Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Welcome to the Invasion Parry Guide!! (please check the description below)
This guide is specially directed at new invaders or people that want to start invading.
I tried to think what would have been useful to know about parrying when I started invading over a year ago. Anyway, I hope some of you guys find this guide useful.
INDEX OF THE GUIDE:
1: Introduction
2: Why is parrying important in invasions? (01:42)
3: What attacks can be parried? (03:19)
4: Most common parry situations (04:45)
5: Parry tool analysis(07:06)
5.1 Medium shields (07:48)
5.2 Small parry shields (08:52)
5.3 (Regular) Small shields (09:12)
5.4 Fists & Claws (09:56)
5.5 What parry tool do I recommend? (10:40)
6: Parry baits, tips and tricks (12:46)
6.1 The "wind shield wiper" parry (12:49)
6.2 The "Barker bomb bait" (13:20)
6.3 The "Barker Bomb bait variation" (13:43)
6.4 The "after riposte " parry (14:12)
6.5 The "estus bait" parry (14:56)
6.6 The "quickdraw" parry (15:29)
6.7 The "afk" parry (15:54)
6.8 The "attack bait" parry (16:19)
7: Should I upgrade and infuse my parry tool? (16:56)
8: How to capitalize on a parry? (18:12)
9: Additional tips (19:50)
All that I say on the guide reflects my opinion as a player and I cannot offer proof of some of it´s contents. For example when stating in the guide that "a greatsword cannot be face-tank parried" it is just my opinion based on my experience. I did not conduct controlled experiments to confirm this or other statement(s) offered in this guide.
Also, a lot of concepts in this guide are named by me and are not necessarily accepted in the ds3 community by that name or at all. Examples: "restart parry", most of the "Parry baits, tips and tricks" chapter.
Special thanks to Pincognito and Michael Stack for telling me I should do this video. I was afraid that this guide would come too late in the game´s life cycle but they convinced me otherwise.
Note 1: About the parrying tools active parry frames. I believe the active parry frames on the table shown at (07:40) are relatively accurate as they reflect my experience as a player. The information provided in the above mentioned table was not gathered by me and was taken from the Juttas "Dark Souls 3: Parry Guide".
Note 2: at 03:23 I forgot to specify that only the 2h heavy attacks of a curved greatsword is an unparriable attack. Thank you GreatCombustion for pointing it out.
Note 3: I have incorrectly stated that Gundyr´s WA spin cannot be parried when in fact it can. Thank´s to Cosmic Frank for pointing it out!
The Juttas "Dark Souls 3: Parry Guide" guide can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=pscvwXYPcG0&t=1234s
Regarding the parry frame table:
Nyff and Dropkick Works suggested the following table regarding parry frames, as it should be more up to date/accurate than the one provided in the Juttas parry guide. Please mind that both comments stated that this table might also not be up-to-date.
Table suggested: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j_V6bqG87xOKjMwQLlfOQ2kEsMZyVCBPv0WV6xgciWo/edit#gid=1750682766
If you have any questions, ask them in the comment section and I will try to answer them the best that I can.
Thank you!
Welcome to the Invasion Parry Guide!! (please check the description below)
This guide is specially directed at new invaders or people that want to start invading.
I tried to think what would have been useful to know about parrying when I started invading over a year ago. Anyway, I hope some of you guys find this guide useful.
INDEX OF THE GUIDE:
1: Introduction
2: Why is parrying important in invasions? (01:42)
3: What attacks can be parried? (03:19)
4: Most common parry situations (04:45)
5: Parry tool analysis(07:06)
5.1 Medium shields (07:48)
5.2 Small parry shields (08:52)
5.3 (Regular) Small shields (09:12)
5.4 Fists & Claws (09:56)
5.5 What parry tool do I recommend? (10:40)
6: Parry baits, tips and tricks (12:46)
6.1 The "wind shield wiper" parry (12:49)
6.2 The "Barker bomb bait" (13:20)
6.3 The "Barker Bomb bait variation" (13:43)
6.4 The "after riposte " parry (14:12)
6.5 The "estus bait" parry (14:56)
6.6 The "quickdraw" parry (15:29)
6.7 The "afk" parry (15:54)
6.8 The "attack bait" parry (16:19)
7: Should I upgrade and infuse my parry tool? (16:56)
8: How to capitalize on a parry? (18:12)
9: Additional tips (19:50)
All that I say on the guide reflects my opinion as a player and I cannot offer proof of some of it´s contents. For example when stating in the guide that "a greatsword cannot be face-tank parried" it is just my opinion based on my experience. I did not conduct controlled experiments to confirm this or other statement(s) offered in this guide.
Also, a lot of concepts in this guide are named by me and are not necessarily accepted in the ds3 community by that name or at all. Examples: "restart parry", most of the "Parry baits, tips and tricks" chapter.
Special thanks to Pincognito and Michael Stack for telling me I should do this video. I was afraid that this guide would come too late in the game´s life cycle but they convinced me otherwise.
Note 1: About the parrying tools active parry frames. I believe the active parry frames on the table shown at (07:40) are relatively accurate as they reflect my experience as a player. The information provided in the above mentioned table was not gathered by me and was taken from the Juttas "Dark Souls 3: Parry Guide".
Note 2: at 03:23 I forgot to specify that only the 2h heavy attacks of a curved greatsword is an unparriable attack. Thank you GreatCombustion for pointing it out.
Note 3: I have incorrectly stated that Gundyr´s WA spin cannot be parried when in fact it can. Thank´s to Cosmic Frank for pointing it out!
The Juttas "Dark Souls 3: Parry Guide" guide can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=pscvwXYPcG0&t=1234s
Regarding the parry frame table:
Nyff and Dropkick Works suggested the following table regarding parry frames, as it should be more up to date/accurate than the one provided in the Juttas parry guide. Please mind that both comments stated that this table might also not be up-to-date.
Table suggested: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j_V6bqG87xOKjMwQLlfOQ2kEsMZyVCBPv0WV6xgciWo/edit#gid=1750682766
If you have any questions, ask them in the comment section and I will try to answer them the best that I can.
Thank you!
