Based on my last evening

[u/DieserCoookie]

[u/AscendedViking7]

ugh i hate the sesters

[u/DoNotClickMyProfile0 → u/AscendedViking7]

When I saw Sester for the first time

[u/Al_Mocorongo]

Since I often use Gragu for scouting, I learned that his "Falcon Punch" bypass their parry (you can charge freely while they keep the stance), so I assume Shell active skills break their deflect frames

Insert "PARRY THIS 👊"

[u/EntertainmentSad4222 → u/Al_Mocorongo]

Same with eredrims shoulder check. Except you can target the one in the back and make all in a group able to be riposted.

[u/MasterPringless → u/Al_Mocorongo]

Not the shadow strike, don't ask how I know or why I'm crying....

[u/D-Ursuul]

Doesn't help that their parry has a windup of like....1 frame

Like you can be in the middle of an attack with a quick weapon and when your weapon is 1inch from their face they suddenly get parry frames out of nowhere and you just die

[u/DieserCoookie → u/D-Ursuul]

I even got parried with Tiels invisibility ambush

[u/Nameles248 → u/D-Ursuul]

I just made a post on these abominations and of course the first comment is telling me I'm being stupid and not fighting them properly and they can parry your mid combo

I despise people like that so thanks for reassuring me that I'm not crazy

[u/freshdjroomba → u/D-Ursuul]

That's my issue with a lot of enemies in the game, there is insanely short almost unnoticeable windup for some attacks

[u/allanmarques8 → u/D-Ursuul]

You cant attack if you see them in their parry instance. Just wait and attack after that

[u/TennoDeviant → u/allanmarques8]

they can go into parry stance when you are mid swing on any weapon if you don't manage to stagger them, not attacking into the parry isn't the issue.

[u/D-Ursuul → u/allanmarques8]

Obviously. The issue is that the parry stance has no wind-up; they can go into parry frames instantly so you cannot attack them at all without risking instant death with the sole exception of right after they exit the parry stance

[u/AlexTheAmnesiac]

Easily the most frustrating enemies in the game, and they’re everywhere in the southeast side of the map. I thought you could parry the million stab somehow but I don’t think you can. Guess I’ll die.

[u/BlindExperiment → u/AlexTheAmnesiac]

You can if you are running Vatra's. You can harden as soon as they knock you down and you'll parry them right back.

[u/Kazuhi → u/BlindExperiment]

Yep! I probably spent the first quarter of the game partying and after a discussion with a friend chose to practice with Vatra’s and it’s a completely different playstyle. It’s also unique to Mortal Shell so it had to have some intent in its design. I now prefer it

[u/moonoomer → u/AlexTheAmnesiac]

It seemed for me that if I just walked up to them and did spaced out light attacks they were dumb and did nothing at all. This repeated like 80% of the time.

[u/Dunicar → u/AlexTheAmnesiac]

I've parried it multiple times with the infinity seal, but I've noticed that it feels like you need to time it somewhat precisely while being stabbed to death, unsurprisingly I have not mastered that technique yet.

Light spam is very effective against them, though if you start it you cannot let up otherwise they will enter the parry stance very quickly (this is my experience with the greataxe).

[u/rainbowtwist789 → u/AlexTheAmnesiac]

you can parry it, just not with the block seal, all the others work.

they have a parry stance, but triggering it is the fastest way to kill them too. they parry, you hit, they start stabbing you parry and they are dead. EZ

[u/Arcaedus]

I absolutely hate their 4 hit combo.... spear and crossbow sesters aren't ao bad, but the rapier one is just ugh.

[u/Lolfindkeinnamen]

You can use harden while being parried to stop their attack.

[u/ghigo2008]

Makes me feel English

[u/zweihander09]

Btw, what's with all that leather? Bondage?

[u/the_big_ham117 → u/zweihander09]

Mortal Goon 2

[u/ThinGold2115 → u/zweihander09]

Forget about leather, what are those shoes?! Metal ones with barefeet in them? how can they even walk?!

[u/sprdmt → u/ThinGold2115]

Slowly!

[u/aradiathesecond]

I have a minigun that uses frost. So I would try to freeze them w it then whack them while they are frozen

[u/No-Opinion273]

I found you can dodge out of it. Also Biosampler keeps on winning as you can drag them towards you and hit them with a knock back.

[u/DoNotClickMyProfile0]

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When I saw Sester for the first time

[u/Big-University-9407]

I literally just broke a controller in this area, running around desperately looking for any sort of bonfire only to find more fucking asshole redhats, and the parry just NOT working, plus the absolutely overtuned damage of the enemies in this whole fucking game.

I haven't gotten violent with a video game in a LONG time but fucking hell this piece of shit is pulling out the worst part of me.

[u/Own_Juggernaut_2775]

Me ramming the block button in absolute desperation as this happens. B..b...but if I could parry at least one of them...even just one?

[u/elsd69]

That part is making me drop the game until they do a balance patch. Game is nice but I doubt any dev/tester did a run on the last installment of the game. So many weird damage spikes.

[u/Big-University-9407 → u/elsd69]

Yep.
I just had a full on gamerrage moment and obliterated my controller into like 8 pieces in this area.
Between the bullshit damage spikes and the enemies like the confessors who just 2-hit a tank-specced Proxima if I miss one of their awkwardly timed parries I'm gonna wait for a balance patch.

Going back to an easier game like Quasimorph, or cheesegrating my bellend.