What does perfect dodge do?

[nub]

What happens when I do a perfect dodge?

[Ashtrails]

you know you're ready to try actually parrying stuff and if you have 'Dodger' equiped you get AP back

that's like the basic benefits

[Samus]

By itself, nothing. Perfect dodge doesn't give you any rewards or allow you to attack.

What Perfect Dodge does indicate, however, is you have hit the button with the same timing you need to Parry. If you successfully parry an attack, or series of attacks, you get to counter attack.

[nub]

Then what's the point of including perfect dodge in the game if it doesn't do anything?

[paladin181]

Originally posted by nub:

Then what's the point of including perfect dodge in the game if it doesn't do anything?

Because A, a pictos/lumina activates on perfect dodge, and b. As already stated, if you're consistently hitting perfect dodge, it is time to parry instead.

[Samus]

The dodge mechanic is introduced to the player first. The parry mechanic comes later on. You are not required to parry at all. But if you can repeatedly hit a Perfect dodge, you are ready to begin parrying since you have the timing down.

[nub]

What is pictos/lumina again?

[Pegula]

lol

This went down pretty quick.

[nub]

I did the beginning tutorial and it didn't teach about these things.

[Ashtrails]

Originally posted by nub:

I did the beginning tutorial and it didn't teach about these things.

pictos provide stat increases and a special buff / ability (like getting action points on a perfect dodge, the very first picto you get I think)
you can equip and inspect them in the character screen.

they play a role once the gameplay / story mechanic of Gustave's invention and Pictos (basically magic) is introduced which is pretty much within the first hour of the game.

you can also always read that stuff up once it's been tutorialized by opening the game's options.

[palacentes]

Originally posted by nub:

I did the beginning tutorial and it didn't teach about these things.

they taught everyone about it bro... i played the game too...

to be fair the tutorial pops up only if you look into the menu, you arent told to stop what you are doing and open the menu, like those mobile game tutorials. But why wouldnt you look at the menu?

[Nibbie]

Originally posted by nub:

I did the beginning tutorial and it didn't teach about these things.

If you are literally less than an hour into the game, you could try just playing the game for a bit and seeing if your questions are answered? If you haven't even got to basic equipment yet, you are too early to be asking what things are for. The game tells you about these things.

[Zero]

Originally posted by nub:

Then what's the point of including perfect dodge in the game if it doesn't do anything?

Because dodges have a bigger timing window than a parry. Naturally you should be doing dodges first if you're fighting a new enemy just to get a feel of their attack patterns. If you're getting perfect dodges,then that means you are ready to parry.

[The BIG MP]

If you're getting perfect dodges, you pretty much can move straight to parrying. They're very similar windows.

It's telling you that "Hey, you did a good job. You should go for a parry counterattack for this attack sequence"

[Xaphnir]

Originally posted by Samus:

The dodge mechanic is introduced to the player first. The parry mechanic comes later on. You are not required to parry at all. But if you can repeatedly hit a Perfect dodge, you are ready to begin parrying since you have the timing down.

Dodge and parry are both in the game from the start.

[Herr Glaube]

Originally posted by Xaphnir:

Originally posted by Samus:

The dodge mechanic is introduced to the player first. The parry mechanic comes later on. You are not required to parry at all. But if you can repeatedly hit a Perfect dodge, you are ready to begin parrying since you have the timing down.

Dodge and parry are both in the game from the start.

But dodging is introduced first. Not the same thing as being present.