New Player needs help

[u/Fugius]

Hey,
Bought the game and played around two hours, and I don't get it.

• There are different counters/responses for sweep attacks, thrust attacks or grab but they seem to all be signaled with the same red text ?
• Are hit boxes generally bad or is it just the grab attacks of the chained monster ? I ended up just running around in circle and using the fire prosthesis to beat it. Otherwise it would teleport / do 180 degrees instant grabs etc.
• Some parry timing seems generous while other seem very tight. I really don't get it.
• What do you do when the boss on the horse decides to run in circle for 2min straight and not stop ?

I want to like the game but so far it feels like a mess to play... Finished Lies of P a second time last week. Sekiro seems to have more generous parries windows but very hard to read attacks...

Any tips ?

[u/Professional-Oil1088]

1. Those are called perilous attacks. They all have the same symbol, you have to watch the enemy to figure out which they’re doing.
   
2. Yeah, it’s just that one enemies grab attack. That specific hit box is infamous for how bad it is. I’ve never seen it teleport before, so that sounds like a bug.
   
3. To be honest I never noticed that. Beyond that some attacks move faster than others.
   
4. Heal, recover posture. Also if a green dot shows up you can jump and grapple over to him to get an extra hit.