You can still jolly well backstab foo's in 3, even use it as a punish. It's not like they need to work like they do in 1 to have stuff like that. All the techniques in PvP revolving around backstabs exist because for one, the game is designed poorly, and two, because unsurprisingly, such an overpowered move became a dominant strategy in PvP. How do backstabs work? Pretty simple actually, you get sort of behind your opponent, press R1 and the backstab animation should start. There are a few situations where backstabs can't be landed on your opponent. These situations are: Just after getting up from a knockdown During a stun animation Is it me or backstabbing only work like 1/4 of the time ? what do I do wrong ? Se connecter Magasin Sure but in DS1 backstab was such a cheesey and powerful method of crowd control it they needed to do something. You'd run into 3 mobs and just chain backstab them to death. The community was pretty happy with the idea of no invuln frames during the animation. Obviously they changed their minds, but it's harder to backstab now, so it works out. Hey guys, so I'm not a souls master but I have played and beaten dark souls 1 a few years ago. Needless to say, I'm a fan of the series and dark souls 3 is quite a step up from it's predecessors in terms of performance, enemy/boss design, diverse locations and better combat and gameplay mechanics. When I bought ds3, it was quite a rough surface at first, considering it has been years since I Dark Souls Action role-playing game Role-playing video game Action game Gaming comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment There's an added oomph to Dark Souls' ripostes, as it uses a unique, much louder sound than other attacks, trailing off into an echoing thud. While many associate it with Dark Souls now, it looks The Power Stance is a player ability in Dark Souls II. When dual wielding two weapons of similar classes, attempting to two-hand the left-hand weapon (hold Y/Triangle by default), the player instead activates Power Stance, which makes left-hand attacks swing with both weapons instead. Most light weapons swing in sequence with one another, while most heavy weapons strike simultaneously with 8KDt9p.