So how do you… combat… in Valhalla? I’m like level 120 (or power or whatever) and realize that i don’t combat at all. Basically, i never use any abilities and never parry, i just dodge, shoot arrows, and hit with light attacks. It seems like all the combat abilities suck and/or don’t do what i need/want them to do, so i don’t bother using them. But really, how do you parry in Valhalla, that’s the more specific question. Parrying was easy in Odyssey. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to parry here. I think in the power level 120 times i’ve been playing, i’ve never successfully parried once, and now i can’t even remember what i’m supposed to do.
Also it seems like after not playing for a few months, the game has reset all my equipment? I only have like 3 pieces of armor each now? When i started it back up again, I started “naked”, with the unequip sound, and a ton of resources being banked out of nowhere.
In Odyssey and Valhalla there are three types of enemy attacks, normal, “gold” parry-able, and “red” unblockable. But in Odyssey when you see the gold “flash” to show there’s a parry-able attack, you mash the parry buttons, and parry. In Valhalla, the flash and the parry seem to have no relationship at all; i think you still have to wait for the animation to get close enough to you. I think. I basically can’t parry gold attacks even with scrub, no level enemies. But the parry timing seems to have nothing to do with the gold flash. So, i’m not sure why there is a gold flash at all anymore.
On the PC, parry is Q (or it is for me, can’t recall if I altered the keybindings). I agree it can be touchy, but I generally don’t have that much problem parrying normal attacks, or even gold ones. The -on parry abilities are pretty strong in the game, so it’s a nice skill to master.
My go to combat is Warhammer heavy attack which knocks down the enemy then stomp. That kills 90% of regular enemies, the other 10% need a light attack to finish off the sliver of health left. The stomp animation is invincible so good to use if surrounded.
I am still making my leisurely way through a second playing on Hard, with the male Eivor this time. Still have a save from my first playthrough though, and not sure which I’ll use for the DLC. I haven’t checked if there is a power requirement or whatever for it.
