How To Parry Easier! New Tech CHANGES EVERYTHING! | Wuthering Waves

Struggling to parry some attacks in game?
Here's a way around that based off hitboxes.
We can even use this for new strats.
Here's how to Pre-Parry and Parry Cancel.

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0:00 Intro
0:24 Parry Showcase
0:56 Basic Parry Mechanics
1:42 Rover Hitboxes

2:10 Pre-Parry
3:05 Why Pre-Parrying Matters
3:32 Lingering Hitboxes
3:58 Where Does Pre-Parrying Work Best?
4:23 How Do Parry Hitboxes Work?
5:13 Easier vs Harder Pre-Parries
5:43 The Exception To Pre-Parrying

6:56 Parry Cancel
7:28 Why Pre-Parry is Required to Parry Cancel
7:47 Why Parry Cancel Matters
8:15 Is Difficult To Use on Non-Gap Closers
8:55 Calcharo Parry Cancel + Ult Dodge Counter

9:37 Summary & Outro

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TL;DW
Not all parries are equal. They vary per character and per attack. Parries are usually rated by first hit in a combo. Rover is my golden standard, since I have most experience with Rover, everyone has Rover, and Rover also has very generous hitbox shapes and lifespan. The two concepts today are Pre-Parry and Parry Cancel.

Pre-parry relies on a Resonator’s lingering attack hitbox, allowing you to take other actions while waiting for an enemy to collide with your parry hitbox. This allows a much wider Parry Window by setting up Parries far in advance of the normal window. Hitboxes do not disappear until either hitting an enemy, or expiring naturally. By keeping your distance and swinging a lingering hitbox early, you essentially set up a "trap" for the enemy to run into, making certain annoying moves a lot easier to counter. If you directly hit an enemy with your weapon during a Pre-Parry, your hitbox will prematurely expire and the upcoming Parry will fail.

Parry Cancel relies on the delay between producing a hitbox and an enemy being successfully parried. There is a delay even on point blank attacks that allows you to take action before the parry completes, but is measured in milliseconds and difficult to take advantage of. Normally, a Pre-Parry has a massive delay between producing the hitbox and an enemy being Parried. Your hitbox remains so long as you do not cast an echo or swap off. Therefore, your options are skill, or Perfect Dodge. Perfect Dodge is the preferred method to generate Resonance Energy and Concerto Energy to speed up or add tolerance to rotations, while still Parrying the enemy. The Dodge must occur before the Parry lands, meaning the enemy needs to be close enough to be considered hitting you at the moment of Dodge.

Jiyan cannot Pre-Parry well due to noticeably shorter first hitbox lifespan. Calcharo *can* Pre-Parry, and thus can also Parry Cancel reliably with practice, giving massive damage from his Resonance Liberation’s Dodge Counter, while still destroying shields from the Parry itself. Yes, this elevates Calcharo’s rotation damage even higher, whereas Jiyan cannot take advantage of this.

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TL;DW
Not all parries are equal. They vary per character and per attack. Parries are usually rated by first hit in a combo. Rover is my golden standard, since I have most experience with Rover, everyone has Rover, and Rover also has very generous hitbox shapes and lifespan. The two concepts today are Pre-Parry and Parry Cancel.

Pre-parry relies on a Resonator’s lingering attack hitbox, allowing you to take other actions while waiting for an enemy to collide with your parry hitbox. This allows a much wider Parry Window by setting up Parries far in advance of the normal window. Hitboxes do not disappear until either hitting an enemy, or expiring naturally. By keeping your distance and swinging a lingering hitbox early, you essentially set up a "trap" for the enemy to run into, making certain annoying moves a lot easier to counter. If you directly hit an enemy with your weapon during a Pre-Parry, your hitbox will prematurely expire and the upcoming Parry will fail.

Parry Cancel relies on the delay between producing a hitbox and an enemy being successfully parried. There is a delay even on point blank attacks that allows you to take action before the parry completes, but is measured in milliseconds and difficult to take advantage of. Normally, a Pre-Parry has a massive delay between producing the hitbox and an enemy being Parried. Your hitbox remains so long as you do not cast an echo or swap off. Therefore, your options are skill, or Perfect Dodge. Perfect Dodge is the preferred method to generate Resonance Energy and Concerto Energy to speed up or add tolerance to rotations, while still Parrying the enemy. The Dodge must occur before the Parry lands, meaning the enemy needs to be close enough to be considered hitting you at the moment of Dodge.

