BROTHERS! HOW TO PARRY Part 2 is here and provides more in-depth explanations and detail🙏: th-cam.com/video/2I2PubLd3dY/w-d-xo.html 0:00 Intro 1:30 Parry Demonstration 7:10 Recap + Final Thoughts
Best explanation I've seen so far! The timing examples you are giving and how to clear the trial for practice are AWESOME! Huge thanks to you for the time you put in this and example of how you can nail every parry with some practice.
@@Kriton2005 Thank you, Brother! I am glad to hear this was of some use to you. This was a brief explanation and Part 2 is more of a deeper dive. May the Emperor guide your step!
"Im going to let my teammate die, i am not a heretic", i dont know brothers this sounds like heresey to me. Better send him to the inquisition just to be safe lol
Your suspicion of heresy is not without merit. Rest assured brother, my faith continues unabated. If I were to display the remainder of that training session you would see that our brother was ultimately unharmed (he actually respawns after a cooldown, the same way we do when downed during Operations) and that we coordinated this tactic together in an effort to maximize growth potential for our Bulwark brothers spectating. The Inquisition will find our service records fully intact and without stain, should they decide to investigate.
no jokes the biggest thing i got from this vid going into the trial and just practicing for a bit.. i land perfect parries all the time now, freaking pro move thanks for the tips!
I used this place to train and it is still crazy hard to parry as bulwark,. Just bad design imo. I don't want to play this class anymore. in the thick of things bulwark parry is harder than any other parry because he will just keep blocking instead.
Best explanation so far! What would make it even better would be to add on screen icon at the exact moment you press the parry button. That would make the timing much more clear.
Thank you, Brother. Honestly I was of the same mind, but I am not really used to making videos and don't know much about tools that would allow me to do that. But trust me I was thinking the same thing. I will look into that more though. There may be some sort of on screen display that I can add to show this.
@@buck23100 That is certainly what I will consider doing next time, Brother. Taking the video and then doing commentary over it. For some reason I only thought to do a live demonstration, as I am just not acquainted with making content with any sort of normalcy.
Bulwark main here, you just saved me! I was spending HOURS trying to understand how that worked, in vain. 25 hours in the game I just could not figuring out how to do it, I thought I was just plain stupid. Watched manu tutorials and guides before yours, but none of them helped. Best explanation, thank you so much! You have my like and subscribe thats for sure !
@@thehdost7348 Shield Brother, glad am I that you were able to acquire the information you sought during your holy quest to carry out the Emperor's will. With this knowledge in your arsenal, our adversaries do not stand a chance! Emperor guide you, Brother.
Battle Brother, you have saved me from citing the Litany of Hate. I have the timings down for my other classes for perfect parries and dodges, but the parry window for Bulwark is so different I gave up and just swapped to the Block style with speed and damage and fully committed to just using my shield as a block…no longer! The Emperor protects!
@@joeschmoe5608 There can be no doubt that you will dispose of any heretic foolish enough to cross you while employing these tactics. The Emperor protects!
Thank you, I think this system goes directly against parries in other games, and that's why it throws people off guard. I assumed that, just like in most other games, you have to parry right as the attack is about to hit you, which caused me to be late a lot. I did not know that pressing parry puts you in a parry stance, and you can parry as early as the attack begins. That would cause you to be very early with the parry in other games.
@@DrobusMaximus Precisely, Brother. Even on the other classes in the game the Bulwark parry was just different. The Fencing type weapons put us closer to what we expect in other games but not completely. Quite a jarring experience at first but easy to master once you understand how the Shield Block - Parry priority works. Part 2 goes much more in depth about that as well. Emperor guide you.
It is also good to mention that one of the MAIN things stopping bulwark players from parrying is that they, either unintentionally or intentionally hold the block button instead of press. Holding the button causes a block and will override ANY parry. In the heat of battle I tend to accidentally hold the block button instead of just pressing it because I literally have a horde upon me.
@@ARandomCustodian Strategies that most fledgling Bulwarks employ at the beginning of their careers. Through diligent training, they will graduate as more proficient combatants.
@@timwilmink8746 To be honest, personally it has grown on me since in the alternative there are only so many ways I can contort my fingers to press buttons. Now I'm just used to it.
GREAT explanatiuon. What I got from it is this: "Regular" (no blue/red circles): push counter immediiately upon detection. Blue attack: Parry after a short delay (during the "jump") Red attack: only done from a distance. Stay close to avoid OR gtfo and dodge.
One thing people should note as well is the weapon you are using because depending whether it is defense is on block balance or fencing because they have their own window timings. Balance has your normal parry window Block gives no perfect parry window which means you can not parry any attacks with the specific weapon Fencing increased perfect parry window giving lots of time to parry
Got this game late and was wondering what I was doing wrong, thank you king! I’m parrying beautiful on campaign but struggling on operations as bulwark and wondering if it’s my internet being trash or something lmao.
@@facialhashbrown You're welcome, Brother. Hope you are enjoying the game! Part 2 is a bit more detailed follow up to this and may explain some of those inconsistencies. But lag could certainly be a factor for sure.
I have struggled SOOOOOOOO MUCH learning to parry in this game but u have Been my savior!! I have been the team mate that has always been the one being revived!! NOW THANKS TO U!!! I can stand on my own and parry with my team mates and live to fight along side my brothers!!!! THANK U FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY SOUL!!!
