Essential tips to improve your blocking with a shield — Dark and Darker

Better fighter better pizza, papa johns

Dude that bard could sing you a song and you choose to kill him😭 Could be a wholesome interaction

Hey Blinn, I really enjoy your educational approach and editing style. Keep it up man! I've been doing zero to hero and ofc can't spawn with a longsword, so have been enjoying sword and shield greatly. One gameplay related thing to keep in mind when fighting longsword is the second swing of arming sword is really easy to parry, so be careful!

you can hit handles to stun them even longer, since they have no impact power (battles axes are the easiest, step into the hit with shield aimed at their handle)

Thank you kind sir. I was going nuts figuring this out.

I love the apologies before a fight, "sorry dude, hostile"

Nice guide, I always thought shields were a nice equalizer in this game. One of the skill sets you can use to outplay players with superior gear.

It's a small thing, but I really appreciate your "Hostile" callouts. I'm generally friendly, so it would be insanely helpful to know that another player had no such intentions. Square up or bail.

i needed this reality check xD i was and am the person at the start of your video, but am slowly learning the blocking mechanics

really good video , perfectly made guide for blocking

The problem is that this is also a bit of a design flaw given the first persion view model and third person view model is different, in first person it would appear larger in your view that you would think ur protected but you are not because of the difference in first and third person perspective, this creates eye inconsistency and always have that factor of risking how accurate the blocks. There is also the fact that the game lacks a tutorial for classes that people would think the blocking mechanic hitboxes would be the same as chivalry or mount and blade.

well explained. i expierenced one more thing and it would be awesome if u had the answer for that: sometimes u lower your shield to see the battlefield. then to press RMB to block. Lets say u block at the time "A". Now the enemy thrustattacks u at time "A". So we have 2 Inputs at time A. How do they solve now? I expierenced hits altough my shield blocks there weapon. Is that a ping issue? I mean its okay if it would be, but im furious not finding out how simultane inputs solve.

Maybe you can make a video about how to block all types of weapons? I often lack experience in how much to rotate the camera to block various weapons

I have issue blocking large targets. ie. frost giant with the giant shield, I get inconsistent results.

use the sprint in the fightss

I have mained the cleric throughout almost every playtest since I started in playtest 2, and I still do not know howto block properly. From buckler to kite shield.

I mean, even if you figured out a way to make it work, it dosn't mean it's not broken. I say it's brokwn and clunky as hell so you have to play a very specific way to even make it functiom as it should, even if it's counter intuitive and weird.

The overhead axe swing can go right through your shield even with a perfect stance block Edit: with skeletons

this so cool and i can't do it cuz i only dead in combat with someone i'm new

Remember me when youre famous blinn