Tips for parrying?

[SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED]

I'm really digging 2-h weapons, but I can't seem to parry to save my life. Any tips?

[Bandit17]

I just close my eyes...lol

One tip that stuck with me was to parry a second before you think you need to. Hard to wire my brain that way but it actually did help. Keep in mind I am definitely no pro on the subject of parrying!

[[Tasty] Kiiyor]

Grab yourself some super heavy armour, pump your resistances, start a new realm and practice against the enemies in the keep. It's easier to develop muscle memory when you aren't being one shot if you get the timing wrong.

I've found that the animations are a clue too - most foes have some sort of wind up animation before they strike. If you time your parry when the wind up ends and they 'throw' the attack forward it seems to get it pretty reliably for me.

[Exerion76]

The timing of when to parry, is all over the place, even with the same enemy.
When I think I get the timing right, the next time I try the same thing, it doesn't work.
It's so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ frustrating.

It's gotten to the point, that I just don't wanna play it anymore.
Sadly I got 7 hours of playtime, otherwise I would have requested a refund...

[Knavenformed]

Only parry things with predictable patterns and clear visuals

Current bosses are easy enough to roll around, no reason to risk eating a combo from them with parrying

Though most enemies with easy parry options are also easy to backstab, it is what it is

[Detective Costeau]

This is a situational tip, but may help:
If you're used to parrying in the Souls games/Elden Ring, you're probably parrying too early- at least I know I was. Those games have a few windup frames for the parry which I don't think NRFTW has.
So you don't parry just before an attack hits you, you parry right as it lands instead.
Seems to work better for me, anyway.

[The Undead Watcher]

Parry sucks in this game. Mostly because of the visual noise, makes it hard to actually land them. I consistently parry most enemies first time, but then fail any actual attempt afterwards.
I'm gonna try what some said here and see if it is any better.

[Rallianto]

There are no animation cancelletion in this game. Meaning, if you have already commited to an attack, you can't parry until the animation is finished playing.
There are multiple factors that need to be met, before you can parry
- No animation playing
- Focus/stamina enough
- Looking in direction of the enemy

[Smartiz]

Parry is really strong in this game even with the stamina cost. Keep in mind if parry is too easy ... all the game will be broken. Actually i think its pretty fair

[Sgt.JESUS]

Originally posted by Smartiz:

Parry is really strong in this game even with the stamina cost. Keep in mind if parry is too easy ... all the game will be broken. Actually i think its pretty fair

Agreed, i think it all comes down to knowing your enemies movesets, after you play a lot it becomes easier, you know his next attack, you know that fu-cker with the spear takes forever to strike, some have an annoying tendecy to delay that swing.

[Smartiz]

Originally posted by Sgt.JESUS:

Originally posted by Smartiz:

Parry is really strong in this game even with the stamina cost. Keep in mind if parry is too easy ... all the game will be broken. Actually i think its pretty fair

Agreed, i think it all comes down to knowing your enemies movesets, after you play a lot it becomes easier, you know his next attack, you know that fu-cker with the spear takes forever to strike, some have an annoying tendecy to delay that swing.

Agree

Maybe this Video could help some ppl ! Hf boyz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX63VQqO2M0

[Mr Smiley]

This game became so much easier for me when I realized parrying seems to make no effing sense. I just roll now. There is something wrong with the parry system. Strange things happen with parrying. Sometimes I take no damage but they aren't staggered either. Sometimes the timing is perfect but I eat damage on video review. Rock bottom parry mechanics, but it's a really good game if you accept that parrying with perfect timing is not reliable. Just roll and save yourself the heartache

[Mr Smiley]

Originally posted by Smartiz:

Agree

Maybe this Video could help some ppl ! Hf boyz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX63VQqO2M0

Lol. If only this video applied to 93% of the other enemy movesets in the game. Parrying certain moves is not reliable. Just roll. Save yourself the trauma

[SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED]

Ty everyone. I've learned through experience to just roll. It's disappointing, tho. I use 2h weapons. I wanna at least make up for no shield. But whateves. I'll just keep whacking things until one of us is dead.

[Blowfeld]

I really hope the devs work on a consistent parry system that is easier to read.

Sucks when you have the feature in the game, but people will just roll, cause the benefit and ease of use is just better overall.

I do not mind having to be precise to parry, that is the fun of it, but parrying has to reproduce consistent results, has to be reliable when done correctly and you should not have to spend hours after hours just to be able to read some trash mob animations.

[The Undead Watcher]

Originally posted by Smartiz:

Parry is really strong in this game even with the stamina cost. Keep in mind if parry is too easy ... all the game will be broken. Actually i think its pretty fair

Uhggg... no one ever said to only make the parry window easier but to still keep the instant stagger.
It should just be more consistent.