How to Parry LIGHTS and DEFLECT (How to improve your defense in for honor)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Based on the fact that parrying lights and deflecting are really hard for some people to do, i decided to combine my knowledge and experience into a 8 min video. I really hope that this helps someone.
Guys, other 2 tips you can use. First one: its quite obvious, but people underestimate this one a lot. Be consistent in hero picking. When you feel comfortable on your hero and got some mixups trained and used - your brain is not spending too much resources to think about how you operate your hero, so it can provide you more resource for keeping attention on your opponent, remembering his patterns, reacting to smth. Second: you can consistently deflect cheeky enemy, that tends to light from one direction or zone a lot. Try to move all the time in the direction you expect him to attack so all you have to do is just press space button for deflect. Also, it makes it easier to parry attacks from other 2 directions since when you're tunnel-visioning your opponent you're already covered one of them and expect attack from it constantly. For example, you play against tiandi that loves to zone and does dodge light from top all the time. You walk in the direction of his zone and ready to deflect in any time on reaction. You got 2 directions left to keep track and since he is more likely to attack from top - you'll more likely to expect it and parry it. Its like increasing your guessing probability from 33% to basicly 50/50. Choosing between 2 options is much easier, than guess 1 to 3 options.
YES, I agree with this 100 percent!!!
But I also fall into my patterns and don't pick up new skills that might make me better at my mains or get me a new one
@@SoriethRisika Then i think it's just not the time yet. Progress gain always slows down progressively, just keep training and your new mixups will develop by themselves eventually. Also, is that you, who sings there? Watched your vid on your channel.
Спасиба, бро, за совет)
This comment too fucking long
Your biggest advices for me are 2 things:
1. Stop spinning your stick and leave it resting, only move it to the direction of the incoming attack when you need to.
2. Tunnel Vision, this made me do sick outplays and I didn't know why. Hearing that in your video made me realize why.
Thank you so much for this video!
This feels like unlocking a new skill tree. Thanks, bro. Someone will feel my wrath one day.
It really does 🤣🤣🤣
Useful tips and not crammed into a 20-minute video, watching this because warden's defense is crap
Bro, thanks a lot. Every time I try to parry lights, I'm just moving my guard all the way around with panic and end up eating attack. Your video really helps me, we need more FH youtubers like you.
Thank you and I appreciate that so much!
I am on PC, not a noob and have good fps. Your quick video deifnitely brought soemthing to me. The tunnel vision thing and the "try to block first" are good stuff. I can light parry but I lack consistency so even a noob Kensei's light spam is a challenge for me tbh. And my deflects are always accidental, gotta work on that too.
The mere fact that you use a bot for training is amazing enough for me lol. I never tried it. GG
Training with a bot actually caused people to send me hateful messages because they couldn't touch me🤣 It definitely is really helpful.
If its too fast you can click the basic combo. R1 after hit.
Press heavies. You can see the direction.
Press light when you want a quick one.
Is what i do when i cant react.
Leave a heavy hitstun parry the light.
Sometimes people just press a light before switching their guard. Itll look alot like you vs the bot
Solid video with some great tips. Even after 15min I can see a massive difference in my reactions. Legit feels like I’m properly using training for the first time.
LETS GOOOO!!!! Glad to see that it worked out for you!!
Going up after blocking to minimise the direction to block is honestly a huge eye opener thanks man!
Glad that tip helped 💪🏾
Mate, I was playing this game in a way that I was focusing on the red indicator that flashed. Yesterday I lost focus and I was kind of like looking behind the enemy character and I could block every single attack that he did. After that I stumbled across your video and you mentioned tunnel vision, mate this is fantastic :D. May you get more subs, have a great day friend.
Thank you so much for that. I really appreciate it. Sometimes we don't notice the simple things that result in greatness
Ain’t gonna lie best light parry tutorial I’ve seen thank u
This comment just made my day.Thank you for that
You are a lejend brother as I’m trying to get good at it again after taking a break just over a year ago, appreciate this 🔥🤙🏼
Glad to help💪🏾
Just getting back into For Honor. I used to be able to kill 4 people by myself, but those days have passed. Life is busy. Now I am super rusty, but this video helped a lot. Thank you.
