I am a big fan of games like Half Sword or Exanima, and this tutorial really helps. I found myself playing half sword extremely aggresively, because i had a lot of trouble with parrying. It came to a point where if i didn't act aggresively i'd loose 90% of the matches. I wonder if your tips will help me, but you certainly managed to encourage me to try a more defensive style of playing. You look so cool dodging and parrying these blow that it looks almost easy! Good content, looking for more.
Trening down the sensitivity was the biggest help. I managed to get somewhat consistent with the parries and when I combine them with what I have learned about offensive movement I have a high survivability. I have also noticed that stabbing helps with realigning your sword and it parries stabs too. Your second video about passive parry helped a lot too. Thanks and have a lovely day! :>
This is the first video I've been able to find of someone playing with a method other than flailing around. It's good to see, I'm surprised there aren't more players who know how to fight properly.
you are awesome and it's really fun to watch you play. I'd really enjoy some slightly longer format videos from you. honestly motivates me even more than before to keep saving to upgrade my computer so I can try this out. I really love the Mount and Blade series for their combat, this feels to me (based solely on watching others) to be a natural evolution from what they essentially pioneered and I love that. playing on a rig that was lower mid range when I got it 6 years ago has really hurt me as far as getting to enjoy new games.
I was really into mordhau and ive been wanting to get back into it, but now i really wanna get into this too. Thanknyou for enabling me to get good at yet another niche medieval game
great stuff man! Very informative! I have NEVER let go of shift during a fight. And I have never stopped begging the devs to make it toggleable... but they don't listen to me... :( even though I'm one of them... It's probably because I'm just an artist :((((
@@OVRDTH Good strategy, let's wear him down and in the meantime we should recruit others to our cause, and also we should call ourselves The Fellowship of the Toggleshift.
can't wait to try these tips... i have some great gameplay footage recorded that im gonna compile and would love to get your opinion on it but thanks for introducing me to this awesome game regardless bro
this is a great tutorial for swords. what do u think of autoblock / passive parry? how do you think parrying attacks would be without it? i think autoblock should be removed, or they should add a toggle button for it, because i enjoy manually block attacks.
While yes, I like the idea of manual blocking. In reality, controlling it would be a little much I think. The assisted parry ( because its not quiet an auto block ) is able to move the sword in ways we cant controlling Willie. The assisted parry still requires the player to do SOMETHING, which is all I can ask for right now. If the devs can come up with a creative way to allow for more manual blocking, I'm all for it. I'm just not smart enough to think of a way to do it. 😂
@@OVRDTH i agree, manually blocking ai is pretty difficult right now, but i believe that it will get better with the advanced ai update. although you are able to do a lot of manually blocking with polearms, which dont have any autoblock. i have a few montages on my youtube page. but in those clips i am mainly blocking overhead attacks, since there arent stances with polearms that allow for parrying other directions very well. but with swords, i think manual blocking would be possible. there are ox guards and side guards around the entire body, which would be possible to block with if there was no autoblock
i also like calling it autoblock, because it doesnt really parry attacks, it just moves your arms to be in the path of the enemy's swing and nothing else
That is fair! The ideal motion is a slight counter swing to the "passive parry zone" where you can follow through for the riposte, instead of a block > attack. If that makes sense, at least thats what I'm always trying to do.
@@OVRDTH that makes sense. but i would just rather be able to manually block than have to work with a weird auto system. i think it would be better to have more freedom with parrying and stuff
Excellent video - and you have a great voice too - a question, the mouse tracker you display on screen, what is it? It would be very useful to have to help reinforce to me exactly how my mouse is moving. Thanks.
Could you do a video on how to parry during fist play? It doesnt seem to work the same when a weapon isnt involved and i cant figure out whats different or how to defend or attack effectively.
Do you ever use the stab input to parry? I notice that in some positions the blade can be whipped across flat-side leading. I’m not good enough to do this consistently and do not know if it’s even useful lol.
nice vid you helped me a lot but how do you counter with your stike in one motion i have trouble with that could you give some tips and maybe another vid on this topic
By combining an active parry with the passive parry. But it requires you to read your opponent and time your swing correctly plus making sure your weapon is in the correct place for the passive parry to kick in.
I’ve never seen such a realistic and interesting gameplay style. However, if I may say so, the weapons are too heavy to be handled that quickly, and it’s nearly impossible to have enough stamina to perform so many movements without being out of breath and down on your knees.
@@OVRDTH Incredible, you’re absolutely right, and I have to apologize. You won’t believe this, but my video was actually sped up to 1.25x, and I didn’t realize it during the video, even with the sound. That’s why the movements looked little bit to fast. Sorry about the comment! Great job 👏
@OVRDTH yeah... i can't use alt and shift at the same time either because that keeps swapping my keyboard settings between azerty, french qwerty and american qwerty xD still have some fun playing though!
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And dont forget -- good footwork = 50% of effective parry!
Great video!
100% gotta move them feet. But hold shift too :)
i love how close to actual martial arts this game is getting
Soothing voice, extremely informative, and honestly the only person I’ve seen who actually understands the games mechanics well
Hey thanks! I appreciate it!
