This would work similarly to pulling off a perfect block, except instead of pushing block button at the right time, you have to release the block button (while youre guarding) at the right time. Benefits for successfully pulling off a parry may include (and would vary depending on what you use to shield/parry):
- reduced damage (up to vetex to decide but my idea would about the same as a perfect block or better)
- inflict a brief stun period for 1-2 seconds if you parry a melee attack
- reflect a projectile back (in the opposite direction it came from)
This would be a balanced feature to add because of two factors:
- one, you would have to be in guard stance in order to trigger a parry. which would mean that you would have to spend a few seconds to set up for a parry;
- and two, at the same time, you would be spending a bit of stamina in guard stance before you would pull off a parry (and maybe a little more as a little drawback for parrying)
I think this would be a great addition to combat and provide a whole new twist to pvp.
and before you ask, no i did not come up with this idea when deepwoken was announced. fuck you rogue lineage players and deepwoken hypebeasts
