Subject: Re: Build Advice
Username: amphipteryx
lol @ iframes, are you a fighting game enthusiast? enjoy shedding all of your preconceptions about how [The World] works, then, because oh boy.
no, the way parrying works is that you get to lower the damage a bit if you parry it right.
you seem to assume you can negate damage to "chip damage" universally. unfortunately for you, here's the actual skill description, taken off the official physical game guide I bought for no particular reason other than having it on my shelf.
"Hold a defensive stance for 1 second. The next physical attack damage output will be reduced by 1 if successful."
what does this mean? well, what this means is that if, for example, an enemy that outlevels you is about to unleash One Big Dick Hit in your direction, you can, if you time it right, turn it into a mere Medium Dick Hit and instead of your entire healthbar disappearing like the snacks in my fridge after a weekend of grinding, it's just gonna be half your healthbar. a Medium Dick Hit will turn into a Regular Hit with a damage output comparable to, say, your Sword Flash.
and a regular hit cannot be mitigated further, iirc.
again: this will do nothing against magical damage.
also: can you see the "next physical attack damage output"? yeah. your parry cancels after you take 1 hit. you block 1 hit and your parry fucks off. if something's chainhitting you or if you're being mobbed by several enemies, you're probably either going to eat shit to not being able to block several enemies attacking you simultaneously or you're going to be forced to just desperately mash parry until the "chip damage" murders your ass.
I guess there's Sharpen Sword, but it's only useful if you get a window of opportunity to actually counterattack.
btw, if you get a special class, you're probably fucked with regards to parry functionality because the skill that allows you to autocounter upon a successful parry? is a 'sader skill. and you cannot be a 'sader and a special class simultaneously. if you intend to go full counter mcslicey, do NOT seek a special extension - it will replace your regular extension and you will never see Counter Finish in your life except in your wettest dreams (wet because you're crying into a pillow every night).