I'm glad I helped get the blood flowing though your fingers lol. You will get back into rhythm.
guys you have to master parrying anything/blocking/deflecting. you literally feel like a master when you can and are confident about it. Then you can really start to focus on their patterns, cause you know you have a solid defense. its literally the way to become op at the game
Just started with FH,, thnx for this vid! It´s on point, not wrapped in a "20 minute blabla" :D
Welcome!!!
I dont usally comment but this is honestly one of the best guides i've ever seen. thanks man
I really appreciated this comment foreal💪🏾
That "Leave me alone" made me laugh and it put an image in my head of a dad and his overly energized dog.
The "I like helping people" is what made me sub❤
Thank you Im going to put this to practice, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Welcome!!
Dude , there's nothing wrong with your hands. Great tutorial ! thanks.
This is great knowledge to have, I have 30fps, but I can block lights on reaction when focused. I'll use that joystick deadzone tip you showed, I never actually thought of that. Thank you sir, much appreciated.
30 fps is crazy
@@stellar_wraith6449 unfortunately its what all old gen consoles are stuck on the devs wont raise it even though our consoles can handle it
@@aqua5388they cannot
Not
@@aqua5388he series s can barely. You could maybe get like an inconsistent 40 but it would feel terrible
3:14 I've started using this after Aramusha and Shaman release. I approve to everyone this works. My method is that put your guard at where the fastest attack is according to your preference. For example Lawbringer top light, then keep your guard on Top, this keeps the enemy to attack at only right and left. Keep practicing. You'll get there
Bro knows his shit I wouldn't wanna face him
I actually really like for honor, but i used to hate how difficult it was to parry. at first i thought it was just because i was on ps4 but even when i upgraded to ps5 it was still difficult, in training mode i was able to have bursts where i could consistently parry, and even block and then parry or deflect the second hit of vipers strike or retreat or whatever its called like you showed in the intro. but on a wifi connection i could never get a parry without hard reading. i would force myself to hard read and use characters with other consistent defensive options like aramusha, kensei, bp, orochi, etc. I changed the guard angle deadzone to zero degrees. i made sure every time i played i was well hydrated, had gotten exercise earlier that day, was in a good mood, and not drowsy. I put extra rubber pads on my controller that let me grip it more quickly from other ways of holding the controller, and had ribs on it for me to more easily index the direction. i even considered notching a ps4 controller just for for honor. for even more context my reaction speed ranges from 190-235ms (the range is probably so wide bcus my heart is arrhythmic). i eventually found out that the reason why it was so difficult was because i was playing on a full sized modern tv, so the latency was super annoyingly high. basically the takeaway is that ubisoft intentionally balanced the timings of attacks around normal human reaction speeds, and if you cant do these consistently and its not because of indecision or missing the direction (which will naturally go away from game experience) then its probably just your hardware and internet speed
to clarify about the vipers retreat part i enabled both regular r1s and vipers retreat on the bot, so it was actually on reaction. if you know theyre gonna do the second one every time its not that hard to parry. still rlly important to wait for it with deflects though bcus if u deflect the r1 she can just follow up with it or she can go into her hidden stance
Thank you, I needed a video like this
I was a parry god back in the day I was in a pro team with some of the best, years pass and I lost all my skill. This helps me just shut up my complaining and self doubt and focus up. Thanks man even pros could use your tips
Thanks I'm glad to hear that this could even help a pro!
Just a little FYI, "Light after 1st attack" does not mean the AI will light immediately after its first attack.
It means after YOU hit the AI with a light, it will then attack. Its mainly used to check if combo moves are interruptible or if you have frame advantage after a finishing move.
Thank you for the video bro, it helped a lot 💪🏼
Glad to help💪🏾💪🏾
Just want to say your hand are fine mate plus this video helped me so thank you
Hands*
Thank you and I'm glad this helped!
@@fr3shclipz turns out I’m just bad at the game 😂
U deserve a ton of subs for this vid.
Man’s doing hero’s work, I never knew about this controller sensitivity change. I always kept wondering and getting frustrated as to why people were consistently blocking my lights.
Glad to help bro!
I play on ps4, only been playing for 3 months and I light parry 60% of my attempts (I do have vids to prove it). It was your original video that helped me get there! Hes right people, you gotta go into training mode and just zone out. Then all of sudden youll notice your doing it mid match, like holy shit.
