Parry. am i doing something wrong

[Kahvichi]

Everytime i try to parry a mob or player. it keeps failing. i start parrying when i see my enemys attack animation to start but then still. i die always when i try to parry

[Pandaslayer]

You're literally asking for it.
GIT!
GUD!

[Lu2]

parry window is very small.practice

[Krono]

Basically, yes, you're doing something wrong. The parry timing in this game is similar to ds1, but you have to parry slightly earlier. Just keep practicing on low level mobs until you get the timing. In pvp you have to take latency into account when you parry, I recommend summoning a friend in with a red soapstone if you can and practice parry timings with them

[Anelyn]

Try to parry when you're not at 10% hp? Even if you land the parry it's very possible - depending on weapon and attack you are being hit with - to still take the full damage = you die while they enter riposte animation.

You just need to practice. Take a parry item that you want to use, and practice only with that one vs fast weapons (like daggers, straight swords), medium weapons (great swords / spears) and finally vs large weaps (like UGS / big axes, polearms). Learn what attacks you can parry and when during the animation.

[lpnlizard27]

It takes practice.

best mobs to try on are the ones in the very first area, befor gunther, they have a slow very readable attack, get good there, then try other targets. It will help you determine the active parry frames of whatever your useing. In ds2 there was a neat trick where if you parried against a wall sparks would show up durring your active frames, so it was easy to see when you should be parrying. unforrtunatly that doesnt work in ds3, so try some easy mobs till you get it down.

[Panic Fire]

Originally posted by Tp Hl Nepu:

Everytime i try to parry a mob or player. it keeps failing. i start parrying when i see my enemys attack animation to start but then still. i die always when i try to parry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqy_LzYEf3g

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Also, use a Target, Small Leather or Buckler shield. Parrying dagger has the most forgiving parry window, but the lowest stability and you're more likely to take damage through the parry.

[Kamen Kreuz]

I think the tip that helped me learn parrying in Dark Souls 1 is still relevant today.
Time it to parry your opponent's hand, not his weapon. Besides that, just be patient and practice a lot.

[Anelyn]

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

Also, use a Target, Small Leather or Buckler shield. Parrying dagger has the most forgiving parry window, but the lowest stability and you're more likely to take damage through the parry.

I am doing parries with Faron GS offhand, and rarely take damage (mainly when I don't time it right, it still goes off but I take the damage). Just play enough with it and you will know when to use it.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

Originally posted by Tp Hl Nepu:

Everytime i try to parry a mob or player. it keeps failing. i start parrying when i see my enemys attack animation to start but then still. i die always when i try to parry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqy_LzYEf3g

WTF is this. Wisdom, Agility?

Originally posted by Anelyn:

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

Also, use a Target, Small Leather or Buckler shield. Parrying dagger has the most forgiving parry window, but the lowest stability and you're more likely to take damage through the parry.

I am doing parries with Faron GS offhand, and rarely take damage (mainly when I don't time it right, it still goes off but I take the damage). Just play enough with it and you will know when to use it.

Farron GS is a bit of an oddball. I don't have a lot of experience with it as my Character can't really equip it.

[Caretaker]

I just use Caestus. Good recovery time on it as well. As for parrying in pvp latency can make the frames really iffy. I've taken damage on a full parry, and then one where his sword was inside me, blood flying out, I got a parry with 0 damage taken. Either way my latest invasions were full of r1 spam so, I can't really say much as I didn't even get the 2 hit window as per usual.

[No0ne]

it comes down to practice, preference and opportunity. As mentioned find a parry item you are comfortable with and go with that, an example would be i tend to use larger/heavier weapons so a caetus works best for me since the timing is faster after an attack. I mention opportunity only as a reminder that if you parry during a panic your normally going to be punished.

[T.O.H]

Originally posted by Krono:

Basically, yes, you're doing something wrong. The parry timing in this game is similar to ds1, but you have to parry slightly earlier. Just keep practicing on low level mobs until you get the timing. In pvp you have to take latency into account when you parry, I recommend summoning a friend in with a red soapstone if you can and practice parry timings with them

This is just my kinda experience in terms of DS1 parrying compared to 3. I think it feels SIGNFIGANTLY easier in 3 compared to 1 in terms of parry windows.. But yeah, basically do as he says by parrying slightly earlier. I only state this because nostalgia in DS1 in needing to parry a hour before they start swinging to make it stick, even with a local friend to help you train. If your that desperate to parry something/someone, stick to Parry Daggers or Bucklers.

[megrim3]

Originally posted by Hobo Misanthropus:

Originally posted by Panic Fire:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqy_LzYEf3g

WTF is this. Wisdom, Agility?

boy i didn't even know those imaginary stats affected parrying. what the...?

[ WraithGear]

Originally posted by Tp Hl Nepu:

Everytime i try to parry a mob or player. it keeps failing. i start parrying when i see my enemys attack animation to start but then still. i die always when i try to parry

thats your problem. you are reacting to an attack. When parrying in PVP you have to already know the enemy is going to attack, and parry before. you do this by setting up the parry and knowing how he moves.

1 way is the whiff set up. you purposly miss an R1 and auto follow it up with a parry. the opponent if he is on the ball, will try to punish you for missing, and slams right into your parry

another way is the hail mary. when you get knocked to low, run away like your going to estus like a noob, then instead parry as he closses the distance. and steal that vicory from the fire!