How to dodge/evade attacks on PC??

[76561198001092688]

Does anyone know a good technique of avoiding attacks with a keyboard? All I see are ones for the consoles like PS3 and Xbox 360 :/

[Mr. Bungle]

just hit w when the enemy is about to hit you

[Mr. Bungle]

or space i think but w is a lot easier imo

[76561198001092688]

I try but it's so so so difficult :L

[Dragoonseal]

You have to be decently close to an attack to dodge it. You don't have to be hugging the enemy but sometimes you can still get stuck in a range where you're too far away for the dodge to work yet they'll still reach you with their attack. Certain things extend the range you can dodge from like a Light Weight weapon or some characters with a Shadow Dancer bonus.

You also can't have pressed w within the last second or two, so don't walk up to an enemy just tapping w constantly expecting to dodge, you need to wait until the moment before an attack hits you to press it. It's actually a lot like RE6's counter system if you've played that, except you don't get an on screen button prompt for the dodge.

Just takes some practice, once get you get the basic idea it becomes much easier. I would suggest setting yourself to your max level and then going to one of the first Raid stages, they'll barely be able to hurt you if your level is high enough, then just keep enemies alive and practice dodging for awhile.

Globsters can't be dodged and you can't dodge most of a scagdead's attacks, only their insta kill can be dodged, but I think pretty much any other attack in the game can be dodged with some practice.

[Minor Zircon]

wow

[Big Shaq]

Dodging is tough in this game even with controller. You have to memorize monster attack patterns or wait for them to scream before they attack, hit w as soon as they scream and it should work.

But it's tough so I suggest you just keep a distance and try to stun them from afar.

[Rojigami]

So it's like the dodge system with RE3. Except it had fixed camera angle so sometimes it's just a ♥♥♥♥♥ to time enemy attack properly because you're seeing your character from an awkward angle.

[Wardog]

You can hold down w, I've managed to avoid 9 attacks this way by just attempting to run around the enemy though its RNG it works when it does.

[R4yZ]

I don't know why you have so much trouble with it.
Just use W or Space before you get hit.Take a look here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tU3MlrASFQ

[Krolpand]

You can use the raid mode to learn because you'll run into 2-3 enemies types per stage (at most). As you can see from R4yz' video, being stationary helps a lot.