LogFAQs > #939876675

Eh, sekiro's "parry" is much more lenient than dark souls. It's gotta be like twice or three times as many active frames. In the game it's more like your block. Ah, if you played for honor, it's like the light characters block except omnidirectional. Also, contrary to popular belief, dodging is godlike in sekiro, often times optimal.

The truly best style is a mix of dodging and blocking trending more towards dodges early in the fight to whittle down health and blocks later on to whittle down posture. That really mixes up your playstyle and forces you to be more aware of the enemies moveset cause you can't quite just get it down to muscle memory since you need multiple reactions for the same move depending on what health the enemy is at..

Of course thats playing optimally. On a first playthrough you can just spam the parry button with no timing and beat almost everything with no effort. It's so much more fun to play well though and giving back the charm does a pretty god job at enforcing that for subsequent playthroughs.

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