Can't block attacks at all... Anyone else have this problem?

[Infinitum]

Ever since the first Xenoverse game I haven't been able to block. This game comes out and I see videos of people blocking extremely well and fluid... I try to and I get smacked around harder than Black Goku did in the previous episodes against Vegeta

[Nirvash]

You can't block mid combo or mid attack. You can only block before the first strike hits you. This makes it pretty unreliable. It does work, but it's highly impractical

[karl-emil]

The guard is straight up trash in XV2, if you Z vanish and hold block before even appearing some characters normal X combo has less startup frames than the block, which is going to result in you taking damage that you should never take.

[Slam Moment]

Funny, I perfect guard tons more in XV2 than XV1

[Demon Lord]

Originally posted by IKnoThatUKno:

Funny, I perfect guard tons more in XV2 than XV1

In xv guarding was spammable so pblocks were pretty easy to get. That was nerfed in xv2 so it now requires good timing and cannot be spammed.

Its also got a slight activation delay compared to before. So anyone who was reliant on the fast guard activation is currently in a pinch until they adapt to the new way it runs

[Draescan]

Originally posted by D2Synua:

The guard is straight up trash in XV2, if you Z vanish and hold block before even appearing some characters normal X combo has less startup frames than the block, which is going to result in you taking damage that you should never take.

This is more of an issue for me than the blocking. Also has anyone noticed how trash the throws are now? Seriously try using them mid combo.

Cooler is a perfect example of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Vanish behind him, he instantly punches you in the face. There's a handful that can do this but it's ALWAYS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ especially since that's either, wasting your stamina AND losing health, or losing MORE health because you didn't get out of their combo. Once again, trying to push everyone to spam ki ults.....ffs

[Jazneo]

you have to block and hope person dont hit the Y button because break your guard

[Punished Vorst]

Funny when I try blocking, the bots usually just break my guard instantly as though if they were reading my inputs.

I try to break their blocking? Works...40% of the time.

[Jazneo]

Originally posted by Vorst:

Funny when I try blocking, the bots usually just break my guard instantly as though if they were reading my inputs.

I try to break their blocking? Works...40% of the time.

because there most attack with heavy attack first then do light attack

[әnØc]

Originally posted by PsychoMantis:

Cooler is a perfect example of this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Vanish behind him, he instantly punches you in the face. There's a handful that can do this but it's ALWAYS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ especially since that's either, wasting your stamina AND losing health, or losing MORE health because you didn't get out of their combo. Once again, trying to push everyone to spam ki ults.....ffs

That's a vanish counter; down+a. The AI on the later stages pulls this off nearly without fail because it's designed to react to your button inputs. Step vanish + attack is the way to go, it's free and gives invinvibility frames.

Also guard sucks. The worst is that the AI guard doesn't really suck, and it always counters before you break.