How to Parry in Wuthering Waves

How to Parry in Wuthering Waves

Wuthering Wavesfeatures some of the best combat gameplay seen to date in the gacha game genre, and there are plenty of new abilities for players to pick up and learn. As expected with melee combat, knowing how to parry attacks from your enemies is as important as landing a blow. If you’re wondering how it works, here’s our handy guide forhow to parry in Wuthering Waves.

How to Use Parry in Wuthering Waves

Combat in Wuthering Waves involves a variety of hand-to-hand techniques, including the classic Parry to help your Rover evade damaging attacks. Just like in other games, timing successful parries in Wuthering Waves is all about looking for a specific visual cue.

In this case, when in battle you’ll want to watch out for abright yellow ring of lightaround the enemy as it’s about to attack. As soon as that flashes, trigger your Rover’sbasic attackto parry (PC: Left-click | Controller: ‘X’ button) instead. Parry opportunities are best after dodging at least one or two attacks in sequence.

Alternatively, you may use yourRover Skillto parry as well. Look for the flashing ring of light over an enemy and this time press your Rover Skill at the right moment (PC: ‘E’ key | Controller: ‘Y’ button) to parry and cancel out the attack.

Parrying attacks is especially important forgrinding down an enemy or boss’sVibration metermuch quicker, so practice it as much as you can during every encounter. Incorporating this along with your equippedEchoesand other useful items (such asEnergy Cores) and tactics will make your progress through the story all the more efficient.

That concludes our guide for how to parry in Wuthering Waves. We hope you found this helpful, and let us know how you’ve enjoyed the combat in the game so far.

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