Sifu: How to Parry, Dodge, and Block Attacks
Sifu's elegant and tactical combat implements reactive and predictive comprehension of one's foes. Nuance is introduced with Sifu's special skills that can be permanently unlocked, as well as different environmental opportunities that players can exploit for their benefit.
Sifu's score multiplier is exploitable, for example, and there are often interactibles in the environment that players can kick or throw to get the upper hand. However, these nuances come with experience and are only truly beneficial once players have also mastered Sifu's core combat mechanics. There is an art to offensive strikes, but true refinement of the combat comes from learning how to defensively parry, dodge, and block attacks.
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In order to parry attacks in Sifu, players must time a block perfectly in response to an enemy's attack. The timing on parries is not the same from enemy to enemy and takes precision to master reliably. Players will know when they have successfully parried an enemy's attack due to a visual indicator that glows red where the strike was parried.
On common mob enemies, this will leave the enemy stunned for a short while and open to counterattacks. Not all attacks can be deflected, but successful parries in Sifu inflict a great deal of Structure bar damage.
In order to dodge attacks in Sifu, there are a number of important options to consider. There is a dash that quickly shuffles the player about with the R2 button on PS4 or PS5, and Shift on PC. But the dash is rather ineffective in combat as enemies rush players faster than they can dash away. Instead, players want to hold L1 on PS4 or PS5, and Spacebar on PC. Then, players must use the d-pad or movement keys to
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