1. The overly defensive
People who almost never drop their guard. They are always blocking and will never try to get the first hit. Often they attempt to counter your attacks. These are usually people who are new to PvP. This is most likely the most rare type of people you will fight against, unless you're a griefing bastard.
Strategies
Use magic to chip away at their health. If you have none or they have the sense to dodge, attempt to use the various forms of BS. If that doesn't work, then try to break their guard. Bleed weapons are also very effective as they can slip past guard.
2. The defensive
People who, unsurprisingly, are defensive. They will often use a shield and roll a lot. If they have a poke weapon, expect them to hide behind the shield while poking. If they don't, the will usually have a fast weapon that recovers quickly. They won't usually charge at you, but wait for you to attack first. A common type of player.
Strategies
A person who uses this can be a very annoying to fight against if they have some kind spear or rapier. If you have enough poise, you can go through their spear/rapier pokes and BS them. This tactic will only work if you are close enough and they poke two times or more. Alternatively, you can try to roll bs punish. Having WoG is useful in this situation, but many times they will be able to dodge your magic. Overall, playing against these types will take patience.
3.The Roller
These people use rolling attacks very often. These types of people will always have a ninja flip ring or fast roll. The Roller has a wide variety of weapons, from Rapiers to Great Hammers. They will usually 2-hand their weapons.
Strategies
Possibly the simplest to deal with, these types of people are very predictable. You can easily parry them. If you are not good at parrying, time your attacks so that they will hit the opponent during his recovery animation of he roll.
4. The Pivot BS dude
For a lack of a better name, I'll call them that. So anyway, these people will try to get a pivot bs (no ****...). They are generally recognizable when they use a high BS damage weapon (i.e rapier, lighting Zweihander) and if they appear to not be locking on and is charging at you.
Strategies
Move back and try to move the opposite direction of where they will try to hit. Try not to use slower moving attacks since they can run behind you. Try to keep your distance and whittle down their health.
5.The Parrier(?)
Several variants of this. There is a guide on YouTube explaining these types but I'll break it down for you here.
1. The first types is when your opponent blocks your first hit, and parries either your second or third hit. They use this tactic against slower weapons
2. The second is when they have a lot of poise and they spam parry. This is usually against lighter weapons.
3.The third, and the most advanced, is blind parrying. These people will try to parry your first strike.
Strategies
1. Simply put, you just never swing that second hit when they block. Adjust to their play style (defensive, or something else) and use those tactics to beat them.
2. Try to BS them when they are in the parrying animation. Haven't seen this type often so I don't know what else to say.
3. Basically, to fight them, you need to be unpredictable. Throw a couple empty attacks, extra rolls before attack; don't repeat attack patterns. If you have a weapon that can dead-angle, do that. If you're using a long weapon, attack them from the edge of your range, where it's harder to parry from. What you can also do is punish parry-spamming. In the same way you have to avoid being predictable in your attacks, they can be predictable in their parries. So have some non-parriable attacks handy for that (whips, spells, etc). Punish them a few times and they might be dissuaded from parrying so much.
-BLA1NE
6. The Spell spammer
People who spam magic over and over. Often times they have no plan except pray that it hits you. They will often try to keep their distance unless using a close range spell.
Strategies
Rolling, rolling, rolling. Rolling is very important. Magic, particularly crystal soul spears, can do massive damage. Many shields suck at blocking magic so you will receive massive chip damage if you block. The best thing to do is to roll in and deal the pain.
7. The Dead Angler
People who dead angle. If you do not know what dead angling is, it is a person who hits behind(clarification needed) them. This will not allow you to block or parry. To know more about dead angling, just youtube it. Often times, they will use weapons will large sweep attacks as those are the best at dead angling. They will also usually have lock-on off.
Strategies
I don't know. I haven't fought enough to make a good strategy. Again, going to need you guys to fill in the gap.
8. Poise stunlockers
People that wear full havels or full giants and just go for the stunlock. They don't even roll or defend. Most of them are hosts with buddies or the phantoms.
-Carphil
Strategies
Generally, alone they are not a threat. Any nimble character can slip past their slow attacks. However, if they Ninja Flip, it can become a problem. If you do not have the poise and defense, trading blows will never work in your favor. They prefer large melee weapons. Use the various strategies and your own knowledge to defeat them.
The ones with phantoms, however, are a different story. They generally are slow and unskilled. However, they have the advantage in numbers. They can easily just BS you if you're not paying attention. They only thing I can say is to backstab a lot.
9. The Assassin
The assassin is generally found in the forest. Using spells like Chameleon, they usually screw around with their enemy. They will either just hide to mess with you, or pop out when you least expect it.
Strategy
The only thing I can say is that you need to be able to recognize a fake bush or whatever, and you're pretty good to go.
10. The berserker (Forum Pirate)
Usually using faster weapons such as buffed katanas or claymores and often layering stamina regen gear, they spam r1 like nobodies buisness and never back off long enough for you to regenerate any yourself.
Strategies
To fight them, counter their often predictable attack patterns with pokes or parries, kick to screw with their flow, and count their swings. If you catch one low on stamina, they're in serious trouble but be sure to watch for the gc/wog/hcsm often used to buy time for their stamina regen.
That's all for right now. Gonna add stuff later.
