Why parry is not working most of the time ???

[1N54N3]

I mean, it's not so hard, it's just pressing one button and most of the times it's simply not working. Can someone please explain me what am i doing wrong? I feel like i've been fighting genichiro for hours and i just give up on dashes...

[1N54N3]

Escrito originalmente por seekNDstroy:

Hi, do you have any examples or any short video showing where you might be facing issue with deflection. Actually this is a bit vague since I fought Genichiro many times but I never had any such issues with deflection, i only faced consequences of bad deflect timing which only can get better with time.

Your situation can range anything from not pressing block during correct parry window (or what you would call deflection), blocking the wrong kind of attacking to simply there being a glitch. If you can post a video or something then maybe I (or anyone else in the forum) can help you understand or conclude on anything.

As i've been reading in steam forums, i'm guessing now that it may be related to FPS. Due to i'm playing with 30-40 fps and i have read that parry window is anchored to 60 fps, being decreased for low fps, but idk.

My biggest problem is that most of the time i'm pressing the button (i'm using a ps4 controller, which maybe is adding some delay, idk) a the moment i feel that its correct and sometimes work and sometimes don't facing the same kind of enemy and the same attacks.

Maybe i'm just not able to anticipate the correct timing but its just that it really feels like parry its, as said, not working most of the time.

[1N54N3]

Escrito originalmente por seekNDstroy:

I see. Then you can actually experiment by lowering your graphics to improve your fps and check if this issue still stays the same. I honestly find it hard to believe that controller lag can be an issue coz I have seen many sekiro content creators actually use controller to play but I cannot be sure since I am a mouse and keyboard player. Sorry if its not that helpful since I never faced any issue like that with my fps or input delay.

Meanwhile do keep your observations posted here. If something clicks I will reply here.

Yep, it looks like playing 60 fps makes it easier, which is a little dissapointing cause i feel comfy playing at 30 fps but with better graphics. However, it looks like when you are playing at 30 fps it make you feel like everything is going just a little slower but the parry window is code related to 60 fps so its going to be faster anyway even when things look slower for you. So yes, at the end playing 60 fps means that parry window follows what you are exactly seeing ingame, and that make it easier to parry.

But for any reason it still feels like crazy to parry some fasts attacks, i would like to have a bigger parry window though...

[1N54N3]

I was about to give up, even now that i have fixed my parry issue i just realized that how this game combat works it's just not for me. I came here looking for some soulslike combat and all what i get was the cool japanese ambient and a kanji which meaning i'm gessing to be "You died".

However, i'll keep on trying. I'm taking it easier and i'm at least not giving up, which in fact it seems also to fit with the game story.

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

just a quick thought, maybe it will help. every input you make (attacking or blocking) takes wolf time to complete.

if you press the attack button on your controller, wolf does the full attack and moves on to the next input you did after that. he will not attack faster if you press the button faster. his attack-speed is fixed.

what could be your problem, is, that you are still in an animation of an attack or something else you want him to do and then press parry before wolf was able to end the initial input you made.

there is no animation/moves cancel in this game. wolf does not cancel one thing that you want him to do for another. hope this helps.

[nam hai pham]

git gud

[1N54N3]

Escrito originalmente por Sm0k3f47h3r:

just a quick thought, maybe it will help. every input you make (attacking or blocking) takes wolf time to complete.

if you press the attack button on your controller, wolf does the full attack and moves on to the next input you did after that. he will not attack faster if you press the button faster. his attack-speed is fixed.

what could be your problem, is, that you are still in an animation of an attack or something else you want him to do and then press parry before wolf was able to end the initial input you made.

there is no animation/moves cancel in this game. wolf does not cancel one thing that you want him to do for another. hope this helps.

Yup, i realized of the animation delay and the imposibility to cancel animations, which is beign my bigegst issue now.

I'm just keep on trying.

Today i just passed the first phase of genichiro after idk, hours and hours of hitting my head against a block.

[seekNDstroy]

Looks like I got a Community ban after my last response here. I don't know if it was due to something I said here. It got lifted tho (as I am able to respond) but it feels like all my messages here got removed haha.

Anyways good to see you are slowly learning Genichiro. You will defeat him for sure, he is my favourite boss. Also one good news for you, if you learn Genichiro properly, chances are you will be able to nail most bosses in this game just fine since Genichiro will teach you how to play this game.

[X6205]

I had the same feeling, playing with Xbox controller via bluetooth. Maybe it's a latency thing or maybe i just getting old and have slow reflexes..

[1N54N3]

Escrito originalmente por X6205:

I had the same feeling, playing with Xbox controller via bluetooth. Maybe it's a latency thing or maybe i just getting old and have slow reflexes..

The FPS issue was really an point for me. Also you need to adapt to the game rhythm, which is basically go super aggresive until parry, then defensive until parry and repeat. These two things were a turning point and now I'm able to go forward without getting too much bogged down.

[Sm0k3f47h3r]

Escrito originalmente por Sir Дnarchist:

Escrito originalmente por X6205:

I had the same feeling, playing with Xbox controller via bluetooth. Maybe it's a latency thing or maybe i just getting old and have slow reflexes..

The FPS issue was really an point for me. Also you need to adapt to the game rhythm, which is basically go super aggresive until parry, then defensive until parry and repeat. These two things were a turning point and now I'm able to go forward without getting too much bogged down.

good that you took the challenge and still progress through the game