AYE!!!! I'm glad to hear I helped with my original video! Alot of people look at going into training like it's weird but 1 hr of just doing that can really change how they react in game!
As someone who hasn't played FH in awhile this video is good, no a great refresher on parries 😄 however I still have some questions if you don't mind
Basically, I can see the lights coming and I proceed to predict them but it's almost like the light attack is there steps infront of me.
I remember back in the day there was a lot of talk about milliseconds per second or something I bought a tv monitor years ago that was like 200 milliseconds or something that helped with parrying
But i assume in this instance your talking about FPS? Would there be a way to get higher fps on console? Or improve speeds? Or are we kinda stuck??
Cheers and thanks for help in advance 😎👍
The 200 millisecond thing is most likely latency, latency is the time between you pressing something and it actually happening. Fps are about how smooth the game runs. Both important. The truth is as a console player, you are at a disadvantage, and there is no possible way to improve your fps past 60. The devs have it locked for console vs pc players getting over 144 fps.
I'm a rep 280 on console and literally started over because I enjoy the smoother game play on pc. Now I'm a rep 2 working my way back up while trying to not discourage new comers from playing.
Well first guys you need 60 fps too see it coming😂
You are an absolutely wonderful creator. You are informative, personable, understandable, and calm. You’ve got an easy voice to listen to and you’re helpful in the way you explain things. Keep it up man!
Thank you for that! I really appreciate and glad that my delivery was good enough because I've always been worried about that lol
Thanks bro, really helpful!
Anytime!
Frame rate matters soo much i feel. I have a ps4 and my friend got a ps5 during last Christmas. We were easily so matched in skill, fights were always soo close. After he got a ps5 he literally could parry just about anything i threw at him (im exaggerating a bit but light parries went from uncommon to quite common). It went from being a even 50/50 to like a 10/90 it felt. However all i have to do to win is pick my pk against him. However then i told him my weakness against valks and how i could never beat one. Safe to say I got pounded that round lol
Edit: i said this before i watched the video and know that was what it was and yes my assumption was true
Yup definitely does matter
Bruh just been practicing on a low ass frame rate for a fat minute
Can’t get a single can barely get any parties nd hell if I get any in game if I guess right
I honestly dealt with this for so long too. I used to think it’s a skill issue. I hope you get to experience higher frame rate with this game.
Great video, I would also say that anticipation of your opponents moveset is also a great factor in getting more light parries.
Yup
what buttons do you use to parry? Is it just with the stick?
No. Use the stick to position your block. When the opponents attack is about to connect with your block, press heavy
dat beat in da background at the beginning of this video hard asf ma guy
I MADE THAT!
Anybody else’s here who can’t figure out how to faint there attacks 😢
What platform? By default, on pc it's Q. Playstation is O. Xbox is B
Thanks for the tips good sir 🙏
Thank you!!
I'm running this game on potato pc, which only runs 30 fps. I already set all the graphic settings to the lowest, but still 30 fps. But then i realized that the biggest problem is not on my pc's ram, but on the graphic card. So i step back the display in display settings and it finally ran so smooth. Now i know the game looks like absolute shit rn, but i recommend to at least to set the shadow quality to low, this will helps your eye a lot.
Also after i've done this i found out that the fps isn't the problem on why i can't even light block, but it's just my skill lol.
For any of you stoners out there depending on how baked you are you can basically get to a level where your reaction time is relaxed but lighting quick. I flow like water comboing with shinobi.
🤣🤣🤣. That sounds like a great tact
I really like for honor i just wish that there was a game mode with only knights so you can have fun without light spamming samurais
Over the years they have been moving toward making it less of a problem. I honestly like that people did that to me because they are the reason i made sure i know how to stop it lol. Made the game more interesting for me
Any tips for someone on old gen? Used to be a light parrying machine but now it's hard to even block them
Tbh if your not getting about 60 fps it's would feel impossible. It's hard to block them for you now because they made them even faster in a update a while back. You can parry off of read though. If you see patterns you can assume and try to catch it if your hardware makes reactions harder
Step 1: don’t play on console
Step 2: repeat step 1
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guys close ur eyes. if u don't see indicators enough, start from the beginning. oh wait. it's endless. ty ty fresh
thank you based black guy
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what!?