I am a big fan of games like Half Sword or Exanima, and this tutorial really helps. I found myself playing half sword extremely aggresively, because i had a lot of trouble with parrying. It came to a point where if i didn't act aggresively i'd loose 90% of the matches. I wonder if your tips will help me, but you certainly managed to encourage me to try a more defensive style of playing. You look so cool dodging and parrying these blow that it looks almost easy! Good content, looking for more.
I appreciate it! Let me know how it goes!
Trening down the sensitivity was the biggest help. I managed to get somewhat consistent with the parries and when I combine them with what I have learned about offensive movement I have a high survivability. I have also noticed that stabbing helps with realigning your sword and it parries stabs too. Your second video about passive parry helped a lot too. Thanks and have a lovely day! :>
Awesome! I'm glad I could help!
I play it like an angry buffoon, you make it looks like a beautiful dance, water flowing its course.
lmfao Thanks. But nah, honestly play how you want and make it fun. That's the only thing matters, whats fun for me is sweating apparently 😂
Great tutorial, very informative. Birdman of belden is who I first learned to parry from so its nice to hear him get a shootout
Appreciate that! Yeah, I really liked the names he used for the systems.
shootout 💀
Shootout?
You’re a visionary bro. Tried the techniques and noticed an immediate improvement, but I still have to work a lot on refining my swings.
This is the first video I've been able to find of someone playing with a method other than flailing around.
It's good to see, I'm surprised there aren't more players who know how to fight properly.
Less of a reason to, I think. I just started because it was more fun, y’know? And I thought it looked better.
you are awesome and it's really fun to watch you play. I'd really enjoy some slightly longer format videos from you.
honestly motivates me even more than before to keep saving to upgrade my computer so I can try this out. I really love the Mount and Blade series for their combat, this feels to me (based solely on watching others) to be a natural evolution from what they essentially pioneered and I love that.
playing on a rig that was lower mid range when I got it 6 years ago has really hurt me as far as getting to enjoy new games.
Thank you for this. That sensitivity trick got me slicing and dicing now.
You are incredible at this game and it’s amazing to watch
Awesome! Glad I could help!
This100% changed the game for me. I'm having so much more fun now that I feel more in control.
Very cool video, this is actually the first tutorial I've seen for this game and I gotta say It's very well done and easy to understand.
Hey thanks! I appreciate it!
Silky Smooth voice!
Thanks for making this great tutorial.
I was really into mordhau and ive been wanting to get back into it, but now i really wanna get into this too. Thanknyou for enabling me to get good at yet another niche medieval game
Hello!!!
nice job! found my new asmr voice for sleep.
Haha!
ima start doing this day # of asking when half sword will come to mac
Top notch content. This game is quite compelling. I’m amused that his name is Willy. Of course it is, so apropos.
Willy the GOAT :)
This is great man.
this video about to blow up
We shall see!
Awesome video brother, thanks
great stuff man! Very informative! I have NEVER let go of shift during a fight. And I have never stopped begging the devs to make it toggleable... but they don't listen to me... :( even though I'm one of them... It's probably because I'm just an artist :((((
Lmfao Maybe together we can convince 😂🤝
@@OVRDTH hell yeah brother! Let's get after it! What's the gameplan? XD 🤝
We can start with spamming Franky until he gives in.
@@OVRDTH Good strategy, let's wear him down and in the meantime we should recruit others to our cause, and also we should call ourselves The Fellowship of the Toggleshift.
I can imagine this being an awesome game in multiplayer
hey keep up the work i like the way you break things down keep it up you hit this games guides early you could do a lot with it good luck
Hey, thanks! Thats the plan!
can't wait to try these tips... i have some great gameplay footage recorded that im gonna compile and would love to get your opinion on it but thanks for introducing me to this awesome game regardless bro
I loved the video man great tutorial
Glad you enjoyed it!
this is a great tutorial for swords. what do u think of autoblock / passive parry? how do you think parrying attacks would be without it? i think autoblock should be removed, or they should add a toggle button for it, because i enjoy manually block attacks.
While yes, I like the idea of manual blocking. In reality, controlling it would be a little much I think. The assisted parry ( because its not quiet an auto block ) is able to move the sword in ways we cant controlling Willie. The assisted parry still requires the player to do SOMETHING, which is all I can ask for right now.
If the devs can come up with a creative way to allow for more manual blocking, I'm all for it. I'm just not smart enough to think of a way to do it. 😂
@@OVRDTH i agree, manually blocking ai is pretty difficult right now, but i believe that it will get better with the advanced ai update.
although you are able to do a lot of manually blocking with polearms, which dont have any autoblock. i have a few montages on my youtube page. but in those clips i am mainly blocking overhead attacks, since there arent stances with polearms that allow for parrying other directions very well. but with swords, i think manual blocking would be possible. there are ox guards and side guards around the entire body, which would be possible to block with if there was no autoblock
i also like calling it autoblock, because it doesnt really parry attacks, it just moves your arms to be in the path of the enemy's swing and nothing else
That is fair! The ideal motion is a slight counter swing to the "passive parry zone" where you can follow through for the riposte, instead of a block > attack.