Jiyan cannot Pre-Parry well due to noticeably shorter first hitbox lifespan. Calcharo *can* Pre-Parry, and thus can also Parry Cancel reliably with practice, giving massive damage from his Resonance Liberation’s Dodge Counter, while still destroying shields from the Parry itself. Yes, this elevates Calcharo’s rotation damage even higher, whereas Jiyan cannot take advantage of this.


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0:00 Intro
0:24 Parry Showcase
0:56 Basic Parry Mechanics
1:42 Rover Hitboxes

2:10 Pre-Parry
3:05 Why Pre-Parrying Matters
3:32 Lingering Hitboxes
3:58 Where Does Pre-Parrying Work Best?
4:23 How Do Parry Hitboxes Work?
5:13 Easier vs Harder Pre-Parries
5:43 The Exception To Pre-Parrying

6:56 Parry Cancel
7:28 Why Pre-Parry is Required to Parry Cancel
7:47 Why Parry Cancel Matters
8:15 Is Difficult To Use on Non-Gap Closers
8:55 Calcharo Parry Cancel + Ult Dodge Counter

9:37 Summary & Outro

[anugrahherda]

Parry cancel is the glorification of "when you try to parry then you panick clicking dodge'" moment, thinking the parry will be failed.

[zerker]

So you're telling me I need to get good. I'll do my best

[robertomacetti]

i'm just really hyped for the high skill ceiling this game is apparently going to have

[sonoichi]

That explains why I got the parry even I knew I click BA too early before the parry timing.

[sniperzerosix]

I just love how deep this combat system is

[xXxSlumpyDumpyxXx]

Damn, there’s a lot of good information here and helped explain why I have difficulty parrying with some characters. Excellent video you’ve made my friend, thank you.

[xxyoboigxx]

definitely a good video. they fact that you explain everything in-depth and in such a short and digestible length is great. definitely leaving a like

[yaqiyun]

ohhh my gosh thank you so much. it's always good to find videos that give you actual info instead of generic advice, this is exactly the kind of content I look for. I'm terrible at parrying so hopefully this will help me practice :, ))

[trashbuilds]

This is the best instructional gaming video I've ever seen - the perfectly synced voice to footage timing is so brilliant!

I'm stuck in my ways with spamming skills/ults and button mashing, but I'm actually excited to get better at learning boss mechanics and pay more attention lol

[im_Tsu]

If I'm understanding this right... I actually think you stumbled upon a potential "Option Select" with this. Dunno how familiar you are with Fighting Games, but an Option Select is when you let the game decide for you. Since Pre-Parry and Dodge are executed at the same time, you get 1 of two outcomes: 1. You Parry, Dodge Cancel the Parry, and go into your DPS or 2. You fail the Parry, which causes a Dodge anyways. The player input is the same. The game decides which of the two results you get based on the timing. In essence...there's no reason not to use this. It's all upside.

[mayavelle]

Thanks for the video AZN! This is exactly what I was looking for to learn parry better! Already knew the basics, and i love the detail here!

[AQ-ynns]

That was a really good guide. Thanks for the showcase. Subbed

[lucario]

Now someone needs to make a parry move tier list

[gidleon]

Great video, very easy to follow and understand. Hope to see more in the future. Keep it up!❤

[mstrikerwildrift]

Now this is the content that I've been looking for. Dodge rolls and parrying are my jam.

Subbed.

[TheRickJF]

Thank you very much for doing this in depth videos, I usually dont find anything useful on every other wuwa video, cant wait to see what other videos you came up with 😁

[ThatZeroPlays]

Damn good video. Well spoken, good visuals to help explain the points. Really great job.

[rinoakirova]

This is amazing, will definitely practice these preparry and dodge counters from now on.

[Yewrenegade]

Amazing tip Az senpai, now I can at least get used to parrying practice, good to know your in depth knowledge still rocks, gotten used to them in Warframe build guides, cant wait to see more videos from you dude