Mordhau – Shield Tips and Tricks

Shield Tips too Tricks

Now we’ll acquire through some advanced shield techniques to assistance combat the obvious weaknesses that come upwardly alongside using shields.

You tin riposte alongside a kick. Something a large component of Mordhau’s playerbase doesn’t genuinely know, because for whatever argue when yous riposte-kick it doesn’t plow your reticule hollow every bit green alongside ripostes. But yes – yous tin indeed riposte alongside a boot instead of a weapon attack, which is real useful when you’re using a shield, only because it’s non expected, too also because the enemy is unremarkably trying to acquire every bit approximately yous every bit possible thence they tin boot yous themselves. Beat them to the punch alongside this nifty technique.

Learn to block at the concluding 2nd similar yous would alongside a weapon. Shields attract a swell many newcomers at get-go because it’s seen every bit a shortcut past times the “Panic-Parry” phase that everyone goes through when learning the game. But what you’re genuinely doing when yous block, aside from everything else, is obscuring your vision. And the before yous block, the less yous tin run across what your opponent is doing, which agency they mightiness live winding upwardly a perfect waterfall for all yous know. Don’t just block straight off afterward your attack; having eyes on the enemy is extremely important.

Wait for the opponent’s assail to land. If yous halt blocking without waiting for the sound cue of the enemy’s assail landing, too thence you’ll probable acquire punished past times drag-attacks. Listen out for the impact; solely too thence is it your fourth dimension to act.

Pick upwardly the Dodge perk to avoid predictability. Just every bit Dodge is useful against shield-users for its surprise element too powerfulness to intermission the menses of fights, thence every bit good does the perk do goodness shield-users themselves. Not solely tin it live used inwards precisely the same trend every bit mentioned above, but it’s also a last-ditch escape if you’ve messed upwardly your timing or attack, or you’ve been disarmed. It also just makes yous less predictable, which agency your opponent volition live forced to practise to a greater extent than caution.

Choose your weapon real carefully. Many players pick the Short Spear for its attain too stabbing potential, but against a decent musician you’ll desire something to a greater extent than than perpetual thrusts. Likewise alongside the Rapier, which doesn’t fifty-fifty convey the do goodness of extended range. My weapon of choice is virtually ever either the Bastard Sword (faster, cheaper) or the Messer (higher reach, to a greater extent than damage) because – for one-handed weapons – they convey absolutely fantastic impairment fifty-fifty against Heavy Armour, too because their Stamina Drain is real respectable, which helps yous greatly inwards extended fights.