Playing Bulwark made me actually learn the parry system, I had thought that only stuff that flashed blue could be parried so i was always running blocking items for the stats, thinking parries were not common enough to matter. I was just spacebar'ing everything. I am taking all the parry perks on the left side perks, AoE damage on parry, 25% damage to shocked enemies, shock grenade on parry and running the fencing power sword and I love it.
I think there might be a programming clash where the game has to register if you pressed L1 long enough for a hard block or tapped it for a parry block, and since that takes time, if you try to parry too late in the timing window it ends up just being a hard block animation. But its good to know that all it takes is parrying earlier in the window to allow for the game to catch up. At that point its just practice. So thank you.
Hopefully this can help someone else, I thought I was going insane, but my parries were flawless in trials but could not for the life of me hit a single parry in operations. Turns out, if your melee weapon of choice has a defence type of Block, parrying with that is absolutely terrible and/or possibly impossible, and guess what, that is exactly the weapon type I had equipped. If you switch to balanced or fencing (fencing especially) the parry works and you get quite the timing window to hit your parry. I share this knowledge for the advancement of humanity and our assured victory against the enemies of our kind. While the enemies of the Emperor still draw breath, there can be no peace.
This has been of great utility in ourging the enemies of the imperium. My gratitude brother. I have also found the other class of use, to practice and learn their parry cadences.
Dodging, and more specifically, perfect dodging is certainly a skill that requires both deep knowledge of our foes and reaction timing. I will look into some tips that may help us overcome attacks that seek to penetrate our shields. Courage and Honour!
I noticed usually if you're dodging and the enemy clips through the invincibility frames, that tends to have a perfect dodge. Still requires a bit of knowledge of their attack patterns and speed, but waiting until you know that the only reason you didn't get hit was the I-frames does pretty well for me.
Thank you... I came from Assault and went to this class next and I was having a difficult time wrapping my head on the parry system with the sheild. Almost have up on it till I came across this video.
This is SO helpful for a core mechanic that isn't explained too well in game (like a lot of things, tbh... did you know about mortal wounds? That you can heal them with a stim while at full health? (Though that isn't recommended).) As a bulwark main I have STRUGGLED with the defence mechanics to the point of frustration. The game needs some balance, I think. It's more a dodge simulator atm, less the power fantasy of being a primaris! But this video is such a good help!! Bulwark's timings are def more "off", and finicky, which is odd, considering he's a parry based class with a great big energy shield and 2 types of sword.... This is poetry to watch, though. So cathartic seeing the parries. Though even you, an "expert" miss the odd one, and in combat, when surrounded, with multiple majoris all swinging and shooting and staggering you, with dodge-only attacks mixed in, that ONE miss quickly spirals you into a stun lock damamged state.
The simplest explanation i have is, when you tap block /parry what you actually do is enter a "parry window" you just need to make sure the opponents attack hits in that window and you get a parry. It feels harder that woth other classes because they can just tap it as late as they wan as their "parry window" starts from frame one, where with bulwark you can accidentally enter a block instead of a parry
Fencing chain sword or power sword is also great for ruthless difficulty. You're able to spam the parry key if surrounded by 10+ units. Makes you nearly unkillable and the power sword counter parry will cleave smaller units
Dude holy shit thankyou xD It was a genuine struggle trying to figure out the parry with this class, and it sucked cause its my favorite class. Appreciate the tips brother.
Thank you bro. See I was single pressing the parry button and I could not get it down. Double tapping the parry button (L1 on P5) now I am parrying in my sleep. Thanks for the help and explanation!
Bro don’t stop with the tips. I thought I was an idiot for not being able to get a parry off (I was) but now I can happily defeat tyranid scum for the emperor
Thanks a lot. I was looking for this video. I have a max level vanguard and I perfect parry 99% of the time. I am leveling up a bulwark and really struggling with parry. I figured out my mistake. On other classes if you hold the parry for mili second that's fine but on bulwark you have to do a quick tap otherwise it becomes a block.
great video. Double tapping seemed to be working well but it's just a bandage to make up for a lack of understanding. Now I have both a demonstration and an effective way to practice. Thank you very much.
By the God Emperor, Brother Tony this demonstration of skill has invigorated my spirits! I shall immediately start practicing propper parries so that I may be more effective!
Great video. You know it's funny, I haven't seen any other YT people talking in-depth about the parry system in this game. Not even the bigger names in the community who are playing this game and making videos about it. You've done a great service to the Imperium brother.
@@Reignhardt You're welcome, Brother. I highly advise to check out Part 2. Much deeper dive and expands on this video. Good luck with your training, Brother.
@@COA5T I just found out my whole problem was this: Holding Block/Parry, as I have a horde in front of me. Then a quick release, and then back to holding parry as I did not want to get hit! This was literally STOPPING me from being able to parry and I could not understand why! Now I realize, that although I am surrounded, when those attacks come, I need to release and only tap-and-release again until the parry occurs! Practicing this in the Trials was a the best advice ever! I cannot thank you enough Brother!! For the Emperor!! ❤🔥🔥❤🔥🔥❤🔥
@Reignhardt That is precisely IT, Brother! Well done. I have had some our brothers express to me that they also struggle with that same issue. To them, in their mind it feels like they are double tapping and throwing off the timing, when in actuality it is not a double tap. It is just HOLD - RELEASE - TAP. That can feel like a double tap but it's not. But because you were already pressing that button there is a placebo effect. I am glad you were able to figure it out and get past that obstacle. I am proud of you. May the Emperor continue to guide your step.
