Really wish dodging would cancel combos

[Adeptus Lebowski]

The amount of times I end up screaming at the game because my dude is stuck in a 50 second combo and I'm spamming the dodge button to GTFO of a ♥♥♥♥ situation that i know is going to kill me ffs.

[dustin1280]

Dodging will cancel MOST attacks...
But it won't cancel I want to say the third hit (flurry of small attacks) from the light combo.

So be weary of the flurry and you should be able to dodge cancel most everything else.

[Houjuu Byakuren]

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Dodging will cancel MOST combos...
But it won't cancel I want to say the third hit (flurry of small attacks) from the light combo.

So be weary of the flurry and you should be able to dodge cancel most everything else.

There is literally a passive you can get in the talent tree, that unlocks dodging while keeping combo .. lol

[Naamtar]

There's literally a skill that says "Dodging no longer cancels light combos" - so there is definitely dodge cancelling in the game.

Heavy attacks take forever if you don't take advantage of them at specific points in a light combo, though.

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Houjuu Byakuren:

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Dodging will cancel MOST combos...
But it won't cancel I want to say the third hit (flurry of small attacks) from the light combo.

So be weary of the flurry and you should be able to dodge cancel most everything else.

There is literally a passive you can get in the talent tree, that unlocks dodging while keeping combo .. lol

Sorry, let me clarify...
Dodging will cancel most ATTACKS, except for the flurry of blows, which I believe is the third attack in the light combo. That is the ONE attack that dodging does NOT cancel.

[Adeptus Lebowski]

ok thanks, I'll look for that ability to unlock

[Kashra Fall]

Dodging will cancel all light attacks.
It will not cancel heavy charged attacks or varied hits.

[Baron01]

Originally posted by Naamtar:

There's literally a skill that says "Dodging no longer cancels light combos" - so there is definitely dodge cancelling in the game.

Heavy attacks take forever if you don't take advantage of them at specific points in a light combo, though.

I love it when people talk out of their ass...
The skill you are talking about allows you to dodge without interrupting your combo attacks. It has nothing to do with cancelling animation and it definitely does not do any cancelling. It is absolute must-have talent as it let you keep your combo count after dodge, which is important as later hits in the combo do a lot more damage and also gain more focus.

You can not cancel attack animation and you will have to wait until current ongoing attack animation finishes. This is not huge issue on light attacks other than the flurry, 3rd attack in a chain, which is rather long. The finisher attack can not be cancelled either but you get damage reduction during this move, which can even be improved by certain talents, so it does not matter too much.

[The22nd]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Dodging will cancel all light attacks.
It will not cancel heavy charged attacks or varied hits.

It doesn't cancel light attacks. Lights just have low recovery frames

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Dodging will cancel all light attacks.
It will not cancel heavy charged attacks or varied hits.

No, it does not cancel the 3rd attack in the light combo chain (the flurry) and it does not cancel the finisher either...

The rest of the light combo can be dodged out of at any time.

[Nonexistinghero]

You need to learn the mechanics properly. You can get away with mashing early on, but you'll have to calculate your hits and pay attention to what the enemies are doing once you're past the beginning. You'll have to develop a much better feel for when a dodge actually starts, when you can actually dodge, etc. If you mash it's just too unpredictable, you have to time properly so that your attack hits while also allowing you to dodge an enemy attack right afterwards.

[Armando Broncas]

Originally posted by Houjuu Byakuren:

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Dodging will cancel MOST combos...
But it won't cancel I want to say the third hit (flurry of small attacks) from the light combo.

So be weary of the flurry and you should be able to dodge cancel most everything else.

There is literally a passive you can get in the talent tree, that unlocks dodging while keeping combo .. lol

Originally posted by Naamtar:

There's literally a skill that says "Dodging no longer cancels light combos" - so there is definitely dodge cancelling in the game.

Heavy attacks take forever if you don't take advantage of them at specific points in a light combo, though.

Don't listen to them TC, that perk doesn't do what you want it to do, try it yourself and you will see how it is only to keep the combo not to cancel the animation.

[Medina_Rico]

Originally posted by Nonexistinghero:

You need to learn the mechanics properly. You can get away with mashing early on, but you'll have to calculate your hits and pay attention to what the enemies are doing once you're past the beginning. You'll have to develop a much better feel for when a dodge actually starts, when you can actually dodge, etc. If you mash it's just too unpredictable, you have to time properly so that your attack hits while also allowing you to dodge an enemy attack right afterwards.

This is the answer.