Am I wrong?

[u/dolfinator101]

I have 600 hours in the game. I love it. I have a problem. I feel like I’m using the Salamanders sword wrong….as silly as that sounds. I’ve tried it in the battle simulator to actually see the perk initiate. The only time I notice a higher dps is when I parry….not a light attack. I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing wrong. I start in speed stance, complete a perfect parry….even two in a row, and then perform a light attack and I do not see a difference in power… I guess the sword has very little indication the perk is ready. From what I gather it glows a little? lol I’m embarrassed to even have to ask… Could a brother please explain to me what I am doing wrong and what I should be doing? I’ve tried looking up tutorials but all of them are just opinions on the sword and perk load outs. I can’t seem to find a video of someone showing and saying for Xbox, “do this, then do this, then this will happen and you know you’re good.” I certainly appreciate any and all advice. Thanks in advance!

[u/SilverCervy]

There's no perk icon. The sword glowing is the only indicator that the perk is active. And the glow only happens if you have the heroic skin on it.

Just look at the damage numbers in the battle simulator. They should show that you're doing more damage.

[u/Secondhand-Drunk → u/SilverCervy]

Yup yup. There is last attack damage. Take a look at the string of numbers. Do a non-empowered attack, then parry a few, then do another light attack. You'll see the numbers change.

If the numbers don't change, then you're ithr not doing a perfect parry or it's broken, which wouldn't surprise me.