Parry
Overview
A parry is the act of countering an enemy's hit through the use of a parry-enabled shield or weapon (e.g. the Farron greatsword). The parry frames, i.e. the frames of your parry animation that will fully parry an opponent's parryable attack, are not necessarily at the beginning of the parry animation.
Additionally to the parry there is also a partial parry, meaning if you fail to time your parry frames to the opponents attack you will take reduced damage and won't be staggered.
Frame data
| Parrying tool | Starting frame | Parrying frames | Earliest attack frame |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fists and Claws | 8th | 10 | 14th |
| Shields | 8-12th | 6-12 | 24-28th |
| Daggers | 12th | 10 | 22nd |
| Curved swords | 12th | 6 | 18th |
| Thrusting swords | 12-36th | 6-8 | 0-24th |
| Straight swords | 32-36th | 2-4 | 0 |
| Katanas | 32-34th | 4-6 | 0-6th |
| Halberds | 40-42nd | 6-8 | 10-12th |
| Ultra Greatswords | 48-52nd | 4 | 12-18th |
| Greatswords | 38th | 4-10 | 8-10th |
| Axes | 34th | 4 | 6-8th |
Player's attacks
- Running and Rolling R1 : Can be parried on every weapon except Whips.
- Unlocked, "dead angled" attacks of normally parryable attacks: Cannot be parried3
| Weapon class | Unparryable attacks |
|---|---|
| All weapons | Running R2 / Jumping attack |
| All Ultra Great weapons | 2H R1, 2H R2, fully charged 1H R2 (?) |
| Whips | All attacks |
| Fists | Leaping Slash (Claw) Flame Whirlwind (Demon's Fist) |
| Halberds | Spin Sweep and follow-up R2 (Lucerne, Black Knight Glaive) Chain Spin and follow-up R2 (Winged Knight Halberd) |
| Pikes and Spears | Spin Sweep (Partizan) |
| Curved Swords | Spin Slash and follow-up R2 Tornado and follow-up R2 (Storm Curved Sword) Crescent Blade (Crescent Moon Sword) Frost Blade and follow-up R2 (Pontiff Knight Curved Sword) Chained Dance (Painting Guardian's Curved Sword) |
| Hammers | Spin Bash (Drang Hammers) |
| Katanas | Onislayer (Onikiri and Ubadachi) |
| Straight Swords | Spin Slash (Gotthard Twinswords) Stomp (Dark Sword) |
| Greatswords | Stomp (Executioner's Greatsword) |
| Curved Greatswords | 2H R2, fully charged 1H R2 Spin Slash and follow-up R2 (Murakumo, Exile Greatsword) Wolf Leap (Old Wolf Curved Sword) |
| Great Hammers | Spin Bash and follow-up R2 (Spiked Mace) Warcry follow-up R2s (Great Club, Large Club) Molten Perseverance follow-up R2 (Old King's Great Hammer) Kindled Flurry and follow-up R2 (Gargoyle Flame Hammer) |
| Greataxes | Demonic Flare (Demon's Great Axe) Warcry 2H follow-up R2s (Black Knight Greataxe) The first hit of Warcry 1H follow-up R2 (Black Knight Greataxe) |
| Ultra Greatswords | Stomp Flame of Lorian (Lorian's Greatsword) Profaned Flame (Profaned Greatsword) |
Source:4
Parryable enemies
Parryable bosses:5
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Iudex Gundyr | Both phases. |
| Crystal Sage | - |
| Deacons of the Deep | - |
| Abyss Watchers | Both phases. |
| Champion Gundyr | - |
| Pontiff Sulyvahn | - |
| The Twin Princes | Both phases. Cannot be riposted. |
| Soul of Cinder | Curved sword phase only. Cannot be riposted. |
page revision: 14, last edited: 12 Dec 2016 09:21
