Parrying. It’s an incredibly useful skill in Avowed, especially if you’re the sort of player who’s often getting up close and personal in combat with melee attacks. In line with this thought, knowing what a parry is, how to learn the parry skill, and how to use parry successfully in combat against foes is incredibly important.

Fortunately, this doesn’t have to be a major difficulty, and once you know how to parry, you’ll be able to use the technique regularly during your adventure to not only protect your character but also put your foe at a disadvantage. No doubt, then, it’s an incredibly important move - and we’ll be going over everything to help today.

What is Parrying in Avowed?

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Before we delve into how to parry, we should briefly clarify what parrying actually does in Avowed. In Avowed, parrying is a defensive maneuver that is used to not only block an incoming melee attack but also to cause knockback to a foe. This allows you the chance to immediately counter attack while the enemy is staggered, thus making it easier for the player to push back a foe. Mastering these techniques will enhance your combat effectiveness in Avowed and help you to deal with tough opponents more effectively. Keep practicing, and you’ll become a parrying expert in no time!

How to Parry in Avowed

So, we’ve mentioned what parrying is - but how can you actually do a successful parry in Avowed? Well, this is a relatively simple maneuver, but it’s crucial to first note that you won’t be able to immediately parry at the outset of the game.

In many games, parrying is a standard inbuilt move. However, in Avowed, you’ll actually need to unlock the parry skill before you can complete this move. Given this thought, you’ll need to weigh up whether parrying is going to be a useful move for you to unlock. Indeed, if you’re playing as a wizard character, you likely won’t have as many opportunities to block an incoming attack. This also naturally means that wizard characters may not benefit as much from parrying as other types of character - and so, you’ll potentially want to consider whether this will be a wise use of a skill point.

Surprisingly, although it potentially has the most value for a fighter class character, the parry effect is actually hidden within the ranger skill tree. As such, you’ll need to have unlocked the ranger skill tree first in order to then unlock the parry skill. Two skill points aren’t necessarily a small amount to give up, especially in the early game, so be sure to keep this in mind when making this choice.

It’s worth noting here that you don’t necessarily need to level up your parry skill if you’d rather use the skill points in other ways. However, levelling up your parry skill increases efficiency and stun significantly, making it a useful option to consider.

Controls to Use Parry in Avowed

If you think that parrying might be a useful technique to use for your game, there’s some good news: the controls are actually very simple (although getting the timing right will likely take some practice). Given this thought, it’s important to practice while you’re at high health; getting the timing wrong could leave you taking a nasty hit from an enemy!

In order to parry, all you’ll need to do is block with an empty off hand (or holding a shield). This is done by using either the LT on a controller or the right mouse button. Critically, though, you’ll need to block right at the very last moment before the enemy hits you; if you’re too early, you’ll simply block normally, and if you’re too late, the enemy will manage to attack successfully. So, this can definitely take some getting used to; given this, it’s generally recommended to practice against weaker enemies to get the timing right.

Of course, if you’re planning to parry, timing is everything - and lag can potentially put you at massive risk. In line with this thought, if you want to take advantage of parrying, it’s recommended to create Avowed server privately first, which helps prevent lag and provides 24/7 uptime for a smoother, stress-free gaming experience.

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Final Thoughts

If you’ve been looking to learn how to parry in Avowed, today’s tips should hopefully have helped. After all, while parrying isn’t a move you’ll immediately be able to do in Avowed, it’s nonetheless still a useful skill to unlock in your skills tree as soon as you can. In doing so, you’ll not only be able to better protect yourself against foes, but by staggering them with a successful parry, you’ll also be able to get an immediate counter-attack. So, if you haven’t yet unlocked how to parry in Avowed, this may well be worth considering the next time your character is able to upgrade one of their skills.