Is parrying equally effective regardless of your equipped armament?

[Fried Noodles]

Do certain weapon / shield types have any kind of advantage over others when it comes to parrying? Or is the timing and everything the same?

[zmanbuilder]

Could be a placebo but i found the small shields much easier to parry with.

[Fried Noodles]

Originally posted by zmanbuilder:

Could be a placebo but i found the small shields much easier to parry with.

That's what I'd automatically assume from playing Dark Souls / Elden Ring.

[Dre Day]

Daggers have the highest parry window follow by light shields. The bigger/heavy weapon classes get less parry frames as they go higher.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by Dre Day:

Daggers have the highest parry window follow by light shields. The bigger/heavy weapon classes get less parry frames as they go higher.

Does having a dagger in the off hand do anything for parrying?

[Dre Day]

Originally posted by zmanbuilder:

Originally posted by Dre Day:

Daggers have the highest parry window follow by light shields. The bigger/heavy weapon classes get less parry frames as they go higher.

Does having a dagger in the off hand do anything for parrying?

Yes, it gives you ability to parry with the dagger and use whatever weapon in your main hand.

[Fried Noodles]

Well I made it to Pieta on my first character and ended up dying on my first go.

I parried her quite a few times with the shield that my Preacher(?) Radiance spellcaster class started with.

I did notice that I picked up a broken sword somewhere that's classed as a dagger. I might have a go with that and see if it feels much better.

[Dre Day]

Originally posted by Fried Noodles:

Well I made it to Pieta on my first character and ended up dying on my first go.

I parried her quite a few times with the shield that my Preacher(?) Radiance spellcaster class started with.

I did notice that I picked up a broken sword somewhere that's classed as a dagger. I might have a go with that and see if it feels much better.

The difference between daggers and light shields isn't that much. The difference between daggers/light shields and a grand sword/hammer/axe feels noticeable. You also don't have to keep switching to 2 hand after a parry combo to counterattack unless you feel the dagger damage is worthwhile.

[Fried Noodles]

I've been a bit more successful using the dagger... though that can just as easily be attributed to the fact that I'm becoming more familiar with Pieta's attacks with each try.

I've only had at her three times so far. Keep breaking to go do something else in between.


I'm curious exactly how daggers and small shields are better though.

Is it a quicker startup animation? Longer effective frames?

If a greatsword is slower to block after tapping the L1 button, that could potentially be good against enemies with slightly obnoxious attack delays.

[Baron01]

Parry window might be different between weapons/shields but their impact on enemy poise/posture is the same as far as I can tell.

I just found an Umbral Eye that deals damage to enemy upon parry (perfect block?) so I'm going to test it soon.

[Quickdraw]

Lighter shield - easier parry but the bigger risk if you miss.
Heavier shield - harder parry but it can block more damage if you miss.

[rasabt]

Originally posted by Quickdraw:

Lighter shield - easier parry but the bigger risk if you miss.
Heavier shield - harder parry but it can block more damage if you miss.

this
but the differences between light shields and daggers are not that great
normal/grand weapons and shields to light shields'n daggers is very noticable
i found the "normal" shield parry window more than enough, and you still got some mitigation if you actualy do get hit