Dark & Darker: How to perform a Riposte attack 

Yes, I need more practice.

will likely make the game too sweaty. at the.moment it has the perfect level of skill

@@weggooiaccount nah it would be a great addition

@@weggooiaccount this would benefit new people more than sweats, most high level players already have the skill from other games like chivalry and morhau, we need a training room.

@@HelmuthGerka Chiv and Mordhau mechs transferred very slightly but not really lol. This combat is much more clunky and unresponsive

My only gripe with it is it's so slow when they get in your face since the first hit is a stab it's harder to hit form upclose

@Thawne some of us didn't

True. This video made it difficult for those who don't read the comment section and might as well brush it off, not all of us are good at doing an actual riposte spam.

@@nmf0 its crazy how little it takes for someone to delete their own comment. like mf you said the words and you're just gonna back off and hide?

@@d1s0r13nt3d You still learned to do it thanks to this video. If you did not watch this then the game would still be harder

@@jonkas3498 yup, i didn't know this was a thing

I believe it's German longsword with the way the character flourishes the blade from left and right towards the head

the master cut or 'heuw', zwerchau. a thwarting strike. was very cool to see in this game and doesn't go unappreciated at all!

@@bumpyburrito6635 do certain regions use the same swords differently ? like i'd like to think it has to do with training (just like martial arts) im asking out of curiosity i'd like to know more

they should add different styles of attacking im used to just slashing and stabbing

@@rigormortis3219 well sir, i beg you to find a new form of attacking outside of slashing and stabbing, im really interested in your findings

Bs excuse but ok

@@MrEvans1 it's true though, in fencing if you can find the weak of the blade with your forte (the strong part) you basically scored the point

@@alfred9805 yet it has nothing to do with the game, the sword simply didnt hit there, it does have a hitbox :D everything is bullshit As for fencing i have no idea, never been a fan, good to know ;)

it's crazy how this game has real life physics

​@@MrEvans1its easier to take away from the hitbox than model your sword stagger/ break. But damn, that would be dope

For a playtest alpha the game has a gargantuous amount of combat options, i wonder if crush weapons have some secret feature to them

@@sawritall4292 it would be cool if war maul had a feint or a quick reversal

it makes a lot of sense that a Darkest dungeon crusader lover, is now playing dark and darker as a fighter lover LMFAO

It’s a really solid perk, not sure if it applies to longsword though it might just be a shield thing, if it applies to all defensive positions including the long swords I’d say it’s definitely a must pick, the fighter only has so many okay perks anyway.

@@davidfasthands474 I think you’re thinking of the shield defense boost or shield movement speed boost perks, because you said positions. Counter attacker applies to successful *defense* which would mean when a block connects it procs. Semantics aside, assuming it does work with longsword, the question is whether or not 10% atk spd and move spd buff is worth a perk slot? Does a double riposte coming out 10% faster make for a more viable longsword build? Or is it better replaced by something like projectile reduction, or swift. But I guess it depends on the player’s build.

@@Eggsecuter it works and its good, the movespeed allows you to actually hit the ripostes if they just back up, and the attack speed means you get both ripostes off 0.1 second faster

Have you ever done HEMA or any form of boffer sport? I've never heard someone call it sword and board who doesn't use it to fight with/against.

until february, that is

@@lred1383 does it come out then or another play test?

@@mikealjohnsson still another playtest, the full release is coming only in Q4 of 2023, and there will be a proper open beta phase starting sometime inbetween

@@lred1383 what is Q4

@@alirende9908 4th quarters of the year, that is, the last three months of the year. October - November - December

Definitely potential with that aspect. Hopefully they release some type of training mode that allows pvp to test out builds in mostly real situations compared to hitting a dummy.

Honestly, I kinda really like not having a training room because that forces you to learn and test out in the field where it’s more dangerous and risky, and the learning is done by the brave

​@@Ezzekiel73I agree!

but it kinda works like it would IRL, you cannot block with the tip of the blade, the leverage is too much for you to negate the force of th blow.

@@NeFjuS maybe they can make it dynamic. while i am not expert , logic would suggest a war maul is beyond heavy to just block with a very thin tip , so they may want to make the combat more in-depth by adding mechanics like this, the game's still in playtest so we'll see what they might add

@@NeFjuS you can very much parry with the tip of the blade. I would say the vast majority of parry/chambering techniques use the tip or mid front of the blade

Yeah it’s possible in this game still to block with the tip. At least further forward than his shown collision boxes. Seems a bit inconsistent across different weapons tho, but I had it occur quite a bit throughout playing after testing for the videos I made.

@@NeFjuS IRL you definitely can block with the tip of the blade, (In France we call that the "weak" of the blade) it's a bit more complicated than just parrying while standing still, but lots of techniques use the tip of the blade to parry and chain a follow-up riposte. (especially thrusting moves and ripostes)

Thats life in a nutshell pal. Tge game merely allows the player, to have freedon of expression w/o identity.

Yeah that’s what makes the game exciting though, as you play more, you’ll learn how to disengage from a fight that could end in situations like that. Apex Legends is fantastic in that it will force you to learn how to trade fights and not over-commit so your team isn’t backed into a corner taking down the first team.

lmao same

They've said they won't and as a mordhau player I really respect it because in our lovely game the skill floor is way too far from the ever-growing skill ceiling! It causes a rift in the game where new people feel like they just get stomped, the simplistic combat now focuses on positioning far more than sheer fighting force it's what makes the Longsword and Flute feel so fresh compared to the blocks/alt attacks people are used to and provides a lovely form of skill expression

That's because the video is not based on actual real info but an opinion. The whole length of the longsword has a hitbox and collisions, in the part where he says it does not, the enemy's sword swings alongside his weapon, they just not make any clash, it hits his arm/side. You should be doing what you said, aiming the tip of the weapon to parry, not the bottom part. If you focus on the bottom part, it might be too late and the enemy sword can hit you before it hits your parry, especially overhead hits. Though the parry is incredibly strong in open areas, I would advise from doing so against spears, daggers and quarter staves. Also tight spaces obviously. You are better just focusing on landing headshots during these.

@@rybosaur6860 I agree because of the block at 3:00 he blocks a war maul with the tip of his longsword. Earlier on I think he just got struck on the arm.

gooood... you are begining to believe, continue you training , soon you'll be riposting chain lightning back into mages faces

@@XDarons wait, can you seriously block magic with LS?

@@christianwillmon6616 it's surprizing the amount of things you can block, you can block the axe traps, you can block magic missles, fireballs will still do splash damage regardless of being blocked, as for chain lightning though, I don't believe it can be blocked.

feel free to feature it!

it's a fighter exclusive weapon

Possibly, having no training area to test these things doesn't help I was having difficulties blocking with the longsword, so I suspected about the tip having no hitbox and started trying to block with the center of the blade, and I got better results I had many situations where an attack phased right through the tip this could also be a result of some inconcistency between the 3rd person and 1st person model or just plain old lag

@XDaron hmm maybe when blocking the blade tip doesn't have a hit box 🤔