For Dark Souls on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Ring of Anti-Backstab?". Don't block, and better yet don't hold any other buttons at the time you try to backstab. Also to riposte you have to parry first, this is done with the L2 button and a shield (you swing the shield a bit). If you do it at the right time (don't concentrate on their weapon, look at their hand position) you should see a parry animation and a sound For Dark Souls on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "You can backstab the Boar". I believe locking the enemy would make it easier (default on K/M : O). Don't forget to walk while approaching the enemy (default : Ctrl on hold). Keep approaching until they start to turn their back. When that happens, just right click. If you're not sure, try practising on Balder at Undead Parish. Try paying attention to his backstabs to see how he moves around people and angles his character, and then try to emulate it. These things take lots of practice and failed attempts. •. watch project goof, he has tutorials on rolling bs and pivot bs, he is one of the best crit fishers in the game. there are also some vids from iamamish on how to chain backstab in dark souls !big thank to zane for helping me with all the recording Here is how I found how to do it (gargoyle Halberd) 1) dont have your shield raised. 2) behind them. 3)pressed right up against them. If you are a little ways behind them, you will just swing normally. This has been fairly reliable for me vs the snake guys in Sef's and the poison giant guys in Blight town. DevilDave20 12 years ago #6. A good example is when you spawn in from the Sunlight Altar bonfire to the middle of the bridge, the host is there with an phantom or two and the dragon is alive. You backstab a phantom, the host dies and they end up either severely injured or dead. Same kind of thing can happen in the forest or whatever if you have another invader cast an AoE There are some other sanity checks, like if that person attacks you at the same time or if you backstab each other at the same time (you read that correctly,) but for this brief explanation, I'll ignore those. What isn't checked is where the backstabbed player is standing on their screen, which is why the backstab turned you around. The AdwT4J.

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