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What Parry does

Current rules

A successful Parry blocks the Hit and counterattacks the triggering enemy plus enemies in the area in front. The default skill works against enemies within 1 metre, or 1.5 metres for Projectile damage. Parried lasts 2 seconds, makes targets take 50% more Attack Damage, and prevents them from Evading Attacks. Parrying builds player Heavy Stun, so it cannot be held safely against unlimited damage.

Bucklers grant Parry: Parry is an inherent skill on Bucklers. It is an Attack, Melee, Physical, Duration, and Channelling skill rather than a passive defence.
Face the enemy and hold Parry: Parry creates directional active Block in front of the character. It can block eligible Hits from enemies within 1 metre and Projectile damage from enemies within 1.5 metres by default.
All eligible Hits can be Parried: Parry is not limited to Strikes and Projectiles. Any blockable Hit can be Parried when the facing and range rules are satisfied.
The counterattack hits an area in front: After a successful Parry, the sweep hits enemies in front and always hits the enemy that triggered the Parry even if that enemy is no longer within the sweep's normal reach.
Parried lasts 2 seconds: The default Parried debuff makes affected enemies take 50% more Attack Damage and prevents them from Evading Attacks for 2 seconds.
Buckler Evasion scales the retaliation: Parry gains 3 to 4 added Physical Damage per 5 Evasion Rating on the Buckler.
Parrying builds Heavy Stun: A Hit that can be Parried cannot be Evaded normally. The Evasion roll instead gives an equal chance to avoid that Hit's player Heavy Stun buildup. Heavy Stun buildup begins decaying after active Block has stopped for 2 seconds.

Parried payoffs and Buckler variants

8 cases

01

Default Parried debuff

Targets take 50% more Attack Damage and cannot Evade Attacks for 2 seconds.

Related: Attack, Evasion, Debuffs

02

Disengage and Fangs of Frost

These Spear skills consume Parried for an additional payoff. Disengage grants Frenzy Charges, while Fangs of Frost creates its cold explosion and Chilled Ground.

Related: Disengage, Fangs of Frost

03

Dunkelhalt

You take 50% of damage from blocked Hits, but Parried Debuff Magnitude is increased by 50%. This changes both the defensive cost and offensive payoff.

Block chance20%Evasion Rating(30-40)RequiresLevel 1Grants Skill: Parry (Level 25)(20-30)% increased Block chance+(20-30) to Evasion RatingYou take 50% of damage from Blocked Hits50% increased Parried Debuff Magnitude"A thief in the night, Draven did creep,families asleep, taken, held on high.Clever, he thought, 'til his children paid.Nay, villain, a man never bleeds alone."

04

Nocturne

Parried enemies take more Spell Damage instead of more Attack Damage, and the Parried duration is increased by 100%.

Block chance20%Evasion Rating18RequiresLevel 5, 10 DexGrants Skill: Parry (Level 25)+(60-80) to maximum Mana+(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances20% increased Accuracy RatingParried enemies take more Spell Damage instead of more Attack Damage100% increased Parried Debuff Durationparry skill art variation from item [2]Light and shadow chase eternal,but neither knows the other exists..., Spell

05

Kaltenhalt

Parry Physical Damage is converted to Cold, and modifiers to Parry Stun buildup apply to Freeze buildup instead.

Related: Kaltenhalt, Physical, Freeze

06

Silverthorne

Parrying applies 10 Critical Weakness stacks and the item grants 100% increased Parry Damage.

07

Calgyra's Arc

Removes the normal range limit with Infinite Parry Range and increases the Parried debuff duration by 50%. Facing and blockability still matter.

Related: Calgyra's Arc

08

Refutation

Spends Runic Ward to grant a timed all-direction Block buff that applies Parried to enemies whose Hits are blocked. It is a separate skill, not Buckler Parry.

Related: Refutation, Runic Ward, Block

Limits and exceptions

7 rules

Parry requires a Buckler.
The default Parry is directional and uses enemy-source range.
Red-flash unblockable boss skills cannot be Parried.
Damage over time cannot be Parried because it is not a Hit.
Parrying can fill the player's Heavy Stun bar.
Parried increases Attack Damage taken, not all damage taken, unless an item replaces that rule.
Parried prevents Evasion against Attacks. It does not make every Spell automatically hit.

Related pages

17 connections

mechanicBlock

Block prevents the damage of a blockable Hit. Passive Block rolls the character's Block chance for each eligible Hit, while active Block from a raised shield guarantees a block from the protected direction under that skill's rules.

mechanicHit

A Hit is an instantaneous damage event. Any damage that is not damage over time is Hit damage, whether it comes from an Attack, a Spell, Thorns, or another effect.

mechanicAttack

An Attack is a skill with the Attack tag. It normally takes its base damage, attack speed, and base Critical Hit Chance from an equipped Martial Weapon, unless the skill states a different rule.

mechanicPhysical

Physical damage is one of the five Damage Types. It is the most common and the only one reduced by Armour, rather than by a Resistance.

mechanicProjectile

A Projectile is a moving entity created by an Attack or Spell. Projectile describes delivery, not the source type or damage type, so the Projectile can still be an Attack or Spell and can deal any supported damage type.

mechanicHeavy Stun

Heavy Stun is the longer disable caused when an enemy's Heavy Stun buildup bar fills. Eligible Hits add buildup based on their damage, and the bar begins to empty after buildup has not been applied for a period.

mechanicEvasion

Evasion Rating grants an entropy-based chance to Evade enemy Hits completely. The actual chance compares the defender's Evasion Rating with the Accuracy Rating of the attacker.

mechanicDebuffs

Debuffs are negative effects that deal damage or penalise stats for a duration or while a condition is met.

skillDisengage

Jump back as you rupture the earth in front of you with spearpoints, damaging enemies. Consumes the Parried Debuff on Hitting enemies to release a shockwave and grant you a Frenzy Charge. This skill can be used while using other skills, and causes Strikes and Projectiles to miss you while jumping. This skill cannot be Ancestrally Boosted.

skillFangs of Frost

Perform an icy stab that exploits enemies who are already off balance. Hitting a Parried target Consumes the Debuff to cause an explosion of frost and leave Chilled Ground.

skillRefutation

Spends all your Ward to gain a short-duration Buff that causes you to Block all Blockable Hits and apply Parried to enemies from which you've Blocked a Hit. This Buff is removed if you are Heavy Stunned. While this Buff is active, you cannot be Light Stunned, but Blocking too much damage may Heavy Stun you.

unique itemDunkelhalt

(20-30)% increased Block chance

DunkelhaltUnique | Leather Buckler