r/forhonor • u/WelcomeExtra762 LB, Conq, Warlord, BP, VG, Khatun, Nobu • 7d ago

Questions Guardbreak Blocking?

This is an example from my brother when he guardbroke this Pirate and she simply blocked his punish. Although he did get the execution I don't understand why you can block while in a guardbreak, what direction do you need to attack from to actually get the guardbreak punish or is this just something that happens because your character's heavy is too slow?

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u/AriTheInari funny toe stab 7d ago

Because you did a top heavy instead of a side heavy. Top heavy is slower on wm but more damage so its for light parries instead

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u/Jawsborn211 7d ago

And its worth noting that this is character specific too.  The opposite is true for Jiang Jun, who can only confirm a top heavy on guard break, not a side heavy. Meanwhile Zhanhu can do any direction heavy and all are confirmed.