@@MetalGeek464 You are most welcome, Brother. I harbor no doubt your training will improve your combat efficiency by a considerable margin. Emperor guide you.
if your struggling with parry timing this will help! 1. use a melee weapon with fencing stance 2. play on easy and let your self get surrounded 3. parry your way out
I believe it’s the weapon type. There’s Balance, block and fencing. Fencing seems to have the best window of parrying that feels normal. Block seems like it’s purely block focused. Balance explains itself. If you wanna parry often and more responsively, use the fencing style sword
@garthmarenghi4758 I still need to test by fire but I suspect the block weapons will be easier to use on bulwark since he can actually block. I'm picturing an aggressive heavy killer but it'll need an experienced player to shine
I thought I was crazy when playing the Bulwark for the first time and my parries were not landing, I figured out that I’ve gotta be a lot more precise and parry earlier than I had to playing the story mode.
As directed by the Codex Astartes, Brother. I hope this video helped. Part 2 goes even more in-depth, but changes to fencing weapons in patches after this video trivializes a lot of these nuances of the Bulwark parry.
You're most welcome, Brother. I won't deny that my adventures in worlds such as Sekiro and other Souls games have served me well in the implementation of unorthodox strategies. That those journeys could afford me knowledge that would help safeguard the Imperium is but a boon.
I play with a power sword on the highest difficulty and I don’t always manage to parry, more often I have to dodge, although I learned a few new things from this video, so thank you.
After some time in the lab and getting it down I've come to report my findings. I found my problem was that I was reactive not proactively parrying. What I mean by that is you don't wait until the attack is about to land and react by parrying but parry well before they connect so that you have the stance up to receive the attack. This is in stark contrast to the very tight deflects on Sekiro and such that I was used to. After that small correction and understanding I went from missing everything to nailing every parry vs every attack. Go forth my brothers and eradicate our enemies.
Precisely, Brother! Your training has given you enlightenment. May the Emperor look fondly upon your newly sharpened blade and guide it the heart of our adversaries.
@@thesephisloth1886 You are welcome, Brother. While their work is certainly important and informational, I am glad to have provided a different level of insight that my Brothers can appreciate and put into practice.
Because bulwark is the only time you have a shield, i've gotten use to spamming the parry when over welmed and always do it too early. I also hold the button down too long and get overwhelmed very quickly 😅
Here's what the Google search came up with( "how to parry in Space Marine 2"): To parry, simply press L1 on PlayStation, LB on Xbox, or C on PC right before the attack hits you. Parrying an attack that is highlighted blue will also sometimes require an earlier parry than some players are used to, meaning you should parry as the enemy lunges at you, but before they begin the swing animation. Hopefully this helps while watching the video. It helps me😁 -We are the Hammer!
@@Renhaiv You are quite welcome, Brother. FYI After today's patch, Perfect Parrying became infinitely easier with 'Fencing' weapons, so this guide now only applies to Balanced weapons.
Man I was so confused when I parry sometimes, I get the little blue flash that appears when you hit a parry, but then I take damage from the attack immediately after.
thanks for the video. seems odd to do a parry when they start their attack as opposed to when they're about to hit you. that's what I was trying to do.
Knowledge is understanding. Intelligence is the ability to take that knowledge and utilize it. I harbored no doubt that you would swiftly grasp this knowledge and transform it into intelligence. May your shield continue to protect the Imperium, Brother.
I am thankful to have relieved you of that burden, Brother. May your Battle-Brothers reflect on this visual training aid you have bestowed upon them, and that their blades may become even more dangerous on the battlefield.
Thanks it help me a lot, I was goint to give up with this char. But for me is a double tap, because i'm pressing C while blocking, and to do the parry I have to press double C to do it. I don't know another way.
I tend to have more consistency with a double tap. I like to block the horde, dodge attack to knock ‘em over for gun strikes, perfect dodge groups of larger mobs and parry when I’m up against 2 or so large mobs. Shield bash is useless in my personal opinion because a dodge sweep attack does a better job of relieving pressure. Trying to parry out of a block without double tapping gave me many issues possibly due to input lag.
Are you a power sword user? I've seen a lot of people trash talking it, but I think the skill curve might just be high. I'm taking a while to get the hang of it, but I'm just wondering which of the variants seems better. I went for the more block oriented variant and struggle to get parries against the bigger guys. Definitely going to try and focus on these tips. Thanks for the vid 🙏
You're welcome, Brother. Yes, the Power Sword is my most used weapon. I would recommend a variant that uses Fencing. Block weapon actual remove the ability to Perfect Parry which is why you were unable to parry, so I do not recommend that at all. Either Fencing or Balanced will work.
genuinely thought I was tweaking at first when I would hit parry last second and it wouldn't be perfect; this more delayed parry setup is a little odd at first but once you get used to it; its not that bad thankfully.
You are swift to both grasp knowledge and put it into practice with great ease, Brother. Quite admirable, and I am thankful you are on the side of the Imperium!
I was going insane. Had been parrying everything as Titus in the campaign then hopped on Bulwark and couldn’t land any at all. I think I just held the parry button a little too long or something idk but tapping seems to be the way.
@@COA5T tried over and over, my bulwark always resort to block instead of parry for me sadly. I press block the second you do, the second his blade descends on me, always block. Perhaps it's bugged on playstation. EDIT* on playstation you need to double tap as block is certainly interfering with parry. If you block twice, you will see the parry animation.
