Defeat Hans

[MasterOfUnlocking]

How the hell do you defeat Hans in the practice duel? I`ve hit him about 50 times with ripostes and he still doesn´t go down. Why is there such a hard fight right at the beginning of the game?

[votadc]

You can also clinch

[theo]

Didn't have any issues winning it but even then, you don't have to so the question is pointless

[Buttwheat]

Not hard with a bit of patience, because the training sword can't do damage because of hans and henry's armor it goes off the number of hits that connect so winning a weapon bind is equal to landing a repose. so fighting defensively is the trick.

[Barry Chuckle]

Originally posted by Its Almost Harvesting Season:

There is no bug, y'all just suck and have ADHD. Seriously, press button to block, press other button to hit= win. Listen to what the tutorial is telling you instead of racing to clear the checklist on your journal. "Opponents wearing armor need to be worn down first". What is Hans wearing during the duel?

Exhaust him with parries and ripostes then combo him for a win. There's no bug, you're just not hitting him at the right time. 100 hits with your opponent at full stamina is worth less than 10 on an exhausted one. No wonder some of you are saying the fight took too long lol

Seriously, it's this. I absolutely sucked at the combat in the first game, but this is far easier. You have less attack vectors (instead of the five directions and the scroll wheel thrust, you now have left, top and right, and the bottom is thrust). Also, if you find yourself facing the opposite direction when trying to swing your weapon then you either need to turn down your mouse sensitivity, or you need to adjust and make small, slight movements to whatever direction you want to swing. It's not broken, it's a skill issue.

[ExecutiveOdin]

I know it gets hard but if you wanna beat Hans off and get him to go down on you you really need to Grindr™ your stats.
If you wanna stay low level though maybe find some better gear. Basically twink yourself out. Hans might come off as a bear but if you figure it out then you'll realize he is more otter mode.

[David Davidson]

Go to an alchemy table
Pour some Oleum
Rub it all over you
Shout "Daniel Vavra, I've come for your self-insert!"
You then beat 'Hans' with your club.

[Redhalo]

Just stay on the attack like I said, but make your strikes connect. Watch your stamina, and back off when it's low. It's far more button mash friendly than the first game. Make Hans sweat proper.. There's not really much to it. Kick his lily ass!

[TitanWolf]

Gotta pull out you second flesh "sword" and defeat him with ease.

[HellbombLuvr69]

How do you prevent those attacks that show a red shield in the middle of the rosetta?

Anyway, he is defeatable, begin with a parry+riposte then hammer him like 4 times, repeat as many times as needed. Frankly I hate the swords already, I'll be happy with Heavy Weapons.

[bman2227]

So Han’s strikes aren’t connecting and I can’t progress the block part of the tutorial…

[Drunk Rambo {The Dirty Dozen}]

Originally posted by MasterOfUnlocking:

How the hell do you defeat Hans in the practice duel? I`ve hit him about 50 times with ripostes and he still doesn´t go down. Why is there such a hard fight right at the beginning of the game?

Skill issue