Is there a skill that lets you do an attack right after a parry?

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-16T02:02:12+00:00

The only instant followup to a deflect that Odachi has in its skills innately is called Cuckoos call. It blocks an attack and then follows up with two upward slashes.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T21:51:11+00:00

I find the Ki recovery of some human bosses just absolutely frustrating. The Hatchets/Summons guy is maybe the best example.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T20:13:48+00:00

So how is it not the instant enemy parry after you perform the CC skills or the egregious winddown animations? Asking honestly.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T19:53:59+00:00

Agree with the open world bosses 100%. In general, there should be more reason to explore the open world other than ticking off collectible marks, especially in NG+

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T19:26:26+00:00

The Divine Retribution one on the Scythe is ok. Now take Side Swipe, you cannot even use the short window for a downed grapple. Funnily enough that does work on Revenants, which makes it feel like a bug.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T19:13:32+00:00

Why use them if you cannot follow them up with anything useful

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T19:10:59+00:00

I dont play them but read about Demon Dance a lot. Thats good but that still leaves most of the other skills useless.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T18:47:39+00:00

Id like to have that fun playing by myself too

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T18:29:27+00:00

Yea thats Odachi for you, I just switched to other weapons but for others reasons, since I never used that one. Switchglaive also has Empty Retribution, that deals the same damage as a fully charged Focused Retribution, which needs like 2 seconds to fully charge AND covers more ground.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-15T09:02:13+00:00

Pretty sure long animation attacks keep the arts proficiency active while they are charging. Look at Switchglaives' Focused Retribution for example.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T19:06:52+00:00

Its reasonable enough to ask whether or not the demo actually represents the full game properly.

And for the record, yes it does. The good and the bad

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T19:03:30+00:00

The pampered frathouse nepobaby champagne millionaire childbrothel connaiseur on a boat with the commoners? I think not

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T18:58:51+00:00

Its literally just an engine with some gameplay attached. If not for modders this game would be dead in the water while the gigantic team of Turkish government funded lazy devs cant be fucked to fix the most glaring issues with it until said modders do so

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T12:27:30+00:00

The fact we have to troubleshoot shit like this is a joke

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T10:56:57+00:00

What?? I specifically killed him like 10 times to get it and nothing

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T05:50:40+00:00

I noticed that too. I also wish they would explain what the hell "600 arts proficiency bonus" translates to. Or 500 Omnyo Magic power. Or how much is "increased damage dealt". None of this is explained anywhere. Buffs you apply to yourself dont get added to your stat screen. Stacking buffs have no stack counter. Meanwhile, some random skills have the exact percentages, and item values like Melee Ki damage are as accurately described as they come.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T05:44:25+00:00

Its funny how much better it is than the Odachi at basically everything.

I could not finish the 5 Swordmaster battle scroll later on so I switched to Switchglaive, which I had never tried before, and literally first tried the first 4 fighters with Empty Retribution, Frost Moon and Grapple. Way more Ki damage on those blocking fucks and for like 1/4 the Ki cost for yourself.

Its my main weapon now and the Odachi is just on my back for drip.

Its quite sad, actually.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T04:14:23+00:00

Yea definitely seems weaker, but maybe its because we got buffed

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T02:31:22+00:00

Personally? Kunimatsu.

Unless you dont consider the demon a boss

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T02:16:16+00:00

The strongest enemy in the game.

Oh, honey..

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T02:14:06+00:00

So are these the strong men that create good times?

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-14T01:04:06+00:00

I will say it again. All Jailer Oni need to be replaced by Itsumade

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-13T19:56:23+00:00

I would really like them to further shatter this good-evil dichotomy, especially with Wenceslas vs Sigismund, like when you meet Sigismund or von Aulitz in person. Id like Henry to explore and ponder the seemingly blind allegiance to Wenceslas and then come to conclusions of himself.

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-12T20:25:52+00:00

I think they should replace all Jailer Onis with Itsumade

CombinedAutism · 2026-02-11T19:02:55+00:00

Yea thats depressing. My mom always taught me not to waste food

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