The hardest part is to nail the timing when you’ve got 20 other enemies swarming you and just eating your health away. Funny enough I did the bulwark trials and got all gold but I still suck as the class lol
Like and commenting for engagement, great video, exactly what I was looking for, hoping the advice transfers into the whip warriors too as they're the bane of my life lmao
You know. I never like shit. even if I really do like it. but for some reason that little bit at the end made me be like: homie is cool. +1 like from me sir.
Great tips, some can also be applied to other classes and good af idea to go into trials to practice! You can even practice combos! Give this brother a commendation from the emperor
You're welcome, Brother! In Trial 1, you are given the default Chainsword which is a Balanced weapon. If you can master the timing with a Balanced weapon, then it will be even easier with a Fencing weapon.
BROTHERS! HOW TO PARRY Part 2 is here and provides more in-depth explanations and detail🙏: th-cam.com/video/2I2PubLd3dY/w-d-xo.html
0:00 Intro
1:30 Parry Demonstration
7:10 Recap + Final Thoughts
Best explanation I've seen so far! The timing examples you are giving and how to clear the trial for practice are AWESOME! Huge thanks to you for the time you put in this and example of how you can nail every parry with some practice.
@@Kriton2005 Thank you, Brother! I am glad to hear this was of some use to you. This was a brief explanation and Part 2 is more of a deeper dive. May the Emperor guide your step!
"Im going to let my teammate die, i am not a heretic", i dont know brothers this sounds like heresey to me. Better send him to the inquisition just to be safe lol
Your suspicion of heresy is not without merit. Rest assured brother, my faith continues unabated. If I were to display the remainder of that training session you would see that our brother was ultimately unharmed (he actually respawns after a cooldown, the same way we do when downed during Operations) and that we coordinated this tactic together in an effort to maximize growth potential for our Bulwark brothers spectating. The Inquisition will find our service records fully intact and without stain, should they decide to investigate.
It's ok they'll just send him to death guard which kinda looks like a promotion tbh
Leandros...
The stain of doubt is never truly wiped away..
no jokes the biggest thing i got from this vid going into the trial and just practicing for a bit.. i land perfect parries all the time now, freaking pro move thanks for the tips!
Excellent, Brother! The practice of your craft will shine on the battlefield!
I used this place to train and it is still crazy hard to parry as bulwark,. Just bad design imo. I don't want to play this class anymore. in the thick of things bulwark parry is harder than any other parry because he will just keep blocking instead.
Best explanation so far! What would make it even better would be to add on screen icon at the exact moment you press the parry button. That would make the timing much more clear.
Thank you, Brother. Honestly I was of the same mind, but I am not really used to making videos and don't know much about tools that would allow me to do that. But trust me I was thinking the same thing. I will look into that more though. There may be some sort of on screen display that I can add to show this.
What u could do is pause it and say u see him doin this that's when you parry
@@buck23100 That is certainly what I will consider doing next time, Brother. Taking the video and then doing commentary over it. For some reason I only thought to do a live demonstration, as I am just not acquainted with making content with any sort of normalcy.
Brother, Part 2 has been uploaded and includes an on screen overlay, per your request.
@@COA5T Thank you! Already liked the video!
Bulwark main here, you just saved me!
I was spending HOURS trying to understand how that worked, in vain.
25 hours in the game I just could not figuring out how to do it, I thought I was just plain stupid.
Watched manu tutorials and guides before yours, but none of them helped.
Best explanation, thank you so much!
You have my like and subscribe thats for sure !
@@thehdost7348 Shield Brother, glad am I that you were able to acquire the information you sought during your holy quest to carry out the Emperor's will. With this knowledge in your arsenal, our adversaries do not stand a chance! Emperor guide you, Brother.
Super clear! You’re saving a lot of Bulwarks on the battlefield, Brother 🙏
@@mellohfelloh4506 Thank you, Brother. May our shields continue to safeguard the Imperium.
Battle Brother, you have saved me from citing the Litany of Hate.
I have the timings down for my other classes for perfect parries and dodges, but the parry window for Bulwark is so different I gave up and just swapped to the Block style with speed and damage and fully committed to just using my shield as a block…no longer! The Emperor protects!
@@joeschmoe5608 There can be no doubt that you will dispose of any heretic foolish enough to cross you while employing these tactics. The Emperor protects!
Thank you, I think this system goes directly against parries in other games, and that's why it throws people off guard. I assumed that, just like in most other games, you have to parry right as the attack is about to hit you, which caused me to be late a lot. I did not know that pressing parry puts you in a parry stance, and you can parry as early as the attack begins. That would cause you to be very early with the parry in other games.
@@DrobusMaximus Precisely, Brother. Even on the other classes in the game the Bulwark parry was just different. The Fencing type weapons put us closer to what we expect in other games but not completely. Quite a jarring experience at first but easy to master once you understand how the Shield Block - Parry priority works. Part 2 goes much more in depth about that as well. Emperor guide you.
It is also good to mention that one of the MAIN things stopping bulwark players from parrying is that they, either unintentionally or intentionally hold the block button instead of press. Holding the button causes a block and will override ANY parry. In the heat of battle I tend to accidentally hold the block button instead of just pressing it because I literally have a horde upon me.
@@ARandomCustodian Strategies that most fledgling Bulwarks employ at the beginning of their careers. Through diligent training, they will graduate as more proficient combatants.
