It would be great to have a special follow-up attack that triggers after a successful parry or block — not only with shields, but also with weapons. Similar to Elden Ring’s guard counter, this would make both shields and weapons feel more rewarding and add extra depth to combat.

Shields are a strange situation Where if you build around them you can become immortal, but usually you only see them held in the off-hand to give buffs and no one raises the shields. The most interesting way to use the shield is to have effects that activate on perries and have fun with them. The…

Yeah, I agree with you — I also think shields will become much more solid once runes are added to them. But personally, I always feel a bit strange when I pull off a parry with a regular weapon and then just follow it up with a normal hit. It feels like it’s missing that extra rewarding touch. I th…

I did a couple of threads about shileds use ideas, opposite to you I hate parry. [image] Shield builds guide and ideas (Sadly, shields need balance atm) Wicked Feedback I love shields, but atm there are few reasons to use one in NRFTW. You have better results …

[image] Junn: opposite to you I hate parry. In my taste Perring is a cool thing to do to get out of sticky situation, not really a playstyle, if u get too good at parrying you actually trivialize the game, for this reason the only shield enchantment i really like is “gain health on perry”, th…

[image] Lombix_4: Perring the very strong, to the point that I stopped practicing it to not trivialize the game, you can just use a 100 focus rune after a perry, it feels good to me "I’m not talking strictly about numbers or balance here. The idea is more about something that feels fun, looks…

Yes but suppose this repost or counterattack is added, then for balance, then you can’t also get 100 focus it would be too op, If a repost or a counterattack is added it can’t be too weak because that would be weird they should be at least as strong as a charged attack. This means removing the focu…

On the other hand, you have this: [image] Enemies ai behavior against shields is dumb OR shield poise damage is OP and needs nerfing Wicked Feedback Or maybe shields shoudln’t make poise damage at all? Definitely not this, because it’s a two-way thing. You g…

Enemies ai behavior against shields is dumb OR shield poise damage is OP and needs nerfing shields shoudln’t make poise damage at all? Definitely not this, because it’s a two-way thing. [image] Lombix_4: Guard bar is damaged instead of your hp Obviously this “Guard bar“ mechanic if …

Parry/Block Follow-up Idea

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Junn September 11, 2025, 12:25am 8

On the other hand, you have this:

If you build up arround blocking with enough poise resistance and armor, every encounter with enemies gets reduced to staggering them and then hit. But bosses are a different thing.

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Parry/Block Follow-up Idea

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