Can someone explain block/parry?

[Belmont]

Game kinda just says "you can push/pull parry" and doesn't exactly say how, or what these even do?

Thanks.

[AvatarMan]

It is terrible, the way to do it is to block and push a directional button at the same time when an enemy attack is about to hit you. BUT if you don't push the correct direction they will put you in a stumbled state where you are very vurnerable, or it will put you both into the stumble state. IF you do it correctly you will either push their swing out of the way and will leave them vulnerable or it will stumble them backwards.

From there you can then instantly counter attack for a large amount of damage. Is this worth it? No, if you mistime the push too late or too early their swing will collide, there are also some attacks which are so fast that it is virtually impossible to time the parry.

It is not worth it, just dash backwards or attack faster than your enemy.