Oh man. Of course I was holding it all the time. I really hope I can force my muscle memory to it otherwise. Thanks
This
It's a bit strange to me that the block and parry buttons are the same buttons for this exact reason.
@@timwilmink8746 To be honest, personally it has grown on me since in the alternative there are only so many ways I can contort my fingers to press buttons. Now I'm just used to it.
GREAT explanatiuon. What I got from it is this:
"Regular" (no blue/red circles): push counter immediiately upon detection.
Blue attack: Parry after a short delay (during the "jump")
Red attack: only done from a distance. Stay close to avoid OR gtfo and dodge.
@@socialanimalmedia Exactly, Brother! Putting that into practice you will be able to consistently perfect parry.
One thing people should note as well is the weapon you are using because depending whether it is defense is on block balance or fencing because they have their own window timings.
Balance has your normal parry window
Block gives no perfect parry window which means you can not parry any attacks with the specific weapon
Fencing increased perfect parry window giving lots of time to parry
Got this game late and was wondering what I was doing wrong, thank you king! I’m parrying beautiful on campaign but struggling on operations as bulwark and wondering if it’s my internet being trash or something lmao.
@@facialhashbrown You're welcome, Brother. Hope you are enjoying the game! Part 2 is a bit more detailed follow up to this and may explain some of those inconsistencies. But lag could certainly be a factor for sure.
I have struggled SOOOOOOOO MUCH learning to parry in this game but u have Been my savior!! I have been the team mate that has always been the one being revived!! NOW THANKS TO U!!! I can stand on my own and parry with my team mates and live to fight along side my brothers!!!! THANK U FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY SOUL!!!
Finally, an explanation. I literally couldn't find a guide or explanation for this specific parry. Thank you, Brother.
I am glad this information found you well, Brother. May it be an added boon to your blade.
Playing Bulwark made me actually learn the parry system, I had thought that only stuff that flashed blue could be parried so i was always running blocking items for the stats, thinking parries were not common enough to matter. I was just spacebar'ing everything. I am taking all the parry perks on the left side perks, AoE damage on parry, 25% damage to shocked enemies, shock grenade on parry and running the fencing power sword and I love it.
I think there might be a programming clash where the game has to register if you pressed L1 long enough for a hard block or tapped it for a parry block, and since that takes time, if you try to parry too late in the timing window it ends up just being a hard block animation.
But its good to know that all it takes is parrying earlier in the window to allow for the game to catch up. At that point its just practice. So thank you.
Hopefully this can help someone else, I thought I was going insane, but my parries were flawless in trials but could not for the life of me hit a single parry in operations. Turns out, if your melee weapon of choice has a defence type of Block, parrying with that is absolutely terrible and/or possibly impossible, and guess what, that is exactly the weapon type I had equipped. If you switch to balanced or fencing (fencing especially) the parry works and you get quite the timing window to hit your parry. I share this knowledge for the advancement of humanity and our assured victory against the enemies of our kind. While the enemies of the Emperor still draw breath, there can be no peace.
This has been of great utility in ourging the enemies of the imperium. My gratitude brother.
I have also found the other class of use, to practice and learn their parry cadences.
Now go over dodging, the bane of my existence as a Bulwark 😆
Dodging, and more specifically, perfect dodging is certainly a skill that requires both deep knowledge of our foes and reaction timing. I will look into some tips that may help us overcome attacks that seek to penetrate our shields. Courage and Honour!
I noticed usually if you're dodging and the enemy clips through the invincibility frames, that tends to have a perfect dodge. Still requires a bit of knowledge of their attack patterns and speed, but waiting until you know that the only reason you didn't get hit was the I-frames does pretty well for me.
Am here from ItalianSpartacus - great recommedation - well done man great and helpful video
@@ohnoitisnt666 Thank you, Brother! Brother ItalianSpartacus made an excellent Parry guide, and I am thankful for his endorsement.
Thank you... I came from Assault and went to this class next and I was having a difficult time wrapping my head on the parry system with the sheild. Almost have up on it till I came across this video.
@@CaptainRon023 I am glad to hear your faith continues, Brother. You will master this in no time. Part 2 is a bit longer but goes even more in depth.
Took a guy with around 300 subs to do the best parry video.
Thanks a lot. Awesome work!
@@Rob7274 I humbly accept your commendation, Brother. Emperor guide you.
Good explanation, I honestly thought the parry was bugged on this class. Now I need to go get a hefty serving of “Git Gud” and practice 😂
Your training will prove fruitful, and our adversaries will not be pleased to see the results, Brother.
This is SO helpful for a core mechanic that isn't explained too well in game (like a lot of things, tbh... did you know about mortal wounds? That you can heal them with a stim while at full health? (Though that isn't recommended).) As a bulwark main I have STRUGGLED with the defence mechanics to the point of frustration. The game needs some balance, I think. It's more a dodge simulator atm, less the power fantasy of being a primaris!
But this video is such a good help!! Bulwark's timings are def more "off", and finicky, which is odd, considering he's a parry based class with a great big energy shield and 2 types of sword....
This is poetry to watch, though. So cathartic seeing the parries. Though even you, an "expert" miss the odd one, and in combat, when surrounded, with multiple majoris all swinging and shooting and staggering you, with dodge-only attacks mixed in, that ONE miss quickly spirals you into a stun lock damamged state.
