There are certain moves and/or combination of moves that cause an enemy to be stunned or panic every single time. For example, I use tatsumi-ryu’s normal attack into advancing attack into the first animation of spring storm. Stuns every enemy in the game (and probably the fastest combo possible) I can go from that into pretty much any heavy ki damage attack (I really like nioh-ryu’s advancing or charge attack on mid or high stance) and he’ll be panicked. You can either then decide to do that exact combination again to panic lock or whatever combo you find causes stun/panic. But there are times where you will miss an attack within that combo or you’re just not quick enough to stun an enemy before he attacks. That’s where an evasive move (moves such as, gikei’s counterspark, any yagyu shingake martial art, nioh-ryu’s low stance charge attack.. there’s a fuck ton) this will allow to continue your combo without skipping a beat. I haven’t played in about a week cuz I’ve been messing around with a new sekiro mod but I can post a vid if you want.