ONIMUSHA

Combat Mechanics / Defense

Guard and Parry

Block standard attacks, parry at the moment of impact, and manage the player's posture gauge.

Musashi parrying a Genma attack
One-handed guard arc
135 degrees
Two-handed guard arc
120 degrees
One-handed posture damage
66.6667%
Two-handed posture damage
50%
Auto-guard window
0.5 sec
Guard detection radius
5 game units
Look-ahead window
20 frames

Reference tables

1 table

Skill-tree coverage

Skills whose released effect belongs to this combat system.

SkillInputReleased effect
Deflection Power 1PassiveIncreases the amount of enemy stamina depleted when deflecting an attack.
Deflection Power 2PassiveFurther increases the amount of enemy stamina depleted when deflecting an attack.
Deadly DeflectionDeflect or Parry Incoming Ranged AttackDraws ranged attacks in, allowing them to be deflected or redirected back to their sources where they will deal more damage. However, timing is trickier than a regular deflection or parry.
DeflectPassiveEnables you to deflect enemy attacks, which will greatly deplete enemy stamina. You will also become able to deflect ranged attacks such as arrows back at their sources.

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