“You got your @ss kicked because you didn’t have any defense. So I’m going to teach you the best defense you can know, and the best defense is…..more offense”
-Johnny Lawrence
“When in doubt, zone it out” - Lebron James
3 duels with 3 raidens light spamming when I'm a new player leads me to this video
Try 6 years of being light spammed and can’t do anything about because of hardware🤣🤣🤣
Once you are comfortable, light spamming will bring a smile to your face lol
Having 0 guard mode dead one will screw with console players, when the joystick comes back to center it will flick to opposite side you’re are trying to block. Keep that in mind.
NO WONDER THAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I used to be frustrated like when my gaurd went where I didn't have it. I'm definitely going to change that setting
Everytime someone said that's a terrible idea they never explained when I asked why. Thank you, foreal
Yea man honestly the same feeling when I finally realized that. I think it’s an Xbox thing since their joysticks are so sensitive, but I don’t play PS so idk haha. Took me months to figure out what was going on. I thought the game was bugged haha
Step 1: have good internet
Step 0.5: understand that you are at a disadvantage if on last gen
It’s really crazy how difficult guarding is in this game. My reflexes seem piss poor when I train for this. It seems to be mostly dumb luck
Over time it becomes easy. Just get your reps in play. It will come to you
Haha have more the a 40hz monitor -_+ nice skills bud
I tried blocking on Training and realised I blocked 10% of the hits and I have an almost Rep 6 Warden 😭
That’s a crazy realization🤣 that’s definitely one of the most important parts of for honor lol
Thanks so much for this it helped so much❤😊
Hadnt played FH in about 2.5 Years, and I mained Lawbringer before I quit, came back hopped on him with 0 warm up, and practically felt right at home, the parrying timer was off a little bit but its comin back, good coverage on the video to explain it clearly
Thank you and welcome back!
This my favorite game but I stopped playing a few years ago cause I’m still on a Xbox s one n my WiFi is shit. I’ve always been able to deflect good but light parrying has been the bane of my existence, I could get a better system but I really just can’t justify it yet
Yeah I wouldn’t advise you to get an upgrade if it’s not justifiable to you. I will say being able to parry light actually changed the game for me because it became a new experience to go up against people who also know how to parry lights themselves
If youre ready for hard mode make the bot Gladiator, give him his full light combo, turn off move cooldown, AND give him revenge. That’s how i warm up and I’m in the top 100 for lawbringer
Niceeeee and off topic just started using lawbringer yesterday because of the new update.
Block left or right, then dodge attacks from the top etc...
Im on ps4, a light parry is impossible
Gotta put in those reps to get that real kung fu.
Have you tried no-HUD? Interestingly, learning the animation timings and developing skills based on that goes a long way towards reacting to and anticipating the indicators.
Yeah I have tried it and you are so right. It does go a long way towards reaction
Usually you hear about tunnel vision as a liability, but here it's a skill to be honed. How refreshing, inspiring even.
That’s a great point lol
I haven't watched this video yet BUT i have played this game on Ps5 and PC i can confidently say it's much easier to parry lights on PC since it doesn't have the input delay.
Definitely!
Bro ima change my settings and start practicing asap I'm the worst in my team when it comes to defense cause all I practice was combos and mix ups but I couldn't block to save my life I think this will help 100%
Yeah it's defense is probably the most important. If your opponent can't touch you, you can literally crush their confidence lol. You won half the battle already lol. Trust me there are many times I was in a playful mood and decided to only play defense and my opponent just put down thier controller lmaoooo
Just predict, you cant possibly react on lights. The less combos a hero has the easier it is to light parry him. ok let me explain, you cannot possibly react on a light because you cant differentiate between a light and a heavy until its too late, so predict that your oponent is going for a light and then parry
I be playing on Xbox with 30fps and I still be deflecting like crazy but it sucks when I do it the exact second they throw anything and I ain't fast enough😪
Yeah 30fps literally made it impossible for me
For real though, some of us just need to go back to our roots. I got about 600 total reps and get destroyed by some random guy spamming because I don’t always just block, I want that dopamine light parry every chance I get. Now I’m ready to slap these toxic mfs back thanks bro needed this fr❤️
Yeah I learned this when I started to play really hard opponents. Trying to parry lights all the time would get you smoked lol. It caused me to just take my time and block more that I parry
Solid training tips bro, wish I would've seen this when I was first starting the game
Thx man, I'll keep trying hard
How am I meant to anticipate when I’m going against someone like peacekeeper and they’re feinting left and right. Dk when they’re actually gonna follow through
Tbh that's where you anticipate your opponents next move. Start off studying what what they are doing to get a good feel of when they will fient. You will quickly reaize that parrying lights are aren't the best thing to do in many situations
Lol I've played since beta, I've never got light parry into muscle memory yk, I well never train 2 do so game ain't that seriousb
Lol it's not but just doing training once could get you flowing to parry lights like nothing. I know training sounds crazy lol
I have to be doing something wrong.. Been going at it for like 30 mins now and i think im blocking like 3 lights per death..
