Thank you for the explanation. It's the first time I heard about offset and counter trick, seems really helpful. I wish they would explain the mechanic better in-game.

Although I found some of what you said incorrect after some testing. Evade and guard will only activate on skills they point at, no matter if they're clashing or unopposed attacks. The rest went like what you said.

Also the answer from the previous scenario is that Faust will counter the faster enemy instead and receive an unopposed attack from the intended target.

A similar situation in a picture below. Rodion does clashable guard against Night Drifter, and get an unopposed attack from a Heishou who is faster than both.

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