The simplest explanation i have is, when you tap block /parry what you actually do is enter a "parry window" you just need to make sure the opponents attack hits in that window and you get a parry. It feels harder that woth other classes because they can just tap it as late as they wan as their "parry window" starts from frame one, where with bulwark you can accidentally enter a block instead of a parry
Precisely, Brother!
@@rickberny1424 that would explain some of the confusion
good job on the video. best i’ve seen on the subject of defence. 🙌
Fencing chain sword or power sword is also great for ruthless difficulty. You're able to spam the parry key if surrounded by 10+ units. Makes you nearly unkillable and the power sword counter parry will cleave smaller units
Dude so helpful! I tried going the opposite way and waiting til the last second, I couldn't figure it out. Thank you!
Dude holy shit thankyou xD
It was a genuine struggle trying to figure out the parry with this class, and it sucked cause its my favorite class.
Appreciate the tips brother.
@@sheebuhenu4074 You are absolutely welcome, Brother. May this information serve you well in the name of the Emperor.
Thank you bro. See I was single pressing the parry button and I could not get it down. Double tapping the parry button (L1 on P5) now I am parrying in my sleep. Thanks for the help and explanation!
Glad you figured it out, Brother. The Emperor protects.
@ courage and honor brother
Bro don’t stop with the tips. I thought I was an idiot for not being able to get a parry off (I was) but now I can happily defeat tyranid scum for the emperor
That this information has served to sharpen your blade honors me greatly, Brother. The Emperor protects.
Great video. Been maining the bulwark but have always felt like parry game was a bit off. Excellent demonstration of how to do it right
@@stephendacruz179 Thank you, Brother. May your shield continue to safeguard the Imperium.
Thanks a lot. I was looking for this video. I have a max level vanguard and I perfect parry 99% of the time. I am leveling up a bulwark and really struggling with parry.
I figured out my mistake. On other classes if you hold the parry for mili second that's fine but on bulwark you have to do a quick tap otherwise it becomes a block.
Precisely Brother! That intel alone may see you achieve similar results as a Shield Brother.
great video. Double tapping seemed to be working well but it's just a bandage to make up for a lack of understanding. Now I have both a demonstration and an effective way to practice. Thank you very much.
I have no doubt your combat efficiency will see an increase of considerable margin, Brother.
@COA5T hasn't even been 24hrs and it already has! No more do 12+ major tyranids scare me! It's an opportunity for Glory! You got me living the dream!
Brother…. Thank you. Thank you for helping my closed mind to understand. I shall train myself to be better and do you proud
I am glad to devote eternal service alongside you, brother. Courage and Honour!
By the God Emperor, Brother Tony this demonstration of skill has invigorated my spirits! I shall immediately start practicing propper parries so that I may be more effective!
The enemies that dare stand before you will show great displeasure in witnessing the results of your training, Brother!
Best explanation by far.
@@dispinoylovzyou My thanks, Brother. Part 2 is a follow up and goes a bit more in-depth.
TY brother, im struggling as a bulwark, 100% this will help alot
@@nghuyvan You are welcome, Brother. Your training will assuredly see your combat efficiency rise to great heights. Emperor guide your path.
This was super helpful Thank You Brother. The Emperor is pleased with you.
You honour me, Brother. May the Emperor guide your path.
Great video. You know it's funny, I haven't seen any other YT people talking in-depth about the parry system in this game. Not even the bigger names in the community who are playing this game and making videos about it. You've done a great service to the Imperium brother.
@@KG-th3cr I am thankful for your words, and honored to serve alongside you, Brother. For the Emperor!
Thank you so much for this! I've been struggling with his parry so much.
You are most welcome, Brother. I am always honored to be of use to my Battle-Brothers!
@@COA5T For The Emperor! 🫡
Great video man, more bulwarks need to watch this.
The codex approves this guide, brother
@@Axera-Aisen Glad am I to hear that my actions have been met with praise and approval of both my Brothers and the Codex we uphold. 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for this vid! Starting up my training now!
@@Reignhardt You're welcome, Brother. I highly advise to check out Part 2. Much deeper dive and expands on this video. Good luck with your training, Brother.
@@COA5T I just found out my whole problem was this:
Holding Block/Parry, as I have a horde in front of me. Then a quick release, and then back to holding parry as I did not want to get hit! This was literally STOPPING me from being able to parry and I could not understand why!
Now I realize, that although I am surrounded, when those attacks come, I need to release and only tap-and-release again until the parry occurs!
Practicing this in the Trials was a the best advice ever!
I cannot thank you enough Brother!!
For the Emperor!!
❤🔥🔥❤🔥🔥❤🔥
@Reignhardt That is precisely IT, Brother! Well done. I have had some our brothers express to me that they also struggle with that same issue. To them, in their mind it feels like they are double tapping and throwing off the timing, when in actuality it is not a double tap. It is just HOLD - RELEASE - TAP. That can feel like a double tap but it's not. But because you were already pressing that button there is a placebo effect. I am glad you were able to figure it out and get past that obstacle. I am proud of you. May the Emperor continue to guide your step.
@@COA5T Indeed Brother, I am recommending you to the Captain for a Commendation of Valor!
Queued up your video 3 for a long watch later!
🏅🎖🏅
@Reignhardt You honour me, Brother. Eternally grateful am I. 🙏🏽
Nice video. Subbed. I’ve been struggling with parrying in general. Now I have a place to practice with a nice mechanic breakdown. 🤘🤘
@@MetalGeek464 You are most welcome, Brother. I harbor no doubt your training will improve your combat efficiency by a considerable margin. Emperor guide you.