Do you know how much fps you are getting? Console or pc?
Way before i watched this i used to main valk noe i main afeera and i did this for about a week no online just training and man i really became scary to fight id parry or block every hit on every enemy tip: do it for a week or two but with every character as your enemy in training youll get better best idea is to learn high landers moves to be able to mess with em
It’s crazy because most people do it for like a hr or few and they become scary. You did it for a week! You must be feeling unstoppable right now ! lol
Yo js it possible to get 120 frames on ps5 with the right set up?? My moniter supports 120 but i havent been able to adjust the game to it
Definitely is possible. You have to adjust the ps5 screen settings to allow 120. Once for honor is in performance mode you should be good
My friend, we are 7 years old, what a nonsense video
Thanks!
This helped me to survive much better, because de lights always kill me
Your welcome!
What throws me off the most is the white arrows that indicate the opponents stance. It makes me mess up my own, cus when im focusing on blocking, I see that and try to switch my stance because I just forget that it's not mine. It's really been messing up my blocking
Edit: Plus I've been playing lawbringer, and I really like it but the guard change is just so damn slow. I'm saving up to get centurion rn, hopefully It'll work for me better.
Hey, not being confused with your opponents gaurd and yours will take some getting used to. I dealt with the same thing in the beginning.
Also characters gaurd change time are all equal. The only thing that affects that is your deadzone or sensitivity. In other words if you feel like lawbringer gaurd change is sluggish, it will be the same for cent. Play with you deadzone settings. Find that sweet spot
@@fr3shclipz Aight. I’ll look at that later, thanks for the advice.
Bro. Thank you. Your message was beautiful, and so were those hands 😃😭
LMFAOOOOO. I really appreciate that!
Man my reaction time is so garbage. I'm getting clobbered just trying to block lights
Take baby steps. Trust me. Block first to work on reaction. Everything else will fall in place
Bro I'm reacting in time but my gard still moves to slow could it be the character
Nah check your stick dead zone. The more dead zone = the further your stick has to move before your game detects movement.
Just coming back into the game after YEARS and found this video its really helpful. for some reason im having trouble going the opposite direction each time trying to block. its like my brain is trying to Predict instead of reacting to the red, got me wondering if i knew my lefts and rights😂 but ik if i keep training and as time goes on and not give up ima adapt get it down pack! always getting back up and trying again no matter how long it takes as never let me down💪🏾
Yeah I definitely went through that too lol. Once you got it it’s like an unlocked passive skill. I could not play for 3 months and get on and in 3 games I’m parrying lights and flowing like usual. You will get it! Keep going!
A few intense matches will have you motivated trust me🤣 The toxicity of this game made me become decent🤣🤷🏾
A big point for me... the xbox controller.
The heavy is on the trigger with the biggest course, if you switch it to the LB... you will react WAY MORE FASTER.
Because most of the time, when I tried to react to a light, it was always to late because the trigger doesnt take the click in account... but with the small trigger, it works way more better !
Good luck my guys.
And fuck hitokiri and valkyrie players.
I thought of this but was too lazy to rewire my brain from years of using it the regular way. But thankfully the ps5 controllers triggers are extremely responsive But what you are saying is true.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 the last part though🤣🤣🤣🤣
How does latency translate to fps? Or better yet how do you check your fps on ps5 if possible? My latency ranges from 10-30 depending my internet (usually bad weather slows it down) and im capable of landing light parries if some one is just super predictable but im still practicing and only just starting to learn deflects.
