Affectionate Diary

I discovered something last night while building my Lagiacrus armour (one more horn to go!) You probably already know there’s two types of shield bash, one from unsheathed with the + button and one from a hop forward in block that you can follow up with a shield bash that can combo straight into a horizontal poke. And then there’s the counter.

The counter blocks one hit as long as you haven’t struck out with it yet. I thought it was a charged move, like the Great Sword’s charge or the Hammer’s charge, but it’s not. Well, it maybe is, but it’s also a kind of stance that you can block from while charging. If you get hit once during the block then you immediately come out of it into a vertical poke. Which means no block stun and the start of a new attack run. I only figured it out as I was finishing up, but I think it means that as long as your weapon is sheathed you can run into a monster about to roar and go immediately into block>counter, block the roar and instead of being pushed back you’re poking it in the face. Which makes the Lance SUPER aggressive, and not just the tank class it was before.

Need more testing! Hopefully tonight. I *LOVE* the Lance, and not just because it’s basically a massive cock you carry around on your back.

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