Can you parry bosses?

[Emilia Tempest]

I am just curious if there are attacks that you can parry because the bosses I faced didnt looked like I could(except Oliver... maybe you can parry his...)

Just say the name! Yeah it would be a spoiler for me but I asked for it.

[JKArtorias]

Yes you can parry bosses. But you won't get a free backstab off of it. It'll just stop the attack. Honestly its better to just dodge most things to build focus.

[ODevil]

Yes, you can and I think it applies for every attack. Naturally I didn't test this cuz git gud level not high enough.

[Taimatsu]

You can parry but you wont get a riposte off them.

[Amene]

Originally posted by Pikachux_pert:

I am just curious if there are attacks that you can parry because the bosses I faced didnt looked like I could(except Oliver... maybe you can parry his...)

Just say the name! Yeah it would be a spoiler for me but I asked for it.

Some attacks are parryable, some are not. Make sure the hit actually connects with the parry (e.g. butterfly's attack from your right side can be pretty tricky)

[Emilia Tempest]

Originally posted by Taimatsu:

You can parry but you wont get a riposte off them.

But do they get into an stuned state? Like for a few seconds and then just stand up again?

(Depends on the lenght)
This could be viable for damage output.

[Electro]

Parrying a boss should work very well on a very aggressive melee build if you use the passive Deft Parry which gives full stamina back on a parry.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

IMO parrying bosses is not necessarily worth the risk/reward, but then again, my level of GIT GUD is also not high enough to do it consistently, except against Oliver.

Parrying regular enemies I can do, but some bosses have weird timing in their attacks I honestly haven't mastered. I mean, I've got them down enough to dodge, but dodging's iframes are way more forgiving than parrying frames.

[Sable Crow]

It puts bosses into that "lightly stunned" state from what I have experienced. Not sure if it can put them into that fully stunned state or if parrying just deals a lot of stagger damage.

If it can't fully stun a boss it is really not worth the risk unless you have that Deft Parry skill.

EDIT: By lightly stun I mean that stagger that seems to barely last a second, so a boss parry would let you get one free light attack in. Using a heavy attack or a spell with a long windup has always resulted in me getting punished.

[Emilia Tempest]

Seems the ,,parry boss" doesnt look good.
Atleast you can parry them so might try it out by the next one.