Not a full second, but there is a stamp that makes parries better anyways.

I'm reasonably certain that the parry takes right around if not precisely 1 second to process. Make of that what y'all will.

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Isn't that one of the first pages you get in the manual?

Thanks, i was wondering how tf do people sprint and shi

You knock his shield if you attack him a lot OR if you attack him a single time AFTER you parry a single of his attacks. And they not only drop their shields btw, but they get stunned for a while and take extra damage while stunned.

You can parry the tall guys with the spear very easily if you run at them and press parry as soon as you get within their range of attack even before the tall guy starts his attack animation. You will stun them 100% of the time with that method. Buuuut if you are still having trouble with parries, try equip equiping the Aura's Gem Card which triples the amount of frames in which parrying is active.

A lot of people may see the Aura's Gem Card as a clutch, but funny enough that's the intended way of parrying stuff with, and the little Fox even wears the Gem Card on his shield in the art for the cover/box of the game.

I would love to see an "advanced" version of this guide. Why not separate it into a beginners and advanced section?

This game's difficulty is kind of notorious but so far I've managed to beat the Garden Knight without turning down the difficulty and it wasn't so bad. Early in the game I accidentally knocked the shield out of the hand of the mini boss guarding the key to the Old House. Does anyone know how I did that? Was that from the "special technique" or from "parry" maybe?

And even though Parrying doesn't seem like much at the begining, its honestly very useful against the trickiest enemies to get, like the ones that only attack with projectiles. And as a bonus, parried projectiles can actually 1-Shot the enemy that shoot them, which is very useful against Flying Torrets , the annoying Rat Snipers , and SPECIALLY against the floating guys with a revolver at the cementary during daytime which usually requres at least 12 swings to kill.

I came here after 100%'ing the game on my own to check if I missed any mechanic to make New Game Plus feel more unique/interesting but apparently I didn't. Kind of a shame since I like the idea of using Stamina to execute different abilities like the parry or the roll-thrust.

Also, while Parrying only requires 1-Quick press of the Shield. I REALLY recommend people double-tapping durring combat since you may press the shield key for too long without noticing. To make parrying WAY easier you can equip the Aura's Gem stamp to triple the amount of frames in which parrying is active. If you don't recognize that item/name, then take a look at the Shield that the Fox is holding in the official cover box art of the game, and check if you have a stamp with a similar icon.

Came to find a spoiler free guide telling me what that special technique achievement is about. Got what I wanted. Thanks!