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Yes, you need to perfectly time it and generally this game does have "perfect parry" mechanic. Though the attack you see here in the video cannot be parried anymore, since the last patch that was released this december.

Yes, they did. Since december 3-rd

I've written them down in the description. You can check there )

@@varia011 makes sense that it works with... Let's call it "neutral swap cancel". Nice observation! I didn't notice that, even though I did saw that sometimes "empty ignition" would come out without me normally swapping weapons, probably because I was doing neutral swap cancel accidentally ) PS: The arena is not exactly an issue for me, it's just that fireball wheel attack, that I mentioned in the description, really limits your mobility if you're going for a "no damage".

@@MrDel-dj1ye True, i haven't actually tried to no dmg this fight yet, but i can imagine having to avoid the flame wheel atk can be a pain, especially if you trying to style on them while taking no hit.

It's convoluted no matter how I put it, but I'll try to, at least, make it coherent. When you get ONLY THE FIRST *LEVEL* of Verdadera Destreza (will be VD from now on) charge you will be able to cancel certain moves. Perfect Parry automatically gives you one charge point, so if you have a completely empty VD bar, you'll be able to cancel this parry into practically anything, because of the aforementioned trait. In this video I chose to cancel this parry into a dash attack, which might look like I just parried twice, but the second hit is just a dash attack, not a parry.

Basically, you can perform this, as I personally call it - "Empty Ignition", by doing an aerial attack first, then swap to a different weapon and back to Veredicto. Then you can perform this tech. As you have noticed (or didn't) this particular Ignition Strike can be cancelled into ANYTHING, aside from basic movement. Sidenote: Honestly, it's one of the only things that weirdly makes swapping between weapons more meaningful, would be a shame if devs removed it without giving us something in return... Though I fear this will be removed eventually in the next DLC or patch, since this goes kinda against the idea of Veredicto as a "slow" weapon. So... I enjoy it while I can xd

@MrDel-dj1ye Tested it for a bit, and yeah this tech is so damn cool and strong, this "ignition strike" being able to cancel into basically anything opens a lot of combo possibilities, it be a shame to lose it, though it most likely will😅, btw was this tech available pre-dlc? Also side note: You may already know this, but during my testing i have notice that if you press the same weapon switch button as the already equipped weapon it makes a "dud" noise and the ui animates to indicate that you have the weapon already equipped, cool detail but here's the thing, it can cancel certain atks like weapon switching without actually switching weapons. I have yet to find cool use out of it, other than making sarmiento and centella atk slightly faster(lol), but currently i just think of it as the atk cancelling expliot in blasphemous 1😆.

@@varia011 I think it was, at least I think it existed even before, but I've learned this tech when I played the DLC. As for the swap cancel, then yes, I knew about it for a long time actually, speedrunners also use it with Sarmiento and Centella, because it's the best weapon for it. I personally don't use it since I think it's a tiny bit... Broken. Just like upward-attack cancel from Blasphemous I.

@@MrDel-dj1ye yeah i can see that, haven't watched blasphmemous 2 speedruns since launch but i low key thought S&C in buffed mode can out dps all the other weapons (this may or may not be true now, i'm not sure), its neat but i have little interest using it like the atk cancels in b1, its a bit cheap to me. And here is hoping the "Empty Ignition" stays till the games final dlc's or update🍻

I think that generally Mea Culpa's projectile slash should be slightly nerfed, other than that I think the weapon is fine. Currently have 2 files of NG+, with enemy buff penance and without it and so far I think everything is pretty neat in that regard. Yes, you do get nearly one-shotted, but only by certain enemies and moves (if that's a boss) which I think is fair, since most of these come from pretty well telegraphed and pronounced attacks. As for blocking in IR state, it's probably a bug, I think there's absolutely no reason to remove this ability intentionally. Seems like they used the code for Ruego Al Alba's "Blood Pact" as a template for IR and a part of it that is responsible for allowance of parries was somehow reverted back to default, but since Mea Culpa does not have any special ability on Block input, we get nothing. If that is even the case, I have no idea how that happened, since I'm not a developer and this is just my guess.

​@@MrDel-dj1ye thanks for the reply, and i agree, this is probably the most balanced mv i've played, for that reason i got no problem getting 1 or 2 shotted in ng+ (maybe cause i did a no health upgrade run already or the fact that i can almost no hit some areas and and no dmg some bosses), as you said its a fair trade off for having almost everything carried over. I am also no dev, but i would like to think that no blocking in IR is either a bug or they have plans to give it an extra abilities (i can dream at least). Also nice gameplay as always, been watching your channel for awhile now and you really changed how i play this game, i now constantly spam verses and switch weapons mid combat and its my favorite way to play.

Sure, I'm not here to force this playstyle on anyone. If someone gets encouraged to play differently by this - that's great, if not - that's also fine, since it is very demanding. My playstyle is not definitive, though some people think it is, judging by how flashy it looks (though it might be too flashy for others).

That's the neat thing! You can't. But you can do a charge attack by performing one attack in the air that will definitely miss, and by holding the button you will be able to perform it on the ground right when you land.

@@Necro_fury my recommendation would be to go out and explore a bit more before tackling the rest of the game. If you got a traversal upgrade, try to find as many things as you can before progressing further, that's how I played my first time and I had a pretty nice time with the game. Blasphemous II can be a pretty challenging and fair game, but if you'll forget about exploration, you will definitely make things a bit too hard for yourself or absolutely excruciating (I remember seeing a certain Asmon streamer fighting pre-final boss once with barely upgraded health. It was pretty funny, but also painful to watch ngl).

@@smallone2351 I've updated the description of this video around 2-3 days ago in case someone will be interested in my Altarpieces, you can check there

For me 2 hours. Just killed. Good boss but sometimes hit boxes were awful 😂

Aside from the opportunities I've mentioned, you can do a bit more advanced things with this attack in general, which was also showcased here! Anyways, have fun )

The move that I have punished with a charge attack is specifically designed for it. While his sword is glowing any attack will deal miniscule damage to him. Sure, you can punish it with a four-hit combo, but the first 3 hits would barely count and only the final one will deal its intended damage which is still going to be low. But if you just start charging and wait for his sword to stop glowing, then you can release it and deal proper amount of damage. Lesmes and Infanta also have attacks that you can optimally punish this way. Blasphemous I also have these kind of charge attack punishes, where bosses won't even allow you to execute your full combo, but they will still wait for a bit before restarting their agression. Red Amanecida is a pretty bright example of this. There's more though. In short: charge attack never was useless, just slightly underutilized by... Everyone I guess. I actually have a video where I somewhat optimally use the charge attack in a Blasphemous I final boss rush challenge, you can check there for further proof of my words on the first game: th-cam.com/video/zMwK3-XGDgk/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared

I pretty much beat the game with the flail. Except that last guy I needed the parry

Sadly, I couldn't find footage of my figure setup for the life of me, so what I'm telling partly from my memory: The Veteran One The Maiden (fully upgraded) The Traitor The Thief The Anointed One The Mercy + Tirso (Ascending Wrath Resonance) Played with this set up the entirety of the DLC. I hope your request is still relevant.

He finishes himself no matter what