If that makes sense, at least thats what I'm always trying to do.
@@OVRDTH that makes sense. but i would just rather be able to manually block than have to work with a weird auto system. i think it would be better to have more freedom with parrying and stuff
Excellent video - and you have a great voice too - a question, the mouse tracker you display on screen, what is it? It would be very useful to have to help reinforce to me exactly how my mouse is moving. Thanks.
It is called turbo mouse tracker. I found it on reddit and I can't speak as to if its safe or not lol So use at your own risk.
You have a very beautiful voice, please continue.
Thank you!
Great game great tutorial, keep going
Thanks, will do!
Alright, you got the subscribe . Now pump out them videos lol also you got pretty buttery voice bro
Lmao Thanks man 😂
Could you do a video on how to parry during fist play? It doesnt seem to work the same when a weapon isnt involved and i cant figure out whats different or how to defend or attack effectively.
bro is turning me from a random swinger to a swordsman in game
That’s great to hear!
Question, do you have a specific way of telling range?
Just practice! I never really thought about it.
Do you ever use the stab input to parry? I notice that in some positions the blade can be whipped across flat-side leading.
I’m not good enough to do this consistently and do not know if it’s even useful lol.
nice vid you helped me a lot but how do you counter with your stike in one motion i have trouble with that could you give some tips and maybe another vid on this topic
By combining an active parry with the passive parry. But it requires you to read your opponent and time your swing correctly plus making sure your weapon is in the correct place for the passive parry to kick in.
@@OVRDTH Nice i will try it out and will zou make next video on it (reposte guide or something i think it would be cool)
Do you have a whole lot of mouse space? I don't have much and I'm finding I have 0 power behind my strikes.
I have a mouse pad that is 12x12 and glass.
Something to note, it’s not about how far it’s moving, but how fast.
Hey, quick question - do you at all modify Lock on Strength?
Full lock on if I remember to change the setting.
I’ve never seen such a realistic and interesting gameplay style. However, if I may say so, the weapons are too heavy to be handled that quickly, and it’s nearly impossible to have enough stamina to perform so many movements without being out of breath and down on your knees.
Weapons are weighted historically. Longsword are typically 4-6 pounds. As far as stamina… You’re just kinda wrong about that.
@@OVRDTH Incredible, you’re absolutely right, and I have to apologize. You won’t believe this, but my video was actually sped up to 1.25x, and I didn’t realize it during the video, even with the sound. That’s why the movements looked little bit to fast. Sorry about the comment! Great job 👏
@@Heysiberg LOL All good man, thanks for watching.
I thought the thumbnail said,
*HOW TO PARTY*
can you show me how to party anyway
Sadly, my partying is severely lacking.
Thx
Good Play
Hope Fight u in Finish Game 😄
May I know the name of the music?
what should i do with body density/bone snapping?
Just leave them default.
so what's the difference between a riposte and active parry?
@@ARMASOG Riposte is an attack after a parry, whether active or passive.
I feel disadvantaged, having an azerty keyboard XD At least, I haven't found how to change keybinds.
Oof. Best you could probably do is remap the keys with another software.
@OVRDTH yeah... i can't use alt and shift at the same time either because that keeps swapping my keyboard settings between azerty, french qwerty and american qwerty xD still have some fun playing though!
how are you playing with these weapons??? my game only has fists or carnage mode
Click the icons.
how do you change your kit, like different sword with different armor, please
@@Weex.a3p chill
@@OVRDTH umm.. what?
@@Weex.a3p Just chill. It will all make sense soon.
@@OVRDTH ok..... instead of giving this sus replies why not give a straight answer?
@@Weex.a3p Look at the community posts.
Music ?
That's what I want to know too.
@@couchking4443 ancient fathers
@@couchking4443 ancient fathers
Is this part of the games added? As far as I remember, he did not have this
Introduced in the Playtest.
How do U get the playtest man? I applied and got no response. Please help
Just be patient!
@@OVRDTH Alr thx, I was just scared that it ended
Bro you actually sound like a warrior 😂😂😂
Anyone know how to strafe like that on controller?
Hold the sprint button.
How do you focus on enemies
F key
How can I enter this map?
Part of the playtest you need to request entry.
I love hate this Game. But is this still under development?
Кто знает что за музыка играет ?
Trash tutorial. Passive parry is not a thing
@@LokeEnglund-s4t lol Literally confirmed by dev. Nice try though.
@@OVRDTH why didnt it work when i played then? Huh? Exactly it dosent exist
@@OVRDTH liar liar pants on fire
@@LokeEnglund-s4t lol
@@OVRDTH 👆🤓
Do you have a really big mouse pad ? I can’t get any force behind my swings with the mouse sens and dpi where youve got it
Uhh, its about 12x12. It's also glass.
do you ever play with grappling? im down to add you on discord if you have it and teach you