Combat Logic

Held-guard parry

• After the just-timing window (~0.6 s), a shield that is still up parries frontal melee and projectiles.
• The stun is about 0.8 s of Slowness only, with no Weakness.
• A success costs 14 stamina. If you do not have enough, the hit stays a normal shield block.
• The action log shows “Guard”.

Just parry (unchanged)

• Raise the shield as the hit lands, or sneak with a shield on the hit.
• No stamina cost. The stun is about 2.5 s.
• Either parry starts the same ~2.5 s cooldown.

Fix

• A fully raised shield absorbed the damage before the weak parry could run, so holding block was only a normal deflect. Those blocked hits are now picked up, and holding the shield shows “Guard”.