What a sweet gorgeous spread <| sep |> Parrying is no longer instant it has a windup before the parry actually activates , which makes it harder to land on reflex . However , you no longer have to be right up next to your enemy in order to parry them the parry will succeed as long as their attack hits your parrying tool during its active parry frames this is very useful against enemies with long weapons . In order to identify when your parry actually is active , watch your stamina bar . The exact moment your stamina is depleted is when the active parry frames begin . The best earlygame enemy to practice parries on is , in my opinion , the halberdwielding soldiers in the area called Forest of Fallen Giants . Every other enemy either attacks quite fast or will fake you out by using similarlooking attacks with different timings , so I recommend waiting until you run across the halberd guys because they attack quite slowly and only use a few different types of attacks . Adaptability andor Attunement will raise your agility stat , which governs the length of your roll invincibility extremely important as well as a few other things like the speed at which you can drink Estus . You end goal for agility should be around 95 or 99 maybe even 105 if you like being extra dodgy . Poise ? Yes .