People who almost never drop their guard. They are always blocking and will never try to get the first hit. Often they attempt to counter your attacks. These are usually people who are new to PvP. This is most likely the most rare type of people you will fight against, unless you're a griefing bastard.
Strategies
Use magic to chip away at their health. If you have none or they have the sense to dodge, attempt to use the various forms of BS. If that doesn't work, then try to break their guard. Bleed weapons are also very effective as they can slip past guard.
2. The defensive
People who, unsurprisingly, are defensive. They will often use a shield and roll a lot. If they have a poke weapon, expect them to hide behind the shield while poking. If they don't, the will usually have a fast weapon that recovers quickly. They won't usually charge at you, but wait for you to attack first. A common type of player.
Strategies
A person who uses this can be a very annoying to fight against if they have some kind spear or rapier. If you have enough poise, you can go through their spear/rapier pokes and BS them. This tactic will only work if you are close enough and they poke two times or more. Alternatively, you can try to roll bs punish. Having WoG is useful in this situation, but many times they will be able to dodge your magic. Overall, playing against these types will take patience.
3.The Roller
These people use rolling attacks very often. These types of people will always have a ninja flip ring or fast roll. The Roller has a wide variety of weapons, from Rapiers to Great Hammers. They will usually 2-hand their weapons.
Strategies
Possibly the simplest to deal with, these types of people are very predictable. You can easily parry them. If you are not good at parrying, time your attacks so that they will hit the opponent during his recovery animation of he roll.
4. The Pivot BS dude
For a lack of a better name, I'll call them that. So anyway, these people will try to get a pivot bs (no ****...). They are generally recognizable when they use a high BS damage weapon (i.e rapier, lighting Zweihander) and if they appear to not be locking on and is charging at you.
Strategies
Move back and try to move the opposite direction of where they will try to hit. Try not to use slower moving attacks since they can run behind you. Try to keep your distance and whittle down their health.
5.The Parrier(?)
Several variants of this. There is a guide on YouTube explaining these types but I'll break it down for you here.
1. The first types is when your opponent blocks your first hit, and parries either your second or third hit. They use this tactic against slower weapons
2. The second is when they have a lot of poise and they spam parry. This is usually against lighter weapons.
3.The third, and the most advanced, is blind parrying. These people will try to parry your first strike.
Strategies
1. Simply put, you just never swing that second hit when they block. Adjust to their play style (defensive, or something else) and use those tactics to beat them.
2. Try to BS them when they are in the parrying animation. Haven't seen this type often so I don't know what else to say.
3. Basically, to fight them, you need to be unpredictable. Throw a couple empty attacks, extra rolls before attack; don't repeat attack patterns. If you have a weapon that can dead-angle, do that. If you're using a long weapon, attack them from the edge of your range, where it's harder to parry from. What you can also do is punish parry-spamming. In the same way you have to avoid being predictable in your attacks, they can be predictable in their parries. So have some non-parriable attacks handy for that (whips, spells, etc). Punish them a few times and they might be dissuaded from parrying so much.
-BLA1NE
6. The Spell spammer
People who spam magic over and over. Often times they have no plan except pray that it hits you. They will often try to keep their distance unless using a close range spell.
Strategies
Rolling, rolling, rolling. Rolling is very important. Magic, particularly crystal soul spears, can do massive damage. Many shields suck at blocking magic so you will receive massive chip damage if you block. The best thing to do is to roll in and deal the pain.
7. The Dead Angler
People who dead angle. If you do not know what dead angling is, it is a person who hits behind(clarification needed) them. This will not allow you to block or parry. To know more about dead angling, just youtube it. Often times, they will use weapons will large sweep attacks as those are the best at dead angling. They will also usually have lock-on off.
Strategies
I don't know. I haven't fought enough to make a good strategy. Again, going to need you guys to fill in the gap.
8. Poise stunlockers
People that wear full havels or full giants and just go for the stunlock. They don't even roll or defend. Most of them are hosts with buddies or the phantoms.
-Carphil
Strategies
Generally, alone they are not a threat. Any nimble character can slip past their slow attacks. However, if they Ninja Flip, it can become a problem. If you do not have the poise and defense, trading blows will never work in your favor. They prefer large melee weapons. Use the various strategies and your own knowledge to defeat them.
The ones with phantoms, however, are a different story. They generally are slow and unskilled. However, they have the advantage in numbers. They can easily just BS you if you're not paying attention. They only thing I can say is to backstab a lot.
9. The Assassin
The assassin is generally found in the forest. Using spells like Chameleon, they usually screw around with their enemy. They will either just hide to mess with you, or pop out when you least expect it.
Strategy
The only thing I can say is that you need to be able to recognize a fake bush or whatever, and you're pretty good to go.
10. The berserker (Forum Pirate)
Usually using faster weapons such as buffed katanas or claymores and often layering stamina regen gear, they spam r1 like nobodies buisness and never back off long enough for you to regenerate any yourself.
Strategies
To fight them, counter their often predictable attack patterns with pokes or parries, kick to screw with their flow, and count their swings. If you catch one low on stamina, they're in serious trouble but be sure to watch for the gc/wog/hcsm often used to buy time for their stamina regen.
That's all for right now. Gonna add stuff later.
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