LogFAQs > #969198713

Sorry if any of this is redundant or you were already trying this, I'm reaching back a bit in my memory here.

-I don't know if you are, but I think I found that while I tended to play Dark Souls/Bloodborne pretty defensively with a lot of waiting it pays more to be aggressive here.
--Basically what Shake said there about basically fighting your enemy toe-to-toe

-Mashing parry is actually really effective? Like I think it says it has diminishing returns or something but I feel like panic mashing tends to work out most of the time? Better to mash it then trying to go for a single precise timing and whiff in my experience. Like work on figuring the right timing but mash around that.

-Sounds like you picked up Makiri Counter which is good because that really shouldn't be optional.

-You just kind of have to get used to the three main Perilous Attacks and the proper responses. I'm pretty sure the visual tell is where the flash is on the attack but I'll be honest my visual processing and reaction time was never good enough to reliably use that and I'd just try to figure out what the various attack windups look like and try to react to that instead. There are definitely times where the difference is subtle though and that sucked. Like if I focused on the tell I could read it, just not in time so I'd often just guess lol.
--Goes without saying but basically Makiri Counter by rolling right into a thrust attack, jump for sweeps, and grabs I think you just get out of there.

-Stealth is pretty generous here IIRC. I think I initially played like it was Metal Gear Solid but really you have quite a bit of leeway and can do a lot as long as you stay out of direct line of sight and that helps you pick off scores of enemies so you don't end up facing a crowd.

-I generally treated your self-revival as a "time to go" thing rather than fight on and risk dying for real unless I was really confident.