Luk's Perfect Parry! adds a simple but skill-based parry and guard system to Minecraft, giving swords a defensive use without replacing the normal combat system.
Hold Right Click while holding a sword to guard against incoming attacks. If an attack hits during the short parry window, it will be completely parried. If the timing is missed, the player will continue guarding and reduce the incoming damage instead.
The mod works with vanilla swords, modded swords and other weapons.
Features
- Sword Guarding — Hold Right Click with a sword to enter a defensive stance.
- Timed Parry System — Attacks received during the parry window are completely blocked.
- Consecutive Parries — Successfully chaining parries uses a shorter configurable timing window.
- Guard Damage Reduction — Missing the parry timing still allows the player to reduce incoming damage while guarding.
- Projectile Deflection — Successfully parrying a projectile can redirect the same projectile toward where the player is aiming.
- Reduced Deflection Speed — Deflected projectiles are launched at 75% of their incoming speed.
- Mob Stun — Parrying a mob's melee attack has a configurable chance to briefly stun it.
- Directional Defense — Guarding and parrying only work against attacks coming from in front of the player.
- Modded Weapons Support — Designed to recognize vanilla swords and most swords added by other mods.
- Custom Parry Effects — Includes visual particles and sound feedback when a parry succeeds.
Configuration
The mod includes an in-game configuration screen, accessible through:
Mods → Luk's Perfect Parry → Config
The following settings can be customized:
- Parry Window — Changes how many ticks the normal parry window lasts.
- Consecutive Parry Window — Changes the timing window used when chaining successful parries.
- Guard Melee Damage Reduction — Controls how much melee damage is reduced while guarding.
- Guard Projectile Damage Reduction — Controls how much projectile damage is reduced while guarding.
- Mob Stun Chance — Controls the chance of stunning a mob after successfully parrying its attack.
- Projectile Deflection — Enables or disables projectile deflection when successfully parrying.
Default Behavior
By default:
- Normal Parry Window: 4 ticks (0.20 seconds)
- Consecutive Parry Window: 3 ticks (0.15 seconds)
- Mob Stun Chance: 30%
- Projectile Deflection: Enabled
After a successful parry, the current guard is immediately cancelled before another guard/parry can begin, making consecutive parries require repeated timing and skill rather than simply holding the guard indefinitely.
Luk's Perfect Parry is designed to make sword combat more interactive and rewarding while remaining lightweight, configurable, and easy to understand.