@@COA5T The emperor protects brother.
if your struggling with parry timing this will help! 1. use a melee weapon with fencing stance 2. play on easy and let your self get surrounded 3. parry your way out
Dude this is so helpful! Thank you!
@@TheSilent333 You are quite welcome, Brother!
Thanks for this, I thought it was it was just me having a hard time w/ Bulwark.
I believe it’s the weapon type. There’s Balance, block and fencing. Fencing seems to have the best window of parrying that feels normal. Block seems like it’s purely block focused. Balance explains itself. If you wanna parry often and more responsively, use the fencing style sword
@garthmarenghi4758 I still need to test by fire but I suspect the block weapons will be easier to use on bulwark since he can actually block. I'm picturing an aggressive heavy killer but it'll need an experienced player to shine
I thought I was crazy when playing the Bulwark for the first time and my parries were not landing, I figured out that I’ve gotta be a lot more precise and parry earlier than I had to playing the story mode.
@@abjak2026 You possess a sharp mind and intuition. We are thankful you side with the Imperium, Brother.
Hey man this content is gold. I have been scouring the web for bulwark pvp info and it's hard to find. More guide! Good stuff!
I am thankful for your commendation, Brother. I will do my best to make more guides of higher quality. May the Emperor guide your shield!
Input overlay would work wonders for future demonstrations
Please see Part 2, Brother. I do exactly that. Link in the description.
@@COA5T oooh, excellent
really...this was a huuuuuuuuuge help. many thanks!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
You are welcome, Brother! Emperor guide your path.
Something i believe is that people seem to miss is that some upgrades for melee weapons remove the ability to perform perfect counter's.
Great video and explained well. Thank you, you’ve gained a new subscriber Brother 🫡
@@AshKaye78 Thank you for your support, Brother. The Emperor protects.
First video ive watched that is actually useful ! Im gonna try this thank you 😊
The heretics that oppose you are counting their days. They feel the impending doom they face.
OH ITS THE BEGINNING FRAMES!!! Thanks man so much! I thought it was the ending frames...
@@KnudAutlermann Precisely, Brother!
Coast here doing the Emperors work!
As directed by the Codex Astartes, Brother. I hope this video helped. Part 2 goes even more in-depth, but changes to fencing weapons in patches after this video trivializes a lot of these nuances of the Bulwark parry.
Bro is playing Sekiro 40k - nice video and thanks for the clear explanation
You're most welcome, Brother. I won't deny that my adventures in worlds such as Sekiro and other Souls games have served me well in the implementation of unorthodox strategies. That those journeys could afford me knowledge that would help safeguard the Imperium is but a boon.
I play with a power sword on the highest difficulty and I don’t always manage to parry, more often I have to dodge, although I learned a few new things from this video, so thank you.
Of course, Brother. If this will aid you in carrying out the will of the Emperor, I may rest easy in that knowledge.
After some time in the lab and getting it down I've come to report my findings. I found my problem was that I was reactive not proactively parrying. What I mean by that is you don't wait until the attack is about to land and react by parrying but parry well before they connect so that you have the stance up to receive the attack. This is in stark contrast to the very tight deflects on Sekiro and such that I was used to. After that small correction and understanding I went from missing everything to nailing every parry vs every attack. Go forth my brothers and eradicate our enemies.
Precisely, Brother! Your training has given you enlightenment. May the Emperor look fondly upon your newly sharpened blade and guide it the heart of our adversaries.
Mr Tony Coast thanks for this guide cause my dumbass always died cause I didn’t know the parry timing with bulwark
@@MrSv7dzg You are most welcome, Brother!
Awesome ty, everyone else is all builds ad not explaining how to actually play the class, ty.
@@thesephisloth1886 You are welcome, Brother. While their work is certainly important and informational, I am glad to have provided a different level of insight that my Brothers can appreciate and put into practice.
@@COA5T YYou do the Emperors work Brother, ty
Because bulwark is the only time you have a shield, i've gotten use to spamming the parry when over welmed and always do it too early. I also hold the button down too long and get overwhelmed very quickly 😅
Thank god. This video rocks sir. I so needed this info well done.
I am glad to hear that this will assist you in the slaughter of our adversaries, Brother.
I really didnt think bulwark could parry, thanks for the video, im definitely going to go train like this later
This training is certain to prove fruitful and sharpen your blade, Brother.
Here's what the Google search came up with( "how to parry in Space Marine 2"):
To parry, simply press L1 on PlayStation, LB on Xbox, or C on PC right before the attack hits you. Parrying an attack that is highlighted blue will also sometimes require an earlier parry than some players are used to, meaning you should parry as the enemy lunges at you, but before they begin the swing animation.
Hopefully this helps while watching the video. It helps me😁
-We are the Hammer!
Thank you so much for your guidance, brother.
@@Renhaiv You are quite welcome, Brother. FYI After today's patch, Perfect Parrying became infinitely easier with 'Fencing' weapons, so this guide now only applies to Balanced weapons.
It feels like if you’re in motion that the parry is a bit slower on bulwark. Seems easier to nail it when you press it without a directional input
F'kn thankyou for the timing explanation. I was being gaslighted into believing I had to double-tap.
You are most welcome, Brother. Emperor guide you.
Man I was so confused when I parry sometimes, I get the little blue flash that appears when you hit a parry, but then I take damage from the attack immediately after.
