Bulwark Parry?

[MegaZero]

Doesnt seem to want to parry anytime the prompt pops up. He just seems to block instead. anyone else having this problem?

[Nephilim]

Yeah was wondering the same, i think the block conflicts with parry somehow and the animation just comes super late on button release

[Jables]

I’m still trying to figure it out as well I know that there are different defence types on weapons that will either make parrying easier or make it impossible (Fencing = largest parry window, Balance = smaller parry window and
Block = no parry window) but I chose fencing and I still can’t manage it, probs a skill issue on my part 😂

[Jables]

Ok I figured it out, you just need to tap instead of hold the parry button, holding it makes you block whereas tapping is always a parry

[flakor8]

Originally posted by Jables:

Ok I figured it out, you just need to tap instead of hold the parry button, holding it makes you block whereas tapping is always a parry

fencing=no perfect parries but big parry window
block=only perfect parries but smallest window
balance=prefect parries but smaller window

[Kenpachi11]

Yea it just straight up don't work for bulwark. I play on Xbox and I'm used to playing dark soul esque games, so I know how to time attacks. Seems like with bulwark he just can't which is dumb because even when blocking you take damage at higher difficulty. Can't believe they didn't test these classes with that extra year delay.

[MattLyf]

I have been having the same problem for a while now until i double tapped the parry button for a Tyranid warrior and it worked for me. Maybe double tap the parry button for anything bigger than a gaunt

[UrAverageWizard]

I've tried everything, doubel tap, single tap, hold. I don't know what it takes to consistently parry. Only works for the minions for me. Doesn't matter what I wield as melee weapon either

[Brenno]

I was wondering the same. Doesnt look like its working as it should.

[JDooMGuy6140]

It happens to me too. When i play bulwark, i cant parry for some reason. But when i play another different calss with the same weapon and defense type, i can parry without problem.

[Stick Image]

If I’m understanding what you’re saying about the icon: The prompt really doesn’t mean doodly-squat other than to show you that parrying that enemy will cause a stun to trash. Every attack is parryable (other than the red/orange dodge only attacks) you want to parry the attack right as it’s about to hit you. That icon confused the ♥♥♥♥ out of me at first.

As for the Bulwark parry it’s definitely about *tapping* it at exactly the right moment.

[fuji699]

same issue here

[Destarkan]

It seems to me like you cannot parry in the middle of small mobs that are gently tickling you. From what I can tell all the little mobs eat up the parry response and I just get smacked. The only time I can do the Blue ring perfect parry is if there is nothing on me or one at a time big mobs taking turns.

But that is outright stupid the time I want it is to tie up the big guys in the midst of a mob fest. There are also a lot of times that a perfect parry never lets you get a side arm shot when you do actually land one as bulwark.

Maybe there is some game knowledge I'm missing but it seem real unresponsive.

[Gideon]

i think i figured it out. This may or may not be accurate but it works for me and im parrying almost everything as bulwark now.

So what I discovered is that the parry function for bulwark is almost delayed. Instead of parrying first, he will block first and then parry. its like in the same animation.
So to parry you have to tap the block button BEFORE the enemy hits you and not AS they are hitting you. get the block out of the way first and then the parry comes out.
once you hit the block button your animation will last maybe half a second or less, so that you will be able to parry anything in that window.

Your weapons can not have the "block" defense on them. parry absolutely will not work if it has the defense of "block" on it. now i could be wrong there but i can not parry at all with that kind of weapon. has to be "Balance" or "fencing" for defense of the melee weapon.

you guys can test it out and tell me if it works.

[MegaZero]

Feel like the developers need to know about this lol

[GeforceJoe]

it depends on the weapon you are using., gotta look and see what it does, some weapons block, perry or have a better chance to perrry