls 1 parrying is easier. My main DS1 character was a Target Shield parrier. But when I started Elden Ring, I couldn't parry. But backstabs were harder in DS1, so there's that.

I started off with a Buckler that you can buy in Undead Burg because of my experience in Elden Ring. Someone suggested to me that I try the Heater as it had 100% physical block and was classed as 'light' in terms of parrying.
So I used that for quite a while... but it was ugly!
Eventually I found the Silver Knight Shield, like the biggest, chonkiest medium shield with a super high stability. So I went with that as my 'blocking' shield.
Randomly decided to parry some Silver Knights in Anor Londo with it and found that it didn't feel any different to me from my Heater. Parrying was just so generous in DS1.

My first few hours in DS2 brought me crashing back down to Earth though. :)

Good memories. I was playing with the Silver Knight's Shield the last time I played.

And the Buckler and Target Shield had some minor differences but the same parry window. It's just that the Thief started with the Target Shield.

Something tells me DS2 is just hard.

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by Lenox:

And the Buckler and Target Shield had some minor differences but the same parry window. It's just that the Thief started with the Target Shield.

Something tells me DS2 is just hard.

Oh I was comparing the parry window of the Buckler to the Silver Knight Shield.
it's just that parrying in DS1 seemed so easy to me that the windows even between a parrying shield and a medium shield felt practically same.

You've not played DS2?
I'm seriously feeling like Dark Souls 2 is my favorite of the trilogy.
It rewards a more slow, methodical approach. And I love the zones and the music. Plenty of memorable bosses, too.

[Lenox]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

Originally posted by Lenox:

And the Buckler and Target Shield had some minor differences but the same parry window. It's just that the Thief started with the Target Shield.

Something tells me DS2 is just hard.

Oh I was comparing the parry window of the Buckler to the Silver Knight Shield.
it's just that parrying in DS1 seemed so easy to me that the windows even between a parrying shield and a medium shield felt practically same.

You've not played DS2?
I'm seriously feeling like Dark Souls 2 is my favorite of the trilogy.
It rewards a more slow, methodical approach. And I love the zones and the music. Plenty of memorable bosses, too.

Yeah, true. I kind of remember the same. Anything could parry.

Naw, no DS2 yet. I took a long break between DS1 and ER for other games. Sounds fun though.