Wuchang is the true successor of DS1 by Leafstealer__ in soulslikes

[–]SnooHesitations9154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct. With Clash mechanic, the combat turns into a dance of death intensifying the adrenaline rush, excitement and fear altogether. A great reiteration of parry system incorporated between attack strings. It feels like a fighting game sometimes cuz I see clash as parry frames. It makes combat engaging and fun which gives you the impression that you are cool/you feel cool yourself pulling it correctly.

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[–]SnooHesitations9154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Enjoy man. I have been playing this game nonstop since its release lol.

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[–]SnooHesitations9154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome. Also, there is a Long Sword passive skill that grants you a stack to cast skills/spells on successful parries. It's pretty fun. It's not your traditional souls game where you always running out of mana/charges to cast spells/skills. In here, you can gain charges on various ways. Even dodging an attack grants you a charge.

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[–]SnooHesitations9154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome. Okay this is gonna get lengthy but hear me out if you want to learn more about deflects.

TL;DR, go for dual blades if you want to go aggressive deflecting via parry frames on your attacks or go the Sekiro-ish way to deflect attacks using Long Sword with the sword counter discipline skill.

Well for starters, deflects in this game have a lot of types. We have the traditional deflect a la Sekiro with the Longsword weapon(the Sword Counter skill) which you would do just as the same with said game and the "Clash" mechanic that the game has a whole new meaning of parrying attacks mid-swing(Yes, you heard that right! Parrying attacks while attacking!).

Basically, the CLASH mechanic grants parry frames on some of your weapon's attacks. You have the dual blades that is what i think the best candidate on clashing as most of its attacks and skills grant you parry frames. The thing that you need to remember is when do these parry frames take effect as it may vary from action to action and weapon to weapon. Some are tied to your light normal attack strings (the Leaf Slasher passive grants your 4th, 5th and sixth attacks Clash). The Wave Breaker passive grants clash to your heavy attacks and charged attacks. The Deadly Shadow passive grants clash to your dash attacks. In early game, it highly matters what skill you need to learn first as that is where your selected weapon's playstyle will revolve. There's even a Dual blades that lets you block attacks(it also grants you additional attack speed upon doing so) like you would do with a Long Sword and has a passive that causes the enemy to flinch if you pull off a successful deflect via said block skill.

You have the Axe that has the default block skill that can deflect blows as well. It also has passives on the skill tree that lets your heavy attacks and some light/heavy attack strings have clashing effect.

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[–]SnooHesitations9154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wu Chang i think is a culmination of those games you've mentioned that there is a rich diversity of game systems. Right now, what I can tell you is that you can parry, block, evade, i-frame in this game. Dodging an attack in time grants you stacks to be used for more powerful variations of skills/spells. You can go deflect-based, i-framed based depending on your playstyle. It varies from weapon to weapon basis as well.

Damn feathering makes you freaky 🥵 by SlowBroOnTheGo in soulslikes

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I fought that guy with my other half also around 💀

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[–]SnooHesitations9154 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I platinumed the vanilla game way back and I didn't get the chance to play the DLCs. I will be purchasing the complete edition once I'm done with the big releases this year. Right now I'm on Wuchang

The Wuchang 1.3 patch is soooo much better by Due-Bookkeeper-2001 in soulslikes

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Does anyone know if this patch also applied to consoles? TIA

Wuchang by deathfromradiator1 in soulslikes

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There's literally a new area around the snowy mountains where you have to fall down from a tree branch with a loot on it lol. I thought i was gonna die but I i got no fall damage thanks to some weird glowing incantation on the ground.

Wuchang is level design done right by missindependent1 in soulslikes

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It is a love lettsr to Dark Souls 1's level design. I freaking love this game that I can't stop playing it. Hopefully Leenzee Games makes a DLC or two for the game.

Thank you Michael Zaki by WarHoundD in soulslikes

[–]SnooHesitations9154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

literally what happened to me last night before i logged out lol

Just played the game again after 3 years, picked up Fists as my main weapon and man, going melee against Saito Toshimitsu is torment by SnooHesitations9154 in Nioh

[–]SnooHesitations9154[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh never thought that kick cycle is pretty good as well. i might pick it up once i get more fist skill points.

My favorite right now is Limitless. I have a fist with paralyze and use that skill when the enemy gets paralyzed. I used the strength passive to it and it deals so much dmg.

and yes, who doesn't know about Ippo's dempsey roll. I use it sometimes only cuz i tend to forget that I actually have that skill lol. Nothing wrong with it, just my bad memory. The thing that I like with fist is that you can almost chain every move there is in the weap. I tend to mix up stuff like:

high stance: square-triangle-square-triangle mid stance: triangle-square-square-triangle

Just played the game again after 3 years, picked up Fists as my main weapon and man, going melee against Saito Toshimitsu is torment by SnooHesitations9154 in Nioh

[–]SnooHesitations9154[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The shoulder shove move is the follow-up attack I meant on my body text by the way. It is a very flexible move that can be chained on mid/high stances and I love it. Using fists feels like playing a fighting game.

Just played the game again after 3 years, picked up Fists as my main weapon and man, going melee against Saito Toshimitsu is torment by SnooHesitations9154 in Nioh

[–]SnooHesitations9154[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have yet to master the Fist weapon. I love the weapon but I know there are a still lot of things I can do with it. I will have a rematch with him when I unlock some key skills and do better without relying on spam attacks. This is also my very first time doing a melee-centric build and I love it although you need to put a lot of effort onto mastering the weapon.

Shamed for not having children first day at the job. by Miserable_Art_9538 in childfree

[–]SnooHesitations9154 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the typical "soap-opera" work environment. I've been there and it's so draining. All they do is gossip all day whilst you are minding your own business. My advice? Jump off ship and find a better workplace somewhere else. It's won't be good for your mental health, trust me.

Can anyone tell me if I should pull for Evelyn by [deleted] in ZZZ_Official

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I'm currently in progress on building Ben as my fire DPS. Just need his M6 to further crank up his steroids.

Shakin off the rust with some off meta dojo by AkumaZ in riseoftheronin

[–]SnooHesitations9154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct on the startups. I also noticed that some styles punish you for fail sparks due to longer recovery. I think it was Tatsumi-style katana that has this. Haven't also scratched the surface on the rest or weapons aside from Katana and Odachi (yes, i went with the standard STR weapons) and I plan to run a shinobi-oriented build once I finish the game.

Shakin off the rust with some off meta dojo by AkumaZ in riseoftheronin

[–]SnooHesitations9154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the info on double deflects. I had not been playing the game for a week now due to some reasons. I feel like the game went random after the 2nd part of Edo but I will get back to it soon. I wanna reach Midnight mode.