Latency is how long it takes the ps5 to respond to your controller input. Fps is how smooth the game appears on screen. That would allow you to react better. On ps5 make sure you are on the game in a match(training arena), then go to settings, press "screen and video", "video output", then "video output information ". You will then see the resolution and framrate. The screen you are using also determines your Fps so be aware of that, most tvs can only go to 60. A few can go past that.
Should practice with a fast light attacker like orochi or warden
Yeah that’s a good idea for when they become food at the slower one
So I have tried giving this game a few goes and it never seems to click for me and I listen to and watch my brothers try to explain to me the hero’s and the different movesets. Do you know of/ have a video really breaking down the different hero’s and what’s best for different styles of players?
No but I definitely am going to make a video like this
Bet bet got them notifications on that would be so helpful and I really have trouble getting the timing of the game
This is a great video & good advice. I'll say that as a console player watching this video on my work PC, the light attacks here look like heavy attacks on console lol. Frames are crazy different.
Yeah foreal. Framerate is really important lol
Thank you I've been struggling to parry
Your welcome!!!
Genuinely good advice for new players, keep it up!
Thank You!
You light parrying that Nobu and then running away is the most relatable.😂
Getting poked from the side while fighting has to be top 5 most annoying🤣🤣🤣
Can you help me get the habit of hitting dodge. I sometimes get nervous when getting slammed up with attacks. So I’ll start to dodge or dodge attack which leads me to getting parried. And sometimes I just press heavy to try parry which gets me parried in return 😅
Getting nervous during being lighted is very common. You have to build confidence. When you throw a heavy to parry your opponent and end up being parried, its showing lack of confidence. You have to learn to feel as if you are in control. The in control feeling comes from out smarting and predicting his next moves or reaction. Making people do what you want them to do makes it easier to counter them. Btw you don't want a habit of dodging. Gaurd breaks will become your opponents best friend. A number one rule. Especially for high level play. Dont develop habits. Be unpredictable. Habits lead to muscle memory. That would get you SMOKED! Lol
@@fr3shclipz i actually like how you worded this thank you
I don't get the difference between block and parry. So you block when u hold at some direction and u block an attack; And you parry when the indicator flashes and you parry it when u put ur mouse over, or you have to dodge in the direction and hold the guard ?
When you block its literally just to have you gaurd to the side the attack is coming from so that you don't get hit. A parry is when the attack is about to touch where your gaurd is and you throw your opponent off balance so that you can get on offense. When you dodge into a incoming attack and end up sliding underneath thier weapon that is called a deflect. That's only accessible to assassins and some hybrids.
To activate a parry, press the heavy attack while guarding the side the attack is coming to right before it connects with your weapon. That will throw your opponent off balance to give you opportunity to get on offense
Thank you 💖
Thank you for also showing your hands. I get confused to aim which way and all
Do you need to hit rt button and aim in the direction of the hit?
😂😂😂. Your welcome! Yup that’s all it takes. Just make sure you press heavy when the hit is just connecting with your block.
@@fr3shclipz I’m all over the place but sometimes I can girly pop off if they don’t run away like chickens
Best thing to remember is your never gonna be perfect
Should have been rule number one!
I don't understand the partying lights doe. Do you press light when they're light hits or do you parry as if it was a heavy or ? U didn't really explain well u just said practice partying n then u went into lights and didn't explain to well?.?
Yeah when I made the video I didn't aim at teaching the basics of parrying but i should have clarified that. You have to press heavy with your gaurd in the direction of the incoming hit right before the attack connects. The parry button would be the heavy attack button.
@@fr3shclipz does heavy parry lights as well?
Do you change any key-binds or just the dead zone?
Yup I use my L1 to dash and roll. Also I click my right analog to cancel. So now I never really move my fingers away from the most important buttons.
Great video man! Also you don’t got weird hands
Thank you! Much appreciated!!
"Block those lights"
Me: "im trying!"
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really nice video here dude, love the chill vibes
Thank you bro, I appreciate it!
Meanwhile us ps4 peasants only parrying on predict 😂
Smh this is literally how I parried on ps4 because I didn't know about fps and stuff. I completely used to think it's just a skill issue until I learned about fps.
What about watching there weapon and watching the animation
Some animations make it easier for me to react but I focus on the indicator because some characters have animations that are harder for me