Guard Parry

OVERVIEW

Perfectly timing your block now functions as a parry. It activates instantly, but has less active frames than a regular parry, to compensate for the lack of startup and recovery frames.

Adds 6 parry frames to the start of the guarding animation for:

• small shields

• straight swords, curved swords, katanas, thrusting swords, daggers, whips, axes, hammers

Adds 5 parry frames to the start of the guarding animation for:

• spears, pikes, halberds, reapers

Adds 4 parry frames to the start of the guarding animation for:

• standard shields

• greatswords, ultra greatswords, curved greatswords, great axes, great hammers

An alternate extended version is also available, which adds 7 parry frames regardless of weapon class.

Additionally, the Guard Parry Plus version of the mod adds the following secondary effects to the window:

• chip damage negation (100% physical, 75% elemental)

• increased guard stability (all stamina damage nullified)

These effects were inspired by the Deflecting Hardtear from Elden Ring. They begin at the start of the guarding animation, the same as the parry frames, but extend just slightly longer (0. 25 seconds, or 7. 5 frames) and do not vary by weapon class.

Versions merged with my other DS3 mod Aldrich's Crimson Dagger are also available. This mod updates Aldrich's Ruby to match Assassin's Crimson Dagger from Elden Ring, with critical hits now restoring 10% + 85 HP.

For offline use only; otherwise, you will be soft-banned. Also available for Dark Souls Remastered and Elden Ring.

INSTALLATION

Install with Mod Engine 2:

• Download your preferred version of this mod and Mod Engine 2. If using the Cinders version, skip these steps and see below.

• Extract both, and place the DS3_GuardParry folder, or equivalent version folder, inside Mod Engine 2's mod folder.

• Edit config_darksouls3.toml to include this mod's folder path. Assuming the standard version and no other mods, the mods block should look like this; change the path to the folder name for the version you're using:

{ enabled = true, name = "default", path = "mod" },

{ enabled = true, name = "Guard Parry", path = "mod\DS3_GuardParry" },

• Launch the game using launchmod_darksouls3.bat in the Mod Engine 2 folder.

Optional Steam launch setup:

• Ensure all Mod Engine 2 files and folders are located in the game directory, i.e., steamapps/common/DARK SOULS III/game.

• Add the following to the game's Steam launch options: launchmod_darksouls3.bat %COMMAND%

Install manually:

• Alternatively, unpack the game files with U