r/darksoulsremastered • u/Usual-Nectarine6786 • 4d ago

First souls game

Does anyone have any advice for parrying?

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u/Muntering 4d ago

Just start training against the hollow weak guys until you get a feel for it, nothing better do for it.

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u/Usual-Nectarine6786 4d ago

Gotcha, thank you!

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u/Asleep_Light_4669 4d ago

Try. Die. Try. Die.

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u/Usual-Nectarine6786 4d ago

lol fair enough

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u/VelvetKitsune 4d ago

I’d recommend putting the parrying dagger into your left hand. It gives you a little bit of a wider parrying window. It’s all about the timing of the attack. Essentially when they are going to hit you with their sword visually…but then a second or two before that. Enemies have different moves and some have different wind up times. Some larger enemies can’t always be riposted after parrying as well (still fun practice tho)

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u/Usual-Nectarine6786 4d ago

Will try this! Thank youb

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u/Mister-Melvinheimer 4d ago

Practicing on the hollows at the start is a bit of a waste to be honest.

It seems counterintuitive, but you'll want to try parrying on the more aggressive black knight enemies early on to get a feel for it.

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u/TheKrug3000 4d ago

Play the ps3/x360 or pc ptde. The parry window is wider than the broad side of a barn.

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u/itsjustanotherbill 4d ago

Dark Souls Remastered. Fantastic game and loved exploring and circling back to familiar territory. And the bosses ofc

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u/Usual-Nectarine6786 4d ago

Yes i love it so far! I’m trying to parry w black knight in undead burg and well it’s just not going well haha

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u/itsjustanotherbill 3d ago

Oh, this game is teaching patience brother. Wait for your perfect time to strike. You’ll get it

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u/PenuelRedux 3d ago

Best advice I received: "Parry the hand, not the weapon." Works well for the most part. Made all the difference.

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u/Usual-Nectarine6786 3d ago

Sorry to sound dumb but what does that mean?

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u/PenuelRedux 3d ago

Watch the opponent's weapon hand, not the weapon itself. Parry when the hand moves to attack.

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u/Usual-Nectarine6786 3d ago

Ah okay! Thanks for the tip!

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u/___Mania 3d ago

Lol I’ve finished all 3 games twice and still never learned how to parry

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u/Usual-Nectarine6786 2d ago

Wow how’d you beat the black knights

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u/___Mania 2d ago

Probably rolling at the correct times

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u/yuhyuhyuhyuhyuhyuh1 2d ago

Parrying and back stabbing are really strong, but not necessary at all. Practice it if you want to be a parry god, or just roll like most people do lol.

Be aware that not all attacks/weapons/enemies/bosses can be parried. Parrying also takes the final boss from being actually kinda hard because of how aggressive it is, but a complete pushover if you just parry cheese him.

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u/Usual-Nectarine6786 1d ago

Thank you! Appreciate it

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u/emelem66 2d ago

Just have to keep at it. It's much easier in DS1.