Getting a Perfect Parry in Hyper Light Breaker is a little difficult, particularly if you don’t know what you are looking for. There are multiple ways to get around or deal with the various enemies in the game, and it is important to understand how each of them work in order to get the most out of each cycle. Players will have to have fairly good timing in order to perform the Perfect Parry.
Characters in Hyper Light Breaker each have their own strengths and weaknesses. However, all of them have the same basic gameplay mechanics, and you can level up and upgrade those skills over time. Your Perfect Parry is one of the things that will improve based on your upgrades, your gear, and the rest of your build in the game.
Performing & Upgrading The Perfect Parry
Timing Is Everything To Parry Properly
The timing is what you will have to get just right if you want to perform the Parry. It is difficult to get, and the best thing to do is continue to try until you get the rhythm down. However, you will want to press the “Parry” button right before an enemy hits you. As of now, I haven’t managed to perfect the art, but there are few things that I have noticed makes it easier:
- Don't try it when surrounded by enemies as the others may overwhelm you
- Focus on practicing when you only have one enemy
- Only try it when you have a clear opening and time your follow-up attack well
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You will know you have succeeded if you manage to get a Stagger on your enemy. They will fall back a little, and you will be able to leap in and strike. Usually a prompt for a certain button will pop up on the enemy’s health bar if you have succeeded, and you can get an execution. Taking down an enemy will also get you more Bright Blood in Hyper Light Breaker.
This prompt can be hard to see if you aren’t looking for it or if you are surrounded by enemies. For me, it was the right bumper, but it is unclear whether that is always true or not.
This is tricky to get right, and I tend to prefer the Dash to get away from enemies. However, you can usually get more from the parry if you get it right. The Tier 2 upgrades from Pherus Bit can give you a host of bonuses to the Perfect Parry, but you will need Golden Rations to acquire them, as you do for most methods of progression in Hyper Light Breaker.
You can also get various bits of gear that make your Perfect Parry even better, things like restoring health when finished. Vermillion also gets a benefit from parrying well, so it’s worth trying to figure it out even if it causes some frustration when you do. It seems bosses are actually easier to parry when it comes down to it, but that might be because enemies often spawn in a swarm. Get the Perfect Parry mechanic down, and you will succeed far more often in Hyper Light Breaker.
