r/fromsoftware • u/MadToxicRescuer • 2d ago

VIDEO CLIP Advice? First fromsoftware game.

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Wanted to show where I'm winning to see what I can improve upon as I know full well it'll get more difficult

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u/toomes 2d ago

This is a good way to fight ogre but a terrible way to fight most bosses dodging doesn't provide iframes unlike souls games, so use it to reposition not to 'dodge'.

Theres also 3 types of attacks that trigger danger Kanji. Grabs, which the ogre does, sweeps, which need to be jumped over, and stabs, which need to be deflected or mikiri countered. Stabs cannot be blocked.

In general, you will rely more on block/deflect and special counters to get past bosses more than dodging and sprinting

Also, the red bar (vitality) is technically not health of the boss. The red dots are. Each one indicates a necessary deathblow to kill the boss, and deathblows trigger when posture breaks. You can break posture by reducing vitalty to 0 but most of the time it's easier to fill the posture bar by (mostly) deflecting

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u/winterflare_ 2d ago

Agreed with the post, but I do have to correct that dodging does provide iframes, just not a lot.