I don't know if this works on Xbox and PC, but on PS5 you can double tap the block button in order to parry with bulwark
I thought that is with pvp only.
thanks for the video. seems odd to do a parry when they start their attack as opposed to when they're about to hit you. that's what I was trying to do.
Bruhhh i was running a block swore and constantly failing to parry. This make so much more sense now
Precisely, Brother. Balanced or Fencing weapons are the way forward.
Thx dude after a session of training, i got it :)
Knowledge is understanding. Intelligence is the ability to take that knowledge and utilize it. I harbored no doubt that you would swiftly grasp this knowledge and transform it into intelligence. May your shield continue to protect the Imperium, Brother.
You saved me having to make a vid to help some friends, thanks.
I am thankful to have relieved you of that burden, Brother. May your Battle-Brothers reflect on this visual training aid you have bestowed upon them, and that their blades may become even more dangerous on the battlefield.
I KNEW IT!!! I knew it had something to do with the timing. It didn’t occur to me that I needed to parry at the start of the animation😅
Your intuition was correct, Brother!
Thank you so much made it way better
very informative soldier. i hope your message reaches other astartes
Thank you, Brother!
Thanks it help me a lot, I was goint to give up with this char.
But for me is a double tap, because i'm pressing C while blocking, and to do the parry I have to press double C to do it. I don't know another way.
"I am not a heretic" 😂. 40k memes are unique because they are usually done in character
I wish i could say this solved all my problems, im just going to wait until they fix this instead of losing my mind.
I tend to have more consistency with a double tap. I like to block the horde, dodge attack to knock ‘em over for gun strikes, perfect dodge groups of larger mobs and parry when I’m up against 2 or so large mobs. Shield bash is useless in my personal opinion because a dodge sweep attack does a better job of relieving pressure. Trying to parry out of a block without double tapping gave me many issues possibly due to input lag.
What really clicked me for was 1. Do NOT hold the button; 2. Tap the button as soon as you see the indicator
Good luck brothers
Great explanation, i was having trouble woth timing and holding button down
Emperor guide you, Brother!
Are you a power sword user? I've seen a lot of people trash talking it, but I think the skill curve might just be high. I'm taking a while to get the hang of it, but I'm just wondering which of the variants seems better. I went for the more block oriented variant and struggle to get parries against the bigger guys. Definitely going to try and focus on these tips. Thanks for the vid 🙏
You're welcome, Brother. Yes, the Power Sword is my most used weapon. I would recommend a variant that uses Fencing. Block weapon actual remove the ability to Perfect Parry which is why you were unable to parry, so I do not recommend that at all. Either Fencing or Balanced will work.
genuinely thought I was tweaking at first when I would hit parry last second and it wouldn't be perfect; this more delayed parry setup is a little odd at first but once you get used to it; its not that bad thankfully.
You are swift to both grasp knowledge and put it into practice with great ease, Brother. Quite admirable, and I am thankful you are on the side of the Imperium!
I was asking this same thing today in the discord. Thank you
You're welcome, Brother!
It definitely has issues i can parry like the emperor's Angels with any other class but struggle with bulwark a bit.
Thanks for making this video brother.
Thank you for attending this training, Brother!
I was going insane. Had been parrying everything as Titus in the campaign then hopped on Bulwark and couldn’t land any at all. I think I just held the parry button a little too long or something idk but tapping seems to be the way.
Precisely, Brother! Very easy to master once you know that exact detail.
Ty, been struggling like shit getting parries with bulwark for some reason.
@@MrAlek1988 You are most welcome, Brother.
@@COA5T tried over and over, my bulwark always resort to block instead of parry for me sadly. I press block the second you do, the second his blade descends on me, always block. Perhaps it's bugged on playstation. EDIT* on playstation you need to double tap as block is certainly interfering with parry. If you block twice, you will see the parry animation.
The hardest part is to nail the timing when you’ve got 20 other enemies swarming you and just eating your health away. Funny enough I did the bulwark trials and got all gold but I still suck as the class lol
Stay tuned, Brother. I just recorded a video and it is uploading now.
@@Trav-I24 Brother, I uploaded Part 3 which is a full Operation mission on RUTHLESS difficulty, and showcases the situations you described.
Like and commenting for engagement, great video, exactly what I was looking for, hoping the advice transfers into the whip warriors too as they're the bane of my life lmao
Thank you, Brother. Those heretical fools stand no chance against you! The Emperor protects.
Thanks for the breakdown. Sick armor!
You're welcome, Brother. The Emperor protects.
Instructions unclear got rolled up on by 5 of them and got hit with red blue and normal attacks at the same time 🐇
@@blueferal8626 😂 These Tyranid scum are evolving, Brother. We must do the same.
You know. I never like shit. even if I really do like it. but for some reason that little bit at the end made me be like: homie is cool. +1 like from me sir.
I am grateful for support, Brother! Emperor guide you.
Great tips, some can also be applied to other classes and good af idea to go into trials to practice! You can even practice combos! Give this brother a commendation from the emperor
I am honored to hear your recommendation for commendation. Thank you, Brother. May this information serve you well!
Thanks that was super helpful. Quick question, what sword type are you using balance or fencing?
You're welcome, Brother! In Trial 1, you are given the default Chainsword which is a Balanced weapon. If you can master the timing with a Balanced weapon, then it will be even easier with a Fencing weapon.
Hi.Issue is sword stat. Some have less parry window.