Backstab doesnt work

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So i just buyed the game after dark souls 3 and there i didnt had any problem to backstab anyone. And at the tutorial of Dark Souls 2 i also didnt had any problems. but now,( Im stuck on heide tower of flame, because i only have half of my live and all the enemies are one hitting me) i cant backstab anymore, even not the small crusaders, or whatever they are.

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sry i mean heides ruin

[Fentanillionaire Floyde]

You cannot backstab certain enemys, Only Human Shaped ones. For The Heide Knights, I suggest parrying, For the big ones, Just take advantage of i-frames and you should be fine

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well.. im not a parry master, even not in dark souls 3

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and how should i beat the dargonlord, or however he is called again? i mean i have the shield always up and try to get behin him to deal some damage, but i didnt even managed it, to get half of his life

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Dragonrider*

[Lurker at the threshold]

If Heide's the first area you went in after the tutorial, you might consider going somewhere else first, that's not exactly an ideal beginner area...

Originally posted by KeoKing1:

and how should i beat the dargonlord, or however he is called again? i mean i have the shield always up and try to get behin him to deal some damage, but i didnt even managed it, to get half of his life

try rolling

Originally posted by Routa:

git gud casul

^ best advice

[Ur Bruda]

You can't backstab the old knights, those large dudes, and for heide knights... sometimes their hitbox is strange, but you can backstab them, it's just "hard sometimes".

There is 2 boss: The old dragon slayer (Ornstein v 2.0) and the Dragon rider (you need to beat him to progress, but be careful after you kill him the heide knights will became hostile and will wander on the map)

You can easily dodge the big ones, the sword/shield type is the easiest, if you bad at dodge just keep distance until he finished his moves then strike (but tbh easy to dodge them), the mace weilder can ♥♥♥♥ you up if you badly dodge him (some enemy in ds 2 tracks your movement too good imo).

You can get the ring from the chest before the dragon rider boss arena, that reduce the lost HP penalty, or you can use an effigy to regain your lost health pool. If your're out of them... that's bad. But you can became human if you use your soapstone. If somebody summons you and complete the task you will have human form again. (easier with small soapstone because you and the host just has to kill some enemy).

[Lurker at the threshold]

Originally posted by Ur Bruda:

sometimes their hitbox is strange, but you can backstab them, it's just "hard sometimes".

A better way to say this is that their backstab window does not alway correspond to their back, but it's directly opposite their last attack direction, depending on what animation they're recovering from. This happens in all 3 games in the series.

[Ur Bruda]

Originally posted by ふええ:

Originally posted by Ur Bruda:

sometimes their hitbox is strange, but you can backstab them, it's just "hard sometimes".

A better way to say this is that their backstab window does not alway correspond to their back, but it's directly opposite their last attack direction, depending on what animation they're recovering from. This happens in all 3 games in the series.

Yeah, you explained better than me. I only played DS1 and this, but heide knights movements are especially odd for me.

[Airk]

for heide knights, i suggest managing range. just step in and bait an attack, back up, punish.
for OlD knights(the big ones), just get behind them and swing away.
if they have hammers, dont be greedy.

[Airk]

Originally posted by Ur Bruda:

Originally posted by ふええ:

A better way to say this is that their backstab window does not alway correspond to their back, but it's directly opposite their last attack direction, depending on what animation they're recovering from. This happens in all 3 games in the series.

Yeah, you explained better than me. I only played DS1 and this, but heide knights movements are especially odd for me.

you should really go to the forest of fallen giants first, its connectred to majula as well, and has much easier bosses and enemies :)
the game is very non linear. even more so than 1.

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Well, i think i should give up. I mean i beat the dragonrider, bu tnow i cant progress anymore, because im way too bad. even tho i was in forest ofd fallen giants, theres always one, that one hits me. And also i heard, that dark souls 2 is the easiest dark souls game, so...

[pgo9ro]

Originally posted by KeoKing1:

Well, i think i should give up. I mean i beat the dragonrider, bu tnow i cant progress anymore, because im way too bad. even tho i was in forest ofd fallen giants, theres always one, that one hits me. And also i heard, that dark souls 2 is the easiest dark souls game, so...

It is quite easy. Maybe you just suck.

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Originally posted by pgo9ro:

Originally posted by KeoKing1:

Well, i think i should give up. I mean i beat the dragonrider, bu tnow i cant progress anymore, because im way too bad. even tho i was in forest ofd fallen giants, theres always one, that one hits me. And also i heard, that dark souls 2 is the easiest dark souls game, so...

It is quite easy. Maybe you just suck.

thats what i said

[Lurker at the threshold]

Originally posted by KeoKing1:

dark souls 2 is the easiest dark souls game

Difficulty is entirely subjective, there's no point to the people that go around saying "X is easier than Y", even less so in this case, since the game at the core is quite different from everything else in the series.
There's no such thing as being "way too bad" to finish a game, especially one that is not the "niche" kind of hardcore like bullet hell games or precision platformers, you just need to get into it and get used to the different animations, stamina management and so on. But if you really want